[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 226 (Tuesday, November 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64971-64972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31402]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Notice of Open Meeting of the Presidential Task Force on 
Employment of Adults with Disabilities

Background and Authority

    The President Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities 
(PTFEAD) was established under Executive Order No. 13078, signed March 
13, 1998. Its primary purpose is to create a ``coordinated and 
aggressive national policy'' in order to increase the employment of 
adults with disabilities to a rate and level that mirror, as close as 
possible, that of the general adult population.
    Task Force membership is also set forth in the Executive Order and 
includes the Secretary of Labor, Chair of the President's Committee on 
Employment of Adults with Disabilities, Secretary of Education, 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
Commissioner of Social Security, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary 
of Commerce, Secretary of Transportation, Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management, Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration, the Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunities 
Commission, and the Chairperson of the National Council on Disability.
    The Task Force will terminate 30 days after submitting its final 
report, which is due July 26, 2002.

Notice of Meeting Including Specifications As To Time/Place

    An open meeting of the Task Force will take place on Monday, 
December 14, 1998 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of 
the International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, DC.

Agenda Items

    The agenda will include the public presentation and full Task Force 
discussion of the First Report to the President, a report mandated by 
Executive Order 13078. Vice President Gore will also meet with and 
address the Task Force.
    Discussion of the First Report to the President will begin with 
brief oral presentations of several panels of federal government 
officials. The panels will be comprised of the Chairs of six inter-
agency work groups formed to address the first six specific mandates of 
Section 2 of the Executive Order. Their presentations will include the 
initial fact-finding and impact assessment of Task Force member 
departments and

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agencies, in terms of their respective efforts to eliminate or 
significantly reduce employment-related barriers for working-age adults 
with disabilities.
    The work group Chairs will also identify both short-term 
recommendations for improving federal disability employment policy, and 
longer-term policy recommendations and issues that will need to be 
addressed by the PTFEAD during the next three and half years.

Special Accommodations

    Any individuals wishing to attend the Task Force meeting who need 
special accommodations should contact Ms. Lori Peterson at telephone 
number 202-219-6081, ext. 154 (or TTY number 202-219-0012) by Tuesday, 
December 8.
    For further information, you may also contact Ms. Peterson, or Ms. 
Barbara Fried, Director of Operations, at 202-219-6081.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 17th day of November, 1998.
Rebecca L. Ogle,
Executive Director, Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults 
with Disabilities.
[FR Doc. 98-31402 Filed 11-23-98; 8:45 am]
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