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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 103879-103880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30205]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, Partners for Reentry Opportunities in 
Workforce Development (PROWD) Evaluation, New Collection

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation 
Office, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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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). 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 is properly assessed. Currently, the Department of Labor is 
soliciting comments concerning the collection of

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data about the Partners for Reentry Opportunities in Workforce 
Development (PROWD) Evaluation. 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.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before February 18, 2025.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following 
methods: Email: [email protected]; Mail or Courier: Evan 
Murphy, Chief Evaluation Office, OASP, U.S. Department of Labor, Room 
S-2312, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210. Instructions: 
Please submit one copy of your comments by only one method. All 
submissions received must include the agency name and OMB Control 
Number identified above for this information collection. Comments, 
including any personal information provided, become a matter of public 
record. They will also be summarized and/or included in the request for 
OMB approval of the information collection request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evan Murphy by email at 
[email protected] or by phone at (202) 693-0224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    I. Background: The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), in partnership 
with the Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Prisons (BOP), awarded 
the Partners for Reentry Opportunities in Workforce Development (PROWD) 
grants to provide employment-related reentry services to people exiting 
the federal prison system. DOL's Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) has 
partnered with the Employee and Training Administration's Reentry 
Employment Opportunity (REO) Program to conduct an independent 
evaluation of the PROWD grants. This study will provide DOL, BOP, 
grantees, and other constituents with knowledge about the 
implementation and impact of grantees awarded PROWD grants in Fall 
2023, including how grantees are preparing people exiting federal 
prisons to find and maintain good jobs after release. DOL CEO is 
working with an evaluation team led by Mathematica and their partners 
RTI International and Abt Global. This Federal Register Notice provides 
the opportunity to comment on proposed data collection instruments that 
will be used in the impact evaluation:
    1. Impact study participant baseline survey. This 15-minute survey 
will be administered by PROWD grantee staff to up to 3,000 individuals 
enrolling in services at two stages in service delivery: in the BOP 
prisons and residential reentry centers (RRCs), for a total of up to 
6,000 responses (2,000 responses a year annualized across three years). 
The survey will ask about basic demographic information and personal 
identifiers needed for record linking, employment history, and criminal 
justice history, and if completing the survey at the RRC, what PROWD or 
other employment services they received in the BOP correctional 
institution.
    II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Department of Labor 
is soliciting comments concerning the above data collection for the 
Partners for Reentry Opportunities in Workforce Development (PROWD) 
Evaluation. DOL is particularly interested in comments that do the 
following:
    [cir] evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
    [cir] evaluate the accuracy of the agency's burden estimate of the 
proposed information collection, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions;
    [cir] enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    [cir] 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--for example, permitting 
electronic submissions of responses.
    III. Current Actions: At this time, the Department of Labor is 
requesting clearance for the impact study participant baseline survey.
    Type of Review: New information collection request.
    OMB Control Number: 1290-0NEW.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Comments submitted in response to this 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.

                                          Estimated Annual Burden Hours
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                                                                                  Average burden
    Type of instrument (form/        Number of       Number of     Total number      time per        Estimated
            activity)               respondents    responses per   of responses      response      burden hours
                                                    respondent                        (hours)
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Impact study participant               \1\ 1,000               2           2,000             .25             500
 baseline survey................
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    Total.......................           1,000  ..............           2,000  ..............             500
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\1\ Assumes approximately 3,000 program participants will complete the baseline survey up to two times over the
  three-year clearance period.

Alix Gould-Werth,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2024-30205 Filed 12-18-24; 8:45 am]
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