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order unless, as a result of a review 

conducted before the expiration date 

pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f), the Secretary 

determines that the withdrawal shall be 

extended. 

Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3–3(b)(1). 

Dated: January 9, 2012. 

Ken Salazar, 

Secretary of the Interior. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–32–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[USITC SE–12–001] 

Government in the Sunshine Act 

Meeting Notice 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: United 

States International Trade Commission. 

TIME AND DATE: January 20, 2012 at 11 

a.m. 

PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20436, Telephone: 

(202) 205–2000. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Agendas for future meetings: none. 

2. Minutes. 

3. Ratification List. 

4. Vote in Inv. No. 731–TA–703 

(Third Review) (Furfuryl Alcohol from 

China). The Commission is currently 

scheduled to transmit its determination 

and Commissioners’ opinions to the 

Secretary of Commerce on or before 

January 30, 2012. 

5. Outstanding action jackets: none. 

In accordance with Commission 

policy, subject matter listed above, not 

disposed of at the scheduled meeting, 

may be carried over to the agenda of the 

following meeting. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: January 13, 2012. 

William R. Bishop, 

Hearings and Meetings Coordinator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–949 Filed 1–13–12; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Comment Request for Information 

Collection for a Three-Year Extension 

of the Labor Exchange Reporting 

System (LERS), Extension With 

Revisions 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(Department), 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 (ETA) is 

soliciting comments concerning LERS, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Control No. 1205–0240), which 

facilitates performance reporting for the 

Wagner-Peyser Act funded public 

employment service activities through 

the ETA 9002 reports and for the Jobs 

for Veterans’ State grants’ activities 

through the Veterans’ Employment and 

Training Services (VETS) 200 reports. 

The current expiration date is March 31, 

2012. A copy of the proposed 

information collection request 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 

addresses section below on or before 

March 19, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to Karen Staha, Office of Policy 

Development and Research, 

Employment and Training 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Room N–5641, Washington, DC 20210. 

Telephone number: (202) 693–2917 (this 

is not a toll-free number). Fax: (202) 

693–3490. Email: Staha.Karen@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Each quarter, states and territories 

submit data on individuals and 

employers who receive core 

employment and workforce information 

services through the public labor 

exchange and employment services and 

the Jobs for Veterans’ state grants in the 

states’ One-Stop delivery systems. These 

data—submitted to the Department via 

the ETA 9002 and VETS 200 reports— 

are used by ETA and VETS to evaluate 

performance and delivery of labor 

exchange and employment services 

within the One-Stop delivery system. 

ETA and VETS use the data to track 

total participants, aggregate information 

about characteristics, services and 

outcomes of job seeker customers. 

Additionally, ETA and VETS analyze 

the data to determine the delivery of 

core labor exchange services; to study 

performance outcomes vis-a`-vis 

performance measures, and state 

policies and procedures; and to help 

drive the workforce investment system 

toward continuous improvement of 

outcomes and integrated service 

delivery. Within ETA, the data are used 

by the Office of Workforce Investment, 

the Office of Unemployment Insurance, 

the Office of Financial and 

Administrative Management, the Office 

of Policy Development and Research, 

and the Office of Regional Management 

(including the regional offices). Other 

Departmental users include the Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Employment 

and Training and the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Policy. 

The reports and other analyses of the 

data are made available to the states, 

members of Congress, veterans’ 

organizations, research firms and others 

needing information on public 

employment and workforce information 

services. Information about labor 

exchange and employment services for 

veterans are provided to Congress to 

meet VETS reporting requirements 

codified in Title 38 of the United States 

Code (U.S.C.). 

Currently, LERS is the only 

mechanism for collecting performance 

information on Wagner-Peyser Act 

funded and Jobs for Veterans’ state 

grants. As such, this set of reports is 

necessary for tracking and reporting to 

stakeholders data on the usage and 

performance of these programs. More 

specifically, these reports are used to 

monitor the core purpose of the 

program—mainly, tracking how many 

people found jobs; did people stay 

employed; and what were their 

earnings. 


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Information is collected on the ETA 

9002 and VETS 200 Reports under the 

following authority: 

• Wagner-Peyser Act sec. 3(a), 29 

U.S.C. 49b(a) 

• Wagner-Peyser Act sec. 3(c), 29 

U.S.C. 49b(c) 

• Wagner-Peyser Act sec. 7(b), 29 

U.S.C. 49f(b) 

• Wagner-Peyser Act sec. 10(c), 29 

U.S.C. 49i(c) 

• Wagner-Peyser Act sec. 13(a), 29 

U.S.C. 49l(a) 

• Wagner-Peyser Act sec. 15(e)(2)(I), 

29 U.S.C. 49l–2(e)(2)(I). 

• Provisional Guidance on the 

Implementation of the 1997 Standards 

for Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, 

Executive Office of the President, Office 

of Management and Budget (66 FR 

3829–3831). 

• Revisions to the Standards for 

Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting 

Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (62 

FR 58781–58790); and 

• Priority of Service for veterans in 

Department of Labor job training 

programs, 38 U.S.C. 4215(a)(2). 

By July 1, 2012, ETA must modify the 

current reporting system to begin the 

collection of several additional 

statutorily required pieces of 

information. The first pertains to the 

priority of service provisions contained 

in the Jobs for Veterans Act, Public Law 

107–288. These provisions provide that 

veterans and certain spouses of veterans 

(together comprising the category of 

covered persons) are entitled to priority 

over non-covered persons for the receipt 

of employment, training, and placement 

services provided under new or existing 

qualified job training programs. 

Qualified job training programs are 

defined at 38 U.S.C. 4215(a)(2) as any 

workforce preparation, development or 

delivery program or service that is 

directly funded, in whole or in part, by 

the Department. 

Additional items are required under 

Public Law 112–56, Title II, Vow to Hire 

Heroes, Sections 238 and 239, and 

pertain to: (1) Performance measures on 

job counseling, training and placement 

programs of the Department, and; (2) 

clarifications of priority of service for 

veterans in Departmental job training 

programs. 

These requirements impact both the 

ETA 9002 and VETS 200 reports. Lastly, 

the expansive focus on veterans 

reemployment initiatives has 

necessitated collection of additional 

information on groups of veterans (such 

as Post 9/11 era veterans), targeted 

services they received, and additional 

aspects of their outcomes in order to 

monitor and oversee their effectiveness. 

II. Review Focus 

The Department is particularly 

interested in comments which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

continuation of the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information has considerable 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. 

III. Current Actions 

Type of Review: Extension with 

revisions. 

Title: Labor Exchange Reporting 

System (LERS). 

OMB Number: 1205–0240. 

Affected Public: State, local and tribal 

government entities and private nonprofit organizations. 

Form(s): ETA–9002, VETS–200, The 

Employment and Training (ET) 

Handbook No. 406, Employment Service 

Record Layout, Labor Exchange DRVS 

Software Version 7.2 User’s Guide. 

Total Annual Respondents: 54. 

Annual Frequency: Quarterly. 

Total Annual Responses: 1944. 

Average Time per Response: 375 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 728,889. 

Total Annual Burden Cost for 

Respondents: $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this comment request will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval of the 

information collection request; they will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: January 2, 2012. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training. 

[FR Doc. 2012–790 Filed 1–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Proposed Collection of Information for 

the Job Corps Process Study; New 

Collection 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(Department), 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, ETA is soliciting comments 

on a new information collection for the 

Job Corps Process Study (Process 

Study). A copy of the proposed 

information collection request 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 

addresses section below on or before 

March 19, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to Dan Ryan, Employment and Training 

Administration, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Room N–5641, 

Washington, DC 20210. Telephone 

number: (202) 693–3649 (this is not a 

toll-free number). Fax number: (202) 

693–2766. Email: ryan.dan@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Job Corps is a comprehensive program 

designed to assist eligible disadvantaged 

youth aged 16 to 24 through intensive 

education and training services. A total 

of 125 primarily residential Job Corps 

centers operate in 48 states, the District 

of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Job Corps 

provides academic instruction to 

improve students’ reading and math 

abilities and prepare students for 

obtaining General Educational 

Development certificates or high school 

diplomas, career technical training in 

over 100 programs, and development of 


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