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Download as PDF 16428 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 68 / Friday, April 10, 2009 / Notices Commission’s investigation and of a public hearing to be held in connection therewith was given by posting copies of the notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the notice in the Federal Register of November 21, 2008 (73 FR 70671). The hearing was held in Washington, DC, on February 25, 2009, and all persons who requested the opportunity were permitted to appear in person or by counsel. The Commission transmitted its determination in this investigation to the Secretary of Commerce on April 6, 2009. The views of the Commission are contained in USITC Publication 4070 (April 2009), entitled Certain Steel Threaded Rod From China: Investigation No. 731–TA–1145 (Final). Issued: April 6, 2009. By order of the Commission. Marilyn R. Abbott, Secretary to the Commission. [FR Doc. 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Title of Collection: Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) Initiative Evaluation. OMB Control Number: 1205–0NEW. Agency Form Numbers: N/A. Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments and Private Sector (Businesses or other For-Profits, Not for Profit Institutions). Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,993. Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1,416. Estimated Annual Costs Burden (excludes burden hour costs): $0. Description: This inquiry covers qualitative information to be obtained through a survey of key partners and stakeholders in Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development’s (WIRED) regional transformation efforts. The data collection will gather information about the nature of regional leaders and their organizations’ roles and relationships in the evolving collaborative partnerships. It will also provide information about their efforts to achieve regional transformation of workforce development, economic development and related education systems during the period of the Initiative. The second administration of the data collection, approximately six months after Federal funding ends for WIRED, PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 will be to assess sustainability efforts to work collaboratively to achieve regional transformation, and to reveal whether these substantial investments successfully inspired continued efforts to promote integration of regional systems to further talent development. For additional information, see related notice published at Volume 73 FR 59672 on October 9, 2008. Darrin A. King, Departmental Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. E9–8190 Filed 4–9–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Office of the Secretary Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education AGENCY: Bureau of International Labor Affairs, Department of Labor. ACTION: Notice of intent to solicit cooperative agreement applications. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), intends to obligate approximately USD 20 million to support cooperative agreement awards to organizations to address exploitive child labor internationally. ILAB intends to award, through a competitive and merit-based process, cooperative agreements to organizations to develop projects to combat exploitive child labor through education in the following four countries: Guatemala, Indonesia, Nepal, and Rwanda. ILAB intends to fund projects that focus on withdrawing and preventing children who are engaged in, or at risk of engaging in, exploitive child labor through the provision of direct educational services, such as formal and non-formal education and vocational training programs. The projects should propose innovative ways to provide these educational services to target populations and address the gaps and challenges to basic education found in the countries mentioned above, including by working with governments of host countries to eliminate school fees that create a barrier to education. ILAB intends to solicit cooperative agreement applications from qualified organizations (i.e., any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization, including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organizations(s), capable of successfully developing and implementing child labor projects) to implement these projects. Please refer to https://www.dol.gov/ilab/grants/grantspast.htm for examples of previous E:\FR\FM\10APN1.SGM 10APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 68 / Friday, April 10, 2009 / Notices notices of availability of funds and solicitations for cooperative agreement applications (SGAs). Key Dates: The forthcoming solicitation(s) for cooperative agreement applications will be published on https://www.grants.gov and USDOL/ ILAB’s Web site. A brief synopsis of the SGA(s), which will include Web site links to the full text solicitation(s), will be published in the Federal Register. The SGA(s) will remain open for at least 60 days from the date of publication. All cooperative agreement awards will be made on or before September 30, 2009. Submission Information: Applications in response to the forthcoming solicitation(s) may be submitted electronically via https://www.grants.gov or hard copy by mail. Hard copy applications must be delivered to: U.S. Department of Labor, Procurement Services Center, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S–4307, Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Lisa Harvey. Any application sent by other delivery methods, including e-mail, telegram, or facsimile (FAX) will not be accepted. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lisa Harvey. E-mail address: harvey.lisa@dol.gov. All inquiries should make reference to the USDOL Combating Child Labor through Education—Solicitations for Cooperative Agreement Applications.Information on specific target groups, sectors, geographic regions, and funding levels for the potential projects in the countries listed above will be addressed in one or more solicitations for cooperative agreement applications to be published prior to September 30, 2009. Potential applicants should not submit inquiries to USDOL for further information on these award opportunities until after USDOL’s publication of the solicitation(s). For a list of frequently asked questions on ILAB’s Solicitations for Cooperative Agreement Applications (based on last year’s solicitation, SGA 08–01), please visit https://www.dol.gov/ ilab/grants/sg08–01-faq.htm. Bidders’ Meeting: USDOL intends to hold a bidders’ meeting on May 28, 2009 in Washington, DC at the Department of Labor from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The purpose of this meeting is to provide potential applicants with the opportunity to ask questions concerning this Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement Applications process. To register for the meeting, please call or e-mail Ms. Doris Senko (Phone: 202–693–4843; E-mail: senko.doris@dol.gov) by May 21, 2009. Please provide Ms. Senko with VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:39 Apr 09, 2009 Jkt 217001 attendees’ contact information, including name, organization, address, phone number, and e-mail address. Background Information: Since 1995, the U.S. Congress has appropriated over USD 720 million to ILAB for efforts to combat exploitive child labor internationally. This funding has been used to support technical cooperation projects to combat exploitive child labor, including the worst forms, in more than 80 countries around the world. Technical cooperation projects funded by USDOL range from targeted action programs in specific sectors of work to more comprehensive programs that support national efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, as defined by International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 182. Projects funded by USDOL to combat exploitive child labor internationally seek to: 1. Withdraw and prevent children from involvement in exploitive child labor through the provision of direct educational and training services; 2. Strengthen policies on child labor and education, the capacity of national institutions to combat child labor, and formal and transitional education systems that encourage working children and those at risk of working to attend school; 3. Raise awareness of the importance of education for all children and mobilize a wide array of actors to improve and expand education infrastructures; 4. Support research and the collection of reliable data on child labor; and 5. Ensure the long-term sustainability of these efforts. Since 2001, USDOL-funded projects have withdrawn or prevented over 1 million children from exploitive child labor. Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of April 2009. Lisa Harvey, Grant Officer. [FR Doc. E9–8151 Filed 4–9–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–28–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration [TA–W–65,329] General Motors/Toledo Powertrain, Toledo, OH; Notice of Termination of Investigation Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, an investigation was initiated on February PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 16429 23, 2009 in response to a worker petition filed by a company official and the United Auto Workers Local 14 on behalf of workers at General Motors/ Toledo Poewertrain, Toledo, Ohio. The petitioners have requested that the petition be withdrawn. Consequently, the investigation has been terminated. Signed at Washington, DC, this 20th day of March 2009. 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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 68 (Friday, April 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16428-16429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8151]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education

AGENCY: Bureau of International Labor Affairs, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Notice of intent to solicit cooperative agreement applications.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International 
Labor Affairs (ILAB), intends to obligate approximately USD 20 million 
to support cooperative agreement awards to organizations to address 
exploitive child labor internationally. ILAB intends to award, through 
a competitive and merit-based process, cooperative agreements to 
organizations to develop projects to combat exploitive child labor 
through education in the following four countries: Guatemala, 
Indonesia, Nepal, and Rwanda. ILAB intends to fund projects that focus 
on withdrawing and preventing children who are engaged in, or at risk 
of engaging in, exploitive child labor through the provision of direct 
educational services, such as formal and non-formal education and 
vocational training programs. The projects should propose innovative 
ways to provide these educational services to target populations and 
address the gaps and challenges to basic education found in the 
countries mentioned above, including by working with governments of 
host countries to eliminate school fees that create a barrier to 
education. ILAB intends to solicit cooperative agreement applications 
from qualified organizations (i.e., any commercial, international, 
educational, or non-profit organization, including any faith-based, 
community-based, or public international organizations(s), capable of 
successfully developing and implementing child labor projects) to 
implement these projects. Please refer to https://www.dol.gov/ilab/grants/grants-past.htm for examples of previous

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notices of availability of funds and solicitations for cooperative 
agreement applications (SGAs).
    Key Dates: The forthcoming solicitation(s) for cooperative 
agreement applications will be published on https://www.grants.gov and 
USDOL/ILAB's Web site. A brief synopsis of the SGA(s), which will 
include Web site links to the full text solicitation(s), will be 
published in the Federal Register. The SGA(s) will remain open for at 
least 60 days from the date of publication. All cooperative agreement 
awards will be made on or before September 30, 2009.
    Submission Information: Applications in response to the forthcoming 
solicitation(s) may be submitted electronically via https://www.grants.gov or hard copy by mail. Hard copy applications must be 
delivered to: U.S. Department of Labor, Procurement Services Center, 
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S-4307, Washington, DC 20210, 
Attention: Lisa Harvey. Any application sent by other delivery methods, 
including e-mail, telegram, or facsimile (FAX) will not be accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lisa Harvey. E-mail address: 
harvey.lisa@dol.gov. All inquiries should make reference to the USDOL 
Combating Child Labor through Education--Solicitations for Cooperative 
Agreement Applications.Information on specific target groups, sectors, 
geographic regions, and funding levels for the potential projects in 
the countries listed above will be addressed in one or more 
solicitations for cooperative agreement applications to be published 
prior to September 30, 2009. Potential applicants should not submit 
inquiries to USDOL for further information on these award opportunities 
until after USDOL's publication of the solicitation(s). For a list of 
frequently asked questions on ILAB's Solicitations for Cooperative 
Agreement Applications (based on last year's solicitation, SGA 08-01), 
please visit https://www.dol.gov/ilab/grants/sg08-01-faq.htm.
    Bidders' Meeting: USDOL intends to hold a bidders' meeting on May 
28, 2009 in Washington, DC at the Department of Labor from 1:30 p.m. to 
3:30 p.m. The purpose of this meeting is to provide potential 
applicants with the opportunity to ask questions concerning this 
Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement Applications process. To 
register for the meeting, please call or e-mail Ms. Doris Senko (Phone: 
202-693-4843; E-mail: senko.doris@dol.gov) by May 21, 2009. Please 
provide Ms. Senko with attendees' contact information, including name, 
organization, address, phone number, and e-mail address.
    Background Information: Since 1995, the U.S. Congress has 
appropriated over USD 720 million to ILAB for efforts to combat 
exploitive child labor internationally. This funding has been used to 
support technical cooperation projects to combat exploitive child 
labor, including the worst forms, in more than 80 countries around the 
world. Technical cooperation projects funded by USDOL range from 
targeted action programs in specific sectors of work to more 
comprehensive programs that support national efforts to eliminate the 
worst forms of child labor, as defined by International Labor 
Organization (ILO) Convention 182. Projects funded by USDOL to combat 
exploitive child labor internationally seek to:
    1. Withdraw and prevent children from involvement in exploitive 
child labor through the provision of direct educational and training 
services;
    2. Strengthen policies on child labor and education, the capacity 
of national institutions to combat child labor, and formal and 
transitional education systems that encourage working children and 
those at risk of working to attend school;
    3. Raise awareness of the importance of education for all children 
and mobilize a wide array of actors to improve and expand education 
infrastructures;
    4. Support research and the collection of reliable data on child 
labor; and
    5. Ensure the long-term sustainability of these efforts.
    Since 2001, USDOL-funded projects have withdrawn or prevented over 
1 million children from exploitive child labor.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of April 2009.
Lisa Harvey,
Grant Officer.
 [FR Doc. E9-8151 Filed 4-9-09; 8:45 am]
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