To announce the availability of enhanced tools to support implementation of the My Reemployment Plan (MRP) by providing additional information to workforce professionals and improving jobseekers' access to and user experience with MRP. These tools include a companion video series to the My Reemployment Plan for use by jobseekers and a reference guide for use by workforce professionals providing direct services to job seekers in American Job Centers (AJCs).

To disseminate proposed criteria representing minimum performance for UI PERFORMS Tier I measures and to solicit comment on the proposed criteria.

To provide further clarification of the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) definition of the term credential for national YouthBuild program grantees as well as additional guidance on commonly used construction credentials for YouthBuild participants.

To distribute recommendations to State Employment Security Agencies (SESAS) for proposed revisions to the field audit policy outlined in the Employment Security Manual (ESM) and to solicit comments on those recommendations.

To provide state workforce agencies with information about:

    a.   Preliminary FY 2018 dollars and staff year base resource planning targets for UI operations to be used in planning and developing State Quality Service Plans (SQSP);
    b.   General guidelines for FY 2018 resource planning; and
    c.   The process used by the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) to allocate base resources among states.

To announce the release of the new brochure entitled, "Succeeding in the World of Work: Living Without Welfare".

To announce and solicit nominations for the Federal-State Unemployment Compensation (UC) Legislative Seminar.

To provide the States information on the availability of Title III Demonstration Funds for Incumbent Worker System Building at the State level for Program Year 1998.

To provide updated guidance to Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) grantees on applying the Selective Service registration requirement and to rescind TEIN No. 20-94.

To announce the reauthorization of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program and extension of the Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit under the Tax and Trade Relief Extension Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-277), &#sect; 1002 and 1003 respectively.