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concerning the proposed collection of 

information are encouraged. Your 

comments should address one or more 

of the following four points: 

—Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Bureau of Justice 

Statistics, 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; 

—Evaluate whether and if so how the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected can be 

enhanced; 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. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of a currently approved 

collection. 

(2) The Title of the Form/Collection: 

Generic Clearance for cognitive, pilot 

and field studies for Bureau of Justice 

Statistics data collection activities. 

(3) The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

Form numbers not available for generic 

clearance. The applicable component 

within the Department of Justice is the 

Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Office 

of Justice Programs. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Administrators or staff of state 

and local agencies or programs in the 

relevant fields; administrators or staff of 

non-government agencies or programs 

in the relevant fields; individuals; 

policymakers at various levels of 

government. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: We estimate that 

approximately 30,000 respondents will 

be involved in exploratory, field test, 

pilot, cognitive, and focus group work 

conducted under this clearance over the 

requested 3-year clearance period. The 

average response time per respondent 

will be specific to each project covered 

under the clearance. Specific estimates 

of the number of respondents and the 

average response time are not known for 

each pilot study or development project 

covered under a generic clearance at 

this time. Project specific estimates will 

be submitted to OMB separately for each 

project conducted under this clearance. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: The total respondent burden 

for identified and future projects 

covered under this generic clearance 

over the 3-year clearance period is 

approximately 20,000 hours. BJS 

originally estimated that the total 

respondent burden for the projects 

would be about 20,000 hours. 

If additional information is required 

contact: Melody Braswell, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Two Constitution 

Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405A, 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: February 17, 2022. 

Melody Braswell, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Workforce Information Advisory 

Council 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Request for nominations for 

membership on the Workforce 

Information Advisory Council. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) invites interested parties to 

submit nominations for individuals to 

serve on the Workforce Information 

Advisory Council (WIAC) and 

announces the procedures for those 

nominations. There is a vacant position 

on the WIAC representing businesses. 

While this notice is directed specifically 

to obtaining nominations for the current 

vacancy for a representative of 

businesses, individuals qualified for the 

other seven membership categories 

listed below in the Supplementary 

Information section are invited to 

submit nomination materials, and DOL 

will consider these nominees in the 

event that seats in those categories 

become available. When submitting 

nomination materials, please indicate 

the category or categories for which the 

nominee would like to be considered. 

Information regarding the WIAC can be 

found at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ 

eta/wioa/wiac. 

DATES: To be considered, nominations 

for individuals to serve on the WIAC 

must be submitted electronically by 

March 25, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit 

nominations and supporting materials 

described in this Federal Register 

Notice by the following method: 

Electronically: Submit nominations, 

including attachments, by email using 

the following address: WIAC@dol.gov 

(use subject line ‘‘Nomination— 

Workforce Information Advisory 

Council’’). The Department will not 

accept nominations by mail, express 

delivery, hand delivery, messenger, 

courier service, or facsimile. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Rietzke, WIAC Designated Federal 

Officer, 202–693–3912, or by email at 

WIAC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 15 

of the Wagner-Peyser Act, 29 U.S.C. 

49l–2, as amended by sec. 308 of the 

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

Act of 2014 (WIOA), Public Law 113– 

128, requires the Secretary of Labor 

(Secretary) to establish a WIAC. 

The statute, as amended, requires the 

Secretary of Labor (Secretary), acting 

through the Commissioner of Labor 

Statistics and the Assistant Secretary for 

Employment and Training, to formally 

consult at least twice annually with the 

WIAC to address: (1) Evaluation and 

improvement of the nationwide 

workforce and labor market information 

system established by the WagnerPeyser Act and of the statewide systems 

that comprise the nationwide system; 

and (2) how DOL and the States will 

cooperate in the management of those 

systems. The Secretary, acting through 

the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and 

the Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), and in 

consultation with the WIAC and 

appropriate federal agencies, must also 

develop a two-year plan for 

management of the labor market 

information system. The statute 

generally prescribes how the plan is to 

be developed and implemented, 

outlines the contents of the plan, and 

requires the Secretary to submit the plan 

to designated authorizing committees in 

the House and Senate. 

By law, the Secretary must ‘‘seek, 

review, and evaluate’’ recommendations 

from the WIAC, and respond in writing 

to the Council. The WIAC must make 

written recommendations to the 

Secretary on the evaluation and 

improvement of the workforce and labor 

market information system, including 

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The two-year plan, in turn, must 

describe WIAC recommendations and 

the extent to which the plan 

incorporates them. 

The Department anticipates that the 

WIAC will accomplish its objectives by, 

for example: (1) Studying workforce and 

labor market information issues; (2) 

seeking and sharing information on 

innovative approaches, new 

technologies, and data to inform 

employment, skills training, and 

workforce and economic development 

decision making and policy; and 3) 

advising the Secretary on how the 

workforce and labor market information 

system can best support workforce 

development, planning, and program 

development. 

Pertinent information about the 

WIAC, including recommendations, 

reports, background information, 

agendas, and meeting minutes, can be 

accessed at the WIAC’s website located 

at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/ 

wioa/wiac. 

Section 15(d)(2)(B) of the WagnerPeyser Act requires the WIAC to have 14 

members, appointed by the Secretary, 

consisting of: 

(1) Four members who are 

representatives of lead State agencies 

with responsibility for workforce 

investment activities, or State agencies 

described in sec. 4 of the Wagner-Peyser 

Act (an agency designated or authorized 

by the Governor to cooperate with the 

Secretary of Labor), who have been 

nominated by such agencies or by a 

national organization that represents 

such agencies; 

(2) Four members who are 

representatives of the State workforce 

and labor market information directors 

affiliated with the State agencies 

responsible for the management and 

oversight of the workforce and labor 

market information system, as described 

in Wagner-Peyser Act sec. 15(e)(2), who 

have been nominated by the directors; 

(3) One member who is a 

representative of providers of training 

services under WIOA sec. 122 

(Identification of Eligible Providers of 

Training Services); 

(4) One member who is a 

representative of economic development 

entities; 

(5) One member who is a 

representative of businesses, who has 

been nominated by national business 

organizations or trade associations; 

(6) One member who is a 

representative of labor organizations, 

who has been nominated by a national 

labor federation; 

(7) One member who is a 

representative of local workforce 

development boards, who has been 

nominated by a national organization 

representing such boards; and 

(8) One member who is a 

representative of research entities that 

use workforce and labor market 

information. 

The Secretary must ensure that the 

membership of the WIAC is 

geographically diverse, and that no two 

members appointed under clauses (1), 

(2), or (7) above represent the same 

State. Please note, the members whom 

the Secretary appoints to fill these 

vacancies will serve the balance of their 

predecessors’ unexpired terms, in this 

case from the date of appointment until 

March 9, 2023. Members of the Council 

will serve on a voluntary and generally 

uncompensated basis but will be 

reimbursed for travel expenses to attend 

WIAC meetings, including per diem in 

lieu of subsistence, as authorized by the 

Federal travel regulations. 

The WIAC is a permanent advisory 

council and, as such, is not governed by 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act’s 

(FACA) sec. 14, on termination of 

advisory committees. In other respects, 

however, WIAC membership will be 

consistent with the FACA requirement 

that membership be ‘‘fairly balanced in 

terms of the points of view represented 

and the functions to be performed’’ (5 

U.S.C. App. 2, sec. 5(b)(2)), as specified 

in Wagner-Peyser sec. 15(2)(B) & (C), 

and the requirement that members come 

from ‘‘a cross-section of those directly 

affected, interested, and qualified, as 

appropriate to the nature and functions’’ 

of the WIAC (41 CFR 102–3.60(b)(3)). 

Under the FACA regulation, the 

composition of the WIAC will, 

therefore, depend upon several factors, 

including: (i) The WIAC’s mission; (ii) 

the geographic, ethnic, social, economic, 

or scientific impact of the WIAC’s 

recommendations; (iii) the types of 

specific perspectives required; (iv) the 

need to obtain divergent points of view 

on the issues before the WIAC, such as 

those of consumers, technical experts, 

the public at large, academia, business, 

or other sectors; and (v) the relevance of 

State, local, or tribal governments to the 

development of the WIAC’s 

recommendations (41 CFR 102–3, 

Subpart B, Appendix A). 

To the extent permitted by FACA and 

other applicable laws, WIAC 

membership should also be consistent 

with achieving the greatest impact, 

scope, and credibility among diverse 

stakeholders. The diversity in such 

membership includes, but is not limited 

to, race, gender, disability, sexual 

orientation, and gender identity. 

Nominations Process: Nominations 

for a representative of businesses must 

be nominated by national business 

organizations or trade associations. 

Please refer to the special requirements 

listed in the section above regarding the 

nomination process for the other seven 

WIAC representative categories. 

To nominate an individual for 

appointment to the WIAC, please 

submit, to one of the addresses listed 

below, the following information: 

• A copy of the nominee’s resume or 

curriculum vitae; 

• A cover letter that provides your 

reason(s) for nominating the individual, 

the constituency area that they represent 

(as outlined above in the WIAC 

membership identification discussion), 

and their particular expertise for 

contributing to the national policy 

discussion on: (1) The evaluation and 

improvement of the nationwide 

workforce and labor market information 

system and statewide systems that 

comprise the nationwide system; and (2) 

how the Department of Labor and the 

States will cooperate in the management 

of those systems, including programs 

that produce employment-related 

statistics and State and local workforce 

and labor market information; and 

• Contact information for the 

nominee (name, title, business address, 

business phone, and business email 

address). 

In addition, the cover letter must state 

the nomination is being made in 

response to this Federal Register Notice 

and the nominee (if nominating 

someone other than oneself) has agreed 

to be nominated and is willing to serve 

on the WIAC. Nominees will be 

appointed based on their qualifications, 

professional experience, and 

demonstrated knowledge of issues 

related to the purpose and scope of the 

WIAC, as well as diversity 

considerations. The Department will 

publish a list of the new WIAC members 

on the WIAC’s website at https://

www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/wioa/wiac. 

Angela Hanks, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment 

and Training Administration, Labor. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Benefit 

Accuracy Measurement (BAM) 

Program 

ACTION: Notice. 


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