[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 59 (Monday, March 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16242-16243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7471]


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TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY WORKFORCE COMMISSION


Notice of Business Meeting

AGENCY: Twenty-First Century Workforce Commission.

ACTION: Notice of business meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to announce a business meeting on Thursday, 
March 30, 2000. Members of the public are invited to attend the 
meeting. The agenda is set forth below.
    The purpose of the meeting is for Commissioners to formulate next 
steps in carrying out its statutory requirements. The Commissioners and 
Commission staff will discuss trends and findings arising from its 
public information gathering hearings, and from site visits conducted 
by Commission staff. In addition, Commissioners will discuss best 
practices in Information Technology

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Workforce Development, and how federal programs and policies affect 
these practices. Finally, the Commissioners will discuss the format of 
the Commission's report, and how the recommendations of the report will 
be transmitted to Congress and the Administration.

DATES: The business meeting will be held on Thursday, March 30, 2000, 
from 9:00 am to approximately 2:00 p.m. Registration is from 9:00 am to 
10:00 am. The dates, locations and times for subsequent meetings will 
be announced in advance in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: George Mason University, Fairfax Campus is located at 4400 
University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030. Main Phone: (703) 993-1000. The 
meeting will be held at the Johnson Center in Meeting Room A. Web-based 
directions can be found at: http://coyote.gmu.edu/map/. All interested 
parties are invited to attend this business meeting. Seating may be 
limited and will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Hans Meeder, Executive Director, 
Twenty-First Century Workforce Commission, 1201 New York Avenue, NW, 
Suite 700, Washington, DC 20005. (Telephone (202-289-2939. TTY (202) 
289-2977) These are not toll-free numbers. Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Establishment of the Twenty-First Century 
Workforce Commission was mandated by Subtitle C of Title III of the 
Workforce Investment Act, Sec. 331 of Pub. L. 105-220, 112 Stat. 1087-
1091, (29 U.S.C. 2701 note), signed into law on August 7, 1998. The 15 
voting member Twenty-First Century Workforce Commission is charged with 
studying all aspects of the information technology workforce in the 
United States. Notice is hereby given of a business meeting of the 
Twenty-First Century Workforce Commission.
    The Workforce Investment Act (Pub. L. No. 105-220), signed into law 
on August 7, 1998, established the Twenty-First Century Workforce 
Commission. The Commission is charged with carrying out a study of the 
information technology workforce in the U.S., including the examination 
of the following issues:
    1. What skills are currently required to enter the information 
technology workforce? What technical skills will be demanded in the 
near future?
    2. How can the United States expand its number of skilled 
information technology workers?
    3. How do information technology education programs in the United 
States compare with other countries in effectively training information 
technology workers? [The Commission study should place particular 
emphasis upon contrasting secondary, non-and-post-baccalaureate degree 
education programs available within the U.S. and foreign countries.]
    The Workforce Investment Act directs the Commission to issue 
recommendations to the President and Congress within six months. The 
Commission first met on November 16, 1999, and will issue its 
recommendations by May 16, 2000.

Agenda

    At the Fairfax, Virginia meeting, the Commission working group 
conducting the meeting will discuss trends and findings arising from 
its public information gathering hearings, and from site visits 
conducted by Commission staff. In addition, Commissioners will discuss 
best practices in Information Technology Workforce Development, and how 
federal programs and policies affect these practices. Finally, the 
Commissioners will discuss the format of the Commission's report, and 
how the recommendations of the report will be transmitted to Congress 
and the Administration.

Commission Membership

    The Workforce Investment Act mandates that 15 voting members be 
appointed by the President, Majority Leader of the Senate, and Speaker 
of the House (5 members each), including 3 educators, 3 state and local 
government representatives, 8 business representatives and 1 labor 
representative. The Act also mandates that the President appoint 2 ex-
officio members, one each from the Departments of Labor and Education.
    The Commissioners are: Chairman Lawrence Perlman, Ceridian 
Corporation, Minneapolis, MN; Vice Chair, Katherine K. Clark, Landmark 
Systems Corporation, Reston, VA; Susan Auld, Capitol Strategies, Ltd., 
Montpelier, VT; Morton Bahr, Communication Workers of America, 
Washington, DC; Patricia Gallup, PC Communications, Inc., Merrimack, 
NH; Dr. Bobby Garvin, Mississippi Delta Community College, Moorhead, 
MS; Susan M. Green (ex officio), U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, 
DC; Randel Johnson, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC; Roger 
Knutsen, National Council for Higher Education, Auburn, WA; Patricia 
McNeil (ex officio), U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC; The 
Honorable Mark Morial, Mayor, City of New Orleans, LA; Thomas Murrin, 
Ph.D., Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA; Leo Reynolds, Electronic 
Systems, Inc., Sioux Falls, SD; The Honorable Frank Riggs, National 
Homebuilders Institute, Washington, DC; The Honorable Frank Roberts, 
Mayor, City of Lancaster, California; Kenneth Saxe, Stambaugh-Ness, 
York, PA; David L. Steward, World Wide Technology, Inc., St. Louis, MO; 
Hans K. Meeder, Executive Director, Washington, DC.

Public Participation

    Members of the public are invited to attend this meeting. Members 
of the public may also submit written statements for distribution to 
the Commissioners and inclusion in the public record without presenting 
oral statements. Such written statements should be sent to Mr. Hans 
Meeder, as shown above, or may be submitted at the meeting site.
    The Commission has established a web site, www.workforce21.org. Any 
written comments regarding documents published on this web site should 
be directed to Mr. Hans Meeder, as shown above.

Special Accomodations

    Reasonable accommodations will be available. Persons needing any 
special assistance such as sign language interpretation, or other 
special accommodation, are invited to contact Mr. Hans Meeder, as shown 
above. Requests for accommodations must be made four days in advance of 
the meeting.
    Due to difficulties of scheduling the members we are unable to 
provide a full 15-day advance notice of this meeting.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 21th day of March 2000.
Hans K. Meeder,
Executive Director, Twenty-First Century Workforce Commission.
[FR Doc. 00-7471 Filed 3-24-00; 8:45 am]
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