[Federal Register: June 13, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 115)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of the Secretary

 
Designation of the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification 
System Under Executive Order 12989, as Amended by the Executive Order 
Entitled ``Amending Executive Order 12989, as Amended'' of June 6, 2008

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security 
has designated the E-Verify system, operated by U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services in partnership with the Social Security 
Administration, as the electronic employment eligibility verification 
system to be used by Federal contractors, pursuant to Executive Order 
12989, as amended by the Executive Order entitled ``Amended Executive 
Order 12989, as Amended'' of June 6, 2008.

DATES: This designation is effective immediately.

Designation

    Executive Order 12989, as amended by the Executive Order entitled 
``Amended Executive Order 12989, as Amended'' of June 6, 2008, 
instructs Federal departments and agencies that enter into contracts to 
require, as a condition of each contract, that the contractor agree to 
use an electronic employment eligibility verification system designated 
by the Secretary of Homeland Security to verify the employment 
eligibility of all persons hired during the contract term by the 
contractor to perform employment duties within the United States, and 
all persons assigned by the contractor to perform work within the 
United States on the Federal contract.
    Pursuant to that Executive Order, I hereby designate the E-Verify 
system, modified as necessary and appropriate to accommodate the policy 
set forth in the Executive Order entitled ``Amended Executive Order 
12989, as Amended'' and the implementation of that Executive Order by 
the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services, and 
the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
as the electronic employment eligibility verification system to be used 
by Federal contractors.

    Dated: June 9, 2008.
Michael Chertoff,
Secretary, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E8-13294 Filed 6-12-08; 8:45 am]

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