To announce the Workforce Innovations 2003: Fueling America¿s Economic Engine conference to be held in Washington, D.C., from July 8 ¿ 10, at the Marriott Wardman-Park Hotel.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2008.

To announce the release and availability of the Spanish translation of the O*NET 4.0 Database. The content of this O*NET database, in Spanish, is congruent with the English version of the O*NET 4.0 database. It may be used by states, public and private organizations to develop Spanish language products and applications incorporating O*NET information.

• To provide preliminary FY 2009 dollar and staff year base resource planning targets for UI operations to be used in planning and developing State Quality Service Plans;
  
  
• To provide general guidelines for FY 2009 resource planning; and
  
  
• To explain how base resources were allocated among states.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) instructions for implementing the changes to the TEUC program related to displaced airline and related workers.

To respond to questions from states concerning eligibility determinations related to Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA).

To solicit the participation of four state UI agencies to test a measure of the reemployment rate of UI claimants.

To provide states with instructions for implementing and operating the Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08) program, including fiscal and reporting instructions.

To respond to questions concerning implementation of the TEUC extension for displaced airline and related workers.

Announcement of the latest round of workforce solutions from the HGJTI and CBJTGs on the Workforce³One.org Web site.