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collects extensive information about 

youths’ labor market behavior and 

educational experiences over time. The 

NLSY includes three different cohorts: 

The National Longitudinal Survey of 

Youth 1979 (NLSY79), the NLSY79 

Young Adult Survey, and the National 

Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 

(NLSY97). NLSY data beyond the public 

use data are made available in greater 

detail through an offsite program to 

eligible researchers. 

3. Additionally, the BLS makes 

available data from several employment, 

compensation, prices, and working 

conditions surveys to eligible 

researchers for onsite use. Eligible 

researchers can access these data in 

researcher rooms at the BLS national 

office in Washington, DC. 

II. Current Action 

Office of Management and Budget 

clearance is being sought for the BLS 

Data Sharing Program. In order to 

provide access to confidential data, the 

BLS must determine that the 

researcher’s project will be exclusively 

statistical in nature and that the 

researcher is eligible based on 

guidelines set out in CIPSEA, the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

implementation guidance on CIPSEA, 

and BLS policy. This information 

collection provides the vehicle through 

which the BLS will obtain the necessary 

details to ensure all researchers and 

projects comply with appropriate laws 

and policies. 

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 

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. 

• 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. 

Type of Review: New Collection. 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Title: BLS Data Sharing Program. 

OMB Number: 1220–NEW. 

Affected Public: Individuals. 

Form Total 

respondents Frequency Total responses 

Average 

time per 

response 

Estimated 

total 

burden hours 

CFOI Application ....................................................................... 7 On occasion 7 35 minutes .. 4 

NLS Application ........................................................................ 105 On occasion 105 30 minutes .. 53 

Onsite Researcher Application ................................................. 25 On occasion 25 20 hours ...... 500 

Totals ................................................................................. 137 ..................... 137 ..................... 557 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they also 

will become a matter of public record. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of 

June 2009. 

Kimberley D. Hill, 

Acting Chief, Division of Management 

Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Comment Request for Information 

Collection for ‘‘Collecting Aggregate 

Participant Counts for Workforce 

Investment Act (WIA) Title IB, WagnerPeyser Act, National Emergency 

Grants, and Reemployment Services 

Grants,’’ OMB Control No. 1205–0474, 

Extension Without Change 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration. 

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. In response to the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act (ARRA), the Employment and 

Training Administration is soliciting 

comments concerning States’ 

submission of monthly supplemental 

reports that are based on program 

participant data that States already 

collect. This notice utilizes standard 

clearance procedures in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 and 5 CFR 1320.12. This 

information collection follows an 

emergency review that was conducted 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR 

1320.13. The submission for OMB 

emergency review was published in the 

Federal Register on April 30, 2009, see 

74 FR 19985. OMB approved the 

emergency clearance under OMB 

control number 1205–0474 on May 20, 

2009. A copy of this ICR can be obtained 

from the RegInfo.gov Web site at 

http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. 

• For WIA Adult, aggregate counts of 

all participants, including those whose 

services are funded with regular WIA 

Adult formula funds and/or Recovery 

Act funds, including low-income 

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participants, those are also receiving 

Temporary Assistance to Needy 

Families and/or other public assistance, 

as well as the number of UI claimants, 

Veterans, and individuals with 

disabilities, numbers in training and 

type of training, and numbers receiving 

supportive services. 

• For WIA Dislocated Workers, 

aggregate counts of all participants, 

including those whose services are 

funded with regular WIA Dislocated 

Worker formula funds and/or Recovery 

Act funds. States will report the number 

of WIA Dislocated Workers who are UI 

claimants, Veterans, and individuals 

with disabilities, numbers in training 

and type of training, and numbers 

receiving supportive services. 

• For National Emergency Grants, 

financed with Recovery Act funds only, 

aggregate counts of participants, 

including the number of UI claimants, 

Veterans, and individuals with 

disabilities, numbers in training and 

type of training, and numbers receiving 

supportive services are to be reported. 

• For WIA Youth, served with 

Recovery Act funds only, aggregate 

counts of all Recovery Act youth 

participants, including the 

characteristics of participants, the 

numbers of participants in summer 

employment, services received, 

attainment of a work readiness skill, and 

completion of summer youth 

employment are to be reported. 

Submission of the regular WIA quarterly 

and annual reports, including any youth 

who continue services under the WIA 

year-round youth program, continues. 

• For the Wagner-Peyser Act 

Employment Service, the number of 

participants served and the type of 

services received, as well as 

supplemental reports of aggregate 

counts of all participants whose services 

are financed with regular Wagner-Peyser 

Act formula funds and/or Recovery Act 

funds (i.e., Employment Service and 

Reemployment Services) are to be 

reported. 

• For the Wagner-Peyser 

Reemployment Services Grants, in 

addition to those data elements already 

collected for the Wagner-Peyser Act 

Employment Service report, one 

additional data element should be 

reported: Referral to training, including 

WIA-funded training. 

In addition to these aggregate monthly 

reports, States are requested to submit 

the individual WIA standardized record 

data (WIASRD) on all participants and 

exiters in the WIA title 1B programs, 

and in National Emergency Grants, on a 

quarterly basis, beginning with the 3rd 

quarter of Program Year 2009, which 

ends on March 31, 2010. The first 

deadline for the required quarterly 

submission will be May 15, 2010. This 

start date gives States sufficient time to 

adjust their management information 

systems. The emergency clearance 

expires November 30, 2009. 

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 

August 17, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to Karen Staha, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Employment and Training 

Administration, Office of Performance 

and Technology, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Room S–5206, 

Washington, DC 20210. Telephone 

number: 202–693–2917 (this is not a 

toll-free number). Fax: 202–693–3490. 

E-mail: Staha.Karen@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background: The supplemental 

reports and quarterly collection of WIA 

individual records replaced the 

limitations imposed by prior outcomebased performance reporting 

requirements. This collection comprises 

a participant and performance reporting 

strategy that provides a more robust, 

‘‘real time’’ view of the impact of the 

Recovery Act funds, providing greater 

information on levels of program 

participation as well as about the 

characteristics of the participants served 

and the types of services provided. 

Furthermore, this information collection 

allows ETA to report performance 

accountability information immediately 

on the effective use of Recovery Act 

funds already received by State 

workforce agencies. With these monthly 

reports, information on individuals will 

be available while they are participating 

in the programs. Finally, significant 

value accrues from quarterly individual 

records from State workforce agencies. 

They provide more timely information 

to respond to the oversight needs of 

Governors, Congress and other Federal/ 

State stakeholders and the general 

public; ETA benefits from more timely 

analysis; and States have access to more 

regular updates on nationwide 

participation information and 

employment and training trends. 

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 

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. 

Title: ‘‘Collecting Aggregate 

Participant Counts for Workforce 

Investment Act (WIA) Title IB, WagnerPeyser Act, National Emergency Grants, 

and Reemployment Services Grants.’’ 

OMB Number: 1205–0474. 

Affected Public: State Workforce 

Agencies. 

Total Respondents: 54. 

Frequency of Collection: Monthly. 

Total Responses: 864. 

Average Time per Respondent: 64 

hours for monthly reports and 2,653 

hours for quarterly WIASRD report. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

614,632. 

Total Annual Costs Burden: $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: June 9, 2009. 

John R. Beverly III, 

Administrator, Office of Performance and 

Technology, Employment and Training 

Administration. 

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