[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 98 (Monday, May 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29535-29536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10174]


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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, 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 June 6, 2005. Any application received 
after 4:45 p.m. e.d.s.t. on June 6, 2005, 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 June 
1, 2005;
    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, June 3, 2005.
    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 wrapper or other 
documentary evidence or receipt maintained by that office.
    Applications sent by other delivery services, such as Federal 
Express, UPS,

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e-mail, etc., will also be accepted; however, the applicant bears the 
responsibility of timely submission.

ADDRESSES: Nomination packages must be submitted to Secretary of 
Labor's New Freedom Initiative Award, Office of Disability Employment 
Policy, Room S-1303, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dina Dorich of the Office of 
Disability Employment Policy, telephone (202) 693-7880; TTY (202) 693-
4920 (these are not toll-free numbers); or 1-866-ODEP-DOL (1-866-633-
7365) prior to the closing deadline.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of February 10, 2005 
(70 FR 7145), 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 27, 2005.
    Because of the continuing interest in this solicitation, the agency 
believes that is desirable to re-open and extend the period for 
submission of nominations. Therefore, the period for submission of 
nominations is extended until June 6, 2005.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of May, 2005.
W. Roy Grizzard, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Disability Employment Policy.
[FR Doc. 05-10174 Filed 5-20-05; 8:45 am]
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