[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 149 (Friday, August 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45077-45078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17651]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Proposed Information Collection Request for Workforce Investment 
Act, Title 1B Programs (OMB Control Number 1205-0420): Comment Request 
for Extension Without Changes

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 Employment and Training Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the collection of data about the Workforce 
Investment Act Management Information and Reporting System.
    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 
addressee's section below on or before September 30, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Karen A. Staha, Performance and 
Technology Office, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S-5206, 
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-3420 (this is not a 
toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-3490. E-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#22677663724750444d504f5162464d4e0c454d54"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a4f5e4b5a6f786c657867794a6e6566246d657c">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Each state administering a grant under the WIA adult, dislocated 
worker, and youth programs is required to submit quarterly (ETA 9090) 
and annual (ETA 9091) reports containing information related to levels 
of participation and performance outcomes for each program. In 
addition, each state submits a file of individual records on all 
participants who exit the programs, formally called the Workforce 
Investment Act Title 1-B Standardized Record Data (WIASRD). These 
participant records are submitted once a year based on a July-to-June 
program period. This notice is requesting the extension of the current 
collection without change.
    The Employment and Training Administration is proposing similar 
changes to the reporting requirements for Wagner-Peyser Employment 
Service Programs and the Trade Adjustment Assistance Act Programs. 
Please note that ETA will seek comments regarding extensions to these 
collections in separate Federal Register notices.

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;

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    * 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

    Type of Review: extension without changes.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Workforce Investment Act, Title 1B.
    OMB Number: 1205-0420.
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Forms: ETA-9090, ETA 9091.
    Total Respondents: 53 States and Territories.
    Frequency: Quarterly and Annual.
    Total Responses Annually: 265.
    Average Time per Response: See Tables:

I. WIASRD Record

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                                                                                   PY 02 annual       Annual
                           Record type                             Hrs. per job      national        national
                                                                   seeker record      counts       burden hours
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Adult, DW, NEG Exiters..........................................             0.6         435,355         276,450
Youth Exiters...................................................             2.0         164,266         328,532
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    Total.......................................................  ..............         599,621         604,982
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II. Quarterly and Annual Summary Reports

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                                                                                     Number of
                             Program                               Hrs. per year     reporting        Annual
                                                                     per state        states      national hours
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Quarterly Report ETA 9090.......................................             640              53          33,920
Annual Report ETA 9091..........................................             400              53          21,200
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    Total.......................................................           1,040              53          55,120
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III. Customer Satisfaction Survey

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                                                                                                  Total national
                          Survey task                               Number of    Hours per state   burden hours/
                                                                     states        per task/yr          yr
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Respondents....................................................              53             83.3           4,417
Survey Administration..........................................              53            688            36,464
Survey Prep and Overhead.......................................              53            154             8,162
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    Total......................................................              53            925.3          49,043
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    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 709,145.
    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: July 25, 2008.
John R. Beverly,
Administrator, Office of Performance and Technology, Employment and 
Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-17651 Filed 7-31-08; 8:45 am]
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