Meetings: Employment Verification Pilots; evaluation status,

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Federal Register: October 5, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 192)NoticesPage 54055-54056From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Immigration and Naturalization Service

INS No. 2025-99Announcement of a Meeting on the Status of the Evaluation of the Employment Verification Pilots

AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization Service, Justice.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: On September 15, 1997, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) published a notice in the Federal Register describing pilot programs that are required by section 403 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA). The pilots include: (1) The Basic Pilot--requiring participating employers to verify employment authorization for all new employees, regardless of citizenship; (2) the Citizen Attestation Pilot; and (3) the Machine-Readable Document Pilot. The purpose of this notice is to announce to interested members of the public a meeting on the current status of the evaluation of the Pilots and to solicit comments and suggestions on the proposed methodology for the Basic Pilot.

DATE AND TIME: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 19, 1999, from 10 a.m.-12 p.m..

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Immigration and Naturalization Service Headquarters, 425 I Street NW., Washington, DC 20536, Shaughnessy Room, 6th floor Conference Room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Service contact: Sally Goya, Office of Policy and Planning, Immigration and Naturalization Service, 425 I Street NW., Washington, DC 20536, Telephone: (202) 616-0543. Research contact: Dr. Carolyn F. Shettle, Temple University/Institute for Survey Research, 4646 40th Street NW., Washington, DC 20016. Telephone: (202) 537-6700 Fax: (202) 537-6873. E-mail: cschettle@erols.com.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Basic Pilot was established by the Service in response to section 403 of the IIRIRA. The Basic Pilot is a free employment eligibility confirmation system operated by this Service and the Social Security Administration to test a method of providing effective, nondiscriminatory employment eligibility verification. The Basic Pilot will allow participating employers to confirm the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees and help maintain a stable, legal workforce. The evaluation, which was also mandated by the IIRIRA, is being conducted by two independent contractors, Temple University's Institute for Survey Research and the Westat Corporation.

Summary of Agenda

<bullet> Introductions

<bullet> Overview of the Basic Pilot Program

<bullet> Overview of the evaluation goals

<bullet> Presentation of the proposed methodological approach for collecting data on the Basic Pilot Program

<bullet> Presentation of analysis

<bullet> Questions and comments

Public Participation

The meeting is open to the public, but advance notice of attendance is requested to ensure adequate seating. Persons planning to attend should notify Dr. Shettle at least 5 days prior to the meeting. Members of the public may pose questions or make comments during the meeting; however, written questions submitted in advance would be appreciated.

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Dated: September 29, 1999. Doris Meissner, Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service.

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