[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-842]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice of Renewal of the Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship 
(ACA) Charter

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Renewal of the Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA) 
Charter.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the renewal of a national advisory 
committee on apprenticeship that is necessary and in the public 
interest. Accordingly, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Employment and 
Training Administration has renewed the Advisory Committee on 
Apprenticeship Charter for two years and has made changes to the terms 
of members.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA) is an advisory group 
to the Secretary of Labor, whose objective is to make recommendations 
on how to strengthen the Registered Apprenticeship system. The Charter 
is required to be renewed every two years; the current Charter expires 
February 20, 2009. The committee's recommendations and accomplishments 
have and continue to help ETA and the Secretary to transform and expand 
the apprenticeship model. The current Charter is being renewed with 
changes to the terms of members.

Summary of Revisions

    The Charter is amended to better clarify the Secretary's authority 
to reappoint Committee members prior to the expiration of their terms. 
We have added introductory language to state that ``to the extent 
practicable, members shall be appointed according to the terms of this 
section. However, all Committee members shall serve at the pleasure of 
the Secretary and members may be appointed, reappointed, and/or 
replaced, and their terms may be extended, changed, or terminated as 
the Secretary sees fit.''
    In addition, the 2007 Charter states that `` * * * the expiration 
date of the 2-year terms shall coincide with the termination of the 
Charter, and the 1-year terms shall expire one month prior to the 
termination of the Charter.'' For clarity in the language, and 
appropriate termination of membership terms, this section was revised 
to read: ``* * * When the Charter is renewed prior to its expiration 
date, the terms will continue for the period specified in the 
invitation unless either the term or the Charter is terminated by the 
Secretary. When the Charter is not renewed prior to its expiration 
date, the terms offered under that Charter shall expire upon 
termination of the Charter.'' Finally, we have made a few grammatical 
corrections to this section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John V. Ladd, Administrator, 
Office of Apprenticeship, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor, Room N-5311, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 693-2796, (this is not a toll-
free number).

    Signed at Washington, DC, this twelfth day of January, 2009.
Brent R. Orrell,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Administration.
 [FR Doc. E9-842 Filed 1-15-09; 8:45 am]
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