Procurement Roles and Responsibilities for Job Corps Contracts

The Employment and Training Administration, in response to two significant adverse comments, withdrew a direct final rule issued in August that would have made two procedural changes to its Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Job Corps regulations by enabling the Labor Department to delegate procurement authority as it relates to the development and issuance of requests for proposals for the operation of Job Corps centers, outreach and admissions, career transitional services, and other operational support services