[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 31 (Thursday, February 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6946-6947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3650]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Skilled Workforce for the 21st Century

AGENCIES: DOL, Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and DOT, 
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the interagency agreement between the DOL, ETA and 
the DOT, FHWA announces four public open space forums and an Executive 
Summit to identify issues, concerns and recommendations for improving 
the administration of the FHWA On-the-Job Training Program. In 
addition, the forums and summit will address enhancing the 
effectiveness of the training and increasing the retention rates of 
trainees trained on federal-aid highway construction projects. The FHWA 
On-the-Job Training Program is administered to assist highway 
construction contractors meet their affirmative action requirements 
under Executive Order 11246, as amended, and the Federal-aid Highway 
Act of 1968.
    To ensure all issues and concerns are addressed, the participants 
will establish the agenda for the public open space forums. At the end 
of each forum, a report of proceedings will be distributed to each 
participant. Upon the completion of the last forum, a report of 
findings and recommendations will be presented to highway construction 
industry leaders at the Executive Summit to obtain their vision of how 
the ETA and the FHWA can assist the industry in preparing a skilled 
workforce for the 21st century. Provisions will be made for individuals

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with disabilities. Although the forums and the Executive Summit are 
open to the public, space will be limited; therefore, the ETA requests 
that persons interested in participating in the forums and summit pre-
register with: Coffey Communications, LLC, 6917 Arlington Road, Suite 
224, Bethesda, MD 20814, 301-907-0900 (Office), 301-907-2925 (Fax), 
[email protected].
    Time: Public open space forums will be held at each of the 
following locations within the span of two and a half days. The first 
two days the forums will convene at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. 
On the last day, the forum will end at 12:00 noon. The Executive Summit 
will be within the span of a half-day from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon.
    Dates and Locations:

March 6-8, 2002, Beau Rivage, 875 Beach Boulevard, Biloxi, MS 39530
March 20-22, 2002, Mirage Resort and Casino, 3400 S. Las Vegas 
Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89109
April 3-5, 2002, The Hilton Chicago O'Hare Airport Hotel, 8535 West 
Higgins Road, Chicago, IL 60666
April 17-19, 2002, Hilton Garden Inn, 1100 Arch Street, Philadelphia, 
PA 19107
April 30, 2002, Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20001

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana Daugherty, Deputy Administrator, 
Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services, ETA, 
U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-4671, 200 Constitution Ave., N.W., 
Washington, DC 20210, Telephone: 202-693-2796, or Linda J. Brown, 
Acting Director, Civil Rights Service Business Unit, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, FHWA, 400 Seventh St., SW., Room 4132, Washington, DC 
20590, Telephone: (202) 366-0471; (202) 366-1599. Office hours are from 
7:45am to 4:15pm, est., Monday through Friday except Federal holidays. 
The phone numbers are not toll free numbers.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 11th day of February, 2002.
Emily Stover Derocco,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Administration.
Linda J. Brown,
Acting Director, Civil Rights, Federal Highway Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-3650 Filed 2-13-02; 8:45 am]
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