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Proclamation 9938

National Disability Employment Awareness Month, 2019

This proclamation designates October 2019 as National Disability Employment Awareness Month, celebrating contributions of Americans with disabilities to the workforce. It highlights existing administration initiatives including DOL's Apprenticeship Inclusion Model, the State Exchange on Employment and Disability, and federal contractor recruitment efforts, but contains no new binding policy directives or mandates.

Federal Register Open PDF 84 FR 52987

Impact dates

  1. National Disability Employment Awareness Month begins

Key directives

  • Recognize October 2019 as National Disability Employment Awareness Month
  • Call upon government and labor leaders, employers, and people of the United States to recognize the month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation of October 2019 as National Disability Employment Awareness Month

Near term (90d)

  • Recognition of month with programs, ceremonies, and activities

Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • References to past and ongoing initiatives (AIM, SEED, contractor initiative) are descriptive of existing programs, not new mandates
  • 'Call upon' language is hortatory, not directive
  • No new funding or regulatory requirements imposed
Proclamation 9938: National Disability Employment Awareness Month, 2019 · Executive Orders