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OMA software in real-time, as wellas those that require postprocessing;

• Underlying statistical approach

used to produce product ( e.g., cluster analysis, autocorrelation analysis, others) f. Ability/need to export output files

to other applications for further analyses g. Output file formats produced by the

analytics software ( e.g., .kml, .shp, .csv)h. Method for maintaining cybersecurity of the data and analysis products i. Method for protecting

confidentiality of personallyidentifiable information j. Types of available reports and the

extent to which they are
customizable k. Standard dashboard configurations

provided by the product 6. Requirements for Host Agency Computing Systems: a. Computer operating systems

capable of running the product b. Minimum amount of RAM (GB),

hard disk space (GB), and speed (MHz) required to install and run the OMA product on each type of operating system c. Minimum graphics board ( e.g.,

must support OpenGL 1.0) and display ( e.g., size, resolution, color levels) requirements for each type of operating system d. Approximate amount of time taken

to provide the principal analysis products on computers configured
to meet these minimum requirements e. Whether the product must be used

with a particular vendor’s offendermonitoring technology or is vendoragnostic 7. Operator/Analyst Training Requirements: a. Minimum education level/

experience needed to set-up and operate the software ( e.g., highschool level knowledge of computers; college-level statistics to create required input files and select appropriate options) b. Minimum education/experience

needed to interpret the output
results c. Number of training hours necessary

to set-up/operate the product d. Types of available documentation

and training aids ( e.g., embedded help files, accessible help desk, user manuals, on-line instruction videos, screen shots; sample data; training classes) e. Support programs the user must be

familiar with to use the tool. Dated: August 21, 2015.
Nancy Rodriguez, Director, National Institute of Justice.

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**BILLING CODE 4410–18–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF LABOR**

**Employment and Training**
**Administration**

**Comment Request for Information**
**Collection for the Workforce Performance Accountability,**  **Information, and Reporting System (OMB Control No. 1205–3NEW), New** 
**Collection**

**AGENCY :**  Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  The Department of Labor (Department or DOL), ETA as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation to provide the public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on the proposed collection of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)] (PRA). The PRA helps ensure that respondents can provide requested data in the desired format with minimal reporting burden (time and financial resources), collection instruments are clearly understood and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.

Currently, the Department is soliciting comments concerning the collection of
data for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Workforce Performance Accountability, Information, and Reporting System (OMB Control No. 1205–3NEW). The following programs will be required to report through this system: WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth, Wagner Peyser Employment Service, National Farmworker Jobs, Trade Adjustment Assistance, YouthBuild, Indian and Native American, and the Jobs for Veterans’ State Grants. Requiring all of these programs to use a standard set of data elements, definitions, and specifications at all levels of the workforce system helps improve the quality of the performance information that is received by DOL. While H1–B grants and the Reintegration of Ex-Offenders program are not authorized under WIOA, these programs will be utilizing the data element definitions and reporting templates proposed in this Information Collection Request (ICR). The accuracy, reliability, and comparability of program reports submitted by states and grantees using Federal funds are fundamental elements of good public administration, and are necessary tools for maintaining and demonstrating system integrity.

This new ICR is expected to take the place of several currently existing ICRs, including: 1205–0420 Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Management Information and Reporting System, 1205–0240 Wagner Peyser Labor Exchange Reporting System, 1205–0464 YouthBuild Reporting System, 1205– 0422 Reporting and Performance
Standards for WIA Indian and Native American Programs, 1205–0425 Reporting and Performance Standards System for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Programs Under Title I,
Section 167 of the Workforce Investment Act, and the 1205–0392 Trade Act Participant Report. These
ICRs will be rescinded once the last reporting requirements for WIA reporting are satisfied. As such, DOL will request to remove those from active status once the separate reporting requirements are no longer needed.

**DATES :**  Submit written comments to the
office listed in the addresses section below on or before November 2, 2015.

**ADDRESSES :**  Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ETA–2015–0008 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. A copy of the proposed ICR with applicable supporting documentation, including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained free of charge from http://www.regulations.gov or by contacting Luke Murren by telephone at 202–693–3733 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at murren.luke@dol.gov. Individuals with hearing or speech impairments may access the telephone number above via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1–877– 889–5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax: 202–693–

2766.

Mail and hand delivery/courier: Send written comments to Luke Murren, Office of Policy Development and Research, Room N5641, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Due to security-related concerns, there may be a significant delay in the receipt of submissions by United States Mail.
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when preparing to meet the deadline for submitting comments.

Comments submitted in response to this comment request will become a matter of public record and will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the information collection request. In addition, comments, regardless of the delivery method, will be posted without change
on the http://www.regulations.gov Web site; consequently, the Department
recommends commenters not include personal information such as a Social Security Number, personal address, telephone number, email address, or
confidential business information that they do not want made public. It is the responsibility of the commenter to determine what to include in the public
record.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 
I. Background

Section 116 of WIOA requires States that operate core programs of the publicly-funded workforce system to comply with common performance accountability requirements. As such, States that operate core programs must submit common performance data to demonstrate that specified performance
levels are achieved.

WIOA Sec. 116(d)(1) mandates that
the Secretaries of Labor and Education develop a template for the annual performance reports to be used by States, local boards, and eligible providers of training services for reporting on outcomes achieved by the WIOA core programs. Pursuant to WIOA sec. 116(d)(2), required annual data for the core programs include, among others, those related to primary performance indicators, participant counts and costs, and barriers to employment.

This notice includes several documents—the ETA (Program)Performance Scorecard, the WIOA Payfor-Performance Scorecard, the Participant Individual Record Layout (PIRL), the WIOA Data Element Specifications, and the Job Openings Report. The Department requires states to certify and submit the ETA (Program)
Performance Scorecard to ETA on a quarterly basis; the pay-for-performance report(s) and Job Openings report will also be collected quarterly when applicable. ETA will aggregate the information the States submit through the PIRL to populate the ETA (Program)Performance Scorecard, the WIOA Payfor-Performance Report, and the Job Openings Report, which ETA will then
send to the States to confirm their accuracy. Each program included in this ICR will generate its own quarterly
Performance Scorecard.

The ETA (Program) PerformanceScorecard and WIOA Pay-forPerformance Scorecard have been designed to maximize the value of the reports for workers, jobseekers, employers, local elected officials, State officials, Federal policymakers, and other key stakeholders. The PIRL has been designed to reflect the specific requirements of the annual reports as described in WIOA section 116(d)(2) through (4).

ETA will use the data to track total participants, characteristics, services, training strategies and outcomes for employed, unemployed and long-term unemployed participants. This data collection format permits program offices to evaluate program effectiveness, monitor compliance with statutory requirements, and analyze participant activity and grantee performance while complying with
OMB efforts to streamline Federal performance reporting.

Under WIOA section 116(d)(6), the Secretary of Labor is required to annually make available (including by electronic means), in an easily understandable format, (a) the State Annual Performance Reports containing
the information described in WIOA section 116 (d)(2) and (b) a summary of the reports, and the reports required under WIOA section 116 (d)(6) (the State Performance, Local Area, and Eligible Training Provider Reports), to
the Committee on Education and the
Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
of the Senate.

The reports and other analyses of the data will be made available to the public through publication and other appropriate methods and to the appropriate congressional committees through copies of such reports. In addition, information obtained through
the Workforce Performance Accountability, Information, and Reporting System will be used at the national level during budget and allocation hearings for DOL compliance
with the Government Performance and Results Act and other legislative requirements, and during legislative authorization proceedings.

Under this collection, participation
will be measured based on the count of individuals who meet the proposed definition of a ‘‘participant’’—e.g., those
who have received staff-level services within the program year. An individual
will be considered to have exited after they have gone 90 days without service,
and with no future services scheduled. Should they return for additional services after the 90 days—within the same program year and exit in that same program year—the individual’s exit date will be changed to reflect only the last exit date in that program year. If the individual exits in a subsequent program year, they would be counted as a new participant for purposes of that subsequent program year. Counting unique individuals in this manner will allow an unduplicated count of participants in the accountability and reporting system. The Department understands that this may affect quarterly reporting results and counts of services rendered early in the program year, particularly for programs whose current reporting practices differ from what is described above. As such, we greatly encourage your comments on the potential impact on individual states
and local areas of this and all other items discussed in this package as we
continue to finalize the details of this information collection process.

II. Review Focus

The Department 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;

• can further help to create an integrated data element layout between ETA-funded programs;

• 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).

III. Current Actions

Type of Review: New collection.

Title: Workforce Performance Accountability, Information, and Reporting System.

OMB Number: 1205–3NEW. Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments; Individuals or Households; and Private Sector—businesses or other for-profits and notfor-profit institutions.


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Estimated Total Annual Respondents:

815.

Estimated Total Annual Responses:

17,261,405.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 2,026,441.

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $17,100,000.

We will summarize and/or include in the request for OMB approval of the ICR, the comments received in response to this comment request; they will also become a matter of public record.

As mentioned above, this ICR covers the construction of an integrated ETA quarterly performance reporting template, drafted according to the data collection and reporting requirements in
section 116 of WIOA. The notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) implementing WIOA was published on April 16, 2015, at 80 FR 20573. The NPRM comment period closed on June 15, 2015. Reporting templates were not yet available at that time; therefore, the DOL is providing the public this additional opportunity in order to receive comments on the specific requirements.

Sec. 506(b)(1) of WIOA states that section 116 of WIOA will go into effect at the start of the second full program year after the date WIOA was enacted. WIOA was enacted on July 22, 2014. Therefore, section 116’s performance accountability system will be effective on July 1, 2016. Approval of this information collection request is required so that the states, locals, and other entities can begin programming their management information systems
in order to enable them to collect the necessary data to implement the data collection and reporting requirements of
section 116 in accordance with the

WIOA statute.

This ICR may receive OMB approval before Final Rules implementing WIOA are published. If this occurs, the Department will submit another ICR for this collection to OMB to incorporate the Final Rule citations, as required by 5 CFR 1320.11(h). Those citations currently do not exist and, therefore,
cannot be included at this time. The Department plans to review and analyze any comments received on the NPRM that are relevant to this ICR together with comments we receive in response
to this Federal Register Notice in order
to finalize the substantive information collection requirements to the extent legally possible.

Portia Wu, Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Department of Labor.

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**BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND** 
**BUDGET**

**Request of the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator for**  **Public Comments: Development of the Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual**  **Property Enforcement**

**AGENCY :**  Office of the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

**ACTION :**  Request for written submissions from the public.

**SUMMARY :**  The U.S. Government is developing its third Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement (‘‘Joint Strategic Plan’’), which will cover the 3-year period of 2016–2019. In this request for comments, the U.S. Government, through the Office of the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (‘‘IPEC’’), invites public input and participation in shaping the
Federal Government’s intellectual property enforcement strategy for 2016– 2019. By committing to common goals,
the U.S. Government will more effectively and efficiently be able to combat intellectual property infringement.

IPEC was established by title III of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008, Public Law 110–403 (the ‘‘PRO IP Act’’;

see 15 U.S.C. 8111–8116). Pursuant to the PRO IP Act, IPEC is charged with developing, with certain Federal departments and agencies, a Joint Strategic Plan for submission to Congress every three years (15 U.S.C. 8113). In carrying out this mandate, IPEC chairs two interagency committees: (1) The Intellectual Property Enforcement Advisory Committee and (2) the Senior Intellectual Property Enforcement Advisory Committee. See 15 U.S.C. 8111(b)(3); Executive Order 13565 of February 8, 2011 (‘‘Establishment of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Advisory Committees’’).

The prior 3-year Joint Strategic Plans
were issued in 2010 and 2013. To assist the IPEC and Federal agencies in our preparation of the third 3-year plan (for 2016–2019), IPEC requests input and recommendations from the public for improving the U.S. Government’s intellectual property enforcement
efforts.

**DATES :**  Submissions must be received on or before October 16, 2015.

**ADDRESSES :**  All submissions should be electronically submitted to http:// www.regulations.gov. If you are unable to provide submissions to regulations.gov, you may contact the Office of the U.S. Intellectual Property
Enforcement Coordinator at intellectualproperty@omb.eop.gov using the subject line ‘‘Development of 2016 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement’’ or (202) 395– 1808 to arrange for an alternate method of transmission. The regulations.gov
Web site is a Federal e-Government Web site that allows the public to find,
review and submit comments on documents that are published in the Federal Register and that are open for
comment. Submissions filed via the regulations.gov Web site will be available to the public for review and inspection. For this reason, please do not include in your comments information of a confidential nature, such as sensitive personal information or proprietary business information.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Office of the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, at intellectualproperty@omb.eop.gov or (202) 395–1808. The 2010 and 2013 Joint Strategic Plans, as well as other information about IPEC, can be found at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ intellectualproperty.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  As set forth by the PRO IP Act (15 U.S.C. 8113), the objectives of the Joint Strategic Plan include:

• Reducing the supply of infringing goods, domestically and internationally;

• Identifying weaknesses, duplication of efforts, waste, and other unjustified impediments to effective enforcement actions;

• Promoting information sharing between participating agencies to the extent permissible by law;

• Disrupting and eliminating infringement networks in the U.S. and in other countries;

• Strengthening the capacity of other countries to protect and enforce intellectual property rights;

• Reducing the number of countries that fail to enforce intellectual property rights effectively;

• Assisting other countries to more effectively enforce intellectual property rights;

• Protecting intellectual property rights in other countries by:

Æ Working with other countries to reduce intellectual property crimes in other countries;

Æ Improving information sharing between U.S. and foreign law enforcement agencies; and

Æ Establishing procedures for consulting with interested groups within other countries;

• Establishing effective and efficient training programs and other forms of