{"description":"Documents matching 'allotted training mentoring coaching addition'","count":28,"total_pages":2,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=allotted+training+mentoring+coaching+addition&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Ensuring Consistent and Rigorous Standards for Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Programs","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposes to revise its Senior Executive Service (SES) Candidate Development Program (SESCDP) regulations to implement certain SES training and development requirements. The SES represents the Federal Government's leadership, composed of executive positions above the GS-15 level. SESCDPs serve as a crucial succession management tool for Federal agencies, designed to identify and prepare high-potential employees for future roles within the SES. These programs aim to cultivate leaders equipped with a government-wide perspective and the competencies necessary to tackle complex challenges.","document_number":"2025-23289","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/18/2025-23289/ensuring-consistent-and-rigorous-standards-for-senior-executive-service-candidate-development","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-18/pdf/2025-23289.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23289.pdf?1765979128","publication_date":"2025-12-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"programs that offer <span class=\"match\">coaching</span> to employees. If these agencies utilize their certified internal <span class=\"match\">coaches</span> to provide this service, the cost of adding the <span class=\"match\">coaching</span> requirement into the SESCDP could be reduced by approximately $3 million each year across government. Additionally, agencies that do not have <span class=\"match\">coaching</span> programs can partner with OPM to identify and utilize federal <span class=\"match\">coaches</span> through the Federal <span class=\"match\">Coaching</span> Network (FCN). The FCN is a community of individuals across the federal government who are invested in the practice of <span class=\"match\">coaching</span> and support its role"},{"title":"Certification of Signal Employees","type":"Rule","abstract":"FRA is prescribing regulations for certification of signal employees, pursuant to the authority granted in section 402 of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA).","document_number":"2024-09958","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/21/2024-09958/certification-of-signal-employees","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-21/pdf/2024-09958.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-09958.pdf?1716209114","publication_date":"2024-05-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Railroad Administration","name":"Federal Railroad Administration","id":185,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-railroad-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/185","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-railroad-administration"}],"excerpts":"comprehensive <span class=\"match\">training</span> should include all new and existing signal systems and signal-related technologies. NRC recommended that comprehensive <span class=\"match\">training</span> include common principles, in <span class=\"match\">addition</span> to the specifics of the equipment that the railroad's certified signal employees will work on. As reflected in this section, railroads must provide comprehensive <span class=\"match\">training</span> that includes detailed <span class=\"match\">training</span> on the specific signal system equipment and signal-related technology that the signal employee will be required to use, as well as detailed <span class=\"match\">training</span> on any new signal"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Strengthening Oversight of Accrediting Organizations (AOs) and Preventing AO Conflicts of Interest, and Related Provisions","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule with comment period sets forth provisions to strengthen the oversight of Medicare national accrediting organizations by addressing conflicts of interest, establishing consistent standards, processes, and definitions, and updating the validation and performance standards systems. Additionally, this final rule with comment period revises the psychiatric hospital survey process, adds a limitation on terminated deemed providers and suppliers when reentering the program, and provides technical corrections for End-Stage Renal Disease facilities and Transplant Programs.","document_number":"2026-12069","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/16/2026-12069/medicare-program-strengthening-oversight-of-accrediting-organizations-aos-and-preventing-ao","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-16/pdf/2026-12069.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12069.pdf?1781295308","publication_date":"2026-06-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"W. Require That AO Surveyors Must Take the CMS Online Surveyor Basic <span class=\"match\">Training</span> (§ 488.5(a)(8)) \n Prior to 2006, CMS offered basic surveyor <span class=\"match\">training</span> courses in a traditional in-person classroom setting. Over time, we began providing online basic surveyor <span class=\"match\">training</span> courses for each provider and supplier type (ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), hospitals, home health agencies (HHAs), etc.), as well as <span class=\"match\">training</span> specific to writing skills for surveyor documentation. \n Basic <span class=\"match\">training</span> online courses are designed to provide surveyors with the basic knowledge"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Strengthening Oversight of Accrediting Organizations (AOs) and Preventing AO Conflict of Interest, and Related Provisions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would set forth a number of provisions to strengthen the oversight of accrediting organizations (AOs) by addressing conflicts of interest, establishing consistent standards, processes and definitions, and updating the validation and performance standards systems. Additionally, this proposed rule would revise the psychiatric hospital survey process, add a limitation on terminated deemed providers and suppliers when reentering the program, and provides technical corrections for End-Stage Renal Disease facilities and Kidney Transplant Programs. This proposed rule also solicits comments from stakeholders and AOs to refine and revise the AO oversight standards and processes. In addition, this proposed rule includes a request for information on the timeframes and expectations for the submission of AO applications.","document_number":"2024-02137","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/15/2024-02137/medicare-program-strengthening-oversight-of-accrediting-organizations-aos-and-preventing-ao-conflict","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-15/pdf/2024-02137.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-02137.pdf?1707426916","publication_date":"2024-02-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"Proposal To Require That AO Surveyors Must Take the CMS Online Surveyor Basic <span class=\"match\">Training</span> \n Prior to 2006, CMS offered basic surveyor <span class=\"match\">training</span> courses in a traditional in-person classroom setting. Over time, we began providing online basic surveyor <span class=\"match\">training</span> courses for each provider and supplier type (ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), hospitals, home health agencies (HHAs), etc.), as well as <span class=\"match\">training</span> specific to writing skills for surveyor documentation. \n Basic <span class=\"match\">training</span> online courses are designed to provide surveyors with the basic knowledge and"},{"title":"Improving Child Care Access, Affordability, and Stability in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule makes regulatory changes to the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). These changes lower child care costs for families participating in CCDF, improve the program's child care provider payment rates and practices, and simplify enrollment in the child care subsidy program. The final rule also includes technical and other changes to improve clarity and program implementation.","document_number":"2024-04139","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/01/2024-04139/improving-child-care-access-affordability-and-stability-in-the-child-care-and-development-fund-ccdf","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-01/pdf/2024-04139.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-04139.pdf?1709214315","publication_date":"2024-03-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"45(m) apply to both grant or contracted slots and certificates, and therefore reaffirms these expectations. In <span class=\"match\">addition</span>, we strongly encourage Lead Agencies to design their grants or contracts with best practices in mind. Specifically, we strongly encourage Lead Agencies to pay a rate based on cost of care, offer higher rates for grant or contracted slots, and provide opportunities for additional technical assistance, <span class=\"match\">coaching</span>, <span class=\"match\">mentoring</span>, and other supports to child care programs.\n \n \n Comment: \n A few commenters, including one member of Congress"},{"title":"Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions-Fall 2022","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"Publication of the Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions represents a key component of the regulatory planning mechanism prescribed in Executive Order (\"E.O.\") 12866, \"Regulatory Planning and Review,\" (58 FR 51735) and reaffirmed in E.O. 13563, \"Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,\" (76 FR 3821). The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires that agencies publish semiannual regulatory agendas in the Federal Register describing regulatory actions they are developing that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (5 U.S.C. 602). The Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda), published in the fall and spring, helps agencies fulfill all of these requirements. All federal regulatory agencies have chosen to publish their regulatory agendas as part of this publication. The complete Unified Agenda and Regulatory Plan can be found online at www.reginfo.gov and a reduced print version can be found in the Federal Register. Information regarding obtaining printed copies can also be found on the Reginfo.gov website (or below, VI. How Can Users Get Copies of the Plan and the Agenda?). The Fall 2022 Unified Agenda publication appearing in the Federal Register includes the Regulatory Plan and agency regulatory flexibility agendas, in accordance with the publication requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Agency regulatory flexibility agendas contain only those Agenda entries for rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities and entries that have been selected for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The complete Fall 2022 Unified Agenda contains the Regulatory Plans of 29 Federal agencies and 67 Federal agency regulatory agendas.","document_number":"2023-02113","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/22/2023-02113/introduction-to-the-unified-agenda-of-federal-regulatory-and-deregulatory-actions-fall-2022","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-02-22/pdf/2023-02113.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-02113.pdf?1676987125","publication_date":"2023-02-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE CENTER","name":"Regulatory Information Service Center","id":449,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/regulatory-information-service-center","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/449","parent_id":null,"slug":"regulatory-information-service-center"}],"excerpts":"candidates from the Department of Justice to TSA, with certain modifications to the program, as required by the Vision 100 Act. This IFR applied to <span class=\"match\">training</span> providers and to individuals who apply for or receive flight <span class=\"match\">training</span>. Flight schools are required to notify TSA when non-U.S. citizens, non-U.S. nationals, and other individuals designated by TSA, apply for flight <span class=\"match\">training</span> or recurrent flight <span class=\"match\">training</span>. TSA issued exemptions and interpretations in response to comments on the IFR and questions raised during operation of the program since 2004. TSA"},{"title":"Distance Education and Innovation","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary amends the general, establishing eligibility, maintaining eligibility, and losing eligibility sections of the Institutional Eligibility regulations issued under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), related to distance education and innovation. In addition, the Secretary amends the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations issued under the HEA.","document_number":"2020-18636","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/09/02/2020-18636/distance-education-and-innovation","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-09-02/pdf/2020-18636.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2020-18636.pdf?1598964315","publication_date":"2020-09-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"participate— \n (i)(A) A list of all medical school educational sites and where they are located, including all sites at which its students receive clinical <span class=\"match\">training</span>, except those clinical <span class=\"match\">training</span> sites that are not used regularly, but instead are chosen by individual students who take no more than two electives at the location for no more than a total of eight weeks; and \n (B) The type of clinical <span class=\"match\">training</span> (core, required clinical rotation, not required clinical rotation) offered at each site listed on the application in accordance with paragraph (a)(3)(i)(A)"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary of Education amends the regulations implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). The final regulations specify how recipients of Federal financial assistance covered by Title IX, including elementary and secondary schools as well as postsecondary institutions, (hereinafter collectively referred to as \"recipients\" or \"schools\"), must respond to allegations of sexual harassment consistent with Title IX's prohibition against sex discrimination. These regulations are intended to effectuate Title IX's prohibition against sex discrimination by requiring recipients to address sexual harassment as a form of sex discrimination in education programs or activities. The final regulations obligate recipients to respond promptly and supportively to persons alleged to be victimized by sexual harassment, resolve allegations of sexual harassment promptly and accurately under a predictable, fair grievance process that provides due process protections to alleged victims and alleged perpetrators of sexual harassment, and effectively implement remedies for victims. The final regulations also clarify and modify Title IX regulatory requirements regarding remedies the Department may impose on recipients for Title IX violations, the intersection between Title IX, Constitutional protections, and other laws, the designation by each recipient of a Title IX Coordinator to address sex discrimination including sexual harassment, the dissemination of a recipient's non- discrimination policy and contact information for a Title IX Coordinator, the adoption by recipients of grievance procedures and a grievance process, how a recipient may claim a religious exemption, and prohibition of retaliation for exercise of rights under Title IX.","document_number":"2020-10512","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/05/19/2020-10512/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-05-19/pdf/2020-10512.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2020-10512.pdf?1589316337","publication_date":"2020-05-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"and decision-makers to receive <span class=\"match\">training</span> on issues of relevance.\n \n Section 106.45(b)(1)(iii) Impartiality and Mandatory <span class=\"match\">Training</span> of Title IX Personnel; Directed Question 4 (<span class=\"match\">Training</span>) \n \n Comments: \n Many commenters expressed support for § 106.45(b)(1)(iii) and, in response to the NPRM's directed question about <span class=\"match\">training</span>, stated that the <span class=\"match\">training</span> provided for in this provision is adequate. Several commenters believed this provision provides recipients with appropriate flexibility to decide the amount and type of <span class=\"match\">training</span> recipients must provide to individuals"},{"title":"Head Start Performance Standards","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule modernizes the Head Start Program Performance Standards, last revised in 1998. In the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007, Congress instructed the Office of Head Start to update its performance standards and to ensure any such revisions to the standards do not eliminate or reduce quality, scope, or types of health, educational, parental involvement, nutritional, social, or other services programs provide. This rule responds to public comment, incorporates extensive findings from research and from consultation with experts, reflects best practices, lessons from program input and innovation, integrates recommendations from the Secretary's Advisory Committee Final Report on Head Start Research and Evaluation, and reflects the Obama Administration's deep commitment to improve the school readiness of young children. These performance standards will improve program quality, reduce burden on programs, and improve regulatory clarity and transparency. They provide a clear road map for current and prospective grantees to support high-quality Head Start services and to strengthen the outcomes of the children and families Head Start serves.","document_number":"2016-19748","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/09/06/2016-19748/head-start-performance-standards","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-09-06/pdf/2016-19748.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-19748.pdf?1472742924","publication_date":"2016-09-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Administration for Children and Families","name":"Children and Families Administration","id":49,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/children-and-families-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/49","parent_id":221,"slug":"children-and-families-administration"}],"excerpts":"caseloads vary across <span class=\"match\">coaching</span> models but that full-time <span class=\"match\">coaches</span>, on average, usually reported caseloads ranging from 13 to 22, though some <span class=\"match\">coaches</span> had much higher or much lower caseloads.\n 162 163 164 \n \n We then calculated the total number of <span class=\"match\">mentor</span> <span class=\"match\">coaches</span> needed to support all education staff by using 62,495 teachers (the number of lead Head Start and Early Head Start teachers) as a proxy for the total number of teachers and teaching teams that would receive <span class=\"match\">mentor</span> <span class=\"match\">coaching</span>. We estimated the cost of providing 4,238 <span class=\"match\">coaches</span> for 63,566 teachers"},{"title":"Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule makes regulatory changes to the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) based on the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014. These changes strengthen requirements to protect the health and safety of children in child care; help parents make informed consumer choices and access information to support child development; provide equal access to stable, high-quality child care for low-income children; and enhance the quality of child care and the early childhood workforce.","document_number":"2016-22986","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/09/30/2016-22986/child-care-and-development-fund-ccdf-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-09-30/pdf/2016-22986.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-22986.pdf?1474643727","publication_date":"2016-09-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Administration for Children and Families","name":"Children and Families Administration","id":49,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/children-and-families-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/49","parent_id":221,"slug":"children-and-families-administration"}],"excerpts":"safety <span class=\"match\">training</span> requirements as a part of a continuum of professional development. We require that pre-service or orientation <span class=\"match\">training</span> include the major domains of child development in <span class=\"match\">addition</span> to the Act's requirement for health and safety <span class=\"match\">training</span>. Understanding child development is integral to providing high-quality child care.\n \n The Act allows an orientation period during which staff can fulfill the <span class=\"match\">training</span> requirement. Lead Agencies will have broad flexibility to determine what <span class=\"match\">training</span> is required “pre-service” and what <span class=\"match\">training</span> may be completed"},{"title":"State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program; State Supported Employment Services Program; Limitations on Use of Subminimum Wage","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary amends the regulations governing the State Vocational Rehabilitation Services program and the State Supported Employment Services program to implement changes to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) signed into law on July 22, 2014. The Secretary also updates, clarifies, and improves the prior regulations. Finally, the Secretary issues new regulations regarding limitations on the use of subminimum wages that are added by WIOA and under the purview of the Department.","document_number":"2016-15980","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/19/2016-15980/state-vocational-rehabilitation-services-program-state-supported-employment-services-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-08-19/pdf/2016-15980.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-15980.pdf?1470669324","publication_date":"2016-08-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"Federal “<span class=\"match\">training</span> fund” source should be made available for the <span class=\"match\">training</span>, regardless of who provides it. Still other commenters stated that proposed § 361.18(d)(1)(i) should be revised to require that the DSUs fund the entities carrying out the State's assistive technology program to provide this <span class=\"match\">training</span>.\n \n Many commenters expressed concerns about insufficient <span class=\"match\">training</span> funds to meet the <span class=\"match\">training</span> needs of vocational rehabilitation personnel and requested that the Department require DSUs to allocate <span class=\"match\">training</span> funds for any required CSPD <span class=\"match\">training</span>. The"},{"title":"Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (DOL or the Department) issues this Final Rule to implement titles I and III of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Through these regulations, the Department reforms and modernizes our nation's workforce development system. This rule provides the framework for changes for statewide and local workforce development systems to increase the employment, retention, earnings, and occupational skill attainment of U.S. workers, particularly those individuals with barriers to employment, so they can move into good jobs and careers and provide businesses with the skilled workforce needed to make the United States more competitive in the 21st Century global economy.","document_number":"2016-15975","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/19/2016-15975/workforce-innovation-and-opportunity-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-08-19/pdf/2016-15975.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-15975.pdf?1471360530","publication_date":"2016-08-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"}],"excerpts":"\n 3. Subpart B—<span class=\"match\">Training</span> Services \n <span class=\"match\">Training</span> services are discussed at §§ 680.200 through 680.230. WIOA is designed to increase participant access to <span class=\"match\">training</span> services. <span class=\"match\">Training</span> services are provided to equip individuals to enter the workforce and retain employment. <span class=\"match\">Training</span> services may include, for example, occupational skills <span class=\"match\">training</span>, OJT, registered apprenticeship (which incorporates both OJT and classroom <span class=\"match\">training</span>), incumbent worker <span class=\"match\">training</span>, pre-apprenticeship <span class=\"match\">training</span>, workplace <span class=\"match\">training</span> with related instruction, <span class=\"match\">training</span> programs operated"},{"title":"Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, proposes to amend the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) regulations. This proposed rule makes changes to CCDF regulations to detail provisions of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 in order to protect the health and safety of children in child care; help parents make informed consumer choices and access information to support child development; provide equal access to stable, high quality child care for low-income children; and enhance the overall quality of child care and the early childhood workforce.","document_number":"2015-31883","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/12/24/2015-31883/child-care-and-development-fund-ccdf-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-12-24/pdf/2015-31883.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2015-31883.pdf?1450446337","publication_date":"2015-12-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"safety <span class=\"match\">training</span> requirements as a part of a continuum of professional development. We propose that pre-service or orientation <span class=\"match\">training</span> include the major domains of child development in <span class=\"match\">addition</span> to the Act's requirement for health and safety <span class=\"match\">training</span>. Understanding child development is integral to providing high quality child care.\n \n \n The Act allows an orientation period during which staff can fulfill the <span class=\"match\">training</span> requirement. Lead Agencies will have broad flexibility to determine what <span class=\"match\">training</span> is required “pre-service” and what <span class=\"match\">training</span> may be"},{"title":"State Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program; State Supported Employment Services Program; Limitations on Use of Subminimum Wage","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Secretary proposes to amend the regulations governing the State Vocational Rehabilitation Services program and the State Supported Employment Services program in order to implement changes to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) enacted on July 22, 2014. The Secretary also proposes to update, clarify, and improve the current regulations. Finally, the Secretary proposes to issue new regulations regarding limitations on the use of subminimum wages that are added by WIOA and under the purview of the Department.","document_number":"2015-05538","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/04/16/2015-05538/state-vocational-rehabilitation-services-program-state-supported-employment-services-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-04-16/pdf/2015-05538.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2015-05538.pdf?1428005720","publication_date":"2015-04-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"unit (such as through health insurance or a comparable service or benefit as defined in § 361.5(c)(10)). \n (6) Vocational and other <span class=\"match\">training</span> services, including personal and vocational adjustment <span class=\"match\">training</span>, advanced <span class=\"match\">training</span> in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (including computer science), medicine, law, or business; books, tools, and other <span class=\"match\">training</span> materials, except that no <span class=\"match\">training</span> or <span class=\"match\">training</span> services in an institution of higher education (universities, colleges, community or junior colleges, vocational schools, technical"},{"title":"Training, Qualification, and Oversight for Safety-Related Railroad Employees","type":"Rule","abstract":"FRA is establishing minimum training standards for all safety- related railroad employees, as required by the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA). The final rule requires each railroad or contractor that employs one or more safety-related railroad employee to develop and submit a training program to FRA for approval and to designate the minimum training qualifications for each occupational category of employee. The rule also requires most employers to conduct periodic oversight of their own employees and annual written reviews of their training programs to close performance gaps. The rule also contains specific training and qualification requirements for operators of roadway maintenance machines that can hoist, lower, and horizontally move a suspended load. Finally, the rule clarifies the existing training requirements for railroad and contractor employees that perform brake system inspections, tests, or maintenance.","document_number":"2014-26290","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/11/07/2014-26290/training-qualification-and-oversight-for-safety-related-railroad-employees","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-11-07/pdf/2014-26290.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2014-26290.pdf?1415282057","publication_date":"2014-11-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Railroad Administration","name":"Federal Railroad Administration","id":185,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-railroad-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/185","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-railroad-administration"}],"excerpts":"Congress's mandate that the <span class=\"match\">training</span> regulation include requirements for “ongoing <span class=\"match\">training</span>.” The NPRM did not define the term “refresher <span class=\"match\">training</span>,” but the issues surrounding this particular type of <span class=\"match\">training</span> were described in the section-by-section analysis to paragraph (e) of § 243.201. In the NPRM, FRA made clear that refresher <span class=\"match\">training</span> could be exactly the same as initial <span class=\"match\">training</span>, but that it does not have to be exactly the same <span class=\"match\">training</span>. Refresher <span class=\"match\">training</span> is expected to be comprehensive, but the developer of the <span class=\"match\">training</span> should develop it with"},{"title":"Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires that agencies publish semiannual regulatory agendas in the Federal Register describing regulatory actions they are developing that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (5 U.S.C. 602). Executive Order 12866 \"Regulatory Planning and Review,\" signed September 30, 1993 (58 FR 51735), and incorporated in Executive Order 13563, \"Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review\" issued on January 18, 2011 (76 FR 3821) establish guidelines and procedures for agencies' agendas, including specific types of information for each entry. The Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda) helps agencies fulfill these requirements. All Federal regulatory agencies have chosen to publish their regulatory agendas as part of the Unified Agenda. The complete 2013 Unified Agenda and Regulatory Plan, which contains the regulatory agendas for 60 Federal agencies, is available to the public at http://reginfo.gov. The 2013 Unified Agenda publication appearing in the Federal Register consists of agency regulatory flexibility agendas, in accordance with the publication requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Agency regulatory flexibility agendas contain only those Agenda entries for rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities and entries that have been selected for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.","document_number":"2013-29627","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/01/07/2013-29627/introduction-to-the-unified-agenda-of-federal-regulatory-and-deregulatory-actions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-01-07/pdf/2013-29627.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2013-29627.pdf?1389018491","publication_date":"2014-01-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE CENTER","name":"Regulatory Information Service Center","id":449,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/regulatory-information-service-center","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/449","parent_id":null,"slug":"regulatory-information-service-center"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"}],"excerpts":"the STCW Convention: Medical examinations and endorsements, leadership and management skills, engine room management <span class=\"match\">training</span>, tankerman endorsements, safety refresher <span class=\"match\">training</span>, and able seafarer deck and engine certification requirements. However, there would be potential savings from the costs of <span class=\"match\">training</span> requirements as the Coast Guard would accept various methods for demonstrating competence, including the on-the-job <span class=\"match\">training</span> and preservation of the “hawsepipe” programs. \n We anticipate the primary benefit of this rulemaking is to ensure that"},{"title":"Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires that agencies publish semiannual regulatory agendas in the Federal Register describing regulatory actions they are developing that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (5 U.S.C. 602). Executive Order 12866 \"Regulatory Planning and Review,\" signed September 30, 1993 (58 FR 51735), and Office of Management and Budget memoranda implementing section 4 of that Order establish minimum standards for agencies' agendas, including specific types of information for each entry. The Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda) helps agencies fulfill these requirements. All Federal regulatory agencies have chosen to publish their regulatory agendas as part of the Unified Agenda. Editions of the Unified Agenda prior to fall 2007 were printed in their entirety in the Federal Register. Beginning with the fall 2007 edition, the Internet became the basic means for conveying regulatory agenda information to the maximum extent legally permissible. The complete 2012 Unified Agenda, which contains the regulatory agendas for 60 Federal agencies, is available to the public at http://reginfo.gov. The 2012 Unified Agenda publication appearing in the Federal Register consists of agency regulatory flexibility agendas, in accordance with the publication requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Agency regulatory flexibility agendas contain only those Agenda entries for rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities and entries that have been selected for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.","document_number":"2012-31480","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/01/08/2012-31480/introduction-to-the-unified-agenda-of-federal-regulatory-and-deregulatory-actions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-01-08/pdf/2012-31480.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2012-31480.pdf?1357566658","publication_date":"2013-01-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE CENTER","name":"Regulatory Information Service Center","id":449,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/regulatory-information-service-center","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/449","parent_id":null,"slug":"regulatory-information-service-center"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"}],"excerpts":"the STCW Convention: Medical examinations and endorsements, leadership and management skills, engine room management <span class=\"match\">training</span>, tankerman endorsements, safety refresher <span class=\"match\">training</span>, and able seafarer deck and engine certification requirements. However, there would be potential savings from the costs of <span class=\"match\">training</span> requirements as the Coast Guard would accept various methods for demonstrating competence, including the on-the-job <span class=\"match\">training</span> and preservation of the “hawsepipe” programs. \n We anticipate the primary benefit of this rulemaking is to ensure that"},{"title":"Notice of Availability of Funds and Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA) for Community-Based Job Training Grants","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $125 million in grant funds for Community-Based Job Training Grants (CBJTGs). Community-Based Job Training Grants will be awarded through a competitive process to support workforce training for high-growth/high- demand industries through the national system of community, technical, and Tribal colleges. In order to be eligible for consideration under this solicitation, the applicant must be either: (1) An individual Community or Technical College, such as a public community college, a nonprofit community college, a Tribally controlled college, or a Tribally controlled university; (2) a Community College District; (3) a State Community College System; (4) a One-Stop Career Center in partnership with its Local Workforce Investment Board, that specifies one or more community or technical colleges where education/training activities will occur; or (5) an applicant proposing to serve an educationally underserved community without access to community or technical colleges that meet the requirements in section III.A.5. See section III.A for additional information related to eligible applicants. It is anticipated that awards will range generally from $1 million to $3 million. The exception is that applicants that include three or more community, technical, or Tribal colleges will be considered \"consortium applications,\" and may request an award ranging from $1 million to $5 million. See section III.B for additional information related to consortium applications. ETA expects to allot up to $50 million of the total designated funds to organizations that have never received a grant through a CBJTG SGA. This Solicitation provides background information and describes the application submission requirements, outlines the process that eligible entities must use to apply for funds covered by this Solicitation, and details how grantees will be selected. Applicants should read the entire SGA and note specific sections that contain required information, such as in section II.A, section III.B, and section IV. B, where failure to comply will be considered non-responsive and those applicants will then not be considered for funding. The Department of Labor is committed to providing the public with an open and transparent grant selection process and to providing useful information to assist prospective applicants with developing quality proposals. One way to achieve these goals is through public access to selected and non-selected grant applications. Applicants are advised that the information they submit in response to this solicitation may be posted on a publicly accessible Web site or may otherwise be made available to the public.","document_number":"2010-5609","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/03/15/2010-5609/notice-of-availability-of-funds-and-solicitation-for-grant-applications-sga-for-community-based-job","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2010-03-15/pdf/2010-5609.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2010-03-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"}],"excerpts":"providing on-the-job <span class=\"match\">training</span> to participants, which can include the extraordinary costs of providing on-the-job <span class=\"match\">training</span> and additional supervision. Please refer to section VI.B for more information. \n 5. Tuition and Other Costs of <span class=\"match\">Training</span> \n Organizations that receive grants through this SGA may use grant funds to pay for the costs of tuition, as well as other <span class=\"match\">training</span> related expenses, associated with the specific education and <span class=\"match\">training</span> activities provided through these grants. Organizations may pay for these tuition and other <span class=\"match\">training</span>-related expenses"},{"title":"American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; Notice of Availability of Funds and Solicitation for Grant Applications for Category 1-Healthcare Virtual Career Platform (HVCP) and Category 2-Enhancing the Ability of Community- and Faith-Based Organizations To Deliver Virtual Career Exploration Services, Including Healthcare Careers","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $13.2 million in grant funds authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act) for projects that use virtual service-delivery models to promote career opportunities in the healthcare sector. This Solicitation provides applicants with the option to choose from two categories to submit a single grant application. These categories are: Category 1--Healthcare Virtual Career Platform (HVCP) and Category 2--Enhancing the Ability of Community- and Faith-Based Organizations to Deliver Virtual Career Exploration Services, Including Healthcare Careers Grants to support the above mentioned categories will be awarded through a competitive process. Applicants must indicate in the abstract of their proposal the category under which they are applying. Applicants are encouraged to read the entire SGA since applicants under both Categories 1 and 2 are required to work collaboratively on some part of the project. The Category 1 grant recipient is required to create an HVCP and give Category 2 grant recipients training on how to use the service, and Category 2 grant recipients are required to train their staff, as well as staff from local One-Stop Career Centers, on the HVCP as part of year 2 grant activities. Under Category 1, ETA intends to award one grant for up to $6.6 million to develop and operate an HVCP. Under Category 2, ETA intends to award two to four grants totaling approximately $6.6 million to national community- and faith-based organizations and non-profit One- Stop Career Center operators. The Category 2 grantees will increase access to virtual career exploration services by (a) building their capacity to deliver these services to their customers in local communities and (b) increasing the ability of their customers to make use of and benefit from online resources. Eligible applicants for Category 1 include private nonprofit organizations with a nationally-focused mission. Eligible applicants under Category 2 of this grant Solicitation include private national nonprofit organizations that deliver services through networks of local affiliates, coalition members, or other established partners, including non-profit operators of One-Stop Career Centers. See section III.A for additional information related to eligible applicants. This Solicitation provides background information and describes the application submission requirements, outlines the process that eligible entities must use to apply for funds covered by this Solicitation, and details how grantees will be selected. Applicants should read the entire SGA and note the specific sections that contain required information, such as in section II.A, section III.A, and section IV.B, where failure to comply will be considered non-responsive and those applicants will not be considered for funding. The Department of Labor is committed to providing the public with an open and transparent grant selection process and providing useful information to assist prospective applicants with developing quality proposals. One way to achieve these goals is through public access to selected and non-selected grant applications. Applicants are advised that the information they submit in response to this Solicitation may be posted on a publicly accessible Web site or may otherwise be made available to the public.","document_number":"2010-7869","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/04/07/2010-7869/american-recovery-and-reinvestment-act-of-2009-notice-of-availability-of-funds-and-solicitation-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2010-04-07/pdf/2010-7869.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2010-04-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"}],"excerpts":"Online <span class=\"match\">Training</span> Component. \n The HVCP must include an online <span class=\"match\">training</span> application that would consist of noncredit prerequisite courses for entry-level healthcare careers. Many <span class=\"match\">training</span> courses already exist; these as well as any gaps should be identified in the asset-mapping portion of the project. The <span class=\"match\">training</span> would assist individuals in preparing for postsecondary level education and <span class=\"match\">training</span> and in obtaining pre-healthcare career competencies so that they will be ready to enroll in <span class=\"match\">training</span> for their career goal. Examples of the <span class=\"match\">training</span> courses"},{"title":"Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory Personnel Management Demonstration Project, Department of Navy (DON), Office of Naval Research (ONR)","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Office of Naval Research (ONR) proposes to adopt the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Personnel Management Demonstration Project with modifications and one flexibility from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC). The majority of flexibilities and administrative procedures are expected to be adopted without changes. However, modifications are made when necessary to address ONR's specific organizational, workforce, and approval needs; technical modifications to conform to changes in the law and governing Office of Personnel Management (OPM) regulations, which are not being waived, that were effected after the publication of the NRL personnel demonstration project plan; and changes in response to comments received during the 30-day comment period.","document_number":"2010-12690","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/05/28/2010-12690/science-and-technology-reinvention-laboratory-personnel-management-demonstration-project-department","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2010-05-28/pdf/2010-12690.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2010-05-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"C. <span class=\"match\">Training</span> \n An extensive <span class=\"match\">training</span> program is planned for everyone in the demonstration project including the supervisors, managers, and administrative staff. <span class=\"match\">Training</span> will be tailored, as discussed below, to fit the requirements of every employee included in the demonstration project and will address employee concerns as well as the benefits to employees. In <span class=\"match\">addition</span>, leadership <span class=\"match\">training</span> will be provided, as needed, to managers and supervisors as the new system places more responsibility and decision making authority on them. ONR <span class=\"match\">training</span> personnel"}]}