[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 587-588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-33266]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Comment Request for Information Collection for Extension With
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
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 High Growth and
Community-Based Job Training Grants OMB No. 1205-0465, which expires:
5/31/2011.
A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES section
of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before March 7, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Megan Baird, Room N-4643,
Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-3949 (this is not a
toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-3890. E-mail:
[email protected]. Please reference OMB Control Number 1205-
0465 in the subject line of the e-mail.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: This document provides the justification for the
request by the Department of Labor, Employment and Training
Administration (ETA) for an extension with revisions of OMB-approved
quarterly progress reporting requirements for the High Growth Job
Training Initiative (HGJTI) grants and the Community-Based Job Training
(CBJT) grants. The OMB-approved HGJTI and CBJTG quarterly progress
reporting requirements, OMB No. 1205-1465, expire May 31, 2011. Through
the extension with renewal request, ETA will require grantees to submit
standardized quarterly progress reports summarizing the number and
types of participants served by grantees, the number of exiters, the
number of participants engaged in training activities, and some
participant outcomes. To calculate the common performance measures for
each grantee and the grant programs as a whole, ETA will also require
grantees to submit quarterly standardized records for exiters that
contain the minimum number of elements needed to calculate common
performance measure outcomes. These progress reporting requirements
align with outcome categories identified in the SGAs used to award
HGJTI and CBJT grants. The collection of this data helps ETA report the
impact of these funds and provides ETA with more comprehensive
information on the status of individual grants and individuals that
receive services and find employment through these grants. The
accuracy, reliability, and comparability of program reports submitted
by grantees using federal funds are fundamental elements of good public
administration and are necessary tools for maintaining and
demonstrating system integrity. The use of a standard set of data
elements, definitions, and specifications at all levels of the
workforce system, including the HGJTI and CBJT grants, helps improve
the quality of performance information that is received by ETA. This
data also helps ETA provide more targeted technical assistance to
support improvement of grantee outcomes. ETA will continue to provide
HGJTI and CBJT grantees with a reporting system, the Enterprise
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Business Support System (EBSS), which will support the submission of
quarterly progress reports to ETA, which include both a performance
report (ETA-9134 Form) and narrative report.
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 with revisions.
Title: High Growth and Community-Based Job Training Grants.
OMB Number: 1205-0465.
Affected Public: High Growth Job Training Initiative and Community-
Based Job Training grantees.
Form(s): ETA-9134.
Total Annual Respondents: 190.
Annual Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Annual Responses: 760.
Average Time per Response: 112.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 27,980.
Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: $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.
Signed: at Washington, DC this 28th day of December 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-33266 Filed 1-4-11; 8:45 am]
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