[Federal Register: April 9, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 67)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Disability Employment Policy

[OMB Number 1230-0002]

 
Solicitation of Nominations for the Secretary of Labor's New 
Freedom Initiative Award; Extension of Period for Submission of 
Nominations Notice

    1. Subject: The Secretary of Labor's New Freedom Initiative Award.
    2. Purpose: This document extends the period for submission of 
nominations for the Secretary of Labor's New Freedom Initiative Award. 
This action is taken to permit increased participation by interested 
stakeholders.
    3. Originator: Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP).
    4. Dates: Nomination packages must be submitted to Secretary of 
Labor's New Freedom Initiative Award, Office of Disability Employment 
Policy, Room S-1303, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210 
by May 31, 2007. Any application received after 4:45 p.m. EDT on May 
31, 2007 will not be considered unless it was received before the award 
is made and:
    1. It was sent by registered or certified mail no later than May 
25, 2007;
    2. It is determined by the Government that the late receipt was due 
solely to mishandling by the Government after receipt at the U.S. 
Department of Labor at the address indicated; or
    3. It was sent by U.S. Postal Service Express Mail Next Day 
Service--Post Office to Addressee, not later than 5 p.m. EDT at the 
place of mailing, May 30, 2007.
    The only acceptable evidence to establish the date of mailing of a 
late application sent by registered or certified mail is the U.S. 
Postal Service postmark on the envelope or wrapper and on the original 
receipt from the U.S. Postal Service. If the postmark is not legible, 
an application received after the above closing time and date will be 
processed as if mailed late. ``Postmark'' means a printed, stamped, or 
otherwise placed impression (not a postage meter machine impression) 
that is readily identifiable without further action as having been 
applied and affixed by an employee of the U.S. Postal Service on the 
date of mailing. Therefore, applicants should request that the postal 
clerk place a legible hand cancellation ``bull's-eye'' postmark on both 
the receipt and the envelope or wrapper.
    The only acceptable evidence to establish the time of receipt at 
the U.S. Department of Labor is the date/time stamp of the Office of 
Disability Employment Policy on the application wrapper or other 
documentary evidence or receipt maintained by that office.
    Applications sent by other delivery services, such as Federal 
Express, UPS, e-mail, etc., will also be accepted; however, the 
applicant bears the responsibility of timely submission.
    For further information, contact Margaret Roffee of the Office of 
Disability Employment Policy at telephone (202) 693-7880, (866) ODEP-
DOL, TTY (202) 693-7881, prior to the closing deadline.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of February 12, 2007 
(72 FR 6673), the Office of Disability Employment Policy published a 
Solicitation of Nominations for the Secretary of Labor's New Freedom 
Initiative Award. Nomination packages were to be submitted to the 
Office of Disability Employment Policy by April 30, 2007. Because of 
the continuing interest in this solicitation, the agency believes that 
it is desirable to extend the period for submission of nominations. 
Therefore, the period for submission of nominations is extended until 
May 31, 2007.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 4th day of April 2007.
John R. Davey,
 Director of Operations.
[FR Doc. E7-6609 Filed 4-6-07; 8:45 am]

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