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—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. 

Summary of Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of a currently approved 

collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Identification of Imported Explosives 

Materials. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Justice sponsoring the 

collection: Form Number: None. Bureau 

of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 

Explosives. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Business or other forprofit. Other: None. 

Need for Collection 

The information is necessary to 

ensure that explosive materials can be 

effectively traced. All licensed 

importers are required to identify by 

marking all explosive materials they 

import for sale or distribution. The 

process provides valuable information 

in explosion and bombing 

investigations. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: It is estimated that 15 

respondents will spend 1 hour placing 

marks of identification on imported 

explosives 3 times annually. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: There are an estimated 45 

annual total burden hours associated 

with this collection. 

If additional information is required 

contact: Jerri Murray, Department 

Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning 

Staff, Justice Management Division, 

Department of Justice, Two Constitution 

Square, 145 N Street NE., Room 2E–508, 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Jerri Murray, 

Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United 

States Department of Justice. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Federal Bureau of Investigation 

Meeting of the Compact Council for the 

National Crime Prevention and Privacy 

Compact; Correction 

AGENCY: Federal Bureau of 

Investigation. 

ACTION: Notice; Correction. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Bureau of 

Investigation published a document in 

the Federal Register of April 3, 2012, 

concerning the date and location of the 

National Crime Prevention and Privacy 

Compact Council (Council) created by 

the National Crime Prevention and 

Privacy Compact Act of 1998 (Compact). 

The document listed the wrong street 

address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Skeeter J. Murray, (304) 625–3518. 

Correction in the Federal Register of 

April 3, 2012, in 77 FR 20051, first 

column, correct the hotel address line in 

ADDRESSES to read: 300 East Travis. 

Dated: April 10, 2012. 

Gary S. Barron, 

FBI Compact Officer, Criminal Justice 

Information Services Division, Federal Bureau 

of Investigation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Scientific Integrity: Statement of Policy 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor. 

ACTION: Soliciting comments on 

Department of Labor Draft Policy on 

Scientific Integrity. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of Labor (DOL) is developing its policy 

on Scientific Integrity in response to the 

March 9, 2009, Presidential 

Memorandum on Scientific Integrity, 

and the December 17, 2010, 

Memorandum from the Director of the 

Office of Science and Technology 

Policy. DOL is soliciting comments on 

its draft policy. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

E. Christi Cunningham, Associate 

Assistant Secretary for Regulatory 

Policy, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Room 

S–2312, Washington, DC 20210, 

cunningham.christi@dol.gov, (202) 693– 

5959; (this is not a toll-free number). 

Individuals with hearing impairments 

may call 1–800–877–8339 (TTY/TDD). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In March 

of 2009, the President articulated six 

principles federal agencies should 

follow to preserve and promote 

scientific integrity. The President also 

assigned the Director of the Office of 

Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) 

with the creation of guidelines for 

Federal Agencies to ensure the highest 

level of integrity in all aspects of the 

science and technological processes. 

This Scientific Integrity policy 

establishes standards for DOL for 

ensuring accuracy and integrity in all 

scientific activities informing 

rulemaking and public policy decisions 

in accordance with the memoranda from 

the President and OSTP. 

Scientific Integrity of DOL scientific 

personnel is vital to the public interest 

and critical to conducting DOL’s 

mission. Scientific activities provide 

data to inform many of DOL’s decision 

makers regarding the production of 

leading economic indicators, evaluation 

of programs funded by DOL, protection 

of the health and safety of our Nation’s 

workers, and implementation of labor 

laws that address conditions of 

employment, benefits and 

compensation. 

Request for Comments: As part of our 

development of the DOL scientific 

integrity principles, we are soliciting 

public comments. Your input is 

important to us. To facilitate receipt of 

the information, the Department will 

create an Internet portal specifically 

designed to capture your input and 

suggestions, http:// 

dolscientificintegrity.ideascale.com/. 

This portal will contain a series of 

questions designed to gather 

information on how DOL can best meet 

these requirements. The portal is 

expected to open to receive comments 

on April 11, 2012 and accept comments 

for 30 days. Please provide responses 

that are supported with specific 

examples and data, where possible. 

DATES: The portal is expected to open to 

receive comments starting April 11, 

2012. Comments would then need to be 

received before May 11, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

through http:// 

dolscientificintegrity.ideascale.com/. 

All comments will be available for 

public inspection at http:// 

dolscientificintegrity.ideascale.com/. 

Questions for the Public: The 

Department of Labor intends the 

questions on the portal to represent a 

starting point for discussion of the 

scientific integrity principles. The 

questions are meant to initiate public 

dialogue, and are not intended to 

restrict the issues that may be raised or 

addressed. The questions were 

developed with the intent to probe a 

range of areas. 


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The Department of Labor is issuing 

this request solely to seek useful 

information as it develops its policy. 

While responses to this request do not 

bind the Department of Labor to any 

further actions related to the response, 

all submissions will be made available 

to the public on http:// 

dolscientificintegrity.ideascale.com/. 

AUTHORITY: U.S.C. 301, March 9, 2009, 

Presidential Memorandum on Scientific 

Integrity, and the December 17, 2010, 

memorandum from the Director of the 

Office of Science and Technology 

Policy. 

Dated: April 11, 2012. 

William E. Spriggs, 

Assistant Secretary for Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice of Availability of Funds and 

Solicitation for Grant Applications for 

Cooperative Agreements Under the 

Disability Employment Initiative 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

Announcement Type: Solicitation for 

Grant Applications (SGA). 

Funding Opportunity Number: SGA/ 

DFA PY–11–11. 

SUMMARY: The Employment and 

Training Administration (ETA), in 

coordination with Department of 

Labor’s (DOL’s) Office of Disability 

Employment Policy (ODEP), announces 

the availability of approximately $20 

million for a third round of cooperative 

agreements to state agencies that 

administer the Workforce Investment 

Act (WIA) of 1998. These funds provide 

an opportunity for states to develop and 

implement a plan for improving 

effective and meaningful participation 

of persons with disabilities in the 

workforce. DOL is using this funding to 

make six to ten grant awards designed 

to: (1) Improve educational, training, 

and employment opportunities and 

outcomes of youth and adults with 

disabilities who are unemployed, 

underemployed, and/or receiving Social 

Security disability benefits; and (2) help 

these individuals with disabilities find 

a path into the middle class through 

exemplary and model service delivery 

by the public workforce system. The 

DOL will award DEI grants for a threeyear period of performance. 

The complete SGA and any 

subsequent SGA amendments, in 

connection with this solicitation are 

described in further detail on ETA’s 

Web site at http://www.doleta.gov/

grants/ or on http://www.grants.gov. The 

Web sites provide application 

information, eligibility requirements, 

review and selection procedures and 

other program requirements governing 

this solicitation. 

DATES: The closing date for receipt of 

applications is June 1, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eileen Banks, 200 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Room N–4716, Washington, DC 

20210; Telephone: 202–693–3403. 

Signed April 10, 2012 in Washington, DC 

B. Jai Johnson 

Grant Officer, Employment and Training 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs 

Proposed Extension of Existing 

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 

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 Office 

of Workers’ Compensation Programs 

(OWCP) is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed collection: 

Regulations Governing the 

Administration of the Longshore and 

Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act 

(LS–200, LS–201, LS–203, LS–204, LS– 

262, LS–267, LS–271, LS–274, and LS– 

513). A copy of the proposed 

information collection request can be 

obtained by contacting the office listed 

below in the address section of this 

Notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addresses section below on or before 

June 18, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Ave. NW., Room S–3201, Washington, 

DC 20210, telephone (202) 693–0701, 

fax (202) 693–1447, Email 

ferguson.yoon@dol.gov. Please use only 

one method of transmission for 

comments (mail, fax, or Email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs (OWCP) administers the 

Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 

Compensation Act (LHWCA). LHWCA 

provides benefits to workers injured in 

maritime employment on the navigable 

waters of the United States or in an 

adjoining area customarily used by an 

employer in loading, unloading, 

repairing, or building a vessel. In 

addition, several Acts extend the 

Longshore Act’s coverage to certain 

other employees. The following 

regulations have been developed to 

implement the Act’s provisions and to 

provide clarification in those areas 

where it was deemed necessary (20 CFR 

702.162, 702.174, 702.175, 20 CFR 

702.242, 20 CFR 702.285, 702.321, 

702.201, and 702.111). In some cases, 

prior regulations have been updated and 

changed either to reflect the intent of 

the amended Act or to correct 

recognized deficiencies. This 

information collection is currently 

approved for use through June 30, 2012. 

II. Review Focus 

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. 

III. Current Actions 

The Department of Labor seeks the 

approval for the extension of this 


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