[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 35 (Thursday, February 21, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 5416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03044]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis
American Workforce Policy Advisory Board
AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Under Secretary for Economic Affairs announces the March
6, 2019 inaugural meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory
Board (Workforce Advisory Board). The Advisory Board advises the
National Council for the American Worker (National Council) on how the
Federal Government can encourage the private sector and educational
institutions to combat the skills crisis by investing in and increasing
demand-driven education, training, and re-training for American
workers. The discussions for this inaugural meeting include a review of
the National Council's priority areas and identification of areas of
activity for the Workforce Advisory Board.
DATES: The Workforce Advisory Board will meet on March 6, 2019; the
meeting will begin at 2 p.m. and end at approximately 5 p.m. (EST).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be in the Eisenhower Executive Office
Building, 1650 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20502. The meeting
is open to the public via audio conference technology. Audio
instructions will be prominently posted on the Workforce Advisory Board
homepage at: https://www.commerce.gov/americanworker/american-workforce-policy-advisory-board. Please note: The Workforce Advisory
Board website will maintain the most current information on the meeting
agenda, schedule, and location. These items may be updated without
further notice in the Federal Register.
The public may also submit statements or questions via the Advisory
Board email address, [email protected]
(please use the subject line ``March 2019 Advisory Board Meeting Public
Comment''), or by letter to Ken White, Office of Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230. If you wish the Workforce Advisory Board to
consider your statement or question during the meeting, we must receive
your written statement or question no later than 5 p.m. (EST) two
business days prior to the meeting. We will provide all statements or
questions received after the deadline to the members, however they may
not consider them during the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken White, Office of Under Secretary
for Economic Affairs, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482-2406, or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In Executive Order 13845 (July 19, 2018), as
amended, the President charged the National Council to develop a
national strategy to ensure that America's students and workers have
access to affordable, relevant, and innovative education and job
training that will equip them to compete and win in the global economy
and to monitor the implementation of that strategy. In the same
Executive Order, the President created the Workforce Advisory Board to
advise the National Council in its efforts to work with private
employers, educational institutions, labor unions, other non-profit
organizations, and State, territorial, tribal, and local governments to
update and reshape America's education and job training landscape so
that it better meets the needs of American students, workers, and
businesses. The Workforce Advisory Board shall be co-chaired by the
Secretary of Commerce and the Advisor to the President overseeing the
Office of Economic Initiatives. In addition to the co-chairs, the
Workforce Advisory Board comprises as many as 25 members appointed by
the Secretary of Commerce. Members include individuals chosen to serve
as representatives of the various sectors of the economy, including the
private sector, employers, educational institutions, and States to
offer diverse perspectives on how the federal government can improve
education, training, and re-training for American workers.
In an advisory capacity, the Workforce Advisory Board supports the
National Council in any of its functions, including:
Building national campaigns to raise awareness of matters
such as the urgency of the skills crisis, the creation of new
industries and job opportunities through emerging technologies, the
importance of manufacturing and trade careers, and the need for
corporate training investments;
Increasing transparency related to education and job-
training program options, including those offered at 4-year
institutions and community colleges;
Proposing ways to increase access to job-related data
(i.e., data on industries, geographic locations, open jobs, projected
future opportunities, and the underlying required skills) and fostering
close coordination within the federal government and between the
government and non-federal stakeholders;
Developing recommendations on how the public sector should
engage with the private sector in worker re-training, including through
the use of online learning resources;
Examining public and private-sector expenditures,
including tax expenditures, on worker education and training; and
Recognizing companies that demonstrate excellence in
workplace education, training, and re-training policies.
Dated: February 15, 2019.
Jeremy Pelter,
Chief Financial Officer, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2019-03044 Filed 2-19-19; 11:15 am]
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