NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development is inviting public comment on the Strategic Five-Year State Workforce Investment Plan.  Information about the plan can be obtained by accessing the following website:  http://www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd/wiaplan.html.   Click on "Send Comments" at the website to transmit comments electronically.  There is a link to the USDOL Planning Guidance and Instructions for submission of the Strategic Five-Year State Plan for Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (Workforce Investment Systems and the Wagner-Peyser Act.)  If you do not have access to the internet and wish further information about the Workforce Investment Act Plan, call (615) 253-1324 or send your request in writing to the following address:

Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development
8th Floor, Andrew Johnson Tower
710 James Robertson Parkway, Nashville, TN 37243
ATTN:  WIA Plan

The deadline for submitting comments is March 3, 2000.

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The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development is an equal opportunity employer. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.

El Departmento del Trabajo de (Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development) es un patrono que ofrece igualdad de empleo. Ayudas auxiliaries están disponibles para individuos con impedimentos.

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