[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24510-24511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10382]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendations; MIS Reporting Requirements for Youth 
Opportunity Grants

ACTION:  Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce

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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 
(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 proposed 
information collection regarding MIS reporting requirements for Youth 
Opportunity Grants. A copy of the proposed information collection 
request can be obtained by contacting the employee listed below in the 
contact section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before June 26, 2000. 
Written comments should:
    <bullet> 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;
    <bullet> 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;
    <bullet> Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    <bullet> 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.

ADDRESSES: Gregg Weltz, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-4463, 
Washington, DC 20210, 202-219-5305, extension 168.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Youth Opportunity Grants concentrate a large amount of resources in 
high-poverty neighborhoods to increase the employment, high school 
graduation, and college enrollment rates of youth growing up in these 
communities. In February, the Department of Labor announced Youth 
Opportunity awards to 36 urban, rural, and Native American sites. The 
MIS requirements for these grants will include information on enrollee 
characteristics, services received, outcomes, retention in jobs and 
school, and customer satisfaction of enrollees and employers. Youth 
Opportunity program operators will need to maintain individual records 
of enrollees, and prepare quarterly data summary reports to the 
Department of Labor.
    Type of Review: Paperwork Reduction.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: MIS Requirements for Youth Opportunity Grants.
    Affected Public: Local Workforce Investment Boards and Youth 
Opportunity Service Providers such as community-based organizations, 
schools, and community colleges.
    Total Respondents: 40 Youth Opportunity Grantees and Pilot Sites.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Total Responses: 480 each year.
    Average Time Per Response: 130 hours. This is based on the 
following assumptions: Each site will need to enter updated information 
for an average of 1,250 participant records over the course of a year 
at an average time of one hour a year, or 104 hours per months. Sites 
will require an average of 16 hours to prepare each quarterly report. 
Customer satisfaction surveys will require an average of 10 hours per 
site per month.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 62,400 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Cost: $1,572,800 to operate and maintain 
this MIS system each year, and $800,000 in start-up costs.
    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 will also become a 
matter of public record.

    Dated: April 18, 2000.
Lorenzo Harrison,
Acting Administrator, Office of Youth Services.
[FR Doc. 00-10382 Filed 4-25-00; 8:45 am]
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