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I hereby certify that the 

aforementioned determinations were 

issued during the period of December 

19, 2016 through December 30, 2016. 

These determinations are available on 

the Department’s Web site https://

www.doleta.gov/tradeact/taa/taa_

search_form.cfm under the searchable 

listing determinations or by calling the 

Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance 

toll free at 888–365–6822. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of 

January 2017. 

Hope D. Kinglock, 

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Career, Technical, and Adult 

Education; Rehabilitation Services 

Administration; Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request; Workforce Innovation and 

Opportunity Act (WIOA) Common 

Performance Reporting 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL), Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA) and the 

Department of Education (ED) (jointly 

referred to as ‘‘the Departments’’) are 

soliciting comments concerning a 

proposed extension for the authority to 

conduct the information collection 

request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Workforce 

Innovation and Opportunity Act 

(WIOA) Common Performance 

Reporting.’’ This comment request is 

part of continuing Departmental efforts 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

written comments received by March 

20, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ETA–2017–0001 or 

via postal mail, commercial delivery, or 

hand delivery. A copy of the ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation; 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained free of charge from 

http://www.regulations.gov or by 

contacting Karen Staha by telephone at 

202–693–2917 (this is not a toll-free 

number) or by email at Staha.Karen@

dol.gov. 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. 

Mail and hand delivery/courier: Send 

written comments to Karen Staha, Office 

of Policy Development and Research, 

Room N5641, Employment and Training 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210. Due to securityrelated concerns, there may be a 

significant delay in the receipt of 

submissions by United States Mail. You 

must take this into consideration when 

preparing to meet the deadline for 

submitting comments. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this comment request will become a 

matter of public record and will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval of the final ICR. In 

addition, comments regardless of the 

delivery method, will be posted without 

change on the http://

www.regulations.gov Web site; 

consequently, the Departments 

recommend commenters not include 

personal information such as a Social 

Security Number, personal address, 

telephone number, email address, or 

confidential business information that 

they do not want made public. It is the 

responsibility of the commenter to 

determine what to include in the public 

record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact 

Karen Staha by telephone at 202–693– 

2917 (this is not a toll-free number) or 

by email at Staha.Karen@dol.gov. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOL, 

as part of continuing efforts to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing collections of information 

before submitting them to the OMB for 

final approval. This program helps to 

ensure 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 can be properly 

assessed. 

The data collections in this ICR fulfill 

requirements in WIOA sec.116(d)(1) for 

the development of report templates for 

the State Performance Report for WIOA 

core programs, the Local Area 

Performance Report, and the Eligible 

Training Provider (ETP) Report. The 

Departments propose to amend the 

information collection by adding new 

information collection requirements for 

WIOA Statewide performance reporting. 

In particular, the Departments propose 

to add: (1) Data elements related to 

training program information to the ETP 

Performance Report, and (2) a new 

information collection requirement, i.e., 

an Annual Statewide Performance 

Report Narrative. This additional 

information would be helpful in the 

implementation and evaluation of the 

workforce development covered 

programs, and may include descriptions 

of such items as promising program 

practices, employer metrics, sector 

strategies, state evaluations, and rapid 

response activities. Also, a few 

adjustments made to the WIOA Annual 

Statewide Performance Report and 

Local Area Performance Report 

Template specifications that will align 

report specifications and the resulting 

values with the intent and requirements 

outlined in WIOA, and final rule. For 

example, the numerator specification of 

the Measurable Skill Gains Indicator 

was revised to ensure only a single gain 

per reporting period could be counted 

for each individual. 

Section 116 of WIOA (29 U.S.C. 3141) 

requires States and Local Areas that 

operate the six core programs of the 

public workforce development system 

to comply with common performance 

accountability requirements for those 

programs, which are: The Adult, 

Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs 

(authorized under WIOA title I, 

administered by DOL); the Employment 

Service program authorized under the 

Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended by 

WIOA title III (administered by DOL); 

the Adult Education and Family 

Literacy Act (AEFLA) program 

(authorized under WIOA title II, 

administered by ED); and the Vocational 

Rehabilitation (VR) program authorized 

under title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973, as amended by WIOA title IV 

(administered by ED). As such, States 

and Local Areas that operate core 

programs must submit common 

performance data to demonstrate that 

specified performance levels are 

achieved. States and Local Areas report 

the common performance data through 

the ‘‘Workforce Innovation and 

Opportunity Act (WIOA) Common 

Performance Reporting’’ ICR (OMB 

Control No. 1205–0526). 

In addition, and in accordance with 

WIOA sec. 122(b)(2), training providers 

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that are eligible to receive funds from 

Adult and Dislocated Worker programs 

authorized under title I of WIOA (also 

known as ‘‘eligible training providers’’ 

or ETPs) must report data on outcomes 

achieved under those programs to the 

State(s) in which they are listed on the 

State ETP list. States then report the 

information submitted by ETPs to DOL. 

The information collection requirements 

applicable to ETPs are also contained in 

the ‘‘Workforce Innovation and 

Opportunity Act (WIOA) Common 

Performance Reporting’’ ICR. 

Section 116(d)(1) of WIOA mandates 

that the Secretaries of Labor and 

Education develop a template for 

performance reports to be used by 

States, Local Boards, and ETPs for 

reporting on outcomes achieved by 

participants in the six core programs. 

Corresponding regulations for these data 

collection requirements, including 

which primary performance indicators 

apply for each core program, have been 

issued jointly by the Departments. See 

81 FR 55792 (Aug. 19, 2016). The WIOA 

regulations became effective on October 

18, 2016. These joint performance 

regulations can be found at: (1) 20 CFR 

part 677 (which covers the Adult and 

Dislocated Worker programs (20 CFR 

part 680), the Youth program (20 CFR 

part 681), and the Wagner-Peyser Act 

Employment Service program (20 CFR 

part 652)); (2) 34 CFR part 463, subpart 

I (which covers the AEFLA program); 

and (3) 34 CFR part 361, subpart E 

(which covers the VR program). 

The data collection instruments 

covered in this ICR are necessary to 

meet the requirements of sec. 116 of 

WIOA. These information collection 

instruments were developed jointly by 

the Departments, and include: (1) The 

Joint Participant Individual Record 

Layout (PIRL), which provides a 

standardized set of data elements, 

definitions, and reporting instructions 

for use by States and local entities 

administering WIOA core programs; (2) 

the Statewide Performance Report 

Template, to be used for the reporting of 

data by State entities that administer 

WIOA core programs; (3) the Local Area 

Performance Report Template, to be 

used for the reporting of data by local 

entities that administer WIOA core 

programs; (4) the ETP Performance 

Report specifications and definitions, to 

be used for the reporting of data by 

eligible providers of training services 

under WIOA title I Adult and Dislocated 

Worker programs; and (5) the Annual 

Statewide Performance Report 

Narrative, a new information collection 

requirement to be used for providing 

information on the status and progress 

of workforce development program 

performance. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by the OMB under the PRA 

and displays a currently valid OMB 

Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information that does not 

display a valid Control Number. See 5 

CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

provide comments to the contact shown 

in the ADDRESSES section. In order to 

help ensure appropriate consideration, 

comments should mention Workforce 

Innovation and Opportunity Act 

(WIOA) Common Performance 

Reporting, OMB control number 1205– 

0526. 

The DOL is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

• 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 submission of 

responses. 

Agency: DOL–ETA. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title of Collection: Workforce 

Innovation and Opportunity Act 

(WIOA) Common Performance 

Reporting. 

Forms: WIOA Statewide and Local 

Performance Report Template, ETA 

9169; WIOA PIRL, ETA 9170; ETP 

Definitions, ETA 9171. 

OMB Control Number: 1205–0526. 

Affected Public: State, Local, and 

Tribal Governments; Private Sector— 

businesses or other for-profits and notfor-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

19,113,825. 

Frequency: Annual for each form. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

38,216,056. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: Varies. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 9,863,065 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Cost 

Burden: $30,957,760. 

Portia Wu, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training, Department of Labor. 

Johan Uvin, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of 

Career, Technical, and Adult Education, 

Department of Education. 

Sue Swenson, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services, 

delegated the authority to perform the 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Investigations Regarding Eligibility To 

Apply for Worker Adjustment 

Assistance 

Petitions have been filed with the 

Secretary of Labor under Section 221 (a) 

of the Trade Act of 1974 (‘‘the Act’’) and 

are identified in the Appendix to this 

notice. Upon receipt of these petitions, 

the Director of the Office of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance, Employment 

and Training Administration, has 

instituted investigations pursuant to 

Section 221 (a) of the Act. 

The purpose of each of the 

investigations is to determine whether 

the workers are eligible to apply for 

adjustment assistance under Title II, 

Chapter 2, of the Act. The investigations 

will further relate, as appropriate, to the 

determination of the date on which total 

or partial separations began or 

threatened to begin and the subdivision 

of the firm involved. 

The petitioners or any other persons 

showing a substantial interest in the 

subject matter of the investigations may 

request a public hearing, provided such 

request is filed in writing with the 

Director, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance, at the address shown below, 

no later than January 30, 2017. 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written comments regarding the 

subject matter of the investigations to 

the Director, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance, at the address shown below, 

not later than January 30, 2017. 

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