22806 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 74 / Tuesday, April 17, 2012 / Notices 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9198 Filed 4–16–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9060 Filed 4–16–12; 8:45 am] 

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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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