[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 149 (Friday, August 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45077-45078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17651]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Proposed Information Collection Request for Workforce Investment
Act, Title 1B Programs (OMB Control Number 1205-0420): Comment Request
for Extension Without Changes
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration.
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 collection of data about the Workforce
Investment Act Management Information and Reporting System.
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 by accessing: http://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee's section below on or before September 30, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Karen A. Staha, Performance and
Technology Office, Employment and Training Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S-5206,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-3420 (this is not a
toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-3490. E-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Each state administering a grant under the WIA adult, dislocated
worker, and youth programs is required to submit quarterly (ETA 9090)
and annual (ETA 9091) reports containing information related to levels
of participation and performance outcomes for each program. In
addition, each state submits a file of individual records on all
participants who exit the programs, formally called the Workforce
Investment Act Title 1-B Standardized Record Data (WIASRD). These
participant records are submitted once a year based on a July-to-June
program period. This notice is requesting the extension of the current
collection without change.
The Employment and Training Administration is proposing similar
changes to the reporting requirements for Wagner-Peyser Employment
Service Programs and the Trade Adjustment Assistance Act Programs.
Please note that ETA will seek comments regarding extensions to these
collections in separate Federal Register notices.
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;
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* 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 without changes.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Workforce Investment Act, Title 1B.
OMB Number: 1205-0420.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Forms: ETA-9090, ETA 9091.
Total Respondents: 53 States and Territories.
Frequency: Quarterly and Annual.
Total Responses Annually: 265.
Average Time per Response: See Tables:
I. WIASRD Record
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PY 02 annual Annual
Record type Hrs. per job national national
seeker record counts burden hours
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Adult, DW, NEG Exiters.......................................... 0.6 435,355 276,450
Youth Exiters................................................... 2.0 164,266 328,532
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Total....................................................... .............. 599,621 604,982
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II. Quarterly and Annual Summary Reports
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Number of
Program Hrs. per year reporting Annual
per state states national hours
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Quarterly Report ETA 9090....................................... 640 53 33,920
Annual Report ETA 9091.......................................... 400 53 21,200
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Total....................................................... 1,040 53 55,120
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III. Customer Satisfaction Survey
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Total national
Survey task Number of Hours per state burden hours/
states per task/yr yr
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Respondents.................................................... 53 83.3 4,417
Survey Administration.......................................... 53 688 36,464
Survey Prep and Overhead....................................... 53 154 8,162
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Total...................................................... 53 925.3 49,043
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Estimated Total Burden Hours: 709,145.
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: July 25, 2008.
John R. Beverly,
Administrator, Office of Performance and Technology, Employment and
Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-17651 Filed 7-31-08; 8:45 am]
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