Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 77 / Friday, April 20, 2012 / Notices 23765 

Currently, ETA seeks a regular 3 year 

extension of the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) approval for 

collecting site visit data from 

organizations that received grants under 

four Solicitations for Grant Applications 

(SGAs) that were issued under the 

ARRA Initiative: Pathways Out of 

Poverty (POP), Energy Training 

Partnership (ETP), State Energy Sector 

Partnership (SESP), and Health Care and 

Other High Growth and Emerging 

Industries Training grant initiative. 

POP, ETP and SESP are all Green Jobs 

training programs. The overall aim of 

these evaluations is to determine the 

extent to which enrollees achieve 

increases in employment, earnings, and 

career advancement as a result of their 

participation in the training provided 

and to identify promising best practices 

and strategies for replication. It is 

necessary to collect data from the grant 

sites included in both studies while 

they are still in operation. Failure to 

collect site visit data will affect our 

ability to conduct rigorous evaluations 

of these grants. For example, site visits 

are the only way the research team can 

observe the training programs in 

operation and collect real time data that 

amplifies the findings through other 

documentation. Lack of a rigorous 

evaluation process will mean that no 

information will be available on the 

potential of training for green jobs as a 

strategy for reducing poverty or 

increasing employment. Conducting 

these evaluations rigorously requires 

appropriate operational data collection. 

This information collection follows an 

emergency review that was conducted 

in accordance with PRA and 5 CFR 

1320.13. The submission for OMB 

emergency review was approved on 

January 19, 2012. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addresses section below on or before 

June 19, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to Ms. Savi Swick, Office of Policy 

Development and Research, Room 

N–5641, Employment and Training 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210. Telephone 

number: 202–693–3382 (this is not a 

toll-free number). 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. Email: Swick.Savi@dol.gov. A 

copy of the proposed information 

collection request (ICR) can be obtained 

by contacting Savi Swick. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The proposed information collection 

is for evaluations of the Green Jobs and 

Health Care training grants. This 

evaluation is sponsored by ETA to 

understand the processes surrounding 

the design and implementation of four 

specific grant programs. 

In February 2009, President Obama 

signed the ARRA into law in an effort 

to preserve and create jobs, promote 

economic growth, and assist those 

impacted by the recession. The ARRA 

included funding for four SGAs with the 

goal of training workers in the skills 

required to be employed in specific 

high-growth and emerging industries 

including health care, energy efficiency, 

and renewable energy. The four SGAs 

are: 

• Energy Training Partnership ($100 

million allocated across 25 projects) 

• Pathways Out of Poverty ($150 

million for 38 projects) 

• State Energy Sector Partnership and 

Training ($190 million for 34 projects) 

• Health Care and Other High Growth 

Emerging Industries ($225 million for 55 

projects). 

II. Review Focus 

The Department 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 

Type of Review: Extension without 

changes. 

Title: Site Visit Data Collection: 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act (ARRA)-Funded Grants; Job 

Training Evaluations. 

OMB Number: 1205–0486. 

Affected Public: Individuals and NonProfit Private Entities. 

Total Annual Respondents: 620. 

Annual Frequency: Once. 

Total Annual Responses: 620. 

Average Time per Response: 1.5 hours 

per focus group discussion and 1 hour 

per site visit interview. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 930. 

Total Annualized Operation and 

Maintenance Costs: $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this comment request will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval of the ICR; 

they will also become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: Signed in Washington, DC, on this 

16th day of April 2012. 

Signed: 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training. 

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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION 

BOARD 

Privacy Act; Termination of Three 

Systems of Records 

AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection 

Board. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Merit Systems Protection 

Board (MSPB) is terminating the 

following Systems of Records: MSPB/ 

Internal 5, ‘‘Workload and Assignment 

Tracking System;’’ MSPB/Internal 7, 

‘‘Administrative Data System;’’ and 

MSPB/Central 1, ‘‘Assignment and 

Correspondence Tracking System.’’ 

They are no longer in use. 

DATES: Effective April 6, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Darryl Aaron, Director of Information 

Services, Office of the Clerk of the 

Board, 1615 M Street NW., Washington, 

DC 20419; (202) 254–4474; 

Darryl.Aaron@mspb.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 

1974, this notice formally terminates the 

following systems of records: MSPB/ 

Internal 5, ‘‘Workload and Assignment 

Tracking System;’’ MSPB/Internal 7, 

‘‘Administrative Data System;’’ and 

MSPB/Central 1, ‘‘Assignment and 

Correspondence Tracking System.’’ 

William Spencer, 

Clerk of the Board. 

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