Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 109 / Wednesday, June 6, 2001 / Notices 30487

Dated: May 31, 2001.

Richard A. Sloan,

Department Clearance Officer, United States

Department of Justice, Immigration and

Naturalization Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

United States Employment Service &

America’s Labor Market Information

System; ET Handbook No. 406 (ETA

9002 Data Preparation Handbook), and

Vets 200 Report and Specifications;

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice.

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, we are

soliciting comments concerning the

proposed revisions to the collection of

the ETA 9002 and VETS 200 Reports in

accordance with the ET Handbook 406

(ETA 9002 Data Preparation Handbook),

and the VETS 200 Specifications,

respectively. 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’s section below on or before

August 6, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Gay

Gilbert, Chief, Division of United States

Employment Service & ALMIS, U.S.

Department of Labor, Office of Career

Transition Assistance, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Room C–4514,

Washington, DC 20210, telephone: 202–

693–3428 (this is not a toll-free number)

facsimile: 202–693–2874 (this is not a

toll-free number), e-mail:

ggilbert@doleta.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background:

The ET Handbook No. 406 (ETA 9002

Data Preparation Handbook) provides

instructions for completing the ETA

9002 Reports. The ETA 9002 Reports

collect information on the activities

administered by the public labor

exchange in each State and on the

outcomes attributable to these activities.

The VETS 200 Report and

Specifications collect information on

the labor exchange activities provided to

veterans by Disabled Veterans’ Outreach

Program (DVOP) specialists and Local

Veterans’ Employment Representatives

(LVER’s) within the public labor

exchange in each State. We are revising

the ET Handbook No. 406 (ETA 9002

Data Preparation Handbook) and VETS

200 Report and Specifications to reflect

current federal reporting requirements

and to provide for the reporting of

performance outcome information

derived using the labor exchange

performance measures.

In 2000, we initiated the development

of a labor exchange performance

measurement system which would

consist of three elements: (1) labor

exchange performance measures, (2)

data collection and reporting

procedures, and (3) procedures for

establishing expected levels of

performance. A Federal-State

workgroup consisting of representatives

from the Employment and Training

Administration (ETA), fifteen State

agencies, the National Association of

State Workforce Agencies (NASWA),

and the Veterans’ Employment and

Training Service (VETS) met three times

during 2000 to develop the framework

of a labor exchange performance

measurement system.

On August 14, 2000, we published

proposed labor exchange performance

measures in the Federal Register (65 FR

49708, et seq.). Based on consideration

of comments received, we have

established four performance measures

for the public labor exchange, as

published in the Federal Register on

May 31, 2001.

At the third of its meetings, the labor

exchange performance measurement

system workgroup recommended

revisions to the reporting requirements

for the public labor exchange. We have

revised the ET Handbook No. 406 (ETA

9002 Data Preparation Handbook) to

allow for the reporting of performance

outcome information derived from the

labor exchange performance measures,

based on consideration of the

workgroup’s recommendations and to

reflect current Federal reporting

requirements.

Services provided by DVOPs and

LVERs to veterans as part of the public

labor exchange are reported on the

VETS 200 Report—distinct from the

ETA 9002 Reports. The VETS 200

Report and Specifications are revised to

account for current Federal reporting

requirements and to allow for reporting

on services provided by DVOP and

LVER staff. The VETS 200 Report and

Specifications mirror and are

compatible with those for the ETA 9002

Reports. Both the ET Handbook No. 406

and the VETS 200 Report and

Specifications are available at

www.workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/

news/news.asp or by contacting the

office listed in the addressee section of

this notice.

Information is collected on the ETA

9002 and VETS 200 Reports under the

following authority:

A. Wagner-Peyser Act sec. 3(a), 29

U.S.C. 49b(a)

The Secretary shall assist in

coordinating the State public

employment services throughout the

country and in increasing their

usefulness by developing and

prescribing minimum standards of

efficiency, assisting them in meeting

problems peculiar to their localities,

promoting uniformity in their

administrative and statistical

procedures, furnishing and publishing

information as to opportunities for

employment and other information of

value in the operation of the system,

and maintaining a system for clearing

labor between the States.

B. Wagner-Peyser Act sec. 3(c)(2), 29

U.S.C. 49b(c)

The Secretary shall—

(2) assist in the development of

continuous improvement models for

such nationwide system that ensure

private sector satisfaction with the

system and meet the demands of job

seekers relating to the system.

C. Wagner-Peyser Act sec. 7(b), 29

U.S.C. 49f(b)

Ten percent of the sums allotted to

each State pursuant to section 49e of

this title shall be reserved for use in

accordance with this subsection by the

Governor of each such State to

provide—

(1) performance incentives for public

employment service offices and

programs, consistent with performance

standards established by the Secretary,

taking into account direct or indirect

placements (including those resulting

from self-directed job search or group

job search activities assisted by such

offices or programs), wages on entered

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employment, retention, and other

appropriate factors.

D. Wagner-Peyser Act sec. 10(c), 29

U.S.C. 49i(c)

Each State receiving funds under this

Act shall—

(1) make such reports concerning its

operations and expenditures in such

form and containing such information

as shall be prescribed by the Secretary,

and

(2) establish and maintain a

management information system in

accordance with guidelines established

by the Secretary designed to facilitate

the compilation and analysis of

programmatic and financial data

necessary for reporting, monitoring and

evaluating purposes.

E. Wagner-Peyser Act sec. 13(a), 29

U.S.C. 49l(a)

The Secretary is authorized to

establish performance standards for

activities under this Act which shall

take into account the differences in

priorities reflected in State plans.

F. Wagner-Peyser Act sec. 15(e)(2)(I), 29

U.S.C. 49l-2(e)(2)(I)

(e) State responsibilities.—

(2) Duties.—In order to receive

Federal financial assistance under this

section, the State agency shall—

(I) utilize the quarterly records

described in section 2871(f)(2) of this

title to assist the State and other States

in measuring State progress on State

performance measures.

G. Provisional Guidance on the

Implementation of the 1997 Standards

for Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity,

Executive Office of the President, Office

of Management and Budget (66 FR

3829–3831); and ‘‘Revisions to the

Standards for Maintaining, Collecting,

and Presenting Federal Data on Race

and Ethnicity, (62 FR 58781–58790).

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

clarify 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

We have revised the elements of

services and outcomes required to be

reported by category of job seeker on the

ETA 9002 to better reflect the services

provided by the modern labor exchange

and to meet current Federal data

collection requirements. The revised

ETA 9002 now provides for the

reporting of employment outcomes of

job seekers, including veterans, as well

as the job seeker and employer customer

satisfaction scores. Because employment

outcome information is dependent on

unemployment insurance (UI) wage

record data, it will not be available at

the same time as information on the

number of job seekers who are

registered job seekers or who receive

labor exchange services. Therefore,

outcome information for job seekers and

veterans will be collected on separate

reports from information on services.

Also, data elements required to be

reported about job openings employers

list with the labor exchange are revised

to be consistent with the Occupational

Information Network—Standard

Occupational Classification (O*NET–

SOC) system and the North American

Industry Classification System (NAICS).

We are eliminating the VETS 300 and

Manager’s Report. No changes are being

proposed for these items and VETS is

handling these items separate.

Listed below is a description of the

information that will be collected on

each of the proposed ETA 9002 and

VETS 200 reports:

ETA 9002 A: Services to Job Seekers.

ETA 9002 B: Services to Veterans.

ETA 9002 C: Performance Outcomes—

Job Seekers.

ETA 9002 D: Performance Outcomes—

Veterans.

ETA 9002 E: Job Openings Received by

Occupation (O*NET–SOC) and

Industry (NAICS).

VETS 200 A: DVOP Quarterly Report.

VETS 200 B: LVER Quarterly Report.

VETS 200 C: DVOP/LVER Quarterly

Report.

The employment outcomes of

registered job seekers will be derived by

matching their Social Security Numbers

with employment information

contained in State databases, including

the UI wage record database, the State

Directory of New Hires (SDNH)

database, or any other records the State

agency may have access to that reliably

indicate entry into employment. We

anticipate that State agencies will have

the option of using the wage record

interchange system (WRIS) to obtain UI

wage record information from other

States as this system is implemented.

We propose to implement a rolling

four-quarter reporting period for the

labor exchange performance

measurement system. For the job seeker

and veterans reports, cohorts of

registered job seekers are identified

according to their quarter of registration

or beginning of a new registration year.

States submit information on the

Services to Job Seekers (ETA 9002 A)

and Services to Veterans (ETA 9002 B)

reports forty-five days following the

completion of each calendar quarter.

The reports include information on the

number of active job seekers and the

services provided to them during the

four quarter reporting period. Data on

performance outcomes, to be reported

on the Performance Outcomes: Job

Seekers (ETA 9002 C) and Performance

Outcomes: Veterans (ETA 9002 D)

reports, often will not be available until

several quarters after a job seeker has

registered with the labor exchange.

States report information on the ETA

9002 C and D reports forty-five days

following the completion of the quarter

in which outcome data become

available for four consecutive cohorts of

registered job seekers. As outcome data

become available for different

performance measures at different

times, the cohorts of registered job

seekers for which data are being

reported are identified on the reports

next to each performance measure.

(Note: during transition to the new

reporting system, it may be necessary to

report less than four consecutive

quarters of data until the system is fully

implemented).

This system of reporting will provide

program managers with the most current

information available for program

management, while also allowing for

performance outcome information to be

paired with information on services for

purposes of evaluation, once complete

information on a particular cohort

becomes available. The rolling four

quarter reporting period will provide

program managers and other users of

labor exchange information with the

most current data available for a oneyear period of time, during any quarter

of the year. This system of reporting also

will diminish the impact of seasonal

variations in the reports on services or

outcomes by always including each of

the four calendar quarters in any

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particular reporting period. Once

complete information for the four

cohorts registering during a particular

program year becomes available, final

program year reports may then be

assembled. This information will then

be used to assess a State’s success in

meeting its performance goals.

ETA and VETS intend to begin

transition to use of the proposed

reporting procedures in the ET

Handbook No. 406 (ETA 9002 Data

Preparation Handbook) and VETS 200

Report and Specifications during PY

2001, with the reporting procedures in

the proposed handbook being followed

no later than July 1, 2002. State agencies

will be encouraged to submit the ETA

9002 and VETS 200 reports

electronically.

Type of Review: Revision

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration.

Title: ETA 9002 and VETS 200.

OMB Number: 1205–0240.

Recordkeeping: 2 years.

Affected Public: State Government.

Total Respondents: 54 States and

territories.

Cite/reference Total respondents Frequency Total responses

Average minutes per response

Burden hours

ETA 9002A ................................................................. 54 Quarterly .......................... 216 480 1728

ETA 9002B ................................................................. 54 Quarterly .......................... 216 480 1728

ETA 9002C ................................................................ 54 Quarterly .......................... 216 480 1728

ETA 9002D ................................................................ 54 Quarterly .......................... 216 480 1728

ETA 9002E ................................................................. 54 Quarterly .......................... 216 480 1728

VETS 200A ................................................................ 53 Quarterly .......................... 212 480 1696

VETS 200B ................................................................ 53 Quarterly .......................... 212 480 1696

VETS 200C ................................................................ 53 Quarterly .......................... 212 480 1696

Totals ............................................................... ...................... .......................................... 1716 ...................... 13728

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$20,000.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): $0.

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.

Dated: May 25, 2001.

Grace A. Kilbane,

Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (01–066)]

NASA Advisory Council; Meeting

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub.

L. 92–463, as amended, the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration

announces a meeting of the NASA

Advisory Council.

DATES: Thursday, June 28, 2001, 8 a.m.

to 1 p.m.; and Friday, June 29, 2001,

8:15 a.m. to 2 p.m.

ADDRESSES: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration, Room 9H40, 300

E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20546.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Kathy Dakon, Code Z, National

Aeronautics and Space Administration,

Washington, DC 20546, 202/358–0732.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting will be closed to the public on

Thursday, June 28, 2001, from 1 p.m. to

5 p.m. in accordance with 5 U.S.C.

552b(c)9(B), to hear briefings on the FY

2003 Performance Plan. Friday, June 29,

2001, will be open to the public up to

the seating capacity of the room. The

agenda for the meeting is as follows:

• OMB Perspectives on Budget

• Space Launch Initiative Update

• Space Station Update

• Committee/TaskForce/Working Group

Reports

• Discussion of Findings and

Recommendations

It is imperative that the meeting be

held on these dates to accommodate the

scheduling priorities of the key

participants. Visitors will be requested

to sign a visitor’s register.

Dated: June 1, 2001.

Beth M. McCormick,

Advisory Committee Management Officer,

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration.

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NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

Advisory Committee Meeting/

Conference Call

AGENCY: National Council on Disability

(NCD).

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule of the forthcoming meeting/

conference call for a working group of

NCD’s advisory committee—

International Watch. Notice of this

meeting is required under section

10(a)(1)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (P.L. 92–463).

International Watch: The purpose of

NCD’s International Watch is to share

information on international disability

issues and to advise NCD’s Foreign

Policy Team on developing policy

proposals that will advocate for a

foreign policy that is consistent with the

values and goals of the Americans with

Disabilities Act.

Work Group: International

Convention on the Human Rights of

People with Disabilities.

DATE AND TIME: June 29, 2001, 12:00

p.m.–1:00 p.m. EDT.

FOR INTERNATIONAL WATCH INFORMATION,

CONTACT: Kathleen A. Blank, Attorney/

Program Specialist, NCD, 1331 F Street

NW., Suite 1050, Washington, DC

20004; 202–272–2004 (Voice), 202–272–

2074 (TTY), 202–272–2022 (Fax),

kblank@ncd.gov (e-mail).

Agency Mission: NCD is an

independent federal agency composed

of 15 members appointed by the

President of the United States and

confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Its overall

purpose is to promote policies,

programs, practices, and procedures that

guarantee equal opportunity for all

people with disabilities, regardless of

the nature of severity of the disability;

and to empower people with disabilities

to achieve economic self-sufficiency,

independent living, and inclusion and

integration into all aspects of society.

This committee is necessary to

provide advice and recommendations to

NCD on international disability issues.