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reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

the collection of information. 

Title: Budget information, financial 

reporting, and performance reporting 

forms. 

OMB Control Number: 1029–0059. 

Summary: State and Tribal 

reclamation and regulatory authorities 

are requested to provide specific budget 

and program information as part of the 

grant application and reporting 

processes authorized by the Surface 

Mining Control and Reclamation Act. 

Bureau Form Numbers: OSM–47, 

OSM–49 and OSM–51. 

Frequency of Collection: Semiannually and annually. 

Description of Respondents: State and 

Tribal regulatory and reclamation 

authorities. 

Total Annual Responses: 132. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 680 

hours. 

Dated: October 2, 2008. 

John A. Trelease, 

Acting Chief, Division of Regulatory Support. 

[FR Doc. E8–23797 Filed 10–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–05–M 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Proposed Information Collection for 

Workforce Innovation in Regional 

Economic Development (WIRED) 

Initiative Evaluation; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (the 

Department), 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 ETA is soliciting 

comments on a new data collection for 

the Workforce Innovation in Regional 

Economic Development (WIRED) 

Initiative 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 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 

December 8, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to the Employment and Training 

Administration, Room N–5641, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20210, Attention: Eileen Pederson, 

Telephone number: 202–693–3647 (this 

is not a toll-free number), Fax number: 

202–693–2766. e-mail: 

Pederson.eileen@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In February 2006, under authority of 

Section 414 of the American 

Competitiveness and Workforce 

Improvement Act of 1998, the ETA 

awarded grants to 13 regions across the 

United States to support community 

efforts to link their varied knowledge 

resources with their business and 

innovation assets, to ensure that their 

workforces have the skill requirements 

and knowledge to work effectively in 

new and emerging industries. At the 

same time that these grants were 

awarded, ETA selected another 13 

regions to receive $100,000 to support 

their participation in peer-to-peer 

grantee conferences and other training 

opportunities. In early 2007, ETA 

increased the funds awarded to the 

second group of regions, at which time 

they became known as the Generation II 

regions. Finally, in June 2007, ETA 

awarded grants to 13 more regions, 

known as the Generation III regions. 

The WIRED Initiative focuses on labor 

market areas that are comprised of 

multiple jurisdictions within states or 

across state borders. It supports 

innovative approaches for workforce 

development, training and education 

that go beyond traditional strategies for 

preparing workers to compete and 

succeed both within the United States 

and globally. Through the initiative, 

WIRED regions have a unique 

opportunity to design and implement 

strategic approaches for coordinating 

regional economic development, job 

growth and talent development. For the 

grant awards, ETA selected regions that 

demonstrated the presence of labor 

market elements (unemployment, lowwages, low levels of new job creation) 

and economic conditions (such as 

industries that are declining or 

industries targeted for growth) that drive 

the need for transformation. In addition, 

each grant recipient described how the 

region will: Implement new strategic 

efforts designed to integrate workforce, 

economic development and education 

systems; promote innovation in 

addressing challenges; and utilize and 

build upon existing structures, 

resources, and legislatively-funded 

programs. Finally, each region outlined 

the presence of a strategic partnership 

that is representative of the entire 

economic region and is comprised of a 

strong team of leaders which will lead 

the regional transformation. 

This data collection covers qualitative 

information to be obtained through a 

survey of key partners and stakeholders 

in these regional transformation efforts. 

The WIRED survey will gather 

information about the nature of regional 

leaders and their organizations’ roles 

and relationships in the evolving 

collaborative partnerships. It will 

provide information about their efforts 

to achieve regional transformation of 

workforce development, economic 

development and related education 

systems during the period of the 

Initiative. 

The second administration of the 

survey, approximately six months after 

Federal funding of the initiative ends, 

will be to collect information about the 

sustainability of efforts to work 

collaboratively to achieve regional 

transformation, to reveal whether these 

substantial investments successfully 

inspired continued efforts to promote 

integration of regional systems to further 

talent development. 

Subsequent to awarding the 

Generation I grants in early 2006, the 

ETA has expended considerable effort to 

promote the importance of collaboration 

for guiding future talent development, 

and to encourage creative efforts to 

initiate and bring new partners into 

networks created to transform a region, 

including partners who do not receive 

direct funding through the WIRED 

collaborative. Thus, it is anticipated that 

Generations II and III regional efforts 

may be affecting entities that are not 

directly involved in the federallyfunded transformation efforts, 

spearheaded by this initiative. In 

addition, ETA substantially reduced the 

amount of funding for Generations II 

and III, thereby leading many of these 

regions to partner with entities which 

also have a vested interest in achieving 

long-term regional economic success 

and stability. A pre-WIRED survey, the 

screener survey, will first be 

administered in the Generation II and III 

regions in order to gather information 

about how widely disbursed the 

ongoing efforts are to transform these 

regions’ economic, education and 

workforce development systems, 


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including those which receive direct 

funding and those who do not receive 

direct funding, but which benefit from 

the initiative’s increased collaboration 

for regional growth. The screener survey 

will be administered to a wide range of 

regional leaders to identify the range of 

organizations involved in regional 

transformation. In doing so, it will 

identify the key individuals and 

organizations that support the 

transformative efforts, and who will 

then be administered the WIRED survey. 

II. Review Focus 

The Department is particularly 

interested in comments which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance and 

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 

Type of Review: New. 

Agency: Employment and Training 

Administration. 

Title: Workforce Innovation in 

Regional Economic Development 

(WIRED) Initiative Evaluation. 

OMB Number: 1205–0NEW. 

Recordkeeping: NA. 

Affected Public: State, local, or tribal 

government; business or other for-profit; 

and not-for-profit institutions. 

Total Respondents: Approximately 

4,160 for the screener survey and 7,800 

for the WIRED survey. Both surveys will 

be administered twice. 

Survey type Number of 

respondents 

Per survey 

administration 

Screener Survey (for Generations II and III) ........................................................................................................... 4,160 2,080 

WIRED Survey (for Generations I, II, and III) ......................................................................................................... 7,800 3,900 

Frequency: As noted, each survey will 

be administered two times. The first 

screener survey will be administered 

while the Generation II and III grants are 

operating, in early 2009. The second 

administration of the screener survey to 

the Generation II and III regions will be 

approximately six months after the 

grants expire, in 2011. The WIRED 

survey will also be administered two 

times, in 2009 and again in 2011. 

Screener survey 

Year Group of regions Number of 

respondents 

Average time 

per response 

(in minutes) 

Annual burden 

(in hours) 

2009 ....................................... Gen. II ..................................................................................... 1,040 5 173 

Gen. III .................................................................................... 1,040 5 

2011 ....................................... Gen. II ..................................................................................... 1,040 5 173 

Gen. III .................................................................................... 1,040 5 

Two-Year Total ................ ................................................................................................. 4,160 ........................ 346 

WIRED survey 

Year Group of regions Number of respondents 

Average time 

per response 

(in minutes) 

Annual burden 

(in hours) 

2009 ....................................... Gen. I ...................................................................................... 1,300 30 1,950 

Gen. II ..................................................................................... 1,300 30 

Gen. III .................................................................................... 1,300 30 

2011 ....................................... Gen. I ...................................................................................... 1,300 30 1,950 

Gen. II ..................................................................................... 1,300 30 

Gen. III .................................................................................... 1,300 30 

Two-Year Total ................ ................................................................................................. 7,800 ........................ 3,900 

Total Annual Responses: An average 

of approximately 2,080 for the screener 

survey and 3,900 for the WIRED survey. 

Average Time per Response: Five (5) 

minutes for the screener survey and 

thirty (30) minutes for the WIRED 

survey. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: The 

total annual burden hours is estimated 

to be 346 hours for the screener survey 

and 3,900 hours for the WIRED survey. 

Total Burden Cost: The total burden 

cost, based on an annual average salary 

of $75,000 per respondent, is estimated 

to be $12,528 for the screener survey 

and $140,400 for the WIRED survey, per 

the following tables. 


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Screener survey 

Year Group of regions Annual burden 

(in hours) 

Average cost 

per hour 

Annual burden 

cost 

2009 ....................................... Generation II ........................................................................... 87 $36 $6,264 

Generation III .......................................................................... 87 36 

2011 ....................................... Generation II ........................................................................... 87 36 6,264 

Generation III .......................................................................... 87 36 

Total ................................ ................................................................................................. 348 ........................ 12,528 

WIRED survey 

Year Group of regions Annual burden 

(in hours) 

Average cost 

per hour 

Annual burden 

cost 

2009 ....................................... Generation I ............................................................................ 650 $36 $70,200 

Generation II ........................................................................... 650 36 

Generation III .......................................................................... 650 36 

2011 ....................................... Generation I ............................................................................ 650 36 70,200 

Generation II ........................................................................... 650 36 

Generation III .......................................................................... 650 36 

Total ................................ ................................................................................................. 3,900 ........................ 140,400 

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. 

Dated: October 2, 2008. 

Douglas F. Small, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–23942 Filed 10–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 

Sunshine Act Meeting of the Board of 

Directors Finance Committee 

TIMES AND DATES: The Finance 

Committee of the Legal Services 

Corporation’s Board of Directors will 

meet at 11 a.m. Eastern Time, on 

October 14, 2008. 

LOCATION: Legal Services Corporation 

Headquarters, 3rd Floor Conference 

Center, 3333 K Street, NW., Washington, 

DC. 

PUBLIC OBSERVATION BY TELEPHONE: 

Members of the public who wish to 

listen to the meeting live may do so by 

following the telephone call-in 

directions provided below. You are 

asked to keep your telephone muted in 

order to eliminate background noises. 

Comments from the public may be 

solicited from time-to-time by the 

Committee’s Chairman. 

Call-In Directions 

• Call toll-free number 1–800–988– 

9769; 

• When prompted, enter the 

following numeric pass code: 13523; 

• When connected to the call, please 

‘‘mute’’ your telephone immediately. 

You may do so by dialing ‘‘*6.’’ 

STATUS OF MEETING: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Agenda 

1. Approval of agenda. 

2. Presentation on FY 2009 Budget 

Calculation error. 

—Presentation by David Richardson 

—Comments by Charles Jeffress 

3. Presentation on Management’s 

Recommendation for LSC’s FY 2010 

Budget Request to Congress. 

—Presentation by Charles Jeffress 

—Comments by John Constance 

4. Public Comment. 

—Robert Stein, on behalf of SCLAID 

—Don Saunders, on behalf of NLADA 

—Other 

5. Consider and act on recommending 

to the Board Resolution # 2008–014, A 

Resolution Adopting LSC’s FY 2010 

Budget Request to Congress. 

6. Consider and act on other business. 

7. Consider and act on adjournment of 

meeting. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: 

Patricia D. Batie, Manager of Board 

Operations, at (202) 295–1500. 

SPECIAL NEEDS: Upon request, meeting 

notices will be made available in 

alternate formats to accommodate visual 

and hearing impairments. Individuals 

who have a disability and need an 

accommodation to attend the meeting 

may notify Patricia D. Batie, at (202) 

295–1500. 

Dated: October 7, 2008. 

Victor M. Fortuno, 

Vice President for Legal Affairs, General 

Counsel & Corporate Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–24190 Filed 10–7–08; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7050–01–P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice (08–074)] 

Government-Owned Inventions, 

Available for Licensing 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of 

Inventions for Licensing. 

SUMMARY: A patent application on the 

invention listed below assigned to the 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration, has been filed in the 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office, and is available for licensing. 

DATES: October 9, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Randy Heald, Patent Counsel, Kennedy 

Space Center, Mail Code CC–A, 

Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899; 

telephone (321) 867–7214; fax (321) 

867–1817. 

NASA Case No. KSC–12909: Repair 

Procedure Development System. 

Dated: October 3, 2008. 

Michael C. Wholley, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E8–24035 Filed 10–8–08; 8:45 am] 

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