[Federal Register: February 9, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 28)]
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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 erjohnson@doleta.gov,
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
HMASSOC@worldnet.att.net.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 19th day of January, 2001.
Raymond L. Bramucci,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
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