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(through the Attorney General); and 

local, state, tribal, and federal 

policymakers in the executive, 

legislative, and judicial branches. The 

GAC will also advocate for strategies for 

accomplishing a Global information 

sharing capability. 

Interested persons whose registrations 

have been accepted may be permitted to 

participate in the discussions at the 

discretion of the meeting chairman and 

with approval of the DFE. 

J. Patrick McCreary, 

Global DFE, Bureau of Justice Assistance, 

Office of Justice Programs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Comment Request for Information 

Collection for Form ETA–9035, Labor 

Condition Application for 

Nonimmigrant Workers (OMB Control 

Number 1205–0310), Revision of a 

Currently Approved Collection 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 

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 (44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program 

helps 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, ETA is soliciting comments 

concerning the extension of the 

approval for the information collection, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Control Number 1205–0310, 

containing Form ETA–9035—Labor 

Condition Application for 

Nonimmigrant Workers; Form ETA– 

9035E—Labor Condition Application for 

Nonimmigrants Workers (electronic 

version); Form ETA–9035CP—General 

Instructions for the 9035 & 9035E; Wage 

and Hour Division (WHD) Form WH– 

4—Nonimmigrant Worker Information 

Form; and other H–1B related 

information collection and retention 

requirements, which expire March 31, 

2015. A copy of the proposed 

information collection request can be 

obtained by contacting the office listed 

below in the addressee section of this 

notice. 

The forms are used by employers in 

DOL’s H–1B, H–1B1, and E–3 

nonimmigrant temporary employmentbased programs to request permission to 

bring foreign workers to the United 

States as nonimmigrants and for 

workers and interested persons to file 

complaints with DOL’s Wage and Hour 

Division. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section below on or before 

March 2, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to Brian Pasternak, National Director of 

Temporary Programs, Office of Foreign 

Labor Certification, Room C–4312, 

Employment & Training Administration, 

U.S. Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20210. Telephone number: 202– 

693–3010 (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: 202–693–2768. Email: 

ETA.OFLC.Forms@dol.gov subject line: 

ETA–9035. A copy of the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) can 

be obtained by contacting the office 

listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The information collection is required 

by sections 212(n) and (t) and 214(c) of 

the Immigration and Nationality Act 

(INA) (8 U.S.C. 1182(n) and (t), and 

1184(c)). The Department and the 

Department of Homeland Security have 

promulgated regulations to implement 

the INA. Specifically for this collection, 

20 CFR 655 Subparts H and I, and 8 CFR 

214.2(h)(4) are applicable. The INA 

mandates that no alien may enter the 

United States (U.S.) for the purpose of 

performing professional work on a 

temporary basis unless the U.S. 

employer makes certain attestations to 

the Secretary of Labor (Secretary). Those 

attestations include that the working 

conditions for the alien will not 

adversely affect the working conditions 

of similarly employed U.S. workers; that 

the salary will be the higher of the 

prevailing wage for the occupational 

classification in the area of employment 

or the actual wage paid by the employer 

to all other individuals with similar 

experience and qualifications for the 

specific employment in question; that 

there is no strike or lockout in the 

course of a labor dispute in the 

occupational classification at the place 

of employment; and that the employer 

has met all other requirements of the 

program as specified in the regulations. 

This Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been classified as a revision 

only because of a modification to Form 

WH–4 to remove a reference to the now 

defunct Employment Standards 

Administration (ESA). In addition, the 

forms have been made accessible for 

persons with disabilities, in a way that 

should be transparent to users. Data 

collected on forms approved under this 

ICR remains the same. 

II. Review Focus 

DOL is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

• 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 

In order to meet its statutory 

responsibilities under the INA, the 

Department needs to extend an existing 

collection of information pertaining to 

labor condition applications that are 

used in the H–1B, H–1B1, and E–3 visa 

programs and allow employers to bring 

foreign labor to the U.S. on a temporary 

basis. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by the OMB under the PRA 

and displays a currently valid OMB 

Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information that does not 

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display a valid Control Number. See 5 

CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL 

obtains OMB approval for this 

information collection under Control 

Number 1205–0310. OMB authorization 

for an ICR cannot be for more than three 

(3) years without renewal, and the 

current approval for this collection is 

scheduled to expire on March 31, 2015. 

The DOL seeks to extend PRA 

authorization for this revised 

information collection for three (3) more 

years. 

In the past the respondents have been 

for-profit businesses and not-for-profit 

institutions. On rare occasions the 

respondents have been local, State, 

tribal governments, or the Federal 

government. The Secretary uses the 

collected information to determine if 

employers are meeting their statutory 

and regulatory obligations. 

A. General 

Title: Labor Condition Application for 

H–1B, H–1B1, and E–3 Non-immigrants. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

OMB Number: 1205–0310. 

B. ETA Forms and Information 

Collections 

Title(s): Labor Condition Application 

for Nonimmigrant Workers, and General 

Instructions for the 9035 & 9035E. 

Affected Public: Private Sector 

(businesses or other for-profits and notfor-profit institutions) and State, Local, 

and Tribal Governments. 

Form(s): ETA forms ETA–9035, ETA– 

9035E, and ETA–9035CP. 

Total Annual Respondents: 57,589. 

Annual Frequency: On occasion. 

Total Annual Responses: 1,299,416. 

Average Time per Response: 26 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 567,485. 

Total Annual Burden Cost for 

Respondents: $0. 

C. WHD Form 

Title(s): Nonimmigrant Worker 

Information Form. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Housholds. 

Form(s): WH–4. 

Total Annual Respondents: 425. 

Annual Frequency: Once. 

Total Annual Responses: 425. 

Average Time per Response: 20 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 142. 

Total Annual Burden Cost for 

Respondents: $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this comment request will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval of the ICR; 

they will also become a matter of public 

record. Commenters are encouraged not 

to disclose private and/or sensitive 

information (e.g., Social Security 

Numbers or confidential business 

information). 

Portia Wu, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training, Labor. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–85,617] 

Day & Zimmermann, Inc.; Kansas 

Division; Parsons, Kansas; Notice of 

Affirmative Determination Regarding 

Application for Reconsideration 

By application dated December 2, 

2014, the Kansas Department of 

Commerce requested administrative 

reconsideration of the negative 

determination regarding workers’ 

eligibility to apply for worker 

adjustment assistance applicable to 

workers and former workers of Day & 

Zimmermann, Inc., Kansas Division, 

Parsons, Kansas. The determination was 

issued on November 24, 2014 and the 

Notice of Determination has not yet 

been published in the Federal Register. 

Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c) 

reconsideration may be granted under 

the following circumstances: 

(1) If it appears on the basis of facts 

not previously considered that the 

determination complained of was 

erroneous; 

(2) If it appears that the determination 

complained of was based on a mistake 

in the determination of facts not 

previously considered; or 

(3) If in the opinion of the Certifying 

Officer, a misinterpretation of facts or of 

the law justified reconsideration of the 

decision. 

The initial investigation resulted in a 

negative determination based on the 

findings that imports of high explosive 

mortar rounds and demolition charges 

have not increased; the subject firm did 

not shift production to a foreign 

country; and the subject firm is not a 

Supplier or Downstream Producer to a 

firm that employed a group of workers 

who received a certification of eligibility 

under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 

U.S.C. 2272(a). 

The request for reconsideration 

asserts that the subject firm was 

impacted by foreign competition and 

supplied new information. 

The Department of Labor has carefully 

reviewed the request for reconsideration 

and the existing record, and has 

determined that the Department will 

conduct further investigation to 

determine if the workers meet the 

eligibility requirements of the Trade Act 

of 1974. 

Conclusion 

After careful review of the 

application, I conclude that the claim is 

of sufficient weight to justify 

reconsideration of the U.S. Department 

of Labor’s prior decision. The 

application is, therefore, granted. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of 

December, 2014. 

Michael W. Jaffe, 

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

U.S. Copyright Office 

[Docket No. 2014–5] 

The Compendium of U.S. Copyright 

Office Practices 

AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library 

of Congress. 

ACTION: Register of Copyrights releases 

the Compendium of U.S. Copyright 

Office Practices, Third Edition. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Copyright Office (the 

‘‘Office’’) is announcing the release of 

its administrative manual, the 

Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office 

Practices, Third Edition (the ‘‘Third 

Edition’’). It is available on the Office’s 

Web site and is effective as of December 

22, 2014. 

DATES: The Compendium of U.S. 

Copyright Office Practices, Third 

Edition is available on the Office’s Web 

site as of December 22, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Kasunic, Associate Register and 

Director of Registration Policy and 

Practice, U.S. Copyright Office, P.O. Box 

70400, Washington, DC 20024–0400. 

Telephone (202) 707–8040. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office 

Practices is the administrative manual 

of the Register of Copyrights concerning 

the mandate and statutory duties of the 

Copyright Office under title 17 of the 

United States Code. It serves as both a 

technical manual for the Office’s staff, 

as well as a guidebook for authors, 

copyright licensees, practitioners, 

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