[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 196 (Thursday, October 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52775-52776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26831]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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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 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 the proposed new collection of the Center for 
Employment and Training (CET) 24-Month Follow-Up Survey. A copy of the 
proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by 
contacting the office listed below in the addressee section of this 
notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before December 8, 1997. The Department 
of Labor 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 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 submissions of responses.

ADDRESSES: Tom NaSell, Office of Policy and Research; 200 Constitution 
Ave., NW, Room N-5629; Washington DC 20210; (202) 219-5782 (this is not 
a toll free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Center for Employment Training (CET) model of employment and 
training programs for out-of-school youth has gained national attention 
as a result of its strong employment impacts relative to comparable 
programs. Building on this success, the Department of Labor (DOL) began 
funding the CET Replication Project in December 1992, providing a grant 
for CET-San Jose, CA to assist other programs in implementing CET-like 
training. In 1994 DOL competitively

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 awarded grants to select six of these programs in order to evaluate 
the effects of the CET model on participating youth. Six additional 
sites have also been selected from among CET programs in California and 
Nevada. The purpose of this study, A Random Assignment Evaluation of 
the CET Replication Sites, is to evaluate the CET model in the selected 
sites to assess whether it can be replicated outside of San Jose, and 
whether the replication sites have similarly positive employment 
impacts on out-of-school youth.
    In order to assess the success of CET outside of San Jose, DOL has 
contracted with the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) 
to evaluate the CET Republican Project. As part of this evaluation, 
follow-up information will be collected on all youth undergoing random 
assignment at the CET replication sites. This information will be 
collected through a telephone survey conducted approximately 24 months 
after the random assignment of youth. The 24-Month Follow-Up Survey 
will be used to examine the effects of this employment and training 
program on participants' outcomes two years after beginning the CET 
training. It will also assess the subsequent outcomes of comparable 
youth randomly assigned to a control group.

II. Current Actions

    This is a request for OMB approval of a new information collection 
for the CET Replication Project funded by the Department of Labor 
(DOL). Information in the form of a follow-up phone or in-person survey 
will be collected from randomly assigned participants at each of the 
CET Replication Project sites on a one-time basis, approximately 24 
months following their initial assignment to the program or control 
groups. The survey data will be utilized to analyze the impact of the 
CET program on participants' outcomes including education and training, 
employment, earnings, public assistance participation, childbearing, 
and other behaviors and activities. The findings will be directly 
relevant for the future development of employment and training policy 
for youth.
    Type of Review: New.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: CET 24-Month Follow-Up Survey.
    OMB Number: 1205-NEW.
    Affected Public: Participants in the CET Replication Project.
    Total Respondents: 1,500.
    Frequency: One time.
    Total Responses: 1,500.
    Average Time per Response: 37 Minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 925 Hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $6,808.
    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: October 3, 1997.
Gerard F. Fiala,
Administrator, Office of Policy and Research.
[FR Doc. 97-26831 Filed 10-8-97; 8:45 am]
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