[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77528-77529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30138]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Disability Employment Policy


Advisory Committee on Increasing Competitive Integrated 
Employment for Individuals With Disabilities; Notice of Amended Charter

    In accordance with section 609 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 
as amended by section 461 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act, and the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and its 
implementing regulations issued by the General Services Administration 
(GSA), the Department of Labor established the Advisory Committee on 
Increasing Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals with 
Disabilities on September 15, 2014.
    The Advisory Committee on Increasing Competitive Integrated 
Employment for Individuals with Disabilities is tasked with studying 
and preparing findings, conclusions, and recommendations for the 
Secretary of Labor on: (1) Ways to increase the employment 
opportunities for

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individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities or other 
individuals with significant disabilities in competitive integrated 
employment; (2) the use of the certificate program carried out under 
section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
214(c)) for the employment of individuals with intellectual or 
developmental disabilities, or other individuals with significant 
disabilities; and (3) ways to improve oversight of the use of such 
certificates.
    Membership consists of seven ex officio members: The Assistant 
Secretary of Disability Employment Policy, the Assistant Secretary for 
Employment and Training Administration, and the Administrator of the 
Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor; the Commissioner of 
the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, or 
the Commissioner's designee; the Director of the Centers for Medicare 
and Medicaid Services, or the Director's designee; the Commissioner of 
Social Security, or the Commissioner's designee; and the Commissioner 
of the Rehabilitation Services Administration, or the Commissioner's 
designee.
    Pursuant to the charter filed on September 15, 1014, it also 
consisted of approximately 10-12 representatives, appointed by the 
Secretary, with at least one from each of the following constituencies 
consisting of: Self-advocates for individuals with intellectual or 
developmental disabilities; providers of employment services, including 
those that employ individuals with intellectual or developmental 
disabilities in competitive integrated employment; representatives of 
national disability advocacy organizations for adults with intellectual 
or developmental disabilities; experts with a background in academia or 
research and expertise in employment and wage policy issues for 
individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities; 
representatives from the employer community or national employer 
organizations; and other individuals or representatives of 
organizations with expertise on increasing opportunities for 
competitive integrated employment for individuals with disabilities.
    The amended charter increases the number of representatives serving 
these constituencies on the committee from approximately 10-12 members 
to approximately 15-17 members. Given the scope and complexity of the 
issues the committee must address, increasing the committee's size will 
better provide it with the expertise and balance of perspective needed 
to fully inform its recommendations. No other changes to the charter 
are being made.
    For further information, contact Jennifer Sheehy, Designated 
Federal Officer, Advisory Committee on Increasing Competitive 
Integrated Employment for Individuals with Disabilities, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Suite S-1303, 
Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 693-7880.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of December, 2014.
Jennifer Sheehy,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Disability Employment Policy.
[FR Doc. 2014-30138 Filed 12-23-14; 8:45 am]
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