96-6140. National Skill Standards Board; Notice of Open Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 51 (Thursday, March 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 10599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6140]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management


National Skill Standards Board; Notice of Open Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and 
Management, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Skill Standards Board was established by an Act 
of Congress, the Goals 2000: Educate America Act of 1994, Title V, Pub. 
L. 103-227. The 28-member National Skill Standards Board will serve as 
a catalyst and be responsible for the development and implementation of 
a national system of voluntary skill standards and certification 
through voluntary partnerships which have the full and balanced 
participation of business, industry, labor, education and other key 
groups.

TIME AND PLACE: The meeting will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 
approximately 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19, 1996, in the Dolly 
Madison Ballroom, 2nd Floor of the Madison Hotel at 15th & M Streets 
N.W., Washington, D.C.

AGENDA: The agenda for the Board Meeting will include discussion of: 
civil rights considerations about developing standards; obtaining 
worker buy-in to a voluntary national skill standards system.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The meeting from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. is open 
to the public. Seating is limited and will be available on a first-
come, first-served basis. Seats will be reserved for the media. 
Disabled individuals should contact Leslie Kinney at [phone], if 
special accommodations are needed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sally Conway at [phone].

    Signed at Washington, D.C., this 5th day of March 1996.
Judy Gray,
Executive Director, National Skill Standards Board.
[FR Doc. 96-6140 Filed 3-13-96; 8:45 am]
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