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membership status. The notifications

were filed for the purpose of extending

the Act’s provisions limiting the

recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual

damages under specified circumstances.

Specifically, the following company,

ORSCO, Inc., Madison Heights, MI, is

no longer a participant in the ‘‘Spindles

Project.’’

No other changes have been made in

either the membership or planned

activity of the group research project.

Membership in this group research

project remains open, and NCMS

intends to file additional written

notification disclosing all changes in

membership.

On February 20, 1987, NCMS filed its

original notification pursuant to Section

6(a) of the Act. The Department of

Justice published a notice in the Federal

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the

Act on March 17, 1987 (52 FR 8375).

On June 6, 1994, NCMS filed its

original (‘‘Spindle Project’’) notification

pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Act. The

Department of Justice published a notice

in the Federal Register pursuant to

Section 6(b) of the Act on July 15, 1994

(59 FR 36218).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden

conducts a preclearance consultation

program to provide the general public

and Federal agencies with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

an/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

Department of Labor is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed new

collection, the Applicant Background

Questionnaire. A copy of the proposed

information collection request (ICR) can

be obtained by contacting the office

listed below in the addresses section of

this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

addressee section below on or before

October 20, 1997. The Department of

Labor is particularly interested in

comments which:

• 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.

ADDRESSES: Anderson Glasgow, U.S.

Department of Labor, Human Resources

Services Center, 200 Constitution Ave.

N.W. Room C–5516, Washington, D.C.

20210; Phone: 202–219–6555 ext. 115;

fax: 202–219–5820; internet:

aglasgow@dol.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Department of Labor, as part of its

obligation to provide equal employment

opportunities, is charged with ensuring

that qualified individuals in groups that

have historically been underrepresented

in various employments, are included in

applicant pools for Department

positions. See 5 U.S.C. 7201(c); 29

U.S.C. 791; 29 U.S.C. 2000e–16; 5 C.F.R.

720.204; 29 C.F.R. 1614.101(a). To

achieve this goal, DOL employment

offices have outreach to a variety of

sources, including educational

institutions, professional organizations,

newspapers and magazines. DOL has

also participated in career fairs and

conferences, that reach high

concentrations of Hispanics, African

Americans, Native Americans, and

persons with disabilities.

At the present, DOL does not have the

ability to evaluate the effectiveness of

any of these targeted recruiting

strategies because collection of racial

and national origin information only

occurs at the point of hiring. DOL needs

to collect data on the pools of applicants

which result from the various targeted

recruitment strategies listed above. After

the certification and selection process

has been completed, it is necessary to

verify individual applications by name

and social security number within a

merit staffing file in order to analyze the

data collected. With the information

from this new collection, DOL can

adjust and redirect its targeted

recruitment to achieve the best result.

DOL will also be able to respond to

requests for information received from

OPM in the course of OPM’s evaluation

and oversight activities.

II. Current Actions

This new collection will consist of a

series of questions to be answered by all

job applicants external to DOL, and

submitted together with the job

application. The collection will request

the applicant’s name, sex, race and/or

national origin, whether or not disabled,

and the source of information about the

vacancy applied for (e.g., newspaper,

school recruitment, internet, etc.)

Type of Review: New.

Agency: U.S. Department of Labor.

Title: Applicant Background

Questionnaire.

Agency Number: 1225–0000.

Affected Public: Applicants for

positions in the Department of Labor

who are not current DOL employees.

Total Respondents: 5000 per year

(estimate).

Frequency: one time per respondent.

Total Responses: 5000 per year

(estimate).

Average Time per Response: 5

minutes.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 417

hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$2285.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): $2238.

Comments submitted in response to

this comment request 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: August 18, 1997.

Larry K. Goodwin,

Director of Human Resources.

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