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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

 

Secretary's Task Force on Excellence in State and Local 
Government Through Labor-Management Cooperation: Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of partially closed meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary's Task Force on Excellence in State and Local 
Government Through Labor-Management Cooperation was established in 
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. L. 82-
463)). A Notice of Establishment for the Task Force was published in 
the June 9, 1994, Federal Register. Pursuant to Section 10(a) of FACA, 
this is to announce the first meeting of the Task Force which is to 
take place on October 19 and 20, 1994.
    The purpose of the Task Force is to investigate worker-management 
relations in the public sector and identify trends in excellence in 
labor-management cooperation.
    Specifically, the Task Force will be asked to address the following 
questions:
    (1) What (if any) new methods or institutions should be encouraged 
to enhance the quality, productivity and cost-effectiveness of public 
sector services through labor-management cooperation and employee 
participation, recognizing the broad variety of functions performed by 
different levels of government and various other agencies and public 
organizations?
    (2) What (if any) changes to legal frameworks which impact on 
labor-management relations, including collective bargaining and civil 
service legislation could be considered to enhance cooperative 
behaviors that would improve the delivery of services by reducing 
conflict, duplication and delays?
    (3) What (if anything) should be done to increase the extent to 
which workplace problems are resolved directly by the parties 
themselves rather than through recourse to administrative bodies and 
the courts?
    (4) What (if anything) can be done to improve the coordination 
between appropriate executive and legislative bodies to enhance labor-
management relations in the public sector and to create a climate where 
productivity improvement, innovation and risk taking are encouraged and 
rewarded?
    (5) What conditions are necessary to enable elected political 
leaders, public managers, public employees and labor organizations to 
work together to achieve excellence in state and local government? What 
(if any) are the obstacles, and how can they be overcome?
    (6) What examples of successful cooperative efforts are appropriate 
to serve as public sector models? Why have some initially successful 
efforts failed, and what can be done to enhance prospects for success?

TIME AND PLACE: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 19 from 
9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the Great Hall and Thursday, October 20 from 9 
a.m. to 3 p.m. in Conference Room N-3437 A-D in the Department of 
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

AGENDA: The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

(a) Introduction of Task Force Members
(b) Legal Guidance from the Solicitor
(c) Guidance to the Task Force by the Secretary of Labor
(d) Statements by experts regarding Excellence and Labor-Management 
Cooperation
(e) Inquiries by Task Force members of experts
(f) Comments by interested parties on Task Force objectives (time 
permitting)
(g) Discussion of Task Force objectives, including, to the extent 
practicable, delineation of specific tasks and projected time frames 
for achieving such objectives
(h) Ancillary items attendant to Task Force activities.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The meeting will be open to the public from 9 
a.m. to 12 noon and from 1:45 p.m. until 4 p.m. on Wednesday, October 
19 and from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1:45 p.m. until 3 p.m. on 
Thursday, October 20. Seating will be available to the public on a 
first-come, first-serve basis. Handicapped individuals wishing to 
attend should contact the Task Force to obtain appropriate 
accommodations. Individuals or organizations wishing to submit written 
statements should send 15 copies to Mr. Charles A. Richards, Designated 
Federal Official, Secretary of Labor's Task Force on Excellence in 
State and Local Government through Labor-Management Cooperation, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, room S-2203, 
Washington, DC 20210. These statements will be thoroughly reviewed and 
become part of the record. At this stage, the Task Force is primarily 
interested in statements that suggest ingredients or impediments to 
excellence in state and local government, or which suggest other 
closely related areas which the Task Force might usefully review.

CLOSED PORTION OF THE MEETING: From 12 noon until 1:45 p.m. on 
Wednesday, October 19, and Thursday, October 20, the Task Force will 
meet in closed session in order to discuss internal personnel rules and 
practices of the Task Force, as well as personal information. This 
closing of the meeting is authorized by section 10(d) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act and 5 U.S.C. 552b (c)(2) and (c)(6). Personnel 
matters and personal matters are protected from disclosure by 
exemptions 2 and 6, respectively, of section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:   Mr. Charles A. Richards, Designated 
Federal Official, Secretary of Labor's Task Force on Excellence in 
State and Local Government through Labor-Management Cooperation, U.S. 
Department of Labor, room S-2203, Washington, DC 20210, (202) 219-6231.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 28th day of September 1994.
Robert B. Reich,
Secretary of Labor.
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