Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 17 / Thursday, January 28, 2021 / Notices 7421 

The publication of this notice opens 

a period for public comment on the 

proposed Consent Decree. Comments 

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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 revision of the 

‘‘National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 

1997.’’ A copy of the proposed 

information collection request can be 

obtained by contacting the individual 

listed 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 29, 2021. 

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 also may 

be transmitted by email to BLS_PRA_

Public@bls.gov. 

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 National Longitudinal Survey of 

Youth 1997 (NLSY97) is a nationally 

representative sample of persons who 

were born in the years 1980 to 1984. 

These respondents were ages 12–17 

when the first round of annual 

interviews began in 1997; starting with 

round sixteen, the NLSY97 is conducted 

on a biennial basis. Round twenty 

interviews will occur from September 

2021 to June 2022. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) contracts with a vendor 

to conduct the NLSY97. The primary 

objective of the survey is to study the 

transition from schooling to the 

establishment of careers and families. 

The longitudinal focus of this survey 

requires information to be collected 

from the same individuals over many 

years in order to trace their education, 

training, work experience, fertility, 

income, and program participation. 

One of the goals of the Department of 

Labor (DOL) is to produce and 

disseminate timely, accurate, and 

relevant information about the U.S. 

labor force. The BLS contributes to this 

goal by gathering information about the 

labor force and labor market and 

disseminating it to policymakers and 

the public so that participants in those 

markets can make more informed, and 

thus more efficient, choices. 

Research based on the NLSY97 

contributes to the formation of national 

policy in the areas of education, 

training, work experience, fertility, 

income, and program participation. In 

addition to the reports that the BLS 

produces based on data from the 

NLSY97, members of the academic 

community publish articles and reports 

based on NLSY97 data for the DOL and 

other funding agencies. To date, 

approximately 795 articles examining 

NLSY97 data have been published in 

scholarly journals. 

The survey design provides data 

gathered from the same respondents 

over time to form the only dataset that 

contains this type of information for this 

important population group. Without 

the collection of these data, an accurate 

longitudinal dataset could not be 

provided to researchers and 

policymakers, thus adversely affecting 

the DOL’s ability to perform its policyand report-making activities. 

II. Current Action 

The BLS seeks approval to conduct 

round 20 of biennial interviews of the 

NLSY97. Respondents of the NLSY97 

will undergo an interview of 

approximately 75 minutes during which 

they will answer questions about 

schooling and labor market experiences, 

family relationships, and community 

background. During the fielding period 

for the main round 20 interviews, no 

more than 2 percent of respondents will 

be asked to participate in a brief 

validation interview a few weeks after 

the initial interview. The purpose of the 

validation interview is to verify that the 

initial interview took place as the 

interviewer reported and to assess the 

data quality of selected questionnaire 

items. 

The BLS plans to record randomly 

selected segments of the main 

interviews during round 20. Recording 

interviews helps the BLS and its 

contractors to ensure that the interviews 

actually took place and interviewers are 

reading the questions exactly as worded 

and entering the responses properly. 

Recording also helps to identify parts of 

the interview that might be causing 

problems or misunderstanding for 

interviewers or respondents. Each 

respondent will be informed that the 

interview may be recorded for quality 

control, testing, and training purposes. 

If the respondent objects to the 

recording of the interview, the 

interviewer will confirm to the 

respondent that the interview will not 

be recorded and then proceed with the 

interview. 

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Round 20 will be a predominantly 

telephone survey. We anticipate that 

approximately 90 percent of interviews 

will be completed by telephone, with 

the remaining interviews being 

conducted in person. 

The round 20 questionnaire will 

resemble the round 19 questionnaire 

with few modifications. New questions 

for the round 20 questionnaire include 

questions on hours worked from home, 

on the value of a job, on labor market 

volatility due to Coronavirus pandemic, 

on contracting of Coronavirus, on 

vaccines, on applications for 

Unemployment Compensation, on 

criminal background checks, on internet 

access and on the respondents’ previous 

on experience with NLSY97’s 

Coronavirus supplemental survey. In 

addition, we have made attempts to 

streamline the questionnaire so that it 

will be shorter and less burdensome for 

respondents. To this end, fewer 

questions will be asked about college 

enrollment, non-compete agreements, 

device ownership, chronic pain, and the 

use of pain killers. 

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. 

Title: National Longitudinal Survey of 

Youth 1997. 

OMB Number: 1220–0157. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Form Total 

respondents Frequency Total responses 

Average 

time per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total 

burden 

(hours) 

Main NLSY97: September 2021–June 2022 ...................... 6,650 One-time ........ 6,650 75 8,312.5 

Validation interview: October 2021–June 2022 .................. 133 One-time ........ 133 4 8.9 

Totals * .......................................................................... 6,650 ........................ 6,783 ........................ 8,321 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they also 

will become a matter of public record. 

Signed at Washington, DC, January 19, 

2021. 

Eric Molina, 

Acting Chief, Division of Management 

Systems. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–24–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 extension of 

the ‘‘Occupational Requirements 

Survey.’’ A copy of the proposed 

information collection request 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 March 29, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora 

Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, 

Division of Management Systems, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 

2 Massachusetts Avenue NE, 

Washington, DC 20212. Written 

comments also may be transmitted by 

email to BLS_PRA_Public@bls.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, at 

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

number). (See ADDRESSES section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Occupational Requirements 

Survey (ORS) is a nationwide survey 

that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 

is conducting at the request of the Social 

Security Administration (SSA). Three 

years of data collection and capture for 

the ORS will start in 2021 and end in 

mid-2024. 

Estimates produced from the data 

collected by the ORS will be used by the 

SSA to update occupational 

requirements data for administering the 

Social Security Disability Insurance 

(SSDI) and Supplemental Security 

Income (SSI) programs. 

The ORS occupational information 

will allow SSA adjudicators to clearly 

associate the assessment of a claimant’s 

physical and mental functional capacity 

and vocational profile with work 

requirements. BLS will compute 

percentages of workers with various 

characteristics, such as skill and 

strength level. SSA will use this 

information to provide statistical 

support for the medical-vocational rules 

used at step 5 of sequential evaluation 

regarding the number of unskilled jobs 

that exist at each level of exertion in the 

national economy. 

The Social Security Administration, 

Members of Congress, and 

representatives of the disability 

community have all identified 

collection of updated information on the