[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 161 (Friday, August 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51486-51487]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20717]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[OMB 1205-0030]


Comment Request for Information Collection for OMB 1205-0030, Job 
Corps Enrollee Allotment Determination, Extension Without Revisions

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

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 
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 OMB 1205-0030 (October 31, 2010).
    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.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee's section below on or before October 19, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Linda Estep, Office of Job Corps, 
Room N4507 Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 888-886-1303 ext. 
7212 (this is a toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-2764. E-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    Job Corps is an intensive, residential training program for at-risk 
youth age 16 through 24 to address multiple barriers to employment 
faced by youth throughout the United States. Job Corps is authorized by 
Title I, Subtitle C, of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. The 
program is principally carried out through a nationwide network of 123 
Job Corps centers. The centers are located at facilities either owned 
or leased by the Federal Government. The

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Department has a direct role in the operation of Job Corps, and does 
not serve as a pass-through agency for this program. It is the 
Department's responsibility to establish Job Corps centers and to 
select operators for them. Of the 123 current centers, 28 are operated 
by the Department of Agriculture through an interagency agreement. 
These centers are located on Federal lands. The remaining 95 centers 
are managed and operated by large and small corporations and nonprofit 
organizations selected by the Department in accordance with the Federal 
Acquisition Regulations, and in most cases through a competitive 
procurement process. Many of the current contractors manage and operate 
more than one center.

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: Job Corps Enrollee Allotment Determination.
    OMB Number: Existing number, OMB 1205-0030.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, Federal Government.
    Form(s): ETA-658.
    Total Annual Respondents: 1,100.
    Annual Frequency: Annually.
    Total Annual Responses: 1,100.
    Average Time per Response: 3.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 55 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: $283.25.
    The purpose of this collection is to provide a vehicle to make 
allotments available to students who both desire an allotment and have 
a qualifying dependent. This is completed by the Job Corps admissions 
counselors or center staff and signed by the student during a personal 
interview.
    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: August 17, 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-20717 Filed 8-19-10; 8:45 am]
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