[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 53 (Friday, March 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13305-13306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6026]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Comment Request for Information Collection for Evaluation of the
Technology-Based Learning Grants: New Collection
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
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 a new data collection effort for the Technology-
Based Learning Grants Evaluation.
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 May 18, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Jonathan Simonetta, Room N-5641,
Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-3911 (this is not a
toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-2766. E-mail:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Evaluation of the Technology-Based Learning (TBL) Grants is a
two-year evaluation of grantees funded under the Employment and
Training Administration's (ETA) TBL Initiative (73 FR 35155 (June 20,
2008)) to implement TBL programs that increase worker access to
training in a timely and effective manner, while simultaneously
stimulating the development of new and innovative models and uses for
TBL in the public workforce system. The evaluation will document and
assess learners' experiences and outcomes related to participating in
such a program, and the implications for the public workforce system.
As a key part of the TBL evaluation, ETA's contractor will collect
administrative data from grantees and administer a customer survey. The
customer survey will provide information on customer satisfaction and
participant outcomes, and thus inform future TBL projects. Since
grantees are presently reporting only limited data about TBL
participants to ETA, reasons for participation, challenges to
participation, other workforce services received, and, of particular
importance, satisfaction with TBL training and services would not
otherwise be available in the absence of the survey. Thus, in order to
more thoroughly evaluate the TBL program, participation, outcomes and
satisfaction data will be gathered from both the limited administrative
data and the customer survey.
The survey will be conducted online and will provide basic
demographic, programmatic, and outcome information on participants in
TBL programs, and supply participants' contact information for survey
administration.
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: New collection.
Title: Evaluation of the Technology-Based Learning Grants.
OMB Number: 1205-0NEW.
Affected Public: Individuals.
Form(s): n/a.
Total Respondents: 1,500.
Frequency: One-time survey.
Total Responses: 1,050.
Average Time per Response: 20 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 350 (see table 1, below).
Total Burden Cost for Respondents: $17,991.
Table 1--Estimated Burden Hours
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Time per
Activity Sample size Response rate Number of Frequency response Total burden
respondents (minutes) hours
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Monthly Administrative Data Requests..... .............. .............. 20 7............................ 120 280
Final Administrative Data Request........ .............. .............. 20 Once......................... 240 80
Customer Survey.......................... 1,500 70% 1,050 Once......................... 20 350
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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: March 15, 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-6026 Filed 3-18-10; 8:45 am]
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