80 FR 18784 - Geographic-Based Hiring Preferences in Administering Federal Awards

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 67 (April 8, 2015)

This action extends the comment period for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to amend the DOT's implementation of the Government-wide Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards to permit recipients and subrecipients to impose geographic-based hiring preferences whenever not otherwise prohibited by Federal statute. This NPRM was published in the Federal Register on March 6, 2015, at 80 FR 12092. We are extending the end of the comment period from April 6, 2015, to May 6, 2015. The extension of the comment period is intended to provide all interested parties sufficient time prior to submit comments to the docket for this proposed rulemaking.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 8, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 18784]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08084]


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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 67 / Wednesday, April 8, 2015 / 
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

2 CFR Part 1201

[Docket DOT-OST-2015-0013]
RIN 2105-AE38


Geographic-Based Hiring Preferences in Administering Federal 
Awards

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), Department of Transportation 
(DOT).

ACTION: Extension of comment period on proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This action extends the comment period for the Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to amend the DOT's implementation 
of the Government-wide Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost 
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards to permit 
recipients and subrecipients to impose geographic-based hiring 
preferences whenever not otherwise prohibited by Federal statute. This 
NPRM was published in the Federal Register on March 6, 2015, at 80 FR 
12092. We are extending the end of the comment period from April 6, 
2015, to May 6, 2015. The extension of the comment period is intended 
to provide all interested parties sufficient time prior to submit 
comments to the docket for this proposed rulemaking.

DATES: Comments must be received by May 6, 2015. Comments received 
after this date will be considered to the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: You may file comments identified by the docket number DOT-
OST-2015-0013 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Room W12-140, Washington, DC 
20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET, 
Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
     Fax: (202) 493-2251.
    Instructions: You must include the agency name and docket number 
DOT-OST-2015-0013 or the Regulatory Identification Number, RIN No. 
2105-AE11, for the rulemaking at the beginning of your comment. All 
comments received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received in any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment if submitted on behalf 
of an association, a business, a labor union, etc.). You may review 
DOT's complete Privacy Act statement in the Federal Register published 
on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78), or you may visit http://Docketslnfo.dot.gov.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov or to the street 
address listed above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the 
docket.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Harkins, Deputy Assistant 
General Counsel for General Law (OST-C10), U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590, 202-
366-0590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 6, 2015, the Department published a 
NPRM proposing to amend the DOT's implementation of the Government-wide 
Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit 
Requirements for Federal Awards to permit recipients and subrecipients 
to impose geographic-based hiring preferences whenever not otherwise 
prohibited by Federal statute. On March 13, the American Public 
Transportation Association (APTA) posted a comment requesting DOT 
extent the comment period for this NPRM by 30 days to May 6. With this 
notice, the DOT is granting this request by further extending the 
comment period to May 6.
    The DOT has also received a comment to the docket asking whether 
this proposed rule applies to rolling stock. The DOT specifically 
requests comments on this issue and whether the DOT should clarify the 
proposed rule's application to the procurement of rolling stock.

    Issued this 1st day of April, 2015, in Washington, DC.
Kathryn B. Thomson,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2015-08084 Filed 4-7-15; 8:45 am]
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