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TOTAL BURDEN HOURS

Activity Number of 

respondents Frequency Total annual responses 

Time per 

response 

Total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Authorization for Release of Medical Information ............ 1,000 1/annually ......... 1,000 5 min .............. 83.3 

Unduplicated Totals ................................................... 1,000 ........................... 1,000 ........................ 83.3 

If additional information is required 

contact: Darwin Arceo, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Two Constitution 

Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W–218, 

Washington, DC. 

Dated: September 19, 2023. 

Darwin Arceo, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

Act (WIOA) Common Performance 

Reporting 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor’s 

(DOL) Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA) is soliciting 

comments concerning a proposed 

extension for the authority to conduct 

the information collection request (ICR) 

titled, Workforce Innovation and 

Opportunity Act (WIOA) Common 

Performance Reporting. This comment 

request is part of continuing 

Departmental efforts to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

written comments received by 

November 27, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation, 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden, 

may be obtained free by contacting 

Kellen Grode by telephone at (202) 693– 

3534 (this is not a toll-free number), 

TTY 1–877–889–5627 (this is not a tollfree number), or by email at 

grode.kellen.m@dol.gov. 

Submit written comments about, or 

requests for a copy of, this ICR by mail 

or courier to the U.S. Department of 

Labor, Employment and Training 

Administration, Office of Policy 

Development and Research, 200 

Constitution Ave. NW, Room N–5641, 

Washington, DC 20210; by email: 

grode.kellen.m@dol.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kellen Grode by telephone at (202) 693– 

3534, (this is not a toll-free number) or 

by email at grode.kellen.m@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOL, as 

part of continuing efforts to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing collections of information 

before submitting them to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for final 

approval. This program helps to ensure 

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 can be properly assessed. 

Section 116 of WIOA (29 U.S.C. 3141) 

authorizes this information collection. 

This information collection requires 

States and Local Areas that operate the 

six core programs of the workforce 

development system to comply with 

common performance accountability 

requirements for those programs, which 

are: the Adult, Dislocated Worker, and 

Youth programs (title I, administered by 

DOL); the Wagner-Peyser Act program 

(title III, administered by DOL); the 

Adult Education and Family Literacy 

Act (AEFLA) program (title II, 

administered by ED); and the Vocational 

Rehabilitation (VR) program (title IV, 

administered by ED). As such, States 

and Local Areas that operate core 

programs must submit common 

performance data to demonstrate that 

specified performance levels are 

achieved. States and Local Areas will 

report the common performance data 

through this ICR. 

In addition, and in accordance with 

WIOA section 122(b)(2), training 

providers that are eligible to receive 

funds from Adult and Dislocated 

Worker programs authorized under title 

I of WIOA (also known as ‘‘eligible 

training providers’’ or ETPs) must report 

data on outcomes achieved under those 

programs to the State(s) in which they 

are listed on the State ETP list. States 

then report the information submitted 

by ETPs to DOL. The information 

collection requirements applicable to 

ETPs are contained in this ICR. 

Section 116(d)(1) of WIOA mandates 

that the Secretaries of Labor and 

Education develop a template for 

performance reports to be used by 

States, local boards, and ETPs for 

reporting on outcomes achieved by 

participants in the six core programs. 

Corresponding joint regulations for 

these data collection requirements, 

including which primary performance 

indicators apply for each core program, 

have been issued by the Departments. 

See 81 FR 55792 (Aug. 19, 2016). The 

final regulations became effective on 

October 18, 2016. These joint 

performance regulations can be found 

at: (1) 20 CFR part 677 (which covers 

the Adult and Dislocated Worker 

programs (20 CFR part 680), the Youth 

program (20 CFR part 681), and the 

Wagner-Peyser Act program (20 CFR 

part 652)); (2) 34 CFR part 463, subpart 

I (which covers the AEFLA program); 

and (3) 34 CFR part 361, subpart E 

(which covers the VR program). 

The data collection instruments 

covered in this ICR, are necessary to 

meet the requirements of section 116 of 

WIOA. These information collection 

instruments were developed jointly by 

the Departments, and include: (1) the 

Joint Participant Individual Record 

Layout (PIRL), which provides a 

standardized set of data elements, 

definitions, and reporting instructions 

for use by States and local entities 

administering WIOA core programs 

(ETA–9170); (2) the Statewide 

Performance Report Template, to be 

used for the reporting of data by State 

entities that administer WIOA core 

programs (ETA–9169); (3) the Local 

Area Performance Report Template, to 

be used for the reporting of data by local 

entities that administer WIOA core 

programs (ETA–9169); (4) the ETP 

Performance Report specifications and 

definitions, to be used for the reporting 


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of data by eligible providers of training 

services under title I Adult and 

Dislocated Worker programs (ETA– 

9171); and (5) the Annual Statewide 

Performance Report Narrative, an 

information collection requirement to be 

used for providing information on the 

status and progress of workforce 

development program performance. 

WIOA establishes six primary 

indicators of performance. Currently, 

the regulations contain definitions for 

five of the six performance indicators. 

However, in the final rule implementing 

WIOA, the Departments indicated that 

they would initially implement the 

sixth indicator of performance— 

effectiveness in serving employers—in 

the form of a pilot program to test the 

feasibility and rigor of the three 

proposed approaches. With the pilot 

completed, the Departments are 

engaging in this rulemaking that 

proposes to define the performance 

indicator for effectiveness in serving 

employers for the regulations 

implementing the jointly administered 

requirements governing WIOA’s six core 

programs. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by OMB under the PRA and 

displays a currently valid OMB Control 

Number. In addition, notwithstanding 

any other provisions of law, no person 

shall generally be subject to penalty for 

failing to comply with a collection of 

information that does not display a 

valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 

1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

provide comments to the contact shown 

in the ADDRESSES section. Comments 

must be written to receive 

consideration, and they will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval of the final ICR. In 

order to help ensure appropriate 

consideration, comments should 

mention Joint WIOA ICR 1205–0526. 

Submitted comments will also be a 

matter of public record for this ICR and 

posted on the internet, without 

redaction. DOL encourages commenters 

not to include personally identifiable 

information, confidential business data, 

or other sensitive statements/ 

information in any comments. 

DOL 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 submission 

of responses). 

Agency: DOL–ETA. 

Type of Review: Extension with 

revision. 

Title of Collection: Workforce 

Innovation and Opportunity Act 

(WIOA) Common Performance 

Reporting. 

Forms: WIOA Statewide Performance 

Report Template and WIOA Local 

Performance Report Template (ETA– 

9169); WIOA Joint Participant 

Individual Record Layout (PIRL) (ETA– 

9170); and WIOA Eligible Training 

Provider (ETP) Performance Report 

Specifications and WIOA Eligible 

Training Provider (ETP) Performance 

Report Definitions (ETP–9171). 

OMB Control Number: 1205–0526. 

Affected Public: State, local, and 

Tribal governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

19,114,129. 

Frequency: Varies. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

38,216,054. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: Varies. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 9,863,057. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Cost 

Burden: $310,900,457. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). 

Brent Parton, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Employment and Training, Labor. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Department of Labor-Only 

Performance Accountability 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor’s 

(DOL) Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA) is soliciting 

comments concerning a proposed 

extension for the authority to conduct 

the information collection request (ICR) 

titled, DOL-only Performance 

Accountability, Information, and 

Reporting. This comment request is part 

of continuing Departmental efforts to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

written comments received by 

November 27, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation, 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden, 

may be obtained free by contacting 

Kellen Grode by telephone at (202) 693– 

3534 (this is not a toll-free number), 

TTY 1–877–889–5627, or by email at 

grode.kellen.m@dol.gov. 

Submit written comments about, or 

requests for a copy of, this ICR by mail 

or courier to the U.S. Department of 

Labor, Employment and Training 

Administration, Office of Policy 

Development and Research, 200 

Constitution Ave. NW, Room N–5641, 

Washington, DC 20210; by email: 

grode.kellen.m@dol.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kellen Grode by telephone at (202) 693– 

3534, (this is not a toll-free number) or 

by email at grode.kellen.m@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOL, as 

part of continuing efforts to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing collections of information 

before submitting them to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for final 

approval. This program helps to ensure 

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 can be properly assessed. 

Section 116 of WIOA (29 U.S.C. 3141) 

authorizes this information collection. 

The Department of Labor’s (DOL)’s 

Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA) developed the 

(Program) Performance Report (ETA– 

9173) and the Pay-for-Performance 

Report (ETA–9174) to facilitate State 

performance reporting. In order to 

collect the participant level data that 

will be aggregated and displayed in the 


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