[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 240 (Monday, December 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69725-69726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30857]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Labor Certification Process for Temporary Agricultural Employment 
of Nonimmigrant Workers in the United States (H-2A Workers); On-line 
Application Processing System; Formal Briefings

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As the result of the General Accounting Office (GAO) 
recommendation to the Secretary of Labor on ways to improve the H-2A 
program, the Department of Labor (DOL) has designed an H-2A case 
management system to improve data tracking and reporting capabilities. 
The system will also provide a user-friendly platform for the Regional 
Office staff and the regulated community to enter application data. The 
Division of Foreign Labor Certification, Employment and Training 
Administration (ETA), Department of Labor, announces two formal 
briefings to demonstrate to agricultural employers and other interested 
parties the new On-Line Application Processing System. The briefings 
will allow ETA to demonstrate to the regulated community, i.e., 
employers, attorneys, agents and associations, the benefits of the on-
line application completion module.

DATES: The briefing dates are:

Thursday, January 15, 2004, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Boxborough, MA
Thursday, January 22, 2004, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Nashville, TN.

    Notices of intention to appear at the briefings must be postmarked 
no later than December 29, 2003.

ADDRESSES: The briefing locations are:

Holiday Inn Boxborough, 242 Adams Place, Boxborough, MA 01719
Double Tree Hotel, 315 Fourth Avenue, N., Nashville, TN 37219


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    Send notices of intention to appear to: Charlene Giles, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room C-4318, 
Washington, DC 20210. Notices also may be faxed to Charlene Giles at 
202-693-2769 (this is not a toll-free number), or submitted by e-mail 
at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charlene Giles; telephone 202-693-
2950. (This is not a toll-free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The formal public briefings will be chaired 
by a senior official of the Employment and Training Administration. 
Persons appearing at the briefings will be allowed a hands on 
experience with the system and to pose questions to Department staff.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of December, 2003.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary, for Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. 03-30857 Filed 12-12-03; 8:45 am]
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