[Federal Register: September 15, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 179)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations; Reporting and Performance Standards System
for the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Program Under Title I, Section
167 of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998
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.
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the extension of the data collection for the
Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Program, also known as the National
Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP). A copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office
listed below in the addressee section of this notice or at this Web
site: http://www.doleta.gov/Performance/guidance/OMBControlNumber.cfm.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before November 14, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Gay M. Gilbert, Administrator, Office of Workforce
Investment, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room S-4231, 200 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20210;
telephone: (202) 693-3980 (this is not a toll-free number); fax: (202)
693-3981, e-mail ETAperforms@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Each grantee administering funds under the NFJP program is required
to submit a program planning report (ETA Form 9094), a budget
information summary report (ETA Form 9093), and a quarterly program
status report (ETA Form 9095). This latter form contains information
related to levels of participation and service, related assistance
activities, and actual placements in employment. In addition, each
grantee submits a quarterly file of individual records on all
participants who exit the program, called the Workforce Investment Act
Standardized Participant Record (WIASPR).
In 2001, under the President's Management Agenda, OMB and other
Federal agencies developed a set of common measures to be applied to
certain federally funded employment and training programs with similar
strategic goals. As part of this initiative, ETA issued Training and
Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 28-04, Common Measures Policy. The
value of implementing common measures is the ability to describe in a
similar manner the core purposes of the workforce system--how many
people found jobs; did they keep those jobs; and what were their
earnings. Implementing a set of common measures can facilitate the
integration of service delivery, reduce barriers to cooperation among
programs, and enhance the ability to assess the effectiveness and
impact of the workforce investment system, including the performance of
the system in serving individuals facing significant barriers to
employment.
The common measures are an integral part of ETA's performance
accountability system, and ETA will continue to collect from grantees
the data on program activities, participants, and outcomes that are
necessary for program management and to convey full and accurate
information on the performance of workforce programs to policymakers
and stakeholders.
The extension to the NFJP reporting system identifies a minimum
level of information collection that is necessary to comply with Equal
Opportunity requirements, holds grantees appropriately accountable for
the Federal funds they receive, assesses progress against a set of
common performance measures, and allows the Department to fulfill its
oversight and management responsibilities.
The three adult common measures that apply to NFJP grantees are
Entered Employment; Employment Retention; and Average Earnings.
Grantees currently collect and submit the data necessary to report on
these performance measures.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments
which:
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.
III. Current Actions
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Reporting and Performance Standards System for the National
Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) under Title I, Section 167, of the
Workforce Investment Act (WIA).
OMB Number: 1205-0425.
Recordkeeping: Quarterly.
Affected Public: State, local or tribal governments; not-for-profit
institutions.
Total Respondents: 53 States and grantees.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 70,562.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0.
Comments submitted in response to this comment request 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.
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Signed at Washington, DC this 8th day of September, 2006.
Gay M. Gilbert,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Investment.
[FR Doc. E6-15347 Filed 9-14-06; 8:45 am]
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