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DATE: May 25, 2001
REGION 5 ETA INFORMATION BULLETIN 127-01
ORIGINATING OFFICE: ORA
SUBJECT: Notice - Designation of Certifying Officers; Trade Adjustment Assistance Program
PROGRAM(S): UI, Trade Adjustment Assistance; NAFTA
1. Purpose: To transmit a notice revising the list of designated Certifying Officers for the Trade Adjustment Assistance program under the Trade Act of 1974.
2. References: Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 99, May 22, 2001, p. 28203; Trade Act of 1974; Employment and Training Order 1-01.
3. Links: This Bulletin is in the website Library at: http://www.doleta.gov/regions/reg05 .
Link to the Federal Register attachment (.pdf).
4. Action: State Employment Security Administrators are requested to share the information in this Bulletin with appropriate staff and other agencies/entities.
5. Contact: Comments or questions about the Trade Adjustment Assistance and NAFTA programs should be directed to the Office of Workforce Security in the Chicago or Kansas City Regional Offices. Comments or questions about this Bulletin may be directed to Tom Coyne on 816-426-3796 x223.
6. Expiration Date: Continuing
7. Attachments.
Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 99, May 22, 2001, p. 28203
Employment and Training Order 1-01, February 24, 2001
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U. S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Washington, D.C. 20210 |
CLASSIFICATION
TAA |
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February 14, 2001 |
DIRECTIVE : EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ORDER NO.1-01
TO: : NATIONAL AND REGIONAL OFFICES
FROM : RAYMOND J. UHALDE Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training
SUBJECT : Trade Adjustment Assistance Program (Trade Act of 1974) -- Designation of Certifying Officers
l. Purpose. To designate certifying officers to carry out functions required for the worker adjustment assistance programs under the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act and the certification regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations at Title 29, Part 90.
2. Directives Affected. Employment and Training Order No. 1-94, August 29, 1994 (59 FR 46671 (September 9, 1994)), is superseded.
3. Background. Persons designated as certifying officers are vested with certain authority and assigned responsibilities under the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, and 29 CFR Part 90. Such authority and responsibilities particularly include making determinations and issuing certifications with respect to the eligibility of groups of workers to apply for adjustment assistance under the Act and the program benefit regulations at 20 CFR Part 617. The operating instructions for the transitional adjustment assistance provisions of North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act are contained in General Administration Letter, GAL 7-94 and changes 1, 2, and 3. The Secretary of Labor's Order 3-81, June 1, 1981 (46 FR 31117 (June 12, 1981))--
delegated authority and assigned responsibility to the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training for coordinating, monitoring, and insuring that the functions of the Secretary of Labor under the Trade Act of 1974, are carried out, including but not limited to . . . [d]eveloping and promulgating program performance standards relating to the conduct of certification investigations, public hearings, issuance of notice of certification decisions, delivery of program benefits, and other processes involved in the administration of the trade adjustment assistance program* * * [and] [d]etermining eligibility of groups of workers to apply for adjustment assistance* * *.
4. Designation of Officials. By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Secretary's Order 3-81, the following officials of the Employment and Training Administration, United States Department of Labor, are hereby designated as certifying officers for the trade adjustment assistance programs.
a. Edward A. Tomchick, Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, or in the absence of the Director, any person designated by the Assistant Secretary to act on the Director's behalf.
b. Linda G. Poole, Program Analyst, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance
c. Curtis K. Kooser, Program Analyst, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance
The foregoing designated certifying officers are delegated authority and assigned responsibility, subject to the general direction and control of the Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretaries of the Employment and Training Administration and Managers of the Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, to carry out the duties and functions of certifying officers under the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and 29 CFR Part 90.
5. Effective Date: This Order is effective
on date of issuance.
