[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR661.110]

[Page 726-727]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 661--STATEWIDE AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT SYSTEM UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart A--General Governance Provisions
 
Sec. 661.110  What is the role of the Department of Labor as the Federal governmental partner in the governance of the workforce investment system?

    (a) Successful governance of the workforce investment system will be 
achieved through cooperation and coordination of Federal, State and 
local governments.
    (b) The Department of Labor sees as one of its primary roles 
providing leadership and guidance to support a system that meets the 
objectives of title I of WIA, and in which State and local partners have 
flexibility to design systems and deliver services in a manner designed 
to best achieve the goals of WIA based on their particular needs. The 
WIA regulations provide the framework in which State and local officials 
can exercise such flexibility within the confines of the statutory 
requirements. Wherever possible, system features such as design options 
and categories of services are broadly defined, and are subject to State 
and local interpretation.

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    (c) The Secretary, in consultation with other Federal Agencies, as 
appropriate, may publish guidance on interpretations of statutory and 
regulatory provisions. State and local policies, interpretations, 
guidelines and definitions that are consistent with interpretations 
contained in such guidance will be considered to be consistent with the 
Act for purposes of Sec. 661.120.