[Federal Register: January 5, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 3)]
[Notices]
[Page 623-624]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Financial Reporting Requirements for Programs Currently Reporting
on Standard Form 269
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 revised financial reporting
requirements for all ETA programs which do not otherwise have OMB
approved program-specific financial reporting requirements.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee's section below on or before March 6, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Isabel Danley, Office of Grants and Contract Management,
Employment and Training Administration, United States Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-4716, 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, including the proposed revised form
and instructions, are at this Web site: http://www.doleta.gov/Performance/guidance/OMBControlNumber.cfm
.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
This proposed information collection notice is requesting a revised
financial reporting collection format for all ETA programs currently
reporting on the OMB approved Standard Form (SF) 269 (REV 9-99.) The
basic financial reporting requirements for all Federal programs are
prescribed by OMB Circulars A-102 and A-110. These requirements are
codified in Department of Labor Regulations at 29 CFR 95.52 and 29 CFR
97.41, which specify that the SF 269 or such other forms that may be
approved by OMB are authorized for obtaining financial information from
recipients. Further, the revised U.S. DOL ETA Financial Report is
consistent with OMB efforts to streamline Federal financial reporting,
pursuant to Public Law 106-107.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently, the Department is soliciting comments concerning the
revised financial reporting collection format for all ETA programs
which currently report on the SF 269 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.
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A copy of the proposed information clearance request (ICR),
including the proposed revised form and instructions, 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: New.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Financial Reporting Requirements for ETA Programs Currently
Reporting on SF 269.
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: 680.
Frequency: Quarterly.
DOL-ETA Reporting Burden for Entities That Will Be Reporting on Revised Financial Status Report
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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 quarter.... 1 1 2 1 1 2
Average number of reports per entity per year....... 4 4 8 4 4 8
Average number of hours required for reporting per \1/2\ \1/2\ \1/2\ \1/2\ \1/2\ \1/2\
quarter per report.................................
Average number of hours required for reporting per 2 2 4 2 2 4
entity per year....................................
Number of entities reporting........................ 680 680 680 680 680 680
Average number of hours required for reporting 1360 1360 2720 1360 1360 2720
burden per year....................................
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Note: The above data represents average burden figures for all
ETA programs that will be reporting on the revised U.S. DOL ETA
Financial Report and that are currently reporting on the SF 269.
Programs included in this compilation are: State Employment Security
Agencies (SESAs), comprised of Employment Service (ES), Unemployment
Service (UI), and Trade Program Grant Agreements (TAs); Hardmark
Grants; Business Relations Group High Growth Grants; H-I B Grants;
Youth, comprised of Offender, Foster Care, Opportunity, and
Rewarding Achievement Grants; and Performance Incentive Grants.
Estimates also include provision for other miscellaneous grants
which are yet to be funded, but which will report on the revised
Financial Report. (An exception to the average number of reports per
entity per quarter are the SESAs which each have 3 components, ES,
UI, and Trade, for an approximate total of 25 reports per quarter.)
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: December 28, 2005.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-8288 Filed 1-4-06; 8:45 am]
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