[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 121 (Thursday, June 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 38861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15795]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Emergency Review; Comment Request

June 14, 2000.
    The Department of Labor has submitted the following (see below) 
information collection request (ICR), utilizing emergency review 
procedures, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 
L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). OMB approval has been requested by 
June 30, 2000. A copy of this ICR, with applicable supporting 
documentation, my be obtained by calling the Department of Labor 
Clearance Officer, Ira Mills on (202) 219-5905.
    Comments and questions about the ICR listed below should be 
submitted to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: 
OMB Desk Officer for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 20503 (202) 395-
7316), and received on or before Monday, June 26, 2000. The Office of 
Management and Budget is particularly interested in comments which:
    <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 clarify 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 submissions of responses.
    Agency: Department of Labor, Veterans' Employment and Training 
Service.
    Title: Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report VETS-100.
    OMB Number: 1293-0005.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 194,580.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 30 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 97,290.
    Total Burden Cost: $0.
    Description: The Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report 
VETS-100, administered by the U.S. Department of labor, is used to 
facilitate Federal contractor and subcontractor reporting of their 
employment and new hiring activity. Title 38 U.S.C. Section 4212 (d) 
requires the collection of information from entities holding contracts 
of $25,000 or more with Federal departments or agencies to report 
annually on (a) the number of current employees in each job category 
and at each hiring location who are special disabled veterans, the 
number who are veterans of the Vietnam era and the number who are other 
veterans who served on active duty during a war or a campaign or 
expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized; (b) the 
total number of employees hired during the report period and of those, 
the number of special disabled, the number who are veterans of the 
Vietnam era, and the number who are other veterans; and the maximum and 
minimum number of employees employed by the contractor at each hiring 
location.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Office.
[FR Doc. 00-15795 Filed 6-21-00; 8:45 am]
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