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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults With
Disabilities; Notice of Town Hall Meeting
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of Town Hall meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Executive Order No. 13078, authorizing the
Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities (Task
Force), notice is given of a Town Hall Meeting. The purpose of the Task
Force is to create a ``coordinated and aggressive national policy to
bring adults with disabilities into gainful employment at a rate that
is as close as possible to that of the general adult population.'' The
purpose of the Town Hall Meetings is to invite the public to
participate by discussing their thoughts, concerns, and experiences
with Task Force members. The topics to be addressed at this Town Hall
Meeting will include expanding employment opportunities for people with
psychiatric disabilities.
DATES: The Task Force will hold a Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, May
24, 2000 from 2:00 p.m. to approximately 7:00 p.m. Registration will
begin at 12:00 noon. The date, location, and time for each subsequent
Town Hall Meeting will be announced in advance in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: The site of this Town Hall Meeting is the State Capitol,
Legislative Office Building, Hartford, Connecticut. All interested
parties are invited to attend this Town Hall Meeting. Seating may be
limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul E. Bennett, Presidential Task
Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities, U. S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room S-2220D, Washington, DC 20210.
Requests can be made by e-mail to: bennett-paul@dol.gov; by phone (202)
693-4939; TTY (202) 693-4920; or fax (202) 693-4929. These are not
toll-free numbers.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Executive Order No. 13078, the
Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities (Task
Force), notice is given of a Town Hall Meeting.
The purpose of the Task Force is to develop a ``coordinated and
aggressive national policy to bring adults with disabilities into
gainful employment at a rate that is as close as possible to that of
the general adult population.'' The purpose of this Town Hall Meeting
is to invite stakeholders to address the alarming unemployment rate
among Americans with disabilities. The theme for the meeting is:
``Recovering Our Dreams: Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities in
Search of Opportunities and Careers''. Particular focus is requested at
this meeting on expanding employment opportunities for people with
psychiatric disabilities.
Appointed by President Clinton, the membership of the Task Force is
as follows: Secretary of Labor, Chair of the Task Force; Chair of the
President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, Vice
Chair of the Task Force; Secretary of Education; Secretary of Veterans
Affairs; Secretary of Health and Human Services; Commissioner of the
Social Security Administration; Secretary of the Treasury; Secretary of
Commerce; Secretary of Transportation; Director of the Office of
Personnel Management; Administrator of the Small Business
Administration; Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission;
Chair of the National Council on Disability; Commissioner of the
Federal Communications Commission; Secretary of Agriculture; Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development; Secretary of the Interior; the
Attorney General; and such other senior executive branch officials as
may be determined by the Chair of the Task Force.
Agenda
The Town Hall Meeting is an open forum where the public is invited
to give testimony and/or make presentations with a focus on expanding
employment opportunities for people with psychiatric disabilities.
Public Participation
Members of the public wishing to present an oral statement to the
Task Force should forward their requests as soon as possible but no
later than May 10, 2000. Requests may be made by telephone, fax
machine, or mail. Time permitting, the members of the Task Force will
attempt to accommodate all requests by reserving time for
presentations. The order of persons making such presentations will be
assigned in the order in which the requests are received. Members of
the public must limit oral statements to five minutes, but extended
written statements may be submitted for the record. Members of the
public may also submit written statements for distribution to the Task
Force members and inclusion in the public record without presenting
oral statements. Such written statements should be sent by mail or fax
machine no later than May 10, 2000.
Information on Town Hall Meetings and summaries of other documents
are available to the public on the Task Force's web site, found on the
Department of Labor's web site at www.dol.gov.
Reasonable accommodations will be available. Persons needing any
special assistance such as sign language interpretation, or other
special accommodation, are invited to contact the Task Force as shown
above.
Signed at Washington, DC, this first day of May, 2000.
Rebecca L. Ogle,
Executive Director, Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults
with Disabilities.
[FR Doc. 00-11152 Filed 5-3-00; 8:45 am]
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