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designated as participating tribes under 

section 204 of the Indian Civil Rights 

Act of 1968, as amended, on an 

accelerated basis, under the voluntary 

pilot project described in section 

908(b)(2) of the Violence Against 

Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. 

DATES: This notice is effective February 

6, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Mr. Tracy Toulou, Director, 

Office of Tribal Justice, Department of 

Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Room 2310, Washington, DC 20530, 

email OTJ@usdoj.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Tracy Toulou, Director, Office of Tribal 

Justice, Department of Justice, at (202) 

514–8812 (not a toll-free number) or 

OTJ@usdoj.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

908(b)(2) of the Violence Against 

Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 

(VAWA 2013) establishes a voluntary 

pilot project for Indian tribes that wish 

to commence exercising jurisdiction on 

an accelerated basis over certain crimes 

of domestic violence and dating 

violence and certain criminal violations 

of protection orders in Indian country. 

This announcement provides public 

notice that the Associate Attorney 

General, exercising authority delegated 

by the Attorney General, is granting the 

requests of three Indian tribes to be 

designated as participating tribes under 

section 204 of the Indian Civil Rights 

Act of 1968, as amended, on an 

accelerated basis, under the voluntary 

pilot project described in section 

908(b)(2) of VAWA 2013. The three 

tribes are (in alphabetical order): 

• The Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation, 

• The Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, 

and 

• The Tulalip Tribes of Washington. 

In deciding to grant the three tribes’ 

requests, the Department of Justice 

followed the procedures described in 

the Department’s final notice on the 

Pilot Project for Tribal Jurisdiction over 

Crimes of Domestic Violence, 78 FR 

71645 (Nov. 29, 2013). The Department 

of Justice coordinated with the 

Department of the Interior, consulted 

with affected Indian tribes, and 

concluded that the criminal justice 

system of each of the three tribes has 

adequate safeguards in place to protect 

defendants’ rights, consistent with 25 

U.S.C. 1304. 

By February 20, 2014, each of the 

three tribes will notify its community 

that the tribe will soon commence 

prosecuting ‘‘special domestic violence 

criminal jurisdiction’’ (SDVCJ) cases. 

That notification will include sending 

press releases to the print and electronic 

media outlets in the tribe’s area. Each of 

the three tribes may not exercise SDVCJ 

to prosecute any crime committed 

before that notification has been 

completed or before February 20, 2014. 

Also, during the remainder of the Pilot 

Project’s duration (i.e., until March 7, 

2015), each of the three tribes will 

provide the Department of Justice’s 

Office of Tribal Justice (OTJ) with 

updated information if changes in the 

tribe’s laws, rules, policies, or personnel 

render the answers to the tribe’s 

certified Application Questionnaire 

incomplete, inaccurate, or outdated. 

The Department of Justice will post 

on its Tribal Justice and Safety Web site 

(http://www.justice.gov/tribal/) each of 

the three tribes’ Application 

Questionnaires and all the tribal laws, 

rules, and policies that were attached or 

linked to those Application 

Questionnaires. Once posted, these 

materials will serve as a resource for 

those tribes that may also wish to 

participate in the Pilot Project or to 

commence exercising SDVCJ in March 

2015 or later, after the Pilot Project has 

concluded. 

Dated: February 6, 2014. 

Tony West, 

Associate Attorney General. 

[FR Doc. 2014–03023 Filed 2–11–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–A5–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Foreign Claims Settlement 

Commission 

[F.C.S.C. Meeting and Hearing Notice No. 

02–14] 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

The Foreign Claims Settlement 

Commission, pursuant to its regulations 

(45 CFR 503.25) and the Government in 

the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), 

hereby gives notice in regard to the 

scheduling of open meetings as follows: 

Friday, February 21, 2014: 

10:00 a.m.—Oral hearing on Objection 

to Commission’s Proposed Decision 

in Claim No. IRQ–I–005; 

11:00 a.m.—Issuance of Proposed 

Decisions in claims against Iraq. 

Status: Open. 

All meetings are held at the Foreign 

Claims Settlement Commission, 600 E 

Street NW., Washington, DC. Requests 

for information, or advance notices of 

intention to observe an open meeting, 

may be directed to: Patricia M. Hall, 

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, 

600 E Street NW., Suite 6002, 

Washington, DC 20579. Telephone: 

(202) 616–6975. 

Brian M. Simkin, 

Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2014–03145 Filed 2–10–14; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–BA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Presidential Memorandum of January 

30, 2014; Job-Driven Training for 

Workers 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

On January 30, 2014, President Barack 

Obama issued a memorandum to the 

Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of 

Commerce, and the Secretary of 

Education, directing them to develop a 

specific action plan to make the 

workforce and training system more jobdriven, integrated, and effective. This 

plan is to be provided to the President 

through the Vice President within 180 

days of the date of this memorandum. 

The text of this memorandum reads — 

Giving workers the opportunity to 

acquire the skills that they need to 

pursue in-demand jobs and careers is 

critical to growing our economy, 

ensuring that everyone who works hard 

is rewarded, and building a strong 

middle class. Despite recent 

employment growth, far too many hardworking individuals still have not been 

able to find a job or increase their 

earnings, and many businesses report 

difficulty hiring workers with the right 

skills for jobs that they want to fill. 

It is critical that the Federal 

Government ensure that its policies and 

programs in the workforce and training 

system are designed to equip the 

Nation’s workers with skills matching 

the needs of employers looking to hire. 

To achieve this goal, employers must 

identify the skills and credentials 

required for in-demand jobs and help 

develop training programs; workers and 

job seekers must have access to 

education and training that meets their 

unique needs and the requirements for 

good jobs and careers; and employers 

must have easy ways to find workers 

who have or can acquire those skills. 

We must take steps to ensure that all 

relevant Federal programs follow such a 

job-driven approach to training, and that 

these programs are accountable for 

getting Americans into good jobs and 

careers as quickly as possible. That is 

why I have asked the Vice President to 

lead a Government-wide review of 

relevant Federal programs. 

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Therefore, as part of the overall 

review process led by the Vice 

President, I hereby direct as follows: 

Section 1. Job-Driven Reform of 

Federal Employment and Training 

Programs. (a) Within 180 days of the 

date of this memorandum and in 

coordination with the Office of the Vice 

President, the National Economic 

Council, the Domestic Policy Council, 

the Council of Economic Advisers, the 

Office of Science and Technology 

Policy, and the Office of Management 

and Budget, the Secretaries of Labor, 

Commerce, and Education (Secretaries), 

in consultation with other executive 

departments and agencies as 

appropriate, shall develop a specific 

action plan, to be provided to me 

through the Vice President, to make the 

workforce and training system more jobdriven, integrated, and effective. 

(b) The action plan shall identify 

concrete steps to make Federal 

workforce and training programs and 

policies more focused on imparting 

relevant skills with job-market value, 

more easily accessed by employers and 

job seekers, and more accountable for 

producing positive employment and 

earning outcomes for the people they 

serve. Such steps shall be consistent 

with the following job-driven training 

principles: 

(i) Promoting more active engagement 

with industry, employers and employer 

associations, and worker representatives 

to identify the skills and supports 

workers need, and to make sure those 

skills are better communicated to 

education and training providers, 

workforce leaders, job seekers, and 

policy makers; 

(ii) providing support for secondary 

and post-secondary education and 

training entities to equip individuals 

with the skills, competencies, and 

credentials necessary to help them 

obtain jobs, increase earnings, and 

advance their careers; 

(iii) making available to workers, job 

seekers, and employers the best 

information regarding job demand, 

skills matching, supports, and 

education, training, and career options, 

as well as innovative approaches to 

training using learning science and 

advanced technology; 

(iv) improving accountability for the 

outcomes of training programs, 

including employment and earnings 

outcomes; 

(v) ensuring better alignment across 

secondary, post-secondary, and adult 

education, and workforce training, 

including coordinating Federal 

programs and promoting foundational 

skill development for employability, onthe-job training, and apprenticeship 

options; and 

(vi) encouraging effective regional 

partnerships among industry, educators, 

worker representatives, nonprofits, and 

the workforce system to prepare, 

support, and train youth, unemployed 

workers, low-skilled employed adults, 

and others for career path employment 

and advancement. 

(c) In developing the action plan, the 

Secretaries shall consult with industry, 

employers and employer associations, 

State and local leaders, economic 

development organizations, worker 

representatives, education and training 

providers, workforce leaders, and 

relevant nonprofit organizations. 

(d) In developing the action plan, the 

Secretaries shall review existing 

evidence of the job training strategies 

that most effectively achieve the goals of 

this memorandum, determine what 

information is lacking, and identify 

future research and evaluation that can 

be undertaken to ensure that Federal 

programs invest in effective practices. 

Sec. 2. General Provisions. (a) Nothing 

in this memorandum shall be construed 

to impair or otherwise affect: 

(i) The authority granted by law to a 

department or agency, or the head 

thereof; or 

(ii) the functions of the Director of the 

Office of Management and Budget 

relating to budgetary, administrative, or 

legislative proposals. 

(b) This memorandum shall be 

implemented consistent with applicable 

law and subject to the availability of 

appropriations. 

(c) This memorandum is not intended 

to, and does not, create any right or 

benefit, substantive or procedural, 

enforceable at law or in equity by any 

party against the United States, its 

departments, agencies, or entities, its 

officers, employees, or agents, or any 

other person. 

(d) The Secretary of Labor is 

authorized and directed to publish this 

memorandum in the Federal Register. 

Dated: February 6, 2014. 

Gerri Fiala, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment 

and Training, Labor. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–XX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Privacy Act of 1974; Publication of Five 

New Systems of Records; 

Amendments to Nine Existing Systems 

of Records 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of five new systems of 

records; amendments to nine existing 

systems of records; decommissioning of 

five existing systems of records. 

SUMMARY: The Privacy Act of 1974 

requires that each agency publish notice 

of all of the systems of records that it 

maintains. This document proposes to 

add five new systems of records to the 

current systems of records of the 

Department of Labor (Department or 

DOL). With the addition of these five 

systems of records, and the 

decommissioning of five existing 

systems, the Department will maintain 

153 systems of records. The Department 

also proposes to amend nine existing 

systems of records. The nine proposed 

revised systems of records include 

changes to their routine uses and to the 

various system categories, some of 

which are updates to names, locations 

and stylistic changes. Major changes are 

summarized in the introductory portion 

of the Supplementary Information 

section. DOL also proposes to 

decommission five existing outdated 

systems of records. 

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on 

the changes set out in this notice may 

do so on or before March 24, 2014. 

Effective Date: Unless there is a 

further notice in the Federal Register, 

these five new systems of records and 

nine amended systems of records and 

the decommissioning of five existing 

systems of records will become effective 

on April 8, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph J. Plick, Counsel for FOIA and 

Information Law, Office of the Solicitor, 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Room N–2420, 

Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 

693–5527, or by email to plick.joseph@

dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 

552a(e)(4)), hereinafter referred to as the 

Act, the Department hereby publishes 

notice of updates to its systems of 

records. On April 8, 2002, in Volume 67 

at Page 16816 of the Federal Register, 

the Department published a notice of 

147 systems of records maintained 

under the Act. In February 2003, a new 

system of records was published on 

behalf of the Office of the 21st Century 

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