[Federal Register: June 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 114)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Comment Request for Information Collection for ``Collecting
Aggregate Participant Counts for Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title
IB, Wagner-Peyser Act, National Emergency Grants, and Reemployment
Services Grants,'' OMB Control No. 1205-0474, Extension Without Change
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. In
response to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the
Employment and Training Administration is soliciting comments
concerning States' submission of monthly supplemental reports that are
based on program participant data that States already collect. This
notice utilizes standard clearance procedures in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR 1320.12. This information
collection follows an emergency review that was conducted in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR 1320.13. The
submission for OMB emergency review was published in the Federal
Register on April 30, 2009, see 74 FR 19985. OMB approved the emergency
clearance under OMB control number 1205-0474 on May 20, 2009. A copy of
this ICR can be obtained from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
For WIA Adult, aggregate counts of all participants,
including those whose services are funded with regular WIA Adult
formula funds and/or Recovery Act funds, including low-income
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participants, those are also receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy
Families and/or other public assistance, as well as the number of UI
claimants, Veterans, and individuals with disabilities, numbers in
training and type of training, and numbers receiving supportive
services.
For WIA Dislocated Workers, aggregate counts of all
participants, including those whose services are funded with regular
WIA Dislocated Worker formula funds and/or Recovery Act funds. States
will report the number of WIA Dislocated Workers who are UI claimants,
Veterans, and individuals with disabilities, numbers in training and
type of training, and numbers receiving supportive services.
For National Emergency Grants, financed with Recovery Act
funds only, aggregate counts of participants, including the number of
UI claimants, Veterans, and individuals with disabilities, numbers in
training and type of training, and numbers receiving supportive
services are to be reported.
For WIA Youth, served with Recovery Act funds only,
aggregate counts of all Recovery Act youth participants, including the
characteristics of participants, the numbers of participants in summer
employment, services received, attainment of a work readiness skill,
and completion of summer youth employment are to be reported.
Submission of the regular WIA quarterly and annual reports, including
any youth who continue services under the WIA year-round youth program,
continues.
For the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service, the number
of participants served and the type of services received, as well as
supplemental reports of aggregate counts of all participants whose
services are financed with regular Wagner-Peyser Act formula funds and/
or Recovery Act funds (i.e., Employment Service and Reemployment
Services) are to be reported.
For the Wagner-Peyser Reemployment Services Grants, in
addition to those data elements already collected for the Wagner-Peyser
Act Employment Service report, one additional data element should be
reported: Referral to training, including WIA-funded training.
In addition to these aggregate monthly reports, States are
requested to submit the individual WIA standardized record data
(WIASRD) on all participants and exiters in the WIA title 1B programs,
and in National Emergency Grants, on a quarterly basis, beginning with
the 3rd quarter of Program Year 2009, which ends on March 31, 2010. The
first deadline for the required quarterly submission will be May 15,
2010. This start date gives States sufficient time to adjust their
management information systems. The emergency clearance expires
November 30, 2009.
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 August 17, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Karen Staha, U.S. Department of
Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Performance
and Technology, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S-5206, Washington,
DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-2917 (this is not a toll-free
number). Fax: 202-693-3490. E-mail: Staha.Karen@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The supplemental reports and quarterly collection of
WIA individual records replaced the limitations imposed by prior
outcome-based performance reporting requirements. This collection
comprises a participant and performance reporting strategy that
provides a more robust, ``real time'' view of the impact of the
Recovery Act funds, providing greater information on levels of program
participation as well as about the characteristics of the participants
served and the types of services provided. Furthermore, this
information collection allows ETA to report performance accountability
information immediately on the effective use of Recovery Act funds
already received by State workforce agencies. With these monthly
reports, information on individuals will be available while they are
participating in the programs. Finally, significant value accrues from
quarterly individual records from State workforce agencies. They
provide more timely information to respond to the oversight needs of
Governors, Congress and other Federal/State stakeholders and the
general public; ETA benefits from more timely analysis; and States have
access to more regular updates on nationwide participation information
and employment and training trends.
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 without changes.
Title: ``Collecting Aggregate Participant Counts for Workforce
Investment Act (WIA) Title IB, Wagner-Peyser Act, National Emergency
Grants, and Reemployment Services Grants.''
OMB Number: 1205-0474.
Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
Total Respondents: 54.
Frequency of Collection: Monthly.
Total Responses: 864.
Average Time per Respondent: 64 hours for monthly reports and 2,653
hours for quarterly WIASRD report.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 614,632.
Total Annual Costs Burden: $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: June 9, 2009.
John R. Beverly III,
Administrator, Office of Performance and Technology, Employment and
Training Administration.
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