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[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 28 (Friday, February 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9722-9723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3394]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

2001 National Research Conference; Call for Papers

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of request for information.

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SUMMARY: This document requests empirical/non-empirical papers related 
to workforce development issues for the purpose of developing a 
comprehensive agenda for a National Research Conference to be convened 
in Washington, DC on June 26-27, 2001.

DATES: Papers submitted for inclusion in the agenda for the National 
Workforce Security Research Conference must be received by March 16, 
2001.

ADDRESSES: Papers should be sent to the Office of Workforce Security, 
Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S-4231, Washington, DC 20210. Attention: 
Esther R. Johnson.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Esther R. Johnson, Office of Workforce 
Security, Employment and Training Administration, Room S-4231, U.S. 
Department of Labor, Washington, DC 20210, Email [email protected], 
telephone (202) 693-3165. This is not a toll-free number. To review 
previously published studies by the Office of Workforce Security, 
access via the Internet at http://wdr.doleta.gov/owsdrr/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

    The Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department 
of Labor (DOL) is the Federal government agency responsible for 
implementing a national workforce security system that enables workers 
and employers to compete and succeed in an ever-changing economy. This 
is accomplished through the provision of world-class labor market 
information, job search assistance, training, and unemployment 
insurance benefits, to manage the risks associated with unemployment, 
declining income, and skill shortages. Its most recent effort, the 
implementation of the Workforce Investment Act, combines a variety of 
workforce development programs and initiatives under one umbrella--the 
One-Stop System--to effectively serve the needs of job-seekers, 
workers, and employers in the changing workforce development 
environment at the onset of the 21st century economy.
    In light of major changes in the macro-economy that have taken 
place in the areas of technological transformation, increasing 
globalization, and changing demographics over recent years, and the 
resulting effects of rising workforce insecurity, the Office of 
Workforce Security, Employment and Training Administration, will hold 
its first national research conference. The conference will focus on 
issues related to impacts, trends, and challenges of the macro-economy 
to workforce development, the significance of recent changes in 
workforce development, workforce competitiveness in global economy, 
workforce security in our new economy, and major policy options to 
promote economic opportunities for our workforce.

B. Information Requested

    This is a call for empirical/non-empirical papers related to 
workforce development issues. We are seeking recently completed papers 
and papers that will be completed prior to the conference. We encourage 
contributions by researchers from academia, State or local agencies, 
business organizations, labor associations, research consulting firms, 
and other organizations. Possible topics may include, but are not 
limited to:
    1. Unemployment Insurance Program--(program administration, benefit 
coverage, benefit duration, benefit eligibility, contingent workers, 
benefit financing, economic stabilization, recipiency rate, contingent 
workers, dislocated workers, telephone remote claims);

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    2. Employment Services--(labor exchange services, labor market 
information and emerging labor markets, the role of labor market 
intermediaries, worker profiling and reemployment services, the role of 
self-directed services, the role of the private sector in training and 
reemployment services, and bridging the gap between skills and employer 
needs);
    3. One-Stop System--(administration, program linkages/connectivity, 
financing, innovative strategies for providing services);
    4. Assisting low-wage workers--(role of workforce development 
system in assisting low-wage, female, and informal sector labor force);
    5. Welfare Reform--(impact on and connection to workforce 
development programs); and
    6. Technology and labor market--(role of Internet in job search and 
employment services, labor market mobility, training, technology and 
job creation).
    All papers submitted will be reviewed by a panel of DOL experts in 
the workforce development arena, and presenters will be notified if 
their papers are selected. Papers selected for the conference will be 
published as part of our OWS Occasional Paper Series. Travel and 
accommodation expenses for invited presenters will be paid by the 
Office of Workforce Security. If interested, please submit your paper/
abstract in hard copy and diskette/CD (Word Perfect or Word) by March 
16, 2001. Papers should be doubled-spaced and single-sided. You will be 
notified by April 4, 2001 if your paper is selected; you will have to 
confirm your attendance by April 10, 2001. We also encourage submitting 
abstracts for papers that have not yet been completed, but will be 
completed before the deadline for submission of papers. Consistent with 
5 CFR 1320.3(h)(4), this is a general solicitation of information from 
the general public.

C. Public Participation

    The Conference will be held on June 26 and 27, 2001 in Washington, 
D.C. This Conference is open to the public; there is no registration 
fee. For registration information, please contact H.M.A Associates, 
Inc., 1000 Thomas Jefferson St., NW, Suite 309, Washington, DC, 20007, 
Attn: Peggie Edwards-Jefferies or email them at 
[email protected].

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 19th day of January, 2001.
Raymond L. Bramucci,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-3394 Filed 2-8-01; 8:45 am]
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