[Federal Register: June 1, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 104)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Program Year (PY) 2005 Wagner-Peyser Act Final Planning
Allotments
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This Notice announces PY 2005 final planning allotments for PY
2005 (July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006) for basic labor exchange
activities provided under the Wagner-Peyser Act.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this notice to Anthony D.
Dais, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration,
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S-4231, Washington, DC 20210; or
transmit via fax 202-693-3015 (this is not a toll-free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony D. Dais, at phone number (202)
693-2784 (this is not a toll free number) or E-mail address:
dais.anthony@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with section 6(b)(5) of the
Wagner-Peyser Act, 29 U.S.C. 49e(b)(5), the Employment and Training
Administration is publishing final planning allotments for each state
for PY 2005 (July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006). Preliminary planning
estimates were published in Federal Register Volume 70, No. 57, page
15515 on March 25, 2005. Funds are distributed in accordance with
formula criteria established in section 6(a) and (b) of the Wagner-
Peyser Act. Civilian labor force (CLF) and unemployment data for
Calendar Year 2004 are used in making the formula calculations.
The total amount of funds currently available for distribution is
$746,301,440. The Secretary of Labor shall set aside up to 3 percent of
the total available funds to assure that each state will have
sufficient resources to maintain statewide One-Stop Career Centers'
labor exchange activities, as required by section 6(b)(4) of the Act,
29 U.S.C. 49e(b)(4). In accordance with this provision, $21,849,043 is
set aside for administrative formula allocation. These funds are
included in the total planning allotment. The funds that are set aside
are distributed in two steps to states, which have lost in relative
share of resources from the prior year. In Step 1, states which have a
CLF below one million and are below the median CLF density are
maintained at 100 percent of their relative share of prior year
resources. The remainder is distributed in Step 2 to all other states
losing in relative share from the prior year, but which do not meet the
size and density criteria for Step 1.
Postage costs incurred by states during the conduct of the Wagner-
Peyser funded labor exchange activities are billed directly to the
Department of Labor by the U.S. Postal Service. The total final
planning allotment reflects $18,000,000, or 2.1 percent of the total
amount available, withheld from distribution to finance postage costs.
Pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. 49f(b), ten percent of
the total sums allotted to each state shall be reserved for use by the
Governor to provide performance incentives for One-Stop Career Centers
and programs; services for groups with special needs; and for the extra
costs of exemplary models for delivering job services.
Differences between preliminary planning estimates and final
planning allotments are caused by the use of calendar year 2004 data as
opposed to the earlier data (12 months ending September 2004) used for
preliminary planning estimates.
Dated at Washington, DC, this 18th day of May, 2005.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
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