[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10919-10920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4157]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Senior Community Service Employment Program; Notice of Town Hall 
Meetings on the 2000 Amendments to the Older Americans Act

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of Town Hall Meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor is giving notice of two in a series of 
Town Hall Meetings to provide interested individuals an opportunity to 
comment on the Department of Labor's approach to the implementation of 
changes to the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), 
which were occasioned by the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2000 
(OAA)(Pub.L. 106-50)(Nov. 13, 2000). We will hold Town Hall Meetings in 
various locations throughout the country, in order to facilitate the 
participation of all interested individuals. The first Town Hall 
Meeting was held on Monday, January 22, 2001, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 
the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel at 210 Peachtree Street NW., Atlanta, 
Georgia in conjunction with the National Older Worker Conference 
sponsored by the National Association of State Units on Aging.

DATES: The Town Hall Meetings being announced in this Notice will be 
held on Tuesday, February 27, 2001, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in 
Washington, D.C., and on Wednesday, March 7, 2001, from 2 p.m. to 4 
p.m., in New Orleans, Louisiana. The dates, locations and times for 
subsequent Town Hall Meetings will be announced in advance in the 
Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: The February 27, 2001, Town Hall Meeting will be held in 
Congressional Hall B at the Ramada Renaissance Hotel at 999 Ninth 
Street NW., Washington, DC, in conjunction with the National 
Association of Workforce Boards, Forum 2001.
    The March 7, 2001, Town Hall Meeting will be held in the Burgundy A 
Room at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans Hotel at 500 Poydras Plaza, New 
Orleans, Louisiana, in conjunction with the National Council on the 
Aging Workforce Development Conference.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Erich W. (``Ric'') Larisch, 
Division of Older Worker Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW., Room N4644, Washington, DC 20210, Telephone: 
(202) 693-3742 (voice) TTY (202) 693-2871 (these are not toll-free 
numbers).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Town Hall Meetings is to 
provide each interested individual with an opportunity to comment on 
the Department of Labor's approach to the implementation of changes to 
the SCSEP occasioned by the revisions to title V of the Older Americans 
Act Amendments of 2000 (OAA) (Pub. L. 106-501) (dated November 13, 
2000). Each attendee is welcome to offer comments on a variety of 
subjects, including: (1) Issues and concerns that should be addressed 
in regulations; (2) issues and concerns that should be addressed in 
policy guidance; (3) suggestions and comments on the overall 
implementation plan, such as consultation strategies; (4) specific 
suggestions on the approach that should

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be taken in implementing any or all of the new title V provisions; and 
(5) suggestions on revisions that should be made to the existing title 
V regulations, which were published in the Federal Register on 
Wednesday, May 17, 1995 (20 CFR part 641).

Public Participation

    All interested parties are invited to attend the Town Hall 
Meetings. Persons wishing to make statements or presentations at the 
Town Hall Meetings should limit oral statements to 5 minutes, but 
extended written statements may be submitted for the record within 30 
days after the Town Hall meeting date. Written statements may also be 
submitted without presenting oral statements. Individuals may submit 
written comments to the Employment and Training Administration, 
Division of Older Worker Programs, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room 
N4644, Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Mr. Erich W. (``Ric'') Larisch.
    Minutes of all Town Hall Meetings and summaries of other documents 
will be available to the public on the SCSEP website http://www.wdsc.org/owprog. Any written comments on the minutes should be 
directed to Mr. Erich W. (``Ric'') Larisch, as shown above.
    Individuals with disabilities who are planning to attend one of the 
Town Hall Meetings should contact Ms. Karen Davis of the Department of 
Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Division of Older Worker 
Programs at (202) 693-3761 (this is not a toll-free number), if special 
accommodations are needed.

    Signed at Washington DC, this 13th day of February, 2001.
Raymond J. Uhalde,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 01-4157 Filed 2-16-01; 8:45 am]
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