"JOINT EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE (JETT*CON '97) "Joint Employment and Training Technology Conference (JETT*CON '97), December 16-18, 1997" sponsored by the United States Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the Council for Excellence in Government (CEG), will be held in Chicago, Illinois at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers Cityfront Center, 301 East North Water Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611. Phone: 312-464-1000, Fax: 312-464-9140. ETA and CEG are seeking nominations for the JETT*CON '97 Showcase Awards Program. The objective of the JETT*CON '97 Showcase Awards Program is to recognize and honor successful, innovative workforce development programs that are using technology to provide high quality services to customers. Awards will recognize work in six categories consistent with the six JETT*CON '97 tracks. Two awards will be granted under each category - -- a state level and a community level award. The categories are: 1) Developing a Workforce Development System for the 21st Century, 2) Managing the Impacts of Technology, 3) Designing Learning Technologies to Enhance Training and Assessment Services, 4) Using Internet/Intranet Technology, 5) Forging Technology Alliances that Work, and 6) Using Assistive Technology to Create Universal Access. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? 1) STATES -- Any state organization involved in workforce development is eligible for nomination. Programs involving public/private partnerships, collaboratives, or joint ventures are also eligible under this category including profit-making and non-profit organizations. 2) COMMUNITIES -- Any local or other workforce development program or initiative is eligible for nomination. This category is intended to be inclusive, broad and national in scope. Local job corps centers, Bureau of Apprenticeship Programs, community colleges and others are eligible under this category. Programs involving public/private partnerships, collaboratives, or joint ventures are also eligible under this category including profit-making and non-profit organizations. HOW WILL THE WINNERS BE SELECTED? The nominations will be judged by panels of experts selected from the Council for Excellence in Government's Government Information Technology Leadership Consortium. These panels will be composed of experts from the private sector and will follow the scoring system detailed nomination packet. Two award winners will be selected in each of the six award categories -- one representing a state and one representing a community -- for a total of twelve awards. HOW WILL THE WINNERS BE RECOGNIZED? Those selected will be showcased at Chicago in the JETT*CON '97 exhibit hall and honored at the Awards Luncheon on Thursday, December 18. HOW IS A NOMINATION SUBMITTED? Nominations can be submitted by any eligible organization. Please contact Fred Frederick at the United States Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration to receive a nomination packet. This packet contains all the information needed to submit a nomination. Phone: 202-219-9092 Extension 138, Fax: 202-219-5024, E-mail: frederickf@doleta.gov. Nominations must be received at the Council for Excellence in Government no later that 5:00 p.m., September 30, 1997. Results will be provided to nominees no later than November 15, 1997.

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