Procurement Roles and Responsibilities for Job Corps Contracts

• Published date: 24 October 2019
• Citation: 84 FR 56942
• Record Number: 2019-23238
• Section: Rules and Regulations
• Court: Employment And Training Administration,Labor Department

Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 206 (Thursday, October 24, 2019)

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 206 (Thursday, October 24, 2019)]
                [Rules and Regulations]
                [Page 56942]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-23238]
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                DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
                Employment and Training Administration
                20 CFR Part 686
                [DOL Docket No. ETA-2019-0006]
                RIN 1205-AB96
                Procurement Roles and Responsibilities for Job Corps Contracts
                AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
                ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.
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                SUMMARY: Due to the receipt of two significant adverse comments, the
                Department of Labor (Department) is withdrawing the August 29, 2019,
                direct final rule (DFR) that would have made two procedural changes to
                its Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Job Corps
                regulations. The changes would have enabled the Secretary of Labor to
                delegate procurement authority as it relates to the development and
                issuance of requests for proposals for the operation of Job Corps
                centers, outreach and admissions, career transitional services, and
                other operational support services. This action would have aligned
                regulatory provisions with the relevant WIOA statutory language to
                provide greater flexibility for internal operations and management of
                the Job Corps program.
                DATES: Effective October 24, 2019, the direct final rule published at
                84 FR 45403 on August 29, 2019, is withdrawn.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heidi M. Casta, Deputy Administrator,
                Office of Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Labor,
                200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room N-5641, Washington, DC 20210;
                telephone (202) 693-3700 (this is not a toll-free number).
                 Individuals with hearing or speech impairments may access the
                telephone number above via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
                Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the DFR, the Department stated that if a
                significant adverse comment was submitted by September 30, 2019, the
                agency would publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register
                informing the public that this DFR will not take effect. The Department
                received two significant adverse comments prior to the close of the
                comment period and, therefore, is withdrawing the direct final rule.
                The Department will address the comments in a subsequent final action
                based upon the proposed action also published in the Federal Register
                on August 29, 2019 (84 FR 45449).
                 Accordingly, effective October 24, 2019, the amendment to 20 CFR
                part 686 published in the Federal Register on August 29, 2019 (84 FR
                45449) is withdrawn.
                John P. Pallasch,
                Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
                [FR Doc. 2019-23238 Filed 10-23-19; 8:45 am]
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