To advise State Workforce Agencies of their Alien Labor Certification (ALC) grant allocations under the FY 2008 Continuing Budget Resolution in effect November 17, 2007, through December 14, 2007.

To inform Section 401 Indian and Native American grantees of the appointment of a new Division Chief for Migrants and Seasonal Farmworkers.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to highlight workforce investment activities allowable under WIA in support of talent development strategies that drive state and regional economic growth, and to specifically provide guidance on the interpretation of sections of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 that reference allowable activities and prohibitions related to economic development.

To announce the extension of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of Form ETA 581, Contribution Operations.

To remind the workforce investment system of the performance reporting deadlines and associated timelines for submitting data validation results for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) title IB programs; the Wagner-Peyser Employment Service; activities authorized under chapter 41 of title 38 United States Code (Local Veterans’ Employment Representative and Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program); the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program; and the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP).

To provide states with the Program Year (PY) 2002 ACSI Table of Weights.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to provide information on the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) proposed Ticket to Work Program regulations.

To transmit instructions for submission of quarterly Labor Exchange reports, ETA 9002 A through E, and VETS 200 A through C, via the web-based Enterprise Information Management, Labor Exchange Reporting System (LERS).

To provide state workforce agencies with additional information, in a question and answer format, on aspects of the new Labor Exchange Performance Measures, the proposed Veterans¿ Employment and Training Service (VETS) measures and the revised ETA 9002 and VETS 200 data collection and reporting system.

This guidance notice is intended to encourage the effective use of assessment instruments within the workforce investment system to promote efficient investment in talent development that will drive regional economic competitiveness; provide guidance to the workforce investment system and its partners on effective use of assessment instruments; and release and transmit a new technical assistance resource, Testing and Assessment: A Guide to Good Practices for Workforce Investment Professionals (the Guide). This is the third in a series of Testing and Assessment Guides (see Section 2. References), which was initiated based on requests from workforce investment officials. This guidance notice and the attached new technical assistance guide are designed to support the workforce investment system in promoting talent development by ensuring that individuals served are able to make well-informed education and career choices.