§17.7. How does the Secretary communicate with state and local officials concerning the Department's programs and activities?
29 C.F.R. § 17.7
For those programs and activities covered by a state process under § 17.6, the Secretary, to the extent permitted by law:
Uses the official state process to determine views of state and local elected officials; and,
Communicates with state and local elected officials, through the official state process, as early in a program planning cycle as is reasonably feasible to explain specific plans and actions.
The Secretary provides notice to directly affected state, areawide, regional, and local entities in a state of proposed Federal financial assistance if:
The state has not adopted a process under the Order; or
The assistance involves a program or activity not selected for the state process.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Authority
Authority: E.O. 12372, July 14, 1982 (47 FR 30959), as amended April 8, 1983 (48 FR 15887): sec. 401 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6506).
Source
Source: 48 FR 29258, June 24, 1983, unless otherwise noted.