To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) corrected instructions concerning augmentation of Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation for displaced airline and related workers (TEUC-A) during the transition period.

To transmit estimated employer contribution rates for 1998.

To transmit Federal military retired pay due to annual cost of living adjustments(COLAs).

To advise State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of the Department of Labor's (DOL) policy concerning Y2K Business Continuity and Contingency Plans; to provide guidance for developing business continuity and contingency plans; and to require the submission of plans for unemployment insurance (UI) critical business functions.

To transmit the revised Federal Schedule of Remuneration for the UCX program based on the January 1, 2004, military pay increase.

To inform States of the 1998 Standard Occupational Classification Revision notice in the Federal Register. The Office of Management and Budget is seeking comments on a proposed revision to the 1980 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency use in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the second quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2004.

To transmit revised performance standards model adjustment worksheets for Program Years (PY) 1998 and 1999 pertaining to the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Titles II-A, II-C, III, and Section 204(d).

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the 2004 Monitor Advocate Training being held in San Antonio, Texas, April 13-16, 2004.

To provide States with information regarding the enactment of a technical amendment changing the eligibility requirements for noncustodial parents under the 70 percent targeted portion of Welfare-to-Work (WtW) programs.