[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2689-2690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1228]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Emergency Review; Comment Requested

January 14, 1997.
    The Department of Labor has submitted the following (see below) 
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 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35). OMB approval has been requested by January 22, 1997. A copy of 
this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by 
calling the Department of Labor Departmental Clearance Officer, Theresa 
M. O'Malley ({202} 219-5096 ext. 166).

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    Comments and questions about the ICR listed below should be 
forwarded to Office Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk 
Officer for the Employment and Training Administration, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 ({202} 395-
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: U.S. Department of Labor, ETA.
    Title: Workforce Flexibility (work-flex) Partnership Demonstration 
Program.
    OMB Number: 1205-Onew.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Affected Public: States.
    Number of Respondents: 20 potential.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 80 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,600.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $5,000.
    Description: This request is related to the passage of P.L. 104-208 
which permits States to submit requests to be considered as Workforce 
Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Programs (see below):
    Who: Up to six States, of which at least three States shall each 
have populations not in excess of 3,500,000, with a preference given to 
those States that have been designated Ed-Flex Partnership States.
    What: Workforce Flexibility (work-flex) Partnership Demonstration 
Program.
    When: March 28, 1997.
    Where: Submit an application to the Department of Labor.
    Why: To obtain authority to waive any statutory or regulatory 
requirement applicable to service delivery areas or substate areas 
within the state under titles I-III of the Job Training Partnership Act 
(except for requirements relating to wage and labor standards, 
grievance procedures and judicial review, nondiscrimination, allotment 
of funds and eligibility, and any of the statutory or regulatory 
requirements of sections 8-10 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (except for 
requirements relating to the provision of services to unemployment 
insurance claimants and veterans, and to universal access to basic 
labor exchange services without cost to job seekers), for a duration 
not to exceed the waiver period authorized under section 311(e) of 
Public Law 103-227, pursuant to a plan submitted by such states and 
approved by the Secretary for the provision of workforce employment and 
training activities in the States, which includes a description of the 
process by which service delivery areas and substate areas may apply 
for and have waivers approved by the State, the requirements of the 
Wagner-Peyser Act to be waived, the outcomes to be achieved and other 
measures to be taken to ensure appropriate accountability for federal 
funds.
Theresa M. O'Malley,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-1228 Filed 1-16-97; 8:45 am]
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