[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 2162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-805]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA) for H-1B Technical 
Skills Training Grants; Cancellation

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice of cancellation.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is canceling the SGA published 
in the Federal Register of January 6, 2003 (68 FR 567), concerning the 
availability of grant funds for H-1B Technical Skills Training Grants 
for training unemployed and employed American workers.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 16, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Stockton, Grant Officer, 
Division of Federal Assistance, Telephone (202) 693-3301. (This is not 
a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As authorized in the ACWIA 1998 (PL 105-227, 
the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998) and 
AC-21 (PL 106-313, the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First 
Century Act), DOL provides grants for technical skills training from 
user fees that have been paid by employers hiring foreign workers under 
H-1B non-immigrant visas. We identified our goals and underlying 
principles for these grants, along with application procedures, in an 
SGA published in the Federal Register at 68 FR 567 (January 6, 2003). 
In order to reconsider these goals and principles, the Department is 
canceling the Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA/DFA 03-100) for 
H-1B Technical Skills Training Grants. This cancellation will be 
effective two days after the publication of this Federal Register 
notice. We will not accept applications received after 5 p.m. Eastern 
Standard Time on January 16, 2004. However, the Department will review 
applications received prior to this cancellation and may consider 
possible funding for those found eligible for funding in accordance 
with the review process specified in the SGA.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 9th day of January, 2004.
James W. Stockton,
Grant Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-805 Filed 1-13-04; 8:45 am]
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