[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 94 (Friday, May 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26893-26894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10962]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Disability Employment Policy


Solicitation of Nominations for the Secretary of Labor's New 
Freedom Initiative Award; Reopening and Extension of Period for 
Submission of Nominations

AGENCY: Office of Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Department of 
Labor.

ACTION: Reopening and Extension of period for submission of 
nominations.

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SUMMARY: This document re-opens and extends the period for submission 
of nominations for the Secretary of Labor's New Freedom Initiative 
Award. This action is taken to permit increased participation by 
interested stakeholders.

DATES: Nomination packages must be submitted to the Office of 
Disability Employment Policy by May 28, 2004. Any application received 
after 4:45 p.m. e.d.s.t. on May 28, 2004 will not be considered unless 
it was received before the award is made and:
    1. It was sent by registered or certified mail no later than the 
3rd calendar day before May 28, 2004;
    2. It is determined by the Government that the late receipt was due 
solely to mishandling by the Government after receipt at the U.S. 
Department of Labor at the address indicated; or
    3. It was sent by U.S. Postal Service Express Mail Next Day 
Service--Post Office to Addressee, not later than 5 p.m. at the place 
of mailing two (2) working days, excluding weekends and Federal 
holidays, prior to May 28, 2004.
    The only acceptable evidence to establish the date of mailing of a 
late application sent by registered or certified mail is the U.S. 
Postal Service postmark on the envelope or wrapper and on the original 
receipt from the U.S. Postal Service. If the postmark is not legible, 
an application received after the above closing time and date will be 
processed as if mailed late. ``Postmark'' means a printed, stamped, or 
otherwise placed impression (not a postage meter machine impression) 
that is readily identifiable without further action as having been 
applied and affixed by an employee of the U.S. Postal Service on the 
date of mailing. Therefore, applicants should request that the postal 
clerk place a legible hand cancellation ``bull's-eye'' postmark on both 
the receipt and the envelope or wrapper.
    The only acceptable evidence to establish the time of receipt at 
the U.S. Department of Labor is the date/time stamp of the Office of 
Disability Employment Policy on the application

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wrapper or other documentary evidence or receipt maintained by that 
office.
    Applications sent by other delivery services, such as Federal 
Express, UPS, etc., will also be accepted; however, the applicant bears 
the responsibility of timely submission.

ADDRESSES: Nomination packages must be submitted to the Office of 
Disability Employment Policy, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S-
1303, Washington, DC 20210; Telephone 202 693-7880; TTY 202 693-7881.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dina Dorich of the Office of 
Disability Employment Policy, telephone (202) 693-7880; TTY (202) 693-
7881 (these are not toll-free numbers), prior to the closing deadline.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of February 27, 2004 
(69 FR 9504), the Office of Disability Employment Policy published a 
Solicitation of Nominations for the Secretary of Labor's New Freedom 
Initiative Award. Nomination packages were to be submitted to the 
Office of Disability Employment Policy by May 21, 2004.
    Because of the continuing interest in this solicitation, the agency 
believes that it is desirable to re-open and extend the period for 
submission of nominations. Therefore, the period for submission of 
nominations is extended until May 28, 2004.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of May, 2004.
W. Roy Grizzard, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Disability, Employment Policy.
[FR Doc. 04-10962 Filed 5-13-04; 8:45 am]
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