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review, discuss, and agree on a content 

outline; researching content topics and 

related resources; submitting draft 

sections of the document to NIC for 

review; revising draft sections for NIC’s 

approval; submitting the document to 

an editor that the awardee has hired for 

first content edit; submitting a draft of 

the entire document to NIC for review; 

revising the document for NIC’s 

approval; and submitting the document 

to NIC in hard copy and on disk in 

Microsoft Word 1997–2003 format. 

Throughout the project period, the 

awardee should make provisions for 

meetings with NIC staff, to be held in 

Washington, DC, at critical planning 

and review points in document’s 

development. 

Document Preparation: For all awards 

in which a document will be a 

deliverable, the awardee must follow 

the Guidelines for Preparing and 

Submitting Manuscripts for Publication 

as found in the ‘‘General Guidelines for 

Cooperative Agreements,’’ which will be 

included in the award package. 

Application Requirements: An 

application package must include OMB 

Standard Form 424, Application for 

Federal Assistance; a cover letter 

identifying the audit agency responsible 

for the applicant’s financial accounts as 

well as the audit period or fiscal year 

that the applicant operates under (e.g., 

July 1 through June 30); and an outline 

of projected costs. The following 

additional forms must also be included: 

OMB Standard Form 424A, Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs; OMB Standard Form 424B, 

Assurances—Non-Construction 

Programs (both available at http:// 

www.grants.gov) and DOJ/NIC 

Certification Regarding Lobbying; 

Debarment, Suspension and Other 

Responsibility Matters; and the DrugFree Workplace Requirements (available 

at http://www.nicic.gov/Downloads/ 

PDF/certif-frm.pdf). 

The application should be written 

concisely, typed double-spaced, and 

reference the NIC application number 

and title provided in this 

announcement. 

If you are hand delivering or 

submitting an application via Fed-Ex, 

please include an original and three 

copies of your full proposal (program 

and budget narrative, application forms, 

and assurances). The original should 

have the applicant’s signature in blue 

ink. As previously stated, electronic 

submissions will only be accepted via 

http://www.grants.gov. 

The narrative portion of the 

application should include, at a 

minimum, a brief paragraph indicating 

the applicant’s understanding of the 

purpose of the document and the issues 

to be addressed; a brief paragraph 

summarizing the project’s goals and 

objectives; a clear description of the 

methodology that will be used to 

complete the project and achieve its 

goals; a statement or chart of measurable 

project milestones and timelines for 

completing each milestone; a 

description of the qualifications of the 

applicant organization and a resume for 

the principle and each staff member 

assigned to the project that documents 

relevant knowledge, skills, and ability to 

carry out the project; a minimum of 

three references for which the applicant 

has provided similar service; a budget 

that details all costs for the project, 

showing consideration for all 

contingencies for this project, and notes 

a commitment to work within the 

proposed budget; and a sample of at 

least one document completed by the 

applicant. 

Applicants must specify their role in 

the production of the sample 

document(s). 

Authority: Public Law 93–415. 

Funds Available: NIC is seeking 

applicants’ best ideas regarding 

accomplishments of the scope of work 

and the related costs for achieving the 

goals of this solicitation. Awardees may 

use funds only for the activities linked 

to the desired outcome of the project. 

Eligibility of Applicants: Applications 

are solicited from any state or general 

unit of local government, private 

agency, educational institution, 

organization, individual or team with 

expertise in the described areas. 

Applicants must have demonstrated 

ability to implement a project of this 

size and scope. 

Review Considerations: A team of NIC 

staff will review all applications. 

Among the criteria to evaluate the 

applications are an indication of a clear 

understanding of the project 

requirements; background, experience, 

and expertise of the proposed project 

staff, including any subcontractors; 

effectiveness of the creative approach to 

the project; clear, concise description of 

all elements and tasks of the project, 

with sufficient and realistic timeframes 

necessary to complete the tasks; 

technical soundness of project design 

and methodology; financial and 

administrative integrity of the proposal, 

including adherence to federal financial 

guidelines and processes; a sufficiently 

detailed budget that shows 

consideration of all contingencies for 

this project and commitment to work 

within the budget proposed; working 

knowledge of jails and jail and criminal 

justice information systems; and 

availability to meet with NIC staff. 

Note: NIC will NOT award a cooperative 

agreement to an applicant who does not have 

a Dun and Bradstreet Database Universal 

Number (DUNS) and is not registered in the 

Central Contractor Registry (CCR). 

Applicants can receive a DUNS 

number at no cost by calling the 

dedicated toll-free DUNS number 

request line at 1–800–333–0505 (if you 

are a sole proprietor, dial 1–866–705– 

5711 and select option 1). 

Applicants may register in the CCR 

online at the CCR Web site: http:// 

www.ccr.gov. A CCR handbook and 

worksheet can also be reviewed at the 

Web site. 

Number of Awards: One. 

Applicants’ Conference: An 

applicants’ conference will be held on 

March 25, 2009 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. 

(EDT) at the NIC office, 500 1st Street, 

NW., 7th Floor, Washington, DC. The 

conference will give applicants the 

opportunity to meet with NIC project 

staff to ask questions about the project 

and the application procedures. 

Attendance at the conference is 

optional, and those who will be unable 

to attend in person may request a 

telephone conference instead. 

Applicants who plan to attend or who 

would like to participate via telephone 

should call Fran Zandi, NIC Jails 

Division, Correctional Program 

Specialist, at 1–800–995–6423, ext. 7– 

1070 by 4:30 p.m. (EDT) on March 20, 

2009 to confirm attendance. 

NIC Application Number 09J68. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number: 16.601 

Executive Order 12372: This project is 

not subject to the provisions of 

Executive Order 12372. 

Thomas J. Beauclair, 

Deputy Director, National Institute of 

Corrections. 

[FR Doc. E9–5406 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–36–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Proposed Information Collection 

Extension Without Change for Three 

Primary and Two Secondary Data 

Collection Instruments Used To Collect 

Follow-up Data About Individuals Who 

Are No Longer Actively Participating in 

Job Corps, But Had Graduated From 

Job Corps, or Had Been in the 

Program at Least 60 Days and Left 

Before Completing Graduation 

Requirements (Former Enrollees): 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of Job Corps. 


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ACTION: 60-day notice of information 

collection under review: OMB Control 

No. 1205–0426. 

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 Job Corps is soliciting comments 

concerning the collection of data for 

post-center surveys of Job Corps 

graduates and former enrollees (OMB 

Control Number 1205–0426). 

A copy of the proposed information 

collection request (ICR) can be obtained 

by contacting the office listed below in 

the addressee section of this notice or by 

accessing: http://www.doleta.gov/ 

OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section on or before May 11, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to Aquila Branch, Room N–4507, Office 

of Job Corps, 200 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20210. Telephone 

number: 202–693–3211 (this is not a toll 

free number). Fax: 202–693–2767. Email: branch.aquila@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Job Corps is an intensive, residential 

training program for at-promise youth 

age 16 through 24 to address multiple 

barriers to employment faced by youth 

throughout the United States. Job Corps 

is authorized by Title I, Subtitle C, of 

the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 

1998. The program is principally carried 

out through a nationwide network of 

122 Job Corps centers. The centers are 

located at facilities either owned or 

leased by the Federal Government. The 

Department has a direct role in the 

operation of Job Corps, and does not 

serve as a pass-through agency for this 

program. It is the Department’s 

responsibility to establish Job Corps 

centers and to select operators for them. 

Of the 122 current centers, 28 are 

operated by the Departments of 

Agriculture and the Interior, through 

interagency agreements. These centers 

are located on Federal lands controlled 

by these two agencies. The remaining 94 

centers are managed and operated by 

large and small corporations and 

nonprofit organizations selected by the 

Department in accordance with the 

Federal Acquisition Regulations, and in 

most cases through a competitive 

procurement process. Many of the 

current contractors manage and operate 

more than one center. 

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 

This submission requests approval of 

three primary and two secondary data 

collection instruments that will be used 

to collect follow-up data about 

individuals who are no longer actively 

participating in Job Corps. These youths 

either graduated from Job Corps or 

stayed in the program at least 60 days 

but left before completing graduation 

requirements (former enrollees). These 

data collection activities will be 

conducted with the following groups of 

recent Job Corps participants: 

• Former enrollees who were placed 

in a job or school program. This group 

will be contacted 90 days after 

separation. 

• Graduates who were placed in a job 

or school program. This group will be 

contacted 90 days after initial 

placement. 

• Graduates who were placed in a job 

or school program. This group will be 

contacted 6 months after initial 

placement. 

• Graduates who were placed in a job 

or school program. This group will be 

contacted 12 months after initial 

placement. 

The data collection instrument for 

graduates 90 to 120 days after their 

initial placement is called Interim 

Checkpoint for Eligibility (ICFE). 

Administration of the ICFE at this time 

will facilitate the key data collection at 

6 and 12 months. This submission also 

requests approval for two brief 

questionnaires (one for employers and 

one for schools or training institutions) 

that will be used to collect reverification 

data about initial placement for the 

subset of placed graduates and former 

enrollees that cannot be contacted 

directly. 

To maximize the comparability of the 

data collected from the different 

subgroups of students, the ICFE, the 90- 

day follow-up for former enrollees, and 

the 6-month and 12-month follow-up 

sections of the data collection 

instruments use modules with identical 

sets of questions on the same topics. 

The questions are designed to obtain: 

• Data to reverify the initial job or 

school placements of placed graduates 

and former enrollees (only in the 

instruments administered at 90 days 

and the ICFE). 

• Information about employment 

experiences in the previous week. 

• Information about educational 

experiences in the previous week. 

• Summary information about the 

work, school, and job search activities of 

those who were neither working nor in 

school the previous week. 

• Information about satisfaction with 

the services provided by Job Corps. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

Change. 

Agency: Office of the Secretary, U.S. 

Department of Labor. 

Title: Job Corps Placement 

Verification and Follow-up of Job Corps 

Participants. 

OMB Number: 1205–0426. 

Agency Numbers: N/A. 

Recordkeeping: The respondent is not 

required to retain records; Career 

Transition Service providers and center 

staff are required to retain records of 

graduates and former enrollees, who are 

placed in a job, further education or 

military service, for three years. 

Affected Public: Individual or 

households and Business/Education for 

profit institutions. 

This data collection is envisioned as 

an annual process that will support the 

administration of approximately 73,373 

Job Corps telephone interviews that, on 

average, are 10 to 15 minutes in 

duration. The combined reporting 

burden for respondents associated with 


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this data collection effort is anticipated to be about 15,593 hours. (See Table 1 

below.) 

TABLE 1—ESTIMATES OF RESPONDENT BURDEN

Respondent category Number of 

respondents 

Average time 

(hours) per 

respondent 

Estimated 

hours 

Placed Former Enrollees at 90 days ........................................................................................... 1,824 0.25 456 

Placed Graduates at 90–120 days .............................................................................................. 21,330 0.25 5,333 

Placed Graduates at Six Months ................................................................................................. 22,420 0.20 4,484 

Placed Graduates at 12 Months .................................................................................................. 19,794 0.20 3,959 

Employer/Institution Re-Verification ............................................................................................. 8,005 0.17 1,361 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 73,373 ........................ 15,593 

Total Respondents: 73,373. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

15,593. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

N/A. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): The estimated cost of 

funding this data collection effort in 

2008 was $2,712,035. This estimate 

includes the ongoing maintenance of the 

infrastructure needed to administer the 

CATI system, ongoing data 

communication to and from the Job 

Corps Data Center, data collection using 

telephone interviews from trained staff 

who are non-Job Corps employees, data 

processing including coding of 

occupational and industry information, 

and preparation of summary data 

tabulations. Supervision of this total 

system is also included here. 

There are no costs to the respondents 

for participating in this survey. All 

telephone or postage costs for contacting 

the respondents are borne by the 

Federal government through the data 

collection contractors. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this comment request will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval of the information 

collection request; they will also 

become a matter of public record. 

Esther R. Johnson, 

Administrator, Office of Job Corps. 

[FR Doc. E9–5320 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment Standards Administration 

Proposed Extension of the Approval of 

Information Collection Requirements 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL), 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 

Employment Standards Administration 

is soliciting comments concerning its 

proposal to extend OMB approval of the 

information collection: Health Insurance 

Claim Form (OWCP–1500). A copy of 

the proposed information collection 

request can be obtained by contacting 

the office listed below in the addresses 

section of this Notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addresses section below on or before 

May 11, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Mr. Steven D. Lawrence, 

U.S. Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Ave., NW., Room S–3201, 

Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 

693–0292, fax (202) 693–1451, e-mail 

Lawrence.Steven@dol.gov. Please use 

only one method of transmission for 

comments (mail, fax, or e-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs (OWCP) is the agency 

responsible for administration of the 

Federal Employees’ Compensation Act 

(FECA), 5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq., the Black 

Lung Benefits Act (BLBA), 30 U.S.C. 901 

et seq., and the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA), 42 

U.S.C. 7384 et seq. All three of these 

statutes require that OWCP pay for 

medical treatment of beneficiaries; 

BLBA also requires that OWCP pay for 

medical examinations and related 

diagnostic services to determine 

eligibility for benefits under that statute. 

Form OWCP–1500 is used by OWCP 

and contractor bill payment staff to 

process bills for medical services 

provided by medical professionals other 

than medical services provided by 

hospitals, pharmacies and certain other 

medical providers. To consider the 

appropriateness of the requested 

payment in a timely fashion, it is 

essential that provider bills be 

submitted on a standard form that will 

capture the critical data elements 

needed to evaluate the bill, such as 

procedure and diagnosis codes. 

This information collection is 

currently approved for use through 

October 31, 2009. 

II. Review Focus 

The DOL 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. 


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