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the Washington, DC area, commenters 

are strongly encouraged to transmit their 

comments electronically via email or to 

submit them by mail early. Comments, 

including any personal information 

provided, become a matter of public 

record. They will also be summarized 

and/or included in the request for OMB 

approval of the information collection 

request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Erika Liliedahl by telephone at 202– 

693–5992 (this is not a toll-free number) 

or by email at ChiefEvaluationOffice@

dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Trade Adjustment Assistance 

Community College Career Training 

(TAACCCT) grants program provides 

community colleges and other eligible 

institutions of higher education with 

funds to expand and improve their 

ability to deliver education and career 

training programs that can be completed 

in two years or less and are suited for 

workers who are eligible for training 

under the Trade Adjustment Assistance 

for Workers program. TAACCCT-funded 

programs assist participants in acquiring 

the skills, degrees, and credentials 

needed employment while also meeting 

the needs of employers for skilled 

workers. A total of 185 grants have been 

awarded with 49 in fiscal year 2011 

(‘‘Round 1’’), 79 in fiscal year 2012 

(‘‘Round 2’’), and 57 in fiscal year 2013 

(‘‘Round 3’’). 

The purpose of the evaluation, funded 

by the Chief Evaluation Office, is to 

evaluate the national TAACCCT grants 

program, using a mixed-method design 

including outcome analysis, formal 

implementation analysis, performance 

assessment, and evaluability 

assessment. All Round 2 and 3 grantees 

and several Round 1 grantees have 

independent third-party evaluations. 

The national evaluator is collaborating 

with grantees and their evaluators and 

will provide a nationwide assessment of 

the overall initiative. 

This package requests clearance for an 

online survey of all participating 

TAACCCT colleges and structured 

fieldwork in the form of site visits to 10 

Round 2 and 10 Round 3 grantees. 

The online survey is aimed at 

developing a comprehensive description 

of grant activities undertaken by 

participating TAACCCT colleges, as 

well as assessing the extent to which 

grantees have achieved the main goals 

under the initiative. Unlike the planned 

site visits to a small select group of 

TAACCCT grants, the online survey will 

provide an opportunity to collect 

responses to survey questions from all 

colleges that are a part of the 178 Round 

1–3 TAACCCT grants. 

There are two primary data sources 

for the structured fieldwork: Semistructured interviews and focus groups. 

Interviews will be conducted with 

college administrators, program 

coordinators, faculty and instructional 

staff, industry and community partners, 

and employers. Field researchers will 

use a modular interview guide, 

organized by major topics that can be 

adapted based on the respondent’s 

knowledge base, to prompt discussions 

on the approaches used and experiences 

of the grantees and stakeholders. Inperson interviews will provide firsthand 

about the experiences of those involved 

in planning, implementing, and 

participating in the programs and the 

characteristics that contribute to success 

or lack of success in addressing and 

overcoming workforce challenges. 

To understand the experiences and 

perspectives of the participants in the 

TAACCCT-funded activities, the 

research team will conduct focus groups 

of students at each site. Focus group 

questions will be open-ended and 

designed to elicit detailed responses. 

From the focus groups with program 

participants, researchers will learn 

about their perceptions regarding the 

training and service delivery approaches 

including, recruitment and orientation 

to the training or career path, supports 

provided before and after training, 

educational attainment and 

employment, and satisfaction with the 

training program. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

Currently, the Department of Labor is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

above data collection for the national 

evaluation of the TAACCCT grants 

program. Comments are requested to: 

* 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 

information collection on those who are 

to respond, including 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 

At this time, the Department of Labor 

is requesting clearance for data 

collection for the national evaluation of 

the TAACCCT grants program via 

survey and fieldwork efforts. 

Type of review: New information 

collection request. 

OMB Control Number: 1205–0NEW. 

Affected Public: Students 

participating in and staff and partners 

associated with implementing 

TAACCCT grant programs. 

Frequency: Once. 

Total Responses: 1,440. 

Average Time per Response: 76 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,824 

hours. 

Total Other Burden Cost: $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this request will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval; they 

will also become a matter of public 

record. 

James H. Moore, Jr., 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. 

Department of Labor. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; 

Institutional Analysis of American Job 

Centers (AJCs) Study 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Policy, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL), 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 required 

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 

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A copy of the proposed 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 section below on or before 

September 30, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either one of the following methods: 

Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov; 

Mail or Courier: Erika Liliedahl, Chief 

Evaluation Office, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Room S–2312, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Instructions: Please submit one copy of 

your comments by only one method. All 

submissions received must include the 

agency name and OMB Control Number 

identified above for this information 

collection. Because we continue to 

experience delays in receiving mail in 

the Washington, DC area, commenters 

are strongly encouraged to transmit their 

comments electronically via email or to 

submit them by mail early. Comments, 

including any personal information 

provided, become a matter of public 

record. They will also be summarized 

and/or included in the request for OMB 

approval of the information collection 

request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Erika Liliedahl by telephone at 202– 

693–5992 (this is not a toll-free number) 

or by email at ChiefEvaluationOffice@

dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

When Congress overhauled the 

country’s public workforce system with 

the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) in 

1998, its paramount goal was to replace 

America’s fragmented and inefficient 

patchwork of employment and training 

programs with a more streamlined and 

coordinated service delivery system. To 

that end, WIA required that local 

workforce investment boards (LWIBs) 

establish centers—now known as 

American Job Centers (AJCs)—to 

provide ‘‘one-stop shopping’’ for 

customers seeking employment 

information and access to jobs, training, 

and related services. While all AJCs 

provide employment related services, 

there is variation across centers in their 

organization, partnering arrangements, 

data reporting, funding, administration, 

and service delivery. The U.S. 

Department of Labor (DOL) is 

sponsoring a comprehensive study to 

better understand the spectrum of 

institutional features that shape AJCs’ 

day-to-day operations and customer 

experiences. 

The goals of the Institutional Analysis 

of American Job Centers (AJCs) study 

are to systematically document key 

institutional characteristics of AJCs; 

present a comprehensive description of 

AJC funding, organization, 

administration and management, and 

service delivery structures and 

processes; and develop typologies of 

AJCs that capture the institutional 

variations documented. 

To achieve these goals, an in-depth 

institutional analysis will be conducted 

that systematically documents AJCs’ 

operations across 10 research domains: 

(1) Administrative structure; (2) 

partnerships; (3) performance and 

strategic management; (4) staffing; (5) 

physical environment; (6) Management 

Information S system capacity and the 

use of technology, including electronic 

tools and resources; (7) service delivery 

structure and linkages; (8) the program 

and service mix provided; (9) outreach; 

and (10) funding. In addition, the study 

will consider external factors that are 

particularly important for 

understanding AJC structure, 

operations, policies, and processes. 

These include LWIBs and state-level 

workforce agencies that have 

administrative and oversight 

responsibilities over AJCs. 

This package requests clearance for: 

(1) Site visits to AJCs; (2) telephone 

interviews with state workforce 

administrators in states where site visits 

are conducted; and (3) a network 

analysis survey of selected study AJC 

partner organizations. 

The site visits include semi-structured 

interviews, and observations of center 

operations and client flow. Interviews 

with state workforce administrators in 

each state in which there is a selected 

AJC will be conducted to gather statelevel information that is relevant for 

understanding local-level AJC 

organization and operations. A network 

analysis of AJC partnerships will be 

conducted based on a brief survey 

administered to a subset of the AJCs 

selected for site visits. 

There are two primary data sources 

for the study: Semi-structured 

interviews and a survey. Semistructured telephone interviews will be 

conducted with state workforce 

administrators. In-person interviews 

during the site visits will be conducted 

with AJC managers and key partner 

staff, AJC line staff, and LWIB staff; 

telephone interviews will be conducted 

in cases where an on-site meeting 

cannot be arranged. Field researchers 

will use a modular interview guide, 

organized by major topics that can be 

adapted based on the respondent’s 

knowledge base, to prompt discussions 

on topics of interest to the study. 

To better understand relationships 

between the AJC partners, the research 

team will supplement information about 

AJC partnerships obtained through 

semi-structured interviews with a 

network analysis survey of AJC partners 

that is distributed through email in the 

form of an editable PDF. The network 

analysis survey is a brief, targeted tool 

used to explore the strength of 

relationships between the key entities 

(partners) that oversee service delivery 

within the AJC framework as part of the 

overall effort to describe and analyze the 

institutional characteristics of the AJC 

system. The short survey will 

systematically collect information on 

select elements of partner interactions 

(frequency of communication, level of 

collaboration, and referral flow). 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

Currently, the Department of Labor is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

above data collection Institutional 

Analysis of American Job Centers. 

Comments are requested to: 

* 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 

information collection on those who are 

to respond, including 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 

At this time, the Department of Labor 

is requesting clearance for data 

collection for the Institutional Analysis 

of AJCs via a survey and interviews. 

Type of review: New information 

collection request. 

OMB Control Number: 1205–0NEW. 

Affected Public: Members of the 

public affected by the data collection 

include state and local government 

agencies, for-profit institutions, and notfor-profit institutions. Respondent 

groups identified include (1) State, 

regional, and local workforce agency 

and (2) AJC partners. 

Frequency: Once. 


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1Study on the Right of Making Available; Request 

for Additional Comments, 79 FR 41309 (July 15, 

2014). 

Total Responses: 1,643. 

Average Time per Response: 60 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,643 

hours. 

Total Other Burden Cost: $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this request will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval; they 

will also become a matter of public 

record. 

James H. Moore, Jr., 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. 

Department of Labor. 

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Office 

[Docket No. 2014–03] 

Music Licensing Study 

AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library 

of Congress. 

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The United States Copyright 

Office is extending the deadline for 

public comments regarding the 

effectiveness of existing methods of 

licensing music that were solicited in a 

July 23, 2014 Notice of Inquiry. See 79 

FR 42833 (July 23, 2014). 

DATES: Written comments are now due 

on or before September 12, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: All comments shall be 

submitted electronically. A comment 

page containing a comment form is 

posted on the Office Web site at 

http://www.copyright.gov/docs/

musiclicensingstudy. The Web site 

interface requires commenting parties to 

complete a form specifying their name 

and organization, as applicable, and to 

upload comments as an attachment via 

a browser button. To meet accessibility 

standards, commenting parties must 

upload comments in a single file not to 

exceed six megabytes (MB) in one of the 

following formats: The Portable 

Document File (PDF) format that 

contains searchable, accessible text (not 

an image); Microsoft Word; 

WordPerfect; Rich Text Format (RTF); or 

ASCII text file format (not a scanned 

document). The form and face of the 

comments must include both the name 

of the submitter and organization. The 

Office will post the comments publicly 

on the Office’s Web site in the form that 

they are received, along with associated 

names and organizations. If electronic 

submission of comments is not feasible, 

please contact the Office at 202–707– 

8350 for special instructions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jacqueline C. Charlesworth, General 

Counsel and Associate Register of 

Copyrights, by email at jcharlesworth@

loc.gov or by telephone at 202–707– 

8350; or Sarang V. Damle, Special 

Advisor to the General Counsel, by 

email at sdam@loc.gov or by telephone 

at 202–707–8350. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The U.S. Copyright Office is 

conducting a study to assess the 

effectiveness of current methods for 

licensing sound recordings and musical 

works. The Office received written 

comments responding to an initial 

Notice of Inquiry, and held three public 

roundtables in Nashville, Los Angeles 

and New York. See 78 FR 13739 (Mar. 

17, 2014); 79 FR 25626 (May 5, 2014). 

On July 23, 2014, the Office published 

a second Notice of Inquiry, seeking 

additional written comments on ten 

subjects concerning the music licensing 

environment. 79 FR 42833. To ensure 

commenters have sufficient time to 

address the topics set forth in the July 

2014 Notice of Inquiry, the Office is 

extending the time for filing written 

comments from August 22, 2014 to 

September 12, 2014. 

Dated: July 28, 2014. 

Maria A. Pallante, 

Register of Copyrights. 

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

U.S. Copyright Office 

[Docket No. 2014–02] 

Extension of Comment Period; Study 

on the Right of Making Available; 

Request for Additional Comments 

AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library 

of Congress. 

ACTION: Extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Copyright Office is 

extending the deadline for public 

comments that address topics listed in 

the Office’s July 15, 2014 Request for 

Additional Comments. 

DATES: Comments are now due no later 

than 5:00 p.m. EDT on September 15, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: All comments should be 

submitted electronically. To submit 

comments, please visit http://

www.copyright.gov/docs/making_

available/. The Web site interface 

requires submitters to complete a form 

specifying name and organization, as 

applicable, and to upload comments as 

an attachment via a browser button. To 

meet accessibility standards, 

commenting parties must upload 

comments in a single file not to exceed 

six megabytes (‘‘MB’’) in one of the 

following formats: a Portable Document 

File (‘‘PDF’’) format that contains 

searchable, accessible text (not an 

image); Microsoft Word; WordPerfect; 

Rich Text Format (‘‘RTF’’); or ASCII text 

file format (not a scanned document). 

The form and face of the comments 

must include both the name of the 

submitter and organization. The Office 

will post all comments publicly on the 

Office’s Web site exactly as they are 

received, along with names and 

organizations. If electronic submission 

of comments is not feasible, please 

contact the Office at 202–707–1027 for 

special instructions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maria Strong, Senior Counsel for Policy 

and International Affairs, by telephone 

at 202–707–1027 or by email at 

mstrong@loc.gov, or Kevin Amer, 

Counsel for Policy and International 

Affairs, by telephone at 202–707–1027 

or by email at kamer@loc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

15, 2014, the Copyright Office issued a 

Request for Additional Comments on 

the state of U.S. law recognizing and 

protecting ‘‘making available’’ and 

‘‘communication to the public’’ rights 

for copyright holders.1 The Request 

listed several questions for interested 

members of the public to address in the 

context of U.S. implementation of the 

WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the 

WIPO Performances and Phonograms 

Treaty (WPPT) rights of ‘‘making 

available’’ and ‘‘communication to the 

public,’’ and also invited views on 

specific issues raised during the public 

roundtable held in Washington, DC on 

May 5, 2014. To provide sufficient time 

for commenters to respond, the Office is 

extending the time for filing additional 

comments from August 14, 2014 to 

September 15, 2014. 

Dated: July 28, 2014. 

Karyn A. Temple Claggett, 

Associate Register of Copyrights. 

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