[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 25 (Monday, February 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5897-5898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2646]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Emergency 
Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

January 27, 2000.
    The Department of Labor has submitted the following (see below) 
emergency processing public information collection request (ICR) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35). OMB approval has been requested by February 18, 2000. A copy of 
this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by 
calling the Department of Labor, Ira Mills, Departmental Clearance 
Officer, ( (202) 219-5096, x 143). Comments and questions about the ICR 
listed below should be forwarded to Office Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Employment and Training 
Administration, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503 ( (202) 395-7316).
    The Office of Management and Budget is particularly interested in 
comments which:
    <bullet> 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;
    <bullet> 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;
    <bullet> Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    <bullet> Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond 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 response.
    Type of Review: Emergency.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Workforce Investment Act Cumulative Quarterly Financial 
Reporting for Funds Allotted to States for Services to Youth, Services 
to Adults, Services to Dislocated Workers, Local Area Administration, 
Statewide Activities (15% of Total Federal Allotment), and Statewide 
Rapid Response.
    OMB Number: 1205-0New.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Affected Public: States, Local, or Tribal governments; Not-for-
profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 56.

                                DOL-ETA Reporting Burden for WIA Title I-B States
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                  Requirements                        PY 1999         PY 2000         PY 2001         PY 2002
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Number of Reports Per Entity Per Quarter........               3               3               3               3
Total Number of Reports Per Entity Per Year.....              12              12              12              12
Number of Hours Required Per Report.............               1               1               1               1
Total Number of Hours Required for Reporting Per              12              12              12              12
 Entity Per Year................................

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Number of Entities Reporting....................              16              56              56              56
Total Number of Hours Required for Reporting                 192             672             672             672
 Burden Per Year................................
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    Note:
    Number of reports required per entity per quarter/per year is 
impacted by the 3 year life of each year of appropriated funds, i.e., 
PY 1997 and 1998 funds are available for expenditure in PY 1999, thus 3 
reports reflect 3 available funding years. DOL estimates 16 entities 
reporting for PY 1999. Beginning in PY 2000, all entities (56) are 
required to report under WIA.

    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0.
    Description: The proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) 
incorporates the necessary reporting instructions for States to report 
financial data related to Workforce Investment Act programs to DOL. 
These instructions have been prepared in response to the requirement 
set forth at 20 CFR 667.300, for DOL to issue financial reporting 
instructions to States; and to ensure State compliance with the 
reporting elements contained in the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 
1998, Subtitle E. Sec. 185.
    The WIA requires quarterly financial reports which shall include 
information identifying all program and activity costs by cost category 
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and by year 
of appropriation. The WIA also requires reporting any income or profits 
earned, such including such income or profits earned by subrecipients 
and any costs incurred (such as stand-in costs) that are otherwise 
allowable except for funding limitations. In addition, WIA requires the 
reporting of costs only as administrative or programmatic, with 
computerization/technology costs not included in the administrative 
cost limit calculation.
    The Standard Form 269 has been modified to provide the six 
reporting formats which will be used for WIA reporting. Separate 
reporting formats will be needed for: (1) Local area youth, (2) local 
area adults, (3) local area dislocated workers, (4) local 
administration, (5) Statewide activities (15% total Federal allotment), 
and (6) Statewide rapid response.
    ETA is designing software that will contain the data elements 
required for each of the reporting formats. Instructions corresponding 
to the required data elements also will be provided to the States in 
the software package. Transmittal of this data will occur on a 
quarterly basis via the Internet.
    The data collection and reporting requirements requested by the 
Employment and Training Administration are necessary to effectively 
manage and evaluate the financial status of the WIA program, to measure 
regulatory compliance, to prepare required reports to Congress, and for 
audit purposes.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-2646 Filed 2-4-00; 8:45 am]
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