[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 57453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28497]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Emergency 
Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

October 24, 1996.
    The Department of Labor has submitted the following emergency 
processing public information collection request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 
OMB approval has been requested by November 12, 1996. A copy of this 
ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by 
calling the Department of Labor Acting Departmental Clearance Officer, 
Theresa M. O'Malley (202-219-5096 x.166).
    Comments and questions about the ICR listed below should be 
forwarded to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: 
OMB Desk Officer for the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and 
Training Administration, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503; (202) 396-7316.
    The Office of Management and Budget 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 response.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Reporting Requirements Pursuant to The National Job Analysis 
Survey (NJAS).
    OMB Number: 1205-0343.
    Frequency: A one-time survey administration to collect information 
on generalized work behaviors and elements of high performance work 
environments.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions, Federal, State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 5,925.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: The burden to an organization 
responding to the Phase 2 survey and the Environmental Survey is 2.85 
hours, which includes the contact person, two incumbents for the Phase 
2 survey, and the respondent for the environmental survey.
    Total Burden Hours: NJAS Phase Survey and Environmental Survey = 
6,901 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup; operating/maintaining): 
$107,440.79.
    Description: This emergency clearance is needed in order to 
complete Phase 2 survey work of the National Job Analysis Study (NJAS), 
by May 1997. This project is jointly funded by the Departments of Labor 
and Education. Phase 2 of the NJAS will verify the generalized work 
behaviors across occupations identified from Phase 1, determine when 
the behaviors are first needed on the job and link the behaviors to 
organizational characteristics like high performance. The NJAS survey 
in Phase 2 will be sent to a group of approximately 6,000 job 
incumbents in 3,000 organizations. This survey will ask the job 
incumbents the frequency and importance of the behaviors, and the point 
at which the behaviors are first needed on the job. A separate survey, 
the High Performance Workplace Environmental Survey will also be sent 
to managers in the organizations sampled, asking about the structure, 
culture, climate, and characteristics of their organizations. Data 
analyses will provide information about how the behaviors from the NJAS 
survey are linked to various organizational characteristic and a list 
of generalized cross-occupational skills that can serve as a framework 
for creating assessments of workplace skills, classifying/reclassifying 
jobs, setting skill standards for industries, and determining what 
behaviors should be taught in school or on-the-job for use by business, 
educational, community organizations and others interested in assessing 
the generalized work behaviors of their clients.
Theresa M. O'Malley,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-28497 Filed 11-5-96; 8:45 am]
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