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To submit 

comments: Send them to: 

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usdoj.gov. 

By mail ......... Assistant Attorney General, 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. 

Box 7611, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. 

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Randall M. Stone, 

Acting Assistant Section Chief, 

Environmental Enforcement Section, 

Environment and Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30331 Filed 12–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Comment Request for Information 

Collection for the Evaluation of Grants 

Serving Young Offenders; New 

Collection 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to 

provide the 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 (PRA) 

[44 U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)(A)]. PRA 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 the collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. 

Currently, the Employment and 

Training Administration (ETA) is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

information collection activities 

associated with the random assignment 

evaluation of ETA-funded grants serving 

young offenders, specifically, the Face 

Forward Grants (FFG) Rounds I and II; 

and the High-Poverty, High-Crime 

Communities Grants (HPHCG). These 

grants are aimed at serving young adult 

offenders, juvenile offenders, and 

students in high-risk high schools; and 

provide specific supports and 

interventions, such as enrollment in 

school or job training programs as well 

as access to housing, the availability of 

adult mentors, mental health services, 

and supporting social services through 

referrals. The objective of the evaluation 

is to determine whether these grants 

improve youth educational and 

employment outcomes, and reduce 

recidivism. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addresses section below on or before 

February 27, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to Gloribel Nieves-Cartagena, Office of 

Policy Development and Research, 

Room N–5641, Employment and 

Training Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Telephone number: 202–693–2771 (this 

is not a toll-free number). Individuals 

with hearing or speech impairments 

may access the telephone number above 

via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal 

Information Relay Service at 1–877– 

889–5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax: 202–693– 

2766. Email: nieves-cartagena.gloribel@

dol.gov. A copy of the proposed 

information collection request with 

applicable supporting documentation 

including a description of likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

responses, and estimated total burden 

can be obtained free of charge by 

contacting the office listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

For those leaving incarceration, 

overcoming the barriers to successful 

reentry may mean the difference 

between living a healthy and fulfilling 

life in a community and facing 

instability and potential homelessness. 

Understanding the ways Federal 

programs and systems interact with the 

formerly incarcerated is critical to 

helping individuals overcome these 

barriers. Additionally, it is important 

that employers and job seekers 

understand the facts around the role of 

a criminal record in making hiring 

decisions. 

The Department assists young exoffenders in finding employment and 

making a smooth transition to 

community life through employmentcentered programs that include 

mentoring, job training, and other 

transitional services implemented by 

local faith-based and community 

organizations in collaboration with the 

American Job Centers. 

In Program Years 2012 and 2013, the 

Department awarded $120 million in 

funds to implement projects aimed at 

serving young adult offenders, juvenile 

offenders, and students in high-risk high 

schools. The FFG and the HPHCG 

programs are holistic program models 

offering a full complement of services 

including educational programs, 

vocational and employment programs, 

and mentoring. In addition, the 

programs target the same youth 

outcomes-educational attainment, 

improved labor market outcomes, and 

reduced recidivism. 

Understanding the effectiveness of 

these Department of Labor-funded youth 

offender programs requires a rigorous 

evaluation that can address potential 

biases resulting from fundamental 

differences between program 

participants and nonparticipants. ETA 

has contracted with Mathematica Policy 

Research and its subcontractor, Social 

Policy Research Associates, to conduct 

(1) a random assignment evaluation to 

measure the impact of the youth 

offender programs, and (2) a process 

study to understand program 

implementation and help interpret 

impact study results. 

The proposed evaluation will include 

two data collection efforts: (1) A request 

for youth consent to participate in the 

random assignment study in the Contact 

Information Form; and (2) baseline and 

contact information collected for the 

random assignment evaluation, in the 

Baseline Information Form. 

Understanding the effectiveness of 

youth offender programs requires data 

collection from multiple sources. This 

evaluation effort intends to collect a rich 

set of baseline, service, and outcome 

data on treatment and control group 

members. The Baseline Information 

Form will enable the evaluators to 

describe the characteristics of study 

participants at the time they are 

randomly assigned to the treatment or 

control group, ensure that random 

assignment was conducted properly, 

create subgroups for the analysis, 

provide contact information to locate 

individuals for follow-up surveys, and 

improve the precision of the impact 

estimates. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

The Department is particularly 

interested in comments which: 


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• 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 

Type of Review: New Collection. 

Title: Evaluation of ETA Grants 

Serving Young Offenders. 

OMB Number: 1205–0NEW. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households (Young ex-offenders) & 

private sector (staff). 

BURDEN ESTIMATES FOR CONTACT INFORMATION FORM AND BASELINE INFORMATION FORM DATA COLLECTION FOR

YOUNG OFFENDERS GRANTS EVALUATION

Number of respondents Burden per response 

(minutes) 

Total respondent burden 

(hours) 

Youth ................................................ 5,000 13 ............................................................................................................... 1,083 

Staff .................................................. 40 13 minutes per youth, with an average of 125 youth per staff member .. 1,083 

Total .......................................... 5,040 .................................................................................................................... 2,166 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: 0. 

We will summarize and/or include in 

the request for OMB approval of the 

ICR, the comments received in response 

to this comment request; they will also 

become a matter of public record. 

Portia Wu, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training, Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30284 Filed 12–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

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 pre-clearance 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. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed extension of 

the ‘‘Job Openings and Labor Turnover 

Survey.’’ A copy of the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) can 

be obtained by contacting the individual 

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 

February 27, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Erin 

Good, BLS Clearance Officer, Division 

of Management Systems, Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2 

Massachusetts Avenue NE., 

Washington, DC 20212. Written 

comments also may be transmitted by 

fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll 

free number.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin 

Good, BLS Clearance Officer, telephone 

number 202–691–7763. (See ADDRESSES

section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover 

Survey (JOLTS) collects data on job 

vacancies, labor hires, and labor 

separations. As the monthly JOLTS time 

series grow longer, their value in 

assessing the business cycle, the 

difficulty that employers have in hiring 

workers, and the extent of the mismatch 

between the unused supply of available 

workers and the unmet demand for 

labor by employers will increase. The 

study of the complex relationship 

between job openings and 

unemployment is of particular interest 

to researchers. While these two 

measures are expected to move in 

opposite directions over the course of 

the business cycle, their relative levels 

and movements depend on the 

efficiency of the labor market in 

matching workers and jobs. 

Along with the job openings rate, 

trends in hires and separations may 

broadly identify which aggregate 

industries face the tightest labor 

markets. Quits rates, the number of 

persons who quit during an entire 

month as a percentage of total 

employment, may provide clues about 

workers’ views of the labor market or 

their success in finding better jobs. In 

addition, businesses will be able to 

compare their own turnover rates to the 

national, regional, and major industry 

division rates. 

The BLS uses the JOLTS form to 

gather information on employment, job 

openings, hires, and total separations 

from business establishments. The 

information is collected once a month at 

the BLS Data Collection Center (DCC) in 

Atlanta, Georgia. The information is 

collected using Computer Assisted 

Telephone Interviewing (CATI), Web, 

email, and FAX. An establishment is in 

the sample for 24 consecutive months. 

II. Current Action 

Office of Management and Budget 

clearance is being sought for the JOLTS. 

The BLS is requesting an extension to 

the existing clearance for the JOLTS. 

There are no major changes being made 

to the forms, procedures, data collection 

methodology, or other aspects of the 

survey. 

III. Desired Focus of Comments 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is 

particularly interested in comments 

that: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 


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