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No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open, and VOTERS 

intends to file additional written 

notifications disclosing all changes in 

membership. 

On February 10, 2009, VOTERS filed 

its original notification pursuant to 

Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department 

of Justice published a notice in the 

Federal Register pursuant to Section 

6(b) of the Act on March 13, 2009 (74 

FR 10967). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10460 Filed 5–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

(WIA); Notice of Incentive Funding 

Availability Based on Program Year 

(PY) 2008 Performance 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, in 

collaboration with the Department of 

Education, announces that ten states are 

eligible to apply for Workforce 

Investment Act (WIA) (Pub. L. 105–220, 

29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) incentive grant 

awards authorized by section 503 of the 

WIA. 

DATES: The ten eligible states must 

submit their applications for incentive 

funding to the Department of Labor by 

June 21, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit applications to the 

Employment and Training 

Administration, Office of Policy 

Development and Research, Division of 

System Accomplishments, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Room S– 

5206, Washington, DC 20210, Attention: 

Karen Staha and Gail Sather, Telephone 

number: 202–693–3995 (this is not a 

toll-free number). Fax: 202–693–3490. 

E-mail: staha.karen@dol.gov and 

sather.gail@dol.gov. Information may 

also be found at the ETA Performance 

Web site: http://www.doleta.gov/ 

performance. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Ten states 

(see Appendix) qualify to receive a 

share of the $9.7 million available for 

incentive grant awards under WIA 

section 503. These funds, which were 

contributed by the Department of 

Education from appropriations for the 

Adult Education and Family Literacy 

Act, are available for the eligible states 

to use through June 30, 2012, to support 

innovative workforce development and 

education activities that are authorized 

under title IB (Workforce Investment 

Systems) or title II (the Adult Education 

and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA)) of 

WIA, or under the Carl D. Perkins 

Career and Technical Education Act of 

2006 (Perkins IV), 20 U.S.C. 2301 et 

seq., as amended by Public Law 109– 

270. In order to qualify for a grant 

award, a state must have exceeded its 

performance levels for WIA title IB and 

adult education (AEFLA). (Due to the 

lack of availability of PY 2008 

performance data under the Carl D. 

Perkins Vocational and Technical 

Education Act of 1998 (Perkins III), the 

Department of Labor and the 

Department of Education did not 

consider states’ performance levels 

under the Perkins Act in determining 

incentive grants eligibility.) The goals 

included employment after training and 

related services, retention in 

employment, and improvements in 

literacy levels, among other measures. 

After review of the performance data 

submitted by states to the Department of 

Labor and to the Department of 

Education, each Department determined 

for its program(s) which states exceeded 

their performance levels (the Appendix 

at the bottom of this notice lists the 

eligibility of each state by program). 

These lists were compared, and states 

that exceeded their performance levels 

for both programs are eligible to apply 

for and receive an incentive grant 

award. The amount that each state is 

eligible to receive was determined by 

the Department of Labor and the 

Department of Education, based on the 

provisions in WIA section 503(c) (20 

U.S.C. 9273(c)), and is proportional to 

the total funding received by these 

states for WIA title IB and AEFLA 

programs. 

The states eligible to apply for 

incentive grant awards and the amounts 

they are eligible to receive are listed in 

the following chart: 

State Amount of 

award 

1. Colorado ........................... $870,920 

2. Connecticut ....................... 844,169 

3. Illinois ................................ 1,238,005 

4. Iowa .................................. 806,297 

5. Kentucky ........................... 964,785 

6. Minnesota ......................... 881,593 

7. Missouri ............................ 988,456 

8. Nebraska .......................... 784,251 

9. New York .......................... 1,405,909 

10. Tennessee ...................... 976,065 

Dated: May 4, 2010. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training. 

Appendix 

State 

Incentive grants 

PY 2008–FY 2009 exceeded state performance levels 

WIA (title IB) AEFLA (adult education) WIA title IB; 

AEFLA 

Alabama ....................................................................................... ........................................ X ........................................

Alaska .......................................................................................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................

Arizona ......................................................................................... ........................................ X ........................................

Arkansas ...................................................................................... ........................................ X ........................................

California ...................................................................................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................

Colorado ..................................................................................... X X X 

Connecticut ................................................................................ X X X 

District of Columbia ..................................................................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................

Delaware ...................................................................................... ........................................ X ........................................

Florida .......................................................................................... X ........................................ ........................................

Georgia ........................................................................................ ........................................ X ........................................

Hawaii .......................................................................................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................

Idaho ............................................................................................ ........................................ X ........................................

Illinois .......................................................................................... X X X 

Indiana ......................................................................................... ........................................ X ........................................

Iowa ............................................................................................. X X X 

Kansas ......................................................................................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................


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State 

Incentive grants 

PY 2008–FY 2009 exceeded state performance levels 

WIA (title IB) AEFLA (adult education) WIA title IB; 

AEFLA 

Kentucky ..................................................................................... X X X 

Louisiana ...................................................................................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................

Maine ........................................................................................... ........................................ X ........................................

Maryland ...................................................................................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................

Massachusetts ............................................................................. ........................................ X ........................................

Michigan ....................................................................................... X ........................................ ........................................

Minnesota ................................................................................... X X X 

Mississippi .................................................................................... ........................................ X ........................................

Missouri ...................................................................................... X X X 

Montana ....................................................................................... ........................................ X ........................................

Nebraska ..................................................................................... X X X 

Nevada ......................................................................................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................

New Hampshire ........................................................................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................

New Jersey .................................................................................. ........................................ ........................................ ........................................

New Mexico ................................................................................. ........................................ ........................................ ........................................

New York .................................................................................... X X X 

North Carolina .............................................................................. ........................................ X ........................................

North Dakota ................................................................................ X ........................................ ........................................

Ohio ............................................................................................. ........................................ X ........................................

Oklahoma ..................................................................................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................

Oregon ......................................................................................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................

Pennsylvania ................................................................................ ........................................ X ........................................

Puerto Rico .................................................................................. X ........................................ ........................................

Rhode Island ................................................................................ ........................................ X ........................................

South Carolina ............................................................................. ........................................ ........................................ ........................................

South Dakota ............................................................................... ........................................ X ........................................

Tennessee .................................................................................. X X X 

Texas ........................................................................................... ........................................ X ........................................

Utah ............................................................................................. ........................................ ........................................ ........................................

Vermont ....................................................................................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................

Virginia ......................................................................................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................

Washington .................................................................................. ........................................ ........................................ ........................................

West Virginia ................................................................................ ........................................ X ........................................

Wisconsin ..................................................................................... ........................................ X ........................................

Wyoming ...................................................................................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................

States in bold exceeded their performance levels for both AEFLA and WIA Title IB programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10930 Filed 5–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Workforce Investment Act; Lower 

Living Standard Income Level 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of Determination of 

Lower Living Standard Income Level. 

SUMMARY: Under Title I of the Workforce 

Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 (Pub. L. 

105–220), the Secretary of Labor 

annually determines the Lower Living 

Standard Income Level (LLSIL) for uses 

described in the law. WIA defines the 

term ‘‘Low Income Individual’’ as one 

who qualifies under various criteria, 

including an individual who received 

income for a six-month period that does 

not exceed the higher level of the 

poverty line or 70 percent of the LLSIL. 

This issuance provides the Secretary’s 

annual LLSIL for 2010 and references 

the current 2009 Health and Human 

Services ‘‘Poverty Guidelines.’’ Congress 

has taken action to keep the 2009 HHS 

poverty guidelines in effect until at least 

May 31, 2010. 

DATES: Effective Date: This notice is 

effective on the date of publication in 

the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Send questions about the 

Lower Living Standard Income Level 

calculations: Mr. Samuel Wright, 

Department of Labor, Employment and 

Training Administration, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 

S–4231, Washington, DC 20210. 

Send written youth program 

comments to: Mr. Evan Rosenberg, 

Department of Labor, Employment and 

Training Administration, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 

N–4464, Washington, DC 20210. 

For Further Information on LLSIL: 

Please contact Mr. Samuel Wright, 

Telephone 202–693–2870; Fax 202– 

693–3015 (these are not toll free 

numbers); e-mail address 

wright.samuel.e@dol.gov. 

For Further Information on Federal 

Youth Programs: Evan Rosenberg, 

Telephone 202–693–3593; Fax 202– 

693–3532 (these are not toll free 

numbers). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: It is the 

purpose of the Workforce Investment 

Act of 1998 ‘‘to provide workforce 

investment activities, through statewide 

and local workforce investment systems, 

that increase the employment, retention, 

and earnings of participants, and 

increase occupational skill attainment 

by participants, and as a result, improve 

the quality of the workforce, reduce 

welfare dependency, and enhance the 

productivity and competitiveness of the 

Nation.’’ 

The LLSIL is used for several 

purposes under WIA. Specifically, WIA 

Section 101(25) defines the term ‘‘low 

income individual’’ for eligibility 

purposes, and Sections 127(b)(2)(C) and 

132(b)(1)(B)(v)(IV) define the terms 

‘‘disadvantaged youth’’ and 

‘‘disadvantaged adult’’ in terms of the 


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