[Federal Register: January 7, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 5)]
[Notices]
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED
Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for Approval Under the Paperwork Reduction Act; Nonprofit
Agency Recordkeeping Requirements
AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or
Severely Disabled (The Committee) has submitted the collection of
information listed below to OMB for approval under the provisions of
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This notice solicits comments on that
collection of information.
DATES: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has up to 60 days to
approve or disapprove information collection but may respond after 30
days. Therefore, to ensure maximum consideration, your comments should
be received by OMB by February 7, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Mail your comments on the recordkeeping requirements to the
Desk Officer for the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind
or Severely Disabled, OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, via facsimile or e-mail using the following fax number and e-
mail address: (202) 395-6566 (fax); OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov (e-mail).
Please provide a copy of your comments to Janet Yandik, Information
Management Specialist, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind
or Severely Disabled, 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, Jefferson Plaza 2,
Suite 10800, Arlington, VA, 22202-3259; (703) 603-0655 (fax); or
rulecomments@jwod.gov (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anissa Craghead, Regulatory Affairs
Specialist, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or
Severely Disabled, 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, Jefferson Plaza 2,
Suite 10800, Arlington, VA, 22202-3259; phone (703) 603-0033; fax (703)
603-0655; or e-mail acraghead@jwod.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which implement provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), require that
interested members of the public and affected agencies have an
opportunity to comment on information collection and recordkeeping
activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). The Committee has submitted a request
to OMB to renew its approval of the collection of information for
nonprofit agency responsibilities related to recordkeeping. The
Committee is requesting a 3-year term of approval for this information
collection activity.
Federal agencies may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control number for this
collection of information is 3037-0005.
The Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Act of 1971 (41 U.S.C. 46-48c) is
the authorizing legislation for the JWOD Program. The JWOD Program
creates jobs and training opportunities for people who are blind or who
have other severe disabilities. Its primary means of doing so is by
requiring Government agencies to purchase selected products and
services from nonprofit agencies employing such individuals. The JWOD
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Program is administered by the Committee. Two national, independent
organizations, National Industries for the Blind (NIB) and NISH, help
State and private nonprofit agencies participate in the JWOD Program.
The implementing regulations for the JWOD Act, which are located at
41 CFR Chapter 51, detail the recordkeeping requirements imposed on
nonprofit agencies participating in the JWOD Program. Section 51-2.4 of
the regulations describes the criteria that the Committee must consider
when adding a product or service to its Procurement List. One of these
criteria is that a proposed addition must demonstrate a potential to
generate employment for people who are blind or severely disabled. The
Committee decided that evidence that employment will be generated for
those individuals consists of recordkeeping that tracks direct labor
and revenues for products or services sold through a JWOD Program
contract. This recordkeeping can be done on each individual JWOD
project or by product or service family.
In addition, Sec. 51-4.3 of the regulations requires that
nonprofit agencies keep records on direct labor hours performed by each
worker and keep an individual record or file for each blind or severely
disabled individual documenting that individual's disability and
capabilities for competitive employment. The records that nonprofit
agencies must keep in accordance with Sec. 51-4.3 of the regulations
constitute the bulk of the hour burden associated with this OMB control
number.
On October 4, 2004, we published in the Federal Register (69 FR
59185-59186) a notice requesting public comment on these recordkeeping
requirements for 60 days, ending December 3, 2004. By that date, we
received one comment. That commenter, a participating nonprofit agency,
supported our efforts to renew this recordkeeping requirement.
The information collection renewal request seeks approval for the
Committee to continue to ensure compliance with recordkeeping
requirements established by the authority of the JWOD Act and set forth
in the Act's implementing regulations. A renewal of the approval for
this collection would also help ensure that the Committee has the
ability to confirm the suitability of products and services on its
Procurement List. The recordkeeping requirements described in this
document are the same as those currently imposed on nonprofit agencies
participating in the JWOD Program.
Title: Nonprofit Agency Responsibilities, 41 CFR 51-2.4 and 51-4.3.
OMB Control Number: 3037-0005.
Description of Collection: Recordkeeping.
Description of Respondents: Nonprofit agencies participating in the
JWOD Program.
Annual Number of Respondents: About 650 nonprofit agencies will
annually participate in recordkeeping.
Total Annual Burden Hours: The recordkeeping burden is estimated to
average 5 hours per respondent. Total annual burden is 3,250 hours.
We invite comments concerning this renewal on: (1) Whether the
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
our agency's functions, including whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of
the collection of information; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents.
Dated: January 4, 2005.
Sheryl D. Kennerly,
Director, Information Management.
[FR Doc. 05-358 Filed 1-6-05; 8:45 am]
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