[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 80 (Monday, April 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20655-20658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11108]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Wagner-Peyser Act Final Planning Allotments for Program Year (PY) 
1998

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the final planning allotments for 
Program Year (PY) 1998 (July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999) for basic 
labor exchange activities provided under the Wagner-Peyser Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John R. Beverly III, Director, U.S.

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Employment Service, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N-4470, 
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 219-5257 (this is not a toll-
free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with Section 6(b)(5) of the 
Wagner-Peyser Act, 29 U.S.C. 49e(b)(5), the Employment and Training 
Administration is publishing final planning allotments for each State 
for Program Year (PY) 1998 (July 1, 1998, through June 30, 1999). 
Preliminary planning estimates were provided to each State on March 9, 
1998. Funds are distributed in accordance with formula criteria 
established in Section 6(a) and (b) of the Wagner-Peyser Act. Civilian 
labor force (CLF) and unemployment data for Calendar Year 1997 are used 
in making the formula calculations.
    The total amount of funds currently available for distribution is 
$761,735,000. The Secretary of Labor shall set aside up to 3 percent of 
the total available funds to assure that each State will have 
sufficient resources to maintain statewide employment services, as 
required by Section 6(b)(4) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. 49e(b)(4). In 
accordance with this provision, $22,312,050 is set aside for 
administrative formula allocation. These funds are included in the 
total planning allotment. The funds that are set aside are distributed 
in two steps to States which have lost in relative share of resources 
from the prior year. In Step 1, States which have a CLF below one 
million and are below the median CLF density are maintained at 100 
percent of their relative share of prior year resources. The remainder 
is distributed in Step 2 to all other States losing in relative share 
from the prior year but which do not meet the size and density criteria 
for Step 1.
    Postage costs incurred by States during the conduct of employment 
service (ES) activities are billed directly to the Department of Labor 
by the U.S. Postal Service. The total final planning allotment reflects 
$18,000,000, or approximately 2.36 percent of the total amount 
available, withheld from distribution to finance postage costs 
associated with the conduct of ES business. Pursuant to Section 7(b) of 
the Act, 29 U.S.C. 49f(b), ten percent of the total sums allotted to 
each State shall be reserved for use by the Governor to provide 
performance incentives for public ES offices; services for groups with 
special needs; and for the extra costs of exemplary models for 
delivering job services.
    Diffeences between preliminary planning estimates and final 
planning allotments are caused by the use of Calendar Year 1997 data as 
opposed to the earlier data (12 months ending September 1997) used for 
preliminary planning estimates.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of April, 1998.
Raymond J. Uhalde,
Acting Assistant Secretary.

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