Implementation Team Weekly Report
to the Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary


Report of September 16th

  1. Noteworthy Accomplishments Since the Last Report

    1. WIA State Plans

    2. The September 13th Federal Register included notice of an SGA for proposals to conduct regional consortium building activities (JTPA Title IV). The notice indicated that up to $9 million will be available to fund approximately 15 grants. The intent is to create partnerships that are broadly inclusive of groups in a geographic region or of entities focusing on a single industry or skilled occupation in an area. The closing date for receipt of applications is November 15th.

    3. Notice was posted in the Federal Register of September 13th of the procedures by which the DOL will select and designate service providers for Program Years 2000 and 2001 for Indian and Native America Employment and Training Programs under the Workforce Investment Act. Designation requests must be filed within 30 days from the date of publication.

    4. DOL policy on the designation of States as single workforce investment areas, stated in a letter to the State of Colorado of September 2nd, was posted at <www.usworkforce.org>.

    5. Options for submitting plans for the Youth Activities portion of State five-year strategic plans and Wagner-Peyser plans are described in Field Memorandum No. 52-99, posted at <www.usworkforce.org>.

    6. On September 9th & 10th representatives from the six States that have negotiated performance levels (FL, IN, KY, TX, UT & VT) met with ETA representatives in Atlanta to share their experiences in establishing performance levels, establishing management information systems, and managing against performance specifications. This information will be used in the process of developing final Performance Accountability specifications to be applicable in all states on July 1, 2000.

    7. ETA created a new Regulations Taskforce on September 10th. It will report to Eric Johnson, as head of the new Office of Career Transition Assistance. An initial meeting was held on September 16th.