DIRECTIVE	:	ET Handbook No. 406
TO	:	REGIONAL AND STATE OFFICES
FROM	:	BARBARA ANN FARMER Administrator for Regional Management
SUBJECT	:	ETA 9002 Data Preparation Handbook

1. Purpose. To transmit-subject Handbook for SESA use in preparing ES (ETA 9002) quarterly reports to the Employment and Training Administration.

2. Background. States are required to submit quarterly reports to the Employment and Training Administration to comply with the Wagner-Peyser Act as amended by the jot) Training Partnership Act; 38 USC 4107 (b) and (c) and 38 USC -1112 (c).

   This Handbook is the official source for reporting requirements on the revised ETA 9002 form as of July 1, 1992. It was developed to facilitate users of the quarterly report. Only those changes in terms and definitions resulting from new legislation and/or related regulations will take precedence over definitions in this Handbook. When any such changes occur, appropriate revisions will be issued to reflect these changes.

3. Draft Handbook. States which attended training related to the 1992 revisions of the ETA 9002 received a draft form of this Handbook.

4. Change. Item D on the ETA 9002 has been changed in the draft Handbook from "UI Claimant" to "Eligible Claimant." As a result of feedback at the training sessions, slight changes have been made in definitions for reporting cells for the following:

   C.7. Employed

   C.8. Unemployed

   10 Economically Disadvantaged

   21 Referred to Federal Training

   27 Federal Training Placement

5. OMB Approval. Reporting requirements in this Handbook have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) according to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, under OMB Approval No. 1205-0240, expiration date 7/31/94. Burden disclosure appears on the initial page of the form.

6. Action Required. Administrators are requested to provide copies of this Handbook to appropriate staff.

7. Attachment. ETA 9002 Data Preparation Handbook.