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Dated: June 26, 2009. 

Joseph S. Piacentini, 

Director, Office of Policy and Research, 

Employee Benefits Security Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–15774 Filed 7–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

Service (VETS) 

Fiscal Years (FY) 2009 and 2010 Stand 

Down Grant Award Requests 

ACTION: Follow up announcement of 

available FY 2009 and FY 2010 funds to 

support local Stand Down events. 

AGENCY: Veterans’ Employment and 

Training Service, Labor. 

Announcement Type: Follow-up 

Notice of Available Funds and 

Solicitation for Grant Applications. The 

full announcement is posted on the 

VETS Web site at: http://www.dol.gov/ 

vets/programs/stand%20down/ 

main.htm. 

Funding Opportunity Number: 17– 

805. 

Key Dates: To be considered for FY 

2009 funding, applications must be 

received at least sixty (60) days prior to 

the event and no later than July 30, 

2009. Applications for events planned 

in FY 2010 must be received at least 

sixty (60) days prior to the event and no 

later than July 30, 2010. 

Funding Opportunity Description: 

The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), 

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

Service (VETS) continues to support 

local Stand Down events that assist 

homeless veterans. A Stand Down is an 

event held in a local community where 

homeless veterans are provided with a 

wide variety of social services including 

employment assistance. 

Under this announcement, VETS 

anticipates that up to $400,000 will be 

available in each year for grant awards 

of up to a maximum of $10,000 per 

multi-day event (more than one day), 

and a maximum of $7,000 for a one (1) 

day event. VETS expects to award 

approximately forty-five (45) grants each 

fiscal year. Availability of FY 2010 

funds will be dependent upon 

Congressional appropriations. 

Applications for Stand Down funds will 

be accepted from State Workforce 

Agencies and State and local Workforce 

Investment Boards, Veterans Service 

Organizations (VSO), local public 

agencies, and non-profit organizations, 

including community and faith-based 

organizations. USDOL is not authorized 

to award grant funds to organizations 

that are registered with Internal 

Revenue Service (IRS) as a 501(c)(4) 

organization. 

Applications for Stand Down grant 

funding should be submitted to the 

appropriate State Director of Veterans 

Employment and Training/Grant Officer 

Technical Representative (DVET/ 

GOTR). Address and contact 

information for each State DVET/GOTR 

can be found at Web site address: 

http://www.dol.gov/vets/aboutvets/ 

contacts/main.htm. The closing date for 

receipt of applications is sixty (60) days 

prior to the event or July 30, 2009. Any 

events approved in FY 2009 must be 

held prior to December 31, 2009. 

Applications for events planned in FY 

2010 must be received at least sixty (60) 

days prior to the event and no later than 

July 30, 2010. 

The full Solicitation for Grant 

Application for Stand Downs is posted 

on the VETS Web site (http:// 

www.dol.gov/vets/aboutvets/contacts/ 

main.htm. If you need to speak to a 

person concerning these grants, or if you 

have issues regarding access to the 

VETS Web site, you may telephone 

Kenneth Fenner at 202–693–4728 (not a 

toll-free number). 

Signed at Washington, DC this 29th day of 

June 2009. 

Cassandra R. Mitchell, 

Grant Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–15772 Filed 7–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–79–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

The Advisory Committee on Veterans’ 

Employment, Training and Employer 

Outreach (ACVETEO); Notice of Open 

Meeting 

The Advisory Committee on Veterans’ 

Employment, Training and Employer 

Outreach (ACVETEO) was established 

pursuant to Title II of the Veterans’ 

Housing Opportunity and Benefits 

Improvement Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109– 

233) and section 9 of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. 

L. 92–462, Title 5 U.S.C. app.II). The 

authority of the ACVETEO is codified in 

Title 38 U.S. Code, section 4110. 

The ACVETEO is responsible for 

assessing employment and training 

needs of veterans; determining the 

extent to which the programs and 

activities of the U.S. Department of 

Labor meet these needs; and assisting to 

conduct outreach to employers seeking 

to hire veterans. The ACVETEO will 

conduct a business meeting on 

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 from 8:30 

a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency 

Washington on Capitol Hill Hotel, 400 

New Jersey Avenue, NW., Ticonderoga 

room lower level, Washington, DC 

20001. 

The ACVETEO will discuss programs 

to assist veterans seeking employment 

and to raise employer awareness as to 

the advantages of hiring veterans, with 

special emphasis on employer outreach 

and wounded and injured veterans. 

There will be an opportunity for persons 

or organizations to address the 

committee. Any individual or 

organization that wishes to do so should 

contact Margaret Hill Watts at (202) 

693–4744. Time constraints may limit 

the number of presentations. 

Individuals needing special 

accommodations should notify Margaret 

Hill Watts at (202) 693–4744 by July 13, 

2009. 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 29th day of 

June 2009. 

John M. McWilliam, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Veterans’ 

Employment and Training Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–15771 Filed 7–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–79–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

146th Meeting of the Advisory Council 

on Employee Welfare and Pension 

Benefit Plans; Notice of Meeting 

Pursuant to the authority contained in 

Section 512 of the Employee Retirement 

Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 

U.S.C. 1142, the 146th open meeting of 

the Advisory Council on Employee 

Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans will 

be held on July 21–23, 2009. 

The three-day meeting will take place 

in Room N 3437 A&B, U.S. Department 

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20210. The 

purpose of the open meeting, which will 

run from 9 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m. 

each day, with a one hour break for 

lunch, is for Council members to hear 

testimony from invited witnesses and to 

receive an update from the Employee 

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