[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3572-3573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1465]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice of Reestablishment; Federal Advisory Committee Act; 
Federal Committee on Apprenticeship; Federal Committee on Registered 
Apprenticeship

    Notice is hereby given that after consultation with the General 
Services Administration, it has been determined that the 
reestablishment of a national advisory committee on apprenticeship is 
necessary and in the public interest. Accordingly, the Employment and 
Training Administration has chartered the Federal Committee on 
Registered Apprenticeship (FCRA) which succeeds the Federal Committee 
on Apprenticeship (FCA). The charter for the FCA expired on January 26, 
1998.
    The FCRA will be an effective instrument to provide advice and 
recommendations to the Secretary.
    (1) In the development and implementation of administration 
policies on legislation and regulations affecting apprenticeship;
    (2) On the preparation of the American Workforce for sustained 
employment through employment and training programs for youth, 
disadvantaged adults, dislocated workers; and other targeted groups;
    (3) Regarding measures that will foster quality workplaces that are 
safe, healthy, and fair; and
    (4) In the implementation of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and 
Training's Child Care Development Specialist Initiative to promote and 
develop Child Care Apprenticeship Programs.
    The Advisory Committee will also provide advice to the Secretary of 
Labor on ways to achieve the strategic goals set forth in the 
Department of Labor's Plans required under the Government Performance 
and Results Act of 1993 and in how to develop systems to measure the 
achievement of the Department of Labor's goals and objectives. The 
Committee will consist of seven representatives of employers, seven 
representatives of labor, and

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seven representatives of the public. The National Association of State 
and Territorial Apprenticeship Directors and the National Association 
of Governmental Labor officials will have representation on the public 
group of the Committee. The Secretary shall appoint one of the public 
members as Chairperson of the Advisory Committee. A representative of 
the U.S. Department of Education and a representative of the Department 
of Commerce will be invited to serve as non-voting ``ex-officio'' 
members of the Committee. The Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Employment and Training shall be a member ex-officio. The Director of 
the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training shall be the designated 
Federal official for the Advisory Committee.
    The Committee will function solely as an advisory body and in 
compliance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 
Its charter is being filed at this time in accordance with approval by 
the General Services Administration Secretariat pursuant to 41 CFR 101-
6.1015a(a)(2).

    Signed at Washington, DC this 28th day of December 1998.
Alexis M. Herman,
Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 99-1465 Filed 1-21-99; 8:45 am]
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