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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
WAGE AND OUR AND PUBLIC CONTRACTS DIVISIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20110 
July 20, 1971
MEMORANIU4 #98
TO: All Government Contracting Agencies of the Federal
Government and the District of Columbia
SUBJECT: PUBLICATION OF DAVIS-BACON AND RELATED ACTS
AREA WAGE DECISIONS IN FEDERAL RESISTER
After careful review with representatives of the principal contracting
agencies, the Department of Labor has worked out an arrangement to
publish all area (general) Davis-Bacon and Related Acts wage determina-
tions in the Federal Register. The Federal Register will thus become
the official point of reference for contracting agencies which now use
these area wage determinations in the contract process. Wage determina-
tions issued for specific projects will not be published in the Federal
Register; these will continue to be furnished by the Department of
Labor to the agencies which requested them.
At present there are approximately 400 area determinations and it is
expected that the number will increase in the future. If no determina-
tion for a particular State is included in the Federal Register on the
publication date for that State as set out below, this means that no
area wage determination has been issued for any locality in that State.
In all instances the geographic scope of a particular area determination -
the limits of its application - will be clearly stated in the heading.
We will begin publishing area wage determinations in the Federal Register
for Friday, August 6, 1971, beginning with the States of Connecticut,
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
Area wage determinations for the States of New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky,
Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, and for the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, and
Puerto Rico will be published on August 13, 1971.
Area wage determinations for the States of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin will be published on Friday, August 20,
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Area wage determinations for Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Oklahoma,
Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and
Washington will be published on Friday, August 27, 1971.
The area wage determinations for the remaining States, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Nevada, Arizona,
California, and Hawaii, and for Guam, will be published on September 3,
1971.
These determinations will be published as a supplement to the Federal
Register on the particular Gates given above. Copies of these supple-
ments may be ordered in advance from the Federal Register, using
regular agency channels.
From time to time it will be necessary to make changes in these area
determinations prior to expiration (120 6.ays). Such changes will be
published in a Friday issue of the Federal Register. On occasion the
whole determination will be republished for clarity and to avoid paper-
work. New area wage determinations will also be published in a Friday
Federal Register.
Unless otherwise provided, the replacement or modification date for a
particular area wage determination will be the date of publication in
the Federal Register.
Each contracting agency must take steps to see that individual contract-
ing officers are properly informed of this change and receive all
necessary determinations.
Horace E. Manasco
Administrator