[Federal Register: June 29, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 124)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Financial Reporting Requirements
for the National Emergency Grants (NEG) Program, Under Title I of the
Act
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 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. ETA is
soliciting comments concerning the proposed extension to the financial
reporting requirements for the WIA National Emergency Grants Program.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee's section below on or before August 29, 2005.
ADDRESSES: 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. Copies of the
Paperwork Reduction Act Submission Package may be found at the Web site
http://www.doleta.gov/Performance/guidance/OMBControlNumber.cfm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
This proposed information collection notice is requesting an
extension to the financial reporting collection format for the WIA
National Emergency Grants Program as approved in OMB Notice of Action
Number 1205-0434 (ETA Form Number 9099). The basic financial reporting
requirements for this program are set forth in Public Law 105-220,
dated August 7, 1998, and 20 CFR part 652 et al., Workforce Investment
Act (WIA) Final Rules, dated August 11, 2000.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently, the Department is soliciting comments concerning the
proposed extension of a currently approved collection of the WIA
financial reporting requirements for the National Emergency Grants
Program 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 information clearance request (ICR) can be
obtained directly through the Web site: http://www.doleta.gov/Performance/guidance/OMBControlNumber.cfm
or by contacting the office
listed above in the addressee section of this notice.
III. Current Actions
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Financial Reporting
Requirements for National Emergency Grants Program, under Title I of
the Act.
OMB Number: 1205-0434.
Agency Numbers: Revision to ETA 9099.
Affected Public: State agencies, local governments, and/or other
for profit and non-profit organizations; and consortia of any and/or
all of the above.
Total Respondents: 40.
Frequency: Quarterly.
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DOL-ETA Reporting Burden for WIA Financial Status Report for National Emergency Grants
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PY 2004 PY 2005
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PY 2004 FY 2005 Total PY 2005 FY 2006 Total
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Average number of reports per entity per 1 1 2 1 1 2
quarter......................................
Average number of reports per entity per year. 4 4 8 4 4 8
Average number of hours required for reporting 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2
per quarter per report.......................
Average number of hours required for reporting 2 2 4 2 2 4
per entity per year..........................
Number of entities reporting.................. 40 40 40 40 40 40
Average number of hours required for reporting 80 80 160 80 80 160
burden per year..............................
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Note: Reviewer should note that the National Emergency Grants
are awarded to States under Master Grant Agreements to fund approved
projects within the State, on an on-going, as eligible basis. As
reflected on table, PY 2004 grants/projects are funded with PY 2004
and FY 2005 funds. Likewise, PY 2005 grants/projects are funded with
PY 2005 and FY 2006 funds. Financial reports are required to be
submitted by project for each source of funds received.
It should also be noted that the number of projects per State
varies, thus creating the need to average the number of reports per
entity per quarter and per year.
The total burden cost was based upon a GS-12, Step 1 salary as
calculated from Salary Table 2005-DCB, effective January 2005.
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 ICR; they will become a matter of public record.
Dated: June 23, 2005.
Anna Goddard,
Administrator, Office of Financial and Administrative Management,
Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor.
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