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number]; Email: katherine.darke@

usdoj.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is being convened to brief the 

OJP Assistant Attorney General and the 

Board members on the progress of the 

subcommittees, discuss any 

recommendations they may have for 

consideration by the full Board, and 

brief the Board on various OJP-related 

projects and activities. The final agenda 

is subject to adjustment, but the meeting 

will likely include briefings of the 

subcommittees’ activities and 

discussion of future Board actions and 

priorities. This meeting is open to the 

public. Members of the public who wish 

to attend this meeting must register with 

Katherine Darke at the above address at 

least seven (7) calendar days in advance 

of the meeting. Registrations will be 

accepted on a space available basis. 

Access to the meeting will not be 

allowed without registration. Persons 

interested in communicating with the 

Board should submit their written 

comments to the DFO, as the time 

available will not allow the public to 

directly address the Board at the 

meeting. Anyone requiring special 

accommodations should notify Ms. 

Darke at least seven (7) calendar days in 

advance of the meeting. 

Renewal of Council Charter: In 

addition to notifying the public about 

the OJP Science Advisory Board 

meeting, this Federal Register Notice 

notifies the public that the Charter of 

the OJP Science Advisory Board has 

been renewed in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

Section 14(a)(1). The renewal Charter 

was signed by former U.S. Attorney 

General Eric Holder on April 15, 2015. 

One can obtain a copy of the renewal 

Charter by accessing the Coordinating 

Council’s Web site at http://ojp.gov/

sab.htm. 

Katherine Darke, 

Science Policy Advisor and SAB DFO, Office 

of the Assistant Attorney General, Office of 

Justice Programs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Career, Technical, and Adult 

Education; Rehabilitation Services 

Administration; Comment Request for 

Information Collection for the WIOA 

Performance Management, 

Information, and Reporting System 

(OMB Control No. 1205–0NEW), New 

Collection 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Departments of 

Labor and Education (the Departments), 

as part of their continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, are conducting a preclearance 

consultation to provide the public and 

Federal agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on the proposed collection of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)] (PRA). The PRA 

helps ensure that respondents can 

provide requested data in the desired 

format with minimal reporting burden 

(time and financial resources), 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. 

Currently, the Departments are 

soliciting comments concerning the 

collection of data for the WIOA 

Performance Management, Information, 

and Reporting System (OMB Control 

No. 1205–0NEW). The data collections 

included in this reporting system fulfill 

requirements in WIOA Sec.116(d)(1) for 

the development of report templates for 

the State Performance Report for WIOA 

core programs, the Local Area 

Performance Report, and the Eligible 

Training Provider Report. Previously, a 

supporting statement was provided for 

this data collection under OMB Control 

No. 1205–0420, which was made public 

on April 16, 2015. The sole difference 

between the aforementioned supporting 

statement and the subject of this notice 

is that OMB Control No. 1205–0NEW 

does not include the non-WIOA related, 

currently cleared burden. 

DATES: Submit written comments to the 

office listed in the addresses section 

below on or before September 21, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ETA–2015–0007 or 

via postal mail, commercial delivery, or 

hand delivery. A copy of the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) 

with applicable supporting 

documentation, including a description 

of the likely respondents, proposed 

frequency of response, and estimated 

total burden may be obtained free of 

charge from http://www.regulations.gov 

or by contacting Luke Murren by 

telephone at 202–693–3733 (this is not 

a toll-free number) or by email at 

murren.luke@dol.gov. Individuals with 

hearing or speech impairments may 

access the telephone number above via 

TTY by calling the toll-free Federal 

Information Relay Service at 1–877– 

889–5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax: 202–693– 

2766. 

Mail and hand delivery/courier: Send 

written comments to Luke Murren, 

Office of Policy Development and 

Research, Room N5641, Employment 

and Training Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Due to security-related concerns, there 

may be a significant delay in the receipt 

of submissions by United States Mail. 

You must take this into consideration 

when preparing to meet the deadline for 

submitting comments. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this comment request will become a 

matter of public record and will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

approval of the information collection 

request. In addition, comments 

regardless of the delivery method, will 

be posted without change on the http:// 

www.regulations.gov Web site; 

consequently, the Departments 

recommend commenters not include 

personal information such as a Social 

Security Number, personal address, 

telephone number, email address, or 

confidential business information that 

they do not want made public. It is the 

responsibility of the commenter to 

determine what to include in the public 

record. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 116 of WIOA requires States 

that operate core programs of the 

publicly-funded workforce system to 

comply with common performance 

accountability requirements. As such, 

States that operate core programs must 

submit common performance data to 

demonstrate that specified performance 

levels are achieved. 

WIOA Sec. 116(d)(2)—‘‘Contents of 

State Performance Reports’’— mandates 

that the Secretaries of Labor and 

Education develop a template for 

performance reports to be used by 

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providers of training services for 

reporting on outcomes achieved by the 

WIOA core programs (the Adult, 

Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs 

under Title I; the Adult Education and 

Family Literacy Act program under Title 

II; the Wagner-Peyser Act program 

amended by Title III; and the Vocational 

Rehabilitation Services program under 

Title IV). Required annual data for the 

core programs include those related to 

primary performance indicators, 

participant counts and costs, and 

barriers to employment. 

The WIOA Annual Local Area 

Performance Report Template is a 

subset of the WIOA Annual State 

Performance Report Template that, 

under section 116(d)(3) of WIOA, 

requires the collection of the same 

aforementioned counts and costs 

disaggregated by barriers to employment 

with respect to the primary indicators 

for the Title I Youth, Adult, and 

Dislocated Worker programs. 

WIOA Sec. 116(d)(4)—‘‘Contents of 

Eligible Training Provider Report’’ (in 

20 CFR part 677 of the NPRM)— 

mandates the collection of specific 

information for each program of study 

for each eligible provider of training 

services under Title I Adult and 

Dislocated Worker programs. Required 

data must include those related to 

primary performance indicators, 

participant counts and costs, and 

barriers to employment. 

These templates have been designed 

to maximize the value of the reports for 

workers, jobseekers, employers, local 

elected officials, State officials, Federal 

policymakers, and other key 

stakeholders. At the same time they 

have been designed to reflect the 

specific requirements of the reports as 

described in WIOA section 116(d)(2) 

through (4). 

Once States, local areas, and eligible 

training providers submit the required 

data, it will be used by the Departments 

to assess the effectiveness of WIOA’s 

core programs and to monitor and 

analyze the performance of their 

grantees. This data collection format 

permits the Departments to evaluate 

program effectiveness, monitor 

compliance with statutory requirements, 

and analyze participant activity, while 

complying with OMB efforts to 

streamline Federal performance 

reporting. 

Under this collection, participation 

will be measured based on the count of 

individuals who meet the proposed 

definition of a ‘‘participant’’—e.g., those 

who have received staff-level services 

within the program year, or have 

received vocational rehabilitation 

services under a signed individualized 

plan for employment. An individual 

will be considered to have exited after 

they have gone 90 days without service, 

and with no future services scheduled. 

Should they return for additional 

services after the 90 days—within the 

same program year and exit in that same 

program year—the individual’s exit date 

will be changed to reflect only the last 

exit date in that program year. If the 

individual exits in a subsequent 

program year, they would be counted as 

a new participant for purposes of that 

subsequent program year. Counting 

unique individuals in this manner will 

allow an unduplicated count of 

participants in the accountability and 

reporting system. The Departments 

understand that this may affect 

quarterly reporting results and counts of 

services rendered early in the program 

year for those core programs that submit 

quarterly reports, particularly for core 

programs whose current reporting 

practices differ from what is described 

above. As such, we greatly encourage 

your comments on the potential impact 

on individual states and local areas of 

this and all other items discussed in this 

package as we continue to finalize the 

details of this information collection 

process. 

II. Review Focus 

The Department 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 submissions 

of responses). 

III. Current Actions 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Title: WIOA Performance 

Management, Information, and 

Reporting System. 

OMB Number: 1205–0NEW. 

Affected Public: State governments. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 

194. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

18,691,589. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,228,295. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

We will summarize and/or include in 

the request for OMB approval of the 

ICR, the comments received in response 

to this comment request; they will also 

become a matter of public record. 

As mentioned above, this ICR is 

intended to cover the performance data 

collection and reporting requirements in 

section 116 of WIOA. The notice of 

proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 

implementing WIOA was published on 

April 16, 2015, at 80 FR 20573–20687. 

The comment period closed on June 15, 

2015. 

Sec. 506(b)(1) of WIOA states that 

section 116 of WIOA will go into effect 

at the start of the second full program 

year after the date WIOA was enacted. 

WIOA was enacted on July 22, 2014. 

Therefore, section 116’s performance 

accountability system will be effective 

on July 1, 2016. Approval of this 

information collection request is 

required so that the states, locals, and 

other entities can begin programming 

their management information systems 

in order to enable them to collect the 

necessary data to implement the data 

collection and reporting requirements of 

section 116 in accordance with the 

WIOA statute. 

If this information collection receives 

OMB approval, it may be finalized 

before the proposed regulations are 

finalized. If this occurs, the Departments 

will resubmit this ICR to OMB for its 

approval when the Final Rule is 

published, as required by 5 CFR 

1320.11(h). However, the Departments 

plan to review and analyze any 

comments received on the NPRM that 

are relevant to this ICR, together with 

comments received on this ICR as we 

finalize this ICR. This is intended to 

enable the Departments to finalize this 

ICR before finalizing the proposed 

regulations, and to eliminate the need to 

make any substantive changes to the ICR 

when the Final Rule is published. 

Portia Wu, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training, Department of Labor. 

Johan E. Uvin, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Career, 

Technical, and Adult Education, Department 

of Education. 

Michael K. Yudin, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

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