[Federal Register: November 12, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 218)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Labor Certification Process for Temporary Agricultural Employment
of Nonimmigrant Workers in the United States (H-2A Workers); H-2A On-
line Application Processing System; Formal Briefing
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice
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SUMMARY: As the result of the General Accounting Office (GAO)
recommendation to the Secretary of Labor on ways to improve the H-2A
Program, the Department of labor (DOL) has designed an H-2A case
management system to improve data tracking and reporting capabilities.
The system will also provide a user-friendly platform for the Regional
Office staff and the regulated community to enter application data. The
Division of
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Foreign Labor Certification, Employment and Training Administration
(ETA), Department of Labor, announces a formal briefing to demonstrate
to agricultural employers and the interested parties the new On-Line
Application Processing System. The briefing will allow ETA to
demonstrate to the regulated community, i.e., employers, attorneys,
agents and associations, the benefits of the online application
completion module.
DATES: The briefing date is: Friday, December 5, 2003; 9:30 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monterrey, CA.
Notices of intention to appear at the briefing must be postmarked
no later than November 26, 2003.
ADDRESSES: The briefing location is: Hilton Monterey, 1000 Oguajito
road, Monterey, CA 93940
Send notices of intention to appear to: Charlene Giles, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room C-4318,
Washington, DC 20210. Notice also may be faxed to Charlene Giles at
202-693-2769 (this is not a toll-free number), or submitted by e-mail at dflc.onp@dol.gov.
ADDITIONAL BRIEFINGS: In the near future, the Division of Foreign Labor
Certification, Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Department
Labor, will announce additional locations for formal briefings to be
held on the East Coast in January 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charlene Giles; telephone 202-693-
2950. This is not a toll-free number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information public briefings will be
chaired by a senior official of the Employment and Training
Administration. Persons appearing at the briefings will be allowed a
hands on experience with the system and to pose questions to Department
staff.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of November, 2003.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. 03-28297 Filed 11-10-03; 8:45 am]
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