[Federal Register: May 30, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 103)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations
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 on a new data collection for the High Growth Job
Training Initiative (HGJTI) and Community-Based Job Training (CBJT)
programs. A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR)
can be obtained by contacting the office listed in the Addressee
section of this notice or at this Web site: http://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
Addressee section on or before July 30, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Jennifer McNelly, Business Relations Group, Office of
Workforce Investment, Employment and Training Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N-4643, 200 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Phone (202) 693-3949 (this is not a toll-free
number). Fax (202) 693-3890 or e-mail businessrelations@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Grantees that are awarded High Growth Job Training Initiative
(HGJTI) grants and the Community-Based Job Training Grants (CBJTG) will
be required to submit standardized quarterly reports summarizing the
number and types of participants served by grantees, the number of
exiters, the number of participants engaged in training activities, and
participant outcomes. These outcomes include the number of participants
who received a degree or certificate, who were placed in employment,
and who were placed in training-related employment. In addition, ETA
will require grantees to submit records of program exiters on a
quarterly basis. These records will help ETA compute the Office of
Management and Budget's (OMB) common job training and employment
performance measures, gauge the effects of the HGJTI and CBJTG grants,
identify grantees that could serve as useful models, and target
technical assistance appropriately.
The HGJTI and CBJTG reporting and record keeping requirements are
consistent with the President's Management Agenda to improve the
management and performance of the Federal government and OMB's common
performance measures. The measures are applied to certain Federally
funded employment and training programs with similar strategic goals,
including the HGJTI and CBJTG programs. These common performance
measures enhance the government's ability to assess the effectiveness
of the workforce investment system as a whole, including its
performance in serving people who face significant barriers to
employment. By minimizing the differences in reporting and performance
requirements across programs, common performance measures facilitate
the integration of service delivery and break down barriers to
coordination among programs. Common performance measures also reduce
the reporting burden for states and grantees, by providing consistent
performance measurement definitions and methodologies across programs.
The common job training and employment measures are, therefore, a
key component of the HGJTI and CBJTG performance accountability system,
because they permit the core purposes of the workforce system to be
described in a similar manner.
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;
Suggest how to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
Suggest how to 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: New.
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Agency: Department of Labor, Employment and Training
Administration.
Title: High Growth and Community-Based Job Training Grants: General
Quarterly Reporting Forms & Instructions.
OMB Number: 1205-0NEW.
Agency Number(s): Form ETA-9134.
Recordkeeping: 3 Years.
Affected Public: Grantees and program participants.
Cite/Reference/Form: Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and the
American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000.
Type of Response: Mandatory.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Respondents: 272 Grantees.
Total Annual Responses: 2,176 submissions annually--Each grantee
submits a file of program exiter records and a summary report each
quarter, for a total of eight submissions each year per grantee.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 53,464 (see table for details).
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Average annual
Form/activity Annual national Total respondents hours per
burden (hours) respondent
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Participant Data Collection............ 23,000 272 grantees....................... 85
Quarterly Performance Report........... 30,464 272 grantees....................... 112
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Total.............................. 53,464 ................................... 197
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Average Response Time: 197 hours per grantee each year.
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.
Dated: May 24, 2007.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
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