ACICIEID Committee Overview: Report, Members, Selection of a Chairperson and Procedures

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ACICIEID Committee Overview Report, Members,
Selection of a Chairperson and Procedures

An Overview Prepared by Jennifer Sheehy Deputy
Assistant Secretary ODEP
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Committee Overview

• ACICIEID is mandated by the Workforce Innovation
  and Opportunity Act of 2014 the law states that
  the Committee must issue a final report within
  two years of its establishment. The report must
  make recommendations in THREE areas

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Committee Overview (cont.)

• Ways to increase the employment opportunities for
  individuals with intellectual or developmental
  disabilities or other individuals with
  significant disabilities in competitive
  integrated employment
• The use of the certificate program carried out
  under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards
  Act of 1938 for the employment of individuals
  with intellectual and developmental or other
  significant disabilities and
• Ways to improve oversight of the use of such
  certificates.

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Committee Reports (Interim)

• The Committee must produce an Interim report by
  September 15, 2015.
• The Interim report will summarize the progress of
  the Committee, along with any interim findings,
  conclusions, and recommendations.
• The Interim report will be submitted to both the
  Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
  Committee and the House Education and Workforce
  Committee.
• The Interim report will also be submitted to the
  Secretary of Labor.

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Committee Reports (Final)

• The committee must issue a final report within
  two years of its establishment date.
• The Final report is due on September 15, 2016,
  and will be submitted to the same entities
  mentioned on the previous slide.
• The final report shall state final findings,
  conclusions, and recommendations for the three
  areas outlined on the Overview slide.

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Committee Membership (Federal)

• The authorizing statute directs that the
  Committee have seven Federal members
• The DOL Assistant Secretary for Disability
  Employment Policy
• the DOL Assistant Secretary for Employment and
  Training
• and the DOL Administrator of the Wage and Hour
  Division

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Committee Membership (Federal)

• the HHS Commissioner of the Administration on
  Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, or
  the Commissioner's designee
• the HHS Director of the Centers for Medicare
  Medicaid Services, or the Director's designee
• the SSA Commissioner, or the Commissioner's
  designee
• the ED Commissioner of the Rehabilitation
  Services Administration, or the Commissioner's
  designee.

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Committee Membership (Non-Federal)

• The Committee is also composed of 17 members
  appointed by the Secretary of Labor. These
  members are representatives of constituencies
  consisting of
• (A) self-advocates for individuals with
  intellectual or developmental disabilities
• (B) providers of employment services, including
  those that employ individuals with intellectual
  or developmental disabilities in competitive
  integrated employment

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Committee Membership (Non-Federal)

• (C) representatives of national disability
  advocacy organizations for adults with
  intellectual or developmental disabilities
• (D) experts with a background in academia or
  research and expertise in employment and wage
  policy issues for individuals with intellectual
  or developmental disabilities

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Committee Membership (Non-Federal)

• (E) representatives from the employer community
  or national employer organizations and
• (F) other individuals or representatives of
  organizations with expertise on increasing
  opportunities for competitive integrated
  employment for individuals with disabilities.

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Committee Membership (Representatives)

• The non-Federal members serve as representatives.
  As such, they represent their various
  constituencies.
• As representatives, you are expected to advocate
  on behalf of a particular industry, group, or
  other entity.
• As a representative, you are not subject to
  either the ethics rules (Standards of Ethical
  Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch) or
  the criminal conflict of interest laws that apply
  to regular federal employees.

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Committee Membership (Representatives)

• Even though the Ethics laws do not apply to you,
  we ask that you
• Comport yourself with integrity so as not to
  trade upon your position as a representative on
  the Committee for your own personal benefit.
• Not use your service as a representative on the
  committee to promote yourself, your services or
  products or those of other private parties.

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Committee Membership (Representatives - Lobbying)

• Federal law prohibits you, in your official
  capacity as a committee member, from engaging in
  grass-roots lobbying (i.e., suggesting or
  requesting that others contact Congress or a
  state legislature to urge the passage or defeat
  of proposed or pending legislation), even if it
  is related to the committees public business.
• The law also requires that any permissible direct
  communications with Congress, in your official
  capacity as a committee member, be made only
  through official channels of the Department.

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Committee Membership-Lobbying

• None of these restrictions prohibits you from
  lobbying members of Congress or state
  legislatures, or urging others to do so, on your
  own time in your personal capacity. If you lobby
  Congress or state legislatures in your personal
  capacity, and the issue is related to Committee
  business, you should make it clear that you are
  not representing the Department committee, and
  not acting in your official capacity as a
  committee member.

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Quick Discussion of FACA Requirements/Terms
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DFODESIGNATED FEDERAL OFFICIAL

• Jennifer Sheehy!!

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DFO RESPONSIBILITIES

• Works with the Committee Management Officer and
  the Solicitor of Labor to ensure compliance with
  the Federal Advisory Committee Act and
  implementing GSA regulations.
• Calls meetings, in consultation with Chairperson.
• Ensures that all meeting notices appear in the
  Federal Register at least 15 days prior to
  meetings.
• Must be present at all formal committee and
  meetings.

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DFO RESPONSIBILITIES
Bottom line ANY questions about the Committee
should always be directed to me (Jennifer) and
the Chair. I am the liaison between the
Department and the Committee.
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MEETINGS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

• An OPEN meeting does not require public comment
• However, public may file written documents before
  or after meetings
• Public participation should be outlined in
  Federal Register and must be defined in meeting
  minutes

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MINUTES, REPORTSRECORDKEEPING

• Minutesdetailed summary after every meeting
• Reportsfollow closed or partially closed
  meetings
• Reason for closing the meeting
• Brief summary of what took place
• Records will be kept on file for public review

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MINUTES

• Record of members present and absent
• Matters discussed and positions held by whom
• Copies of papers received, issued, or approved
• Public participation notes
• Chairpersons signature
• (certify within 90 calendar days)

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Election of a Chairperson

• The Chair will be elected by a majority of the
  Non-Federal and Federal committee members.
• Given the number of members who have expressed
  interest in serving as Chair, we will have a
  two-tiered election process.
• After any interested candidates address the
  Committee, we will have an initial ballot to
  determine the top two vote getters for Chair.
• We will then have a second vote and the member
  with the most votes with be elected Chair.
• The member who receives the second most votes
  will serve as Vice Chair.

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Responsibilities of the Chair

• The responsibilities of the Chairperson are
• To help schedule, set the agenda for and preside
  over meetings
• To actively communicate with the Committee
  members and the DFO
• Engage in a collaborative process with Committee
  members, the Vice-Chair and support personnel to
  meet the Committees mandates.

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What Qualities Make a Good Chair?

• An individual who
• will be able to attend most, if not all,
  Committee meetings.
• has availability in his or her schedule to work
  with the DFO to help the Committee complete its
  required duties in a timely manner.
• will actively communicate and work well with all
  Committee members, the Vice-Chair and the DFO.
• is a consensus builder and an effective
  collaborator.

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THANK YOU!
Contact us Jennifer Sheehy Sheehy.jennifer.c_at_dol
.gov Chris Button button.christopher_at_dol.gov Dave
Berthiaume Berthiaume.david.a_at_dol.gov