627.500—Scope and purpose.
(a) General.
This subpart establishes the procedures which apply to the handling of noncriminal complaints under the Act at the Governor, the SDA, and the SSG levels. Nothing contained in this subpart shall be deemed to prejudice the separate exercise of other legal rights in pursuit of remedies and sanctions available outside the Act.
(b) Handling of discrimination complaints.
Complaints of discrimination pursuant to section 167(a) of the Act shall be handled under 29 CFR part 34.
(c) Complaints and reports of criminal fraud, waste, and abuse.
Information and complaints involving criminal fraud, waste, abuse or other criminal activity shall be reported through the Department's Incident Reporting System, directly and immediately to the DOL Office of Inspector General, Office of Investigations, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room S5514, Washington, DC 20210, or to the corresponding Regional Inspector General for Investigations, with a copy simultaneously provided to the Employment and Training Administration. The Hotline number is 1-800-347-3756. Other complaints of a noncriminal nature will continue to be handled under the procedures set forth in this part, subparts E and F, and through the Department's Incident Reporting System.
(d) Non-JTPA remedies.
Whenever any person, organization, or agency believes that a recipient, an SDA, an SSG, or other subrecipient has engaged in conduct that violates the Act and that such conduct also violates a Federal statute other than JTPA, or a State or local law, that person, organization, or agency may, with respect to the non-JTPA cause of action, institute a civil action or pursue other remedies authorized under such other Federal, State, or local law against the recipient, the SDA, the SSG, or other subrecipient, without first exhausting the remedies in this subpart. Nothing in the Act or this chapter shall:
(1)
Allow any person or organization to file a suit which alleges a violation of JTPA or regulations promulgated thereunder without first exhausting the administrative remedies described in this subpart; or
(2)
Be construed to create a private right of action with respect to alleged violations of JTPA or the regulations promulgated thereunder.