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In FY 2004, an increase of $49.5 million will be provided as the first of a two-year investment to eliminate the 300,000 case backlog in the permanent Foreign Labor Certification program. In addition, funding will be provided in the Program Administration account to provide the Federal support necessary to address the problem. The backlog elimination will actually begin in FY 2003 as DOL makes changes to the program that will prevent future backlogs by expediting certification and eliminating the state role in the processing of applications.
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The above is a snippet from an article on the dol website (link posted in some other messages on this forum). It indicate an increase in the budget for processing LC. More interesting, the last line says the state role will eliminated? I really wonder what that means...
In FY 2004, an increase of $49.5 million will be provided as the first of a two-year investment to eliminate the 300,000 case backlog in the permanent Foreign Labor Certification program. In addition, funding will be provided in the Program Administration account to provide the Federal support necessary to address the problem. The backlog elimination will actually begin in FY 2003 as DOL makes changes to the program that will prevent future backlogs by expediting certification and eliminating the state role in the processing of applications.
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The above is a snippet from an article on the dol website (link posted in some other messages on this forum). It indicate an increase in the budget for processing LC. More interesting, the last line says the state role will eliminated? I really wonder what that means...