Code of Federal Regulations Title 29. Labor § 29.44.1 Purpose and scope

This part contains the regulations of the U.S. Department of Labor establishing a process for the election of representatives of the States to participate in formal consultations with the Department of Labor for purposes of the development of an annual employment statistics plan and to address other employment statistics issues. The representatives are to be elected by and from the State employment statistics directors affiliated with the State agencies designated to carry out the employment statistics responsibilities under the revised section 15 of the Wagner–Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 491–2), as amended by section 309 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. The revised section 15(d)(2) of the Wagner–Peyser Act requires the Secretary to establish a process for the election of such representatives from each of the 10 Federal regions of the Department of Labor.