[Federal Register: April 13, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 71)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations; Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Financial
Reporting Requirements for Formula Funded Grants
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of
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information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps to ensure that
requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden
(time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are
clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on
respondents can be properly assessed.
DATES: Submit comments on or before June 14, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Isabel Danley, Office of Grants and
Contract Management, Employment and Training Administration, United
States Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-4720,
Washington, DC 20210, 202-693-3047 (this is not a toll-free number),
danley.isabel@dol.gov, and/or fax 202-693-3362.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Isabel Danley, Office of Grants and
Contract Management, Employment and Training Administration, United
States Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210, 202-693-3047 (this is not a toll-free number),
danley.isabel@dol.gov, and/or fax 202-693-3362.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
This proposed information collection notice is requesting an
extension of authority to collect WIA financial data contained on
formats provided to the States in ETA Training and Employment Guidance
Letter No. 16-99, dated June 23, 2000. This data collection was granted
an extension by OMB in Notice of Action Number 1205-0408, dated
February 12, 2001. The collection of information pursuant to that
notice expired on February 29, 2004; however, OMB granted an extension
through May 2004. The financial reporting requirements for the WIA
formula funded grants are set forth in Public Law 105-220, dated August
7, 1998, and WIA Final Rule, 20 CFR part 652, et al., dated August 11,
2000. Data collected are utilized by the Department to evaluate the
performance and expenditure levels of the States and local areas in
carrying out the statutory intent of the WIA appropriated funds. This
is the Department's exclusive collection of financial data for WIA
formula funded grants, all of which is collected electronically.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently, the Department is soliciting comments concerning the
proposed extension/reinstatement of the WIA Financial Reporting
Requirements for Formula Funded Grants to:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submissions of responses.
A copy of the proposed ICR can be obtained by contacting the office
listed above in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
III. Current Actions
Type of Review: Extension/Reinstatement (without change).
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: WIA Financial Reporting Requirements for Formula Funded
Grants.
OMB Number: 1205-0408.
Agency Number: ETA 9076 A-F.
Affected Public: States, local governments, Private Industry
Councils and/or other for profit and non-profit organizations.
Total Respondents: 56.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Responses: 12 per respondent per year (3 each quarter, one
for each year of appropriated funds available for expenditure).
Average Time per Response: 1 hour.
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Annual
PY 2003 yr. of responses Total Frequency Total Average Time per burden
respondents responses response hours
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PY 2001......................... 56 Quarterly.......... 224 1 hour............ 224
PY 2002......................... 56 Quarterly.......... 224 1 hour............ 224
PY 2003......................... 56 Quarterly.......... 224 1 hour............ 224
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Totals...................... ........... ................... 672 .................. 672
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Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a
matter of public record.
Dated: April 6, 2004.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
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