[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 226 (Tuesday, November 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64971-64972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31402]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Open Meeting of the Presidential Task Force on
Employment of Adults with Disabilities
Background and Authority
The President Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities
(PTFEAD) was established under Executive Order No. 13078, signed March
13, 1998. Its primary purpose is to create a ``coordinated and
aggressive national policy'' in order to increase the employment of
adults with disabilities to a rate and level that mirror, as close as
possible, that of the general adult population.
Task Force membership is also set forth in the Executive Order and
includes the Secretary of Labor, Chair of the President's Committee on
Employment of Adults with Disabilities, Secretary of Education,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Secretary of Health and Human Services,
Commissioner of Social Security, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary
of Commerce, Secretary of Transportation, Director of the Office of
Personnel Management, Administrator of the Small Business
Administration, the Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunities
Commission, and the Chairperson of the National Council on Disability.
The Task Force will terminate 30 days after submitting its final
report, which is due July 26, 2002.
Notice of Meeting Including Specifications As To Time/Place
An open meeting of the Task Force will take place on Monday,
December 14, 1998 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of
the International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, DC.
Agenda Items
The agenda will include the public presentation and full Task Force
discussion of the First Report to the President, a report mandated by
Executive Order 13078. Vice President Gore will also meet with and
address the Task Force.
Discussion of the First Report to the President will begin with
brief oral presentations of several panels of federal government
officials. The panels will be comprised of the Chairs of six inter-
agency work groups formed to address the first six specific mandates of
Section 2 of the Executive Order. Their presentations will include the
initial fact-finding and impact assessment of Task Force member
departments and
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agencies, in terms of their respective efforts to eliminate or
significantly reduce employment-related barriers for working-age adults
with disabilities.
The work group Chairs will also identify both short-term
recommendations for improving federal disability employment policy, and
longer-term policy recommendations and issues that will need to be
addressed by the PTFEAD during the next three and half years.
Special Accommodations
Any individuals wishing to attend the Task Force meeting who need
special accommodations should contact Ms. Lori Peterson at telephone
number 202-219-6081, ext. 154 (or TTY number 202-219-0012) by Tuesday,
December 8.
For further information, you may also contact Ms. Peterson, or Ms.
Barbara Fried, Director of Operations, at 202-219-6081.
Signed at Washington, DC this 17th day of November, 1998.
Rebecca L. Ogle,
Executive Director, Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults
with Disabilities.
[FR Doc. 98-31402 Filed 11-23-98; 8:45 am]
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