[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 127 (Friday, July 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 38566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16125]
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RECOVERY ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY BOARD
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB
Emergency Comment Request
ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.
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SUMMARY: The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board (Board) has
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance
the following proposal for collection of information under the
emergency provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
DATES: Comments are due July 16, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send all comments to Sharon Mar, Desk Officer for the
Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, Office of Management
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; fax
202-395-5167; or e-mail to [email protected].
Title of Collection: Jobs Reporting under Section 1512 of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
OMB Control No.: 0430--Pending.
Description: Section 1512 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-5, 123 Stat. 115 (2009)) (Recovery Act)
requires recipients of Recovery Act funds to report an estimate of the
number of jobs created or retained by particular projects or
activities. These reports are submitted to FederalReporting.gov, and
information from these reports is later posted to the publicly
available Web site Recovery.gov. Among other things, the purpose of the
Recovery Act is ``to preserve and create jobs and promote economic
recovery.'' An integral part of the nation's recovery is the creation
of jobs. However, there has been very little oversight of the job
numbers reported by recipients of Recovery funds. The U.S. Government
Accountability Office (GAO) and the Inspectors General (IGs) have done
limited testing on some recipients. The limited testing to date has
found the following: (1) Some recipients were confused by the revised
guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on
December 18, 2009 (M-10-08); (2) some recipients decided not to use the
updated jobs reporting guidance; (3) one state recipient estimated the
number of jobs that could potentially be created; and (4) one recipient
was calculating jobs by dividing average salaries by the number of
employees. Therefore, a statistically valid sample test would provide
the insight needed to better understand these jobs numbers. The sample
would be approximately 200 recipients and should provide enough data to
determine whether the jobs numbers reported are reasonable. The
information requested would be limited to the recipients' policies and
procedures for compiling and reporting the jobs data; documentation for
the jobs reported; and identifying any on-going challenges faced in
complying with the job reporting requirements. The information
requested in most circumstances will be less than 10 pages.
Affected Public: Recipients, as defined in section 1512(b)(1) of
the Recovery Act, of Recovery Act funds.
Total Estimated Number or Respondents: 200.
Frequency of Responses: Once.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 400.
Ivan J. Flores,
Paralegal Specialist, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board.
[FR Doc. 2010-16125 Filed 7-1-10; 8:45 am]
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