To ensure State Workforce Agencies are aware of the Federal military retired pay annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) and to provide the Department of Defense Web site where the COLA information is located.

To transmit the list of the centralized locations for the processing of H-2A labor certification requests.

To ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) are aware of the revised of Remuneration for the UCX program, which was issued December 18, 2006, based on the January 1, 2007, military pay increase.

To transmit to states a copy of the Final Rule that amended the Department of Labor's (Department's) regulations governing the permanent labor certification program (Attachment A); and Reduction-in-Recruitment (RIR) Conversion "Q's & A's" (Attachment B), which provide policy and procedural guidance clarifying the intent of the Final Rule.

To explain the measure used to indicate performance in meeting the GPRA goal of facilitating the reemployment of UI beneficiaries and to give the baseline value and the FY 2007 target for this performance indicator.

To transmit information about the activities of the WIA Readiness Workgroups to the workforce investment system.

To ensure State Workforce Agencies are aware of the locality-based salary rates for certain Federal civilian employees.

To announce changes to the advisory system (formerly called the directives system), used by ETA to communicate guidance and information to the states, grant recipients, and other interested parties.

To announce a planned BTQ Nonmonetary Determination Evaluation Training Seminar.

To provide revisions and clarification to technical guidance previously issued to states for reporting participant data required under Title 1B of the Workforce Investment Act. Additionally, to notify states that in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, OMB has granted a 90 day extension to this reporting packet to allow for the collection of data on the quarterly and annual reports, and the WIASRD. This action extends the reporting packet to January 31, 2002.