[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 20 (Monday, January 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 5404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1996]


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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: Notice of Charter Renewal.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Labor has determined that the renewal of a 
national advisory committee on apprenticeship is necessary and in the 
public interest. The Department of Labor will renew the ACA Charter 
with revisions. The revisions are not intended to change the purpose or 
the Committee's original intent. The revisions are intended as a 
routine updating of the Department's strategic goals and existing 
procedures. The Charter for the ACA expired on January 15, 2011.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Registered Apprenticeship is a unique 
public-private partnership that is highly dependent on the engagement 
and involvement of its stakeholders and partners for its ongoing 
operational effectiveness. Apart from the ACA, there is no single 
source or group with the broad representation of labor, employers, and 
the public available to consider the complexities and relationship of 
apprenticeship activities to other training efforts or to provide 
advice on such matters to the Secretary and DOL officials. It is 
particularly important to have such considerations at this time in view 
of the current widespread and national interest in the role 
apprenticeship can play in providing career pathways to good jobs for 
all populations in a range of high growth industries, including 
healthcare and clean and renewable energy. For these reasons, the 
Secretary of Labor has determined that the renewal of a national 
advisory committee on apprenticeship is necessary and in the public 
interest.
    The ACA is being renewed to provide advice and recommendations to 
the Secretary on the following: (1) The development and implementation 
of policies, legislation and regulations affecting the National 
Registered Apprenticeship System; (2) strategies to expand the use of 
the Registered Apprenticeship model in demand occupations in 
industries, such as, but not limited to, clean and renewable energy 
sectors, and healthcare; (3) ways to more effectively partner with the 
public workforce system and educational institutions and communities to 
leverage Registered Apprenticeship as a valued post secondary 
credential; (4) the development of career pathways that can lead to 
good jobs for everyone and sustained employment for new and incumbent 
workers, youth, and under-utilized and disadvantaged populations; and 
(5) efforts to improve the performance, quality and oversight, and 
recognition and utilization of the National Registered Apprenticeship 
System which will foster quality work places that are safe, healthy, 
and fair.
    The current ACA Charter expired January 15, 2011. The ACA's Charter 
is required to be renewed every two years from the date of the 
Secretary of Labor's signature. Given that the Charter was last renewed 
in January 2009, it has been revised in several sections to reflect the 
current state of the National Apprenticeship System and to better align 
with the Secretary's priorities.

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 25th day of January 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for the Employment and Training Administration.
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