To provide planning estimates and guidance for Program Year (PY) 2000 State One-Stop/Labor Market Information (OS/LMI) core products and services grant funds.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with specific information on the National Institute of Standards and Technologys (NIST) Information Technology (IT) security guidelines and a software tool to conduct a security self-assessment of Unemployment Insurance (UI) computer systems.

To transmit the proposed change to the Interim Final Rule on the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 relative to the classification of Administrative Costs. This language has been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget and it mirrors what will be published in the Final Rule late in July. Due to the full implementation date of July 1, 2000, OMB has cleared this language prior to the publication of the Final Rule, to assist the system with further implementation. This definition of Administrative Cost classification goes into effect on July 1, 2000.

To announce the extension of the Office of Management and Budget(OMB) approval of information collection for the Domestic Agricultural In-Season Wage Report, Forms ETA 232 and ETA 232A, and the Narrative Plan for conducting the wage survey.

To announce the release and availability of the ETA Occasional Paper 2004-4:What Can We Expect Under Personal Reemployment Accounts? Predictions and Procedures

To provide further information and guidance concerning the requirements of the prevailing conditions of work provisions of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) and to provide answers to questions raised by State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) and other interested parties.

To announce the release and availability of the ETA Occasional Paper 2004-02:The Workforce Investment Act in Eight States: State Care Studies from a Field Network Evaluation (Volume One) and ETA Occasional Paper 2004-03: The Workforce Investment Act in Eight States: State Case Studies from a Field Network Evaluation (Volume Two)

To announce the establishment of a Trade Act Taskforce.

To provide guidance on the rescission of Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 Adult and Dislocated Worker program formula funds for Program Year (PY) 2003 as required by Public Law 108-199, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004.

To transmit the subject computation for State Employment Security Agency (SESA) usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2000.