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ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS

Type of instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden time 

per response 

(hours) 

Estimated 

burden hours 

Key informant interview protocol: state and local administrator, staff, and 

partners b ...................................................................................................... 60 1 1 60 

Survey: State and local staff and partners ...................................................... 60 1 0.17 10 

Program participant interview guide ................................................................ 20 1 1 20 

Total .......................................................................................................... 140 ........................ ........................ 90 

aThe study is scheduled to take three years. 

bAssumes each visit will, on average, involve individual or group interviews with approximately 30 respondents. The team assumes the average burden time per response to be about 1 hour, although some meetings will be shorter and some will be longer. 

Molly Irwin, 

Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of 

Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27919 Filed 12–21–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–HX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; National 

Database of Childcare Costs 

Submission for Review: National 

Database of Childcare Costs 

AGENCY: Women’s Bureau, DOL. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Labor, Women’s Bureau (WB) is 

soliciting comments concerning a 

proposed information collection request 

(ICR) titled, ‘‘National Database of 

Childcare Costs’’. This comment request 

is part of continuing Departmental 

efforts to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until February 25, 

2019. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation; 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained without charge by 

contacting the U.S. Department of 

Labor, Women’s Bureau, Room S–3002, 

200 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20210, (202)693–6710, 

Womens.Bureau@dol.gov. Comments in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted. Comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to U.S. Department of Labor, 

Women’s Bureau, Room S–3002, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20210. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, contact Sarah Miller by 

telephone at (202)693–6716 (this is not 

a toll-free number) or by email at 

miller.sarah@dol.gov. For technical 

questions, contact: Liana Christin 

Landivar by telephone at (202)693–6713 

(this is not a toll-free number) or by 

email at landivar.liana.c@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOL, 

as part of continuing efforts to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing collections of information 

before submitting them to the OMB for 

final approval. This program helps to 

ensure 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 can be properly 

assessed. This proposed information 

collection seeks to establish the 

National Database of Childcare Costs. 

State-administered Market Rate Surveys 

are conducted by state human services 

or workforce development offices as a 

requirement to receive Child Care and 

Development Block Grants (CCDBG). 

The surveys establish a benchmark of 

the local prices of various types of care 

(e.g., center-based, home-based, familyprovided) by age of children (i.e., 

infants, preschool, and school-age 

children). These surveys are used to 

establish the maximum reimbursement 

rates for childcare subsidies. Market 

Rate Surveys sample all eligible centers 

and care providers and obtain the full 

market price of care. Because the state 

Market Rate Surveys establish the full 

market price of care in local areas, these 

data are ideal to examine local childcare 

prices. However, these data are not 

reported to the federal government and 

they are retained by the states. 

This information collection would 

request Market Rate Survey data from 

all states and reconcile measures for 

uniformity across the states. Metrics 

would be made comparable and 

geography would be standardized to be 

able to combine these data for analysis 

with county characteristics available 

from the American Community Survey. 

The database would be evaluated to 

protect respondent confidentiality, 

implementing proper disclosure 

avoidance techniques in counties with 

small samples. The database would be 

made available to the public as a 

research tool to understand childcare 

prices at the county level and changes 

in childcare prices over time. Section 2 

of Public Law 66–259 that established 

the Women’s Bureau authorizes this 

information collection. See 29 U.S.C. 13. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by the OMB under the PRA 

and displays a currently valid OMB 

Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information that does not 

display a valid Control Number. See 5 

CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

provide comments to the contact shown 

in the ADDRESSES section. Comments 

must be written to receive 

consideration, and they will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval of the final ICR. In 

order to help ensure appropriate 

consideration, comments should 


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mention ICR Reference Number 

201811–1290–002. 

Submitted comments will also be a 

matter of public record for this ICR and 

posted on the internet, without 

redaction. The DOL encourages 

commenters not to include personally 

identifiable information, confidential 

business data, or other sensitive 

statements/information in any 

comments. 

The DOL is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

• 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 submission of 

responses. 

Analysis 

Agency: DOL–WB. 

Type of Review: New Collection. 

Collection Title: National Database of 

Childcare Costs. 

ICR Reference Number: 201811–1290– 

002. 

Affected Public: State, Local, and 

Tribal Governments. 

Number of Respondents: 51. 

Annual Frequency: Once. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

51. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: 3 hours. 

Total Annual Burden Time: 153 

hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Cost 

Burden: $0. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). 

Dated: December 19, 2018. 

Patricia G. Greene, 

Director, Women’s Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27861 Filed 12–21–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–HD–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Information Collection Activities; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance 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. 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. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed reinstatement 

of the ‘‘Current Population Survey (CPS) 

Disability Supplement,’’ to be 

conducted in July 2019. A copy of the 

proposed information collection request 

(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the 

individual listed below in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice on or 

before February 25, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol 

Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, Division 

of Management Systems, Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2 

Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington, 

DC 20212. Written comments may also 

be transmitted by fax to 202–691–5111 

(this is not a toll free number). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, 

202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free 

number). (See ADDRESSES section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The July 2019 CPS Disability 

Supplement will be conducted at the 

request of the Department of Labor’s 

Chief Evaluation Office. The Disability 

Supplement will provide information 

on the low labor force participation 

rates for people with disabilities; the use 

of and satisfaction with programs that 

prepare people with disabilities for 

employment; the work history, barriers 

to employment, and workplace 

accommodations reported by persons 

with a disability; and the effect of 

financial assistance programs on the 

likelihood of working. Since the 

supplement was last collected in 2012, 

work patterns have changed, policies 

have changed, and assistive 

technologies have advanced. Having 

updated information will be valuable in 

determining how employment barriers 

have changed for people with 

disabilities. 

Because the Disability Supplement is 

part of the CPS, the same detailed 

demographic information collected in 

the CPS will be available about 

respondents to the supplement. Thus, 

comparisons will be possible across 

respondent characteristics, including 

sex, race, ethnicity, age, and educational 

attainment. It will also be possible to 

create estimates for those who are 

employed, unemployed, and not in the 

labor force. Because the CPS is a rich 

source of information on the 

employment status of the population, it 

will be possible to examine in detail the 

nature of various employment and 

unemployment situations. 

II. Current Action 

Office of Management and Budget 

clearance is being sought for the CPS 

Disability Supplement. These data are 

necessary to provide information about 

the labor market challenges facing 

persons with a disability and will 

contribute to improvements in policies 

and programs designed to assist these 

individuals. 

III. Desired Focus of Comments 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is 

particularly interested in comments 

that: 

• 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. 

• 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. 


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