[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 167 (Thursday, August 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45689-45690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22868]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 
L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of 
Personnel Management intends to submit to the Office of Management and 
Budget a request for the clearance of an information collection. The 
questions are intended to elicit from Federal contractors descriptions 
of successes in hiring workers directly off the welfare rolls. The 
submissions are entirely voluntary.

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received on or before 
October 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to--Donna Beecher, Director, Office 
of Contracting and Administrative Services, U.S. Office of Personnel 
Management, 1900 E St., NW, Room 1340, Washington, DC 20415.
    For information regarding administrative coordination, contact--
Kent Bailey, Publications Services Division, 202-606-2260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 8, 1997, the President called for 
the Federal Government to support welfare reform by joining with other 
employers in offering jobs to welfare recipients. On April 10, 1997, 
the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Federal Procurement 
Policy asked Federal Agencies to emphasize to their contractors the 
importance of hiring people off the welfare rolls.
    Federal agencies regularly report their welfare-to-work hires and 
related experiences. They would like to include in their reports 
success stories from their contractors. Success stories provide 
examples that help to inform the public and encourage additional hiring 
by other non-Federal employers.
    This information collection is entirely voluntary and can be 
submitted whenever the contractor chooses to do so. The information 
requested and reporting instructions will be posted on the Acquisition 
Reform Network home page on the Internet (www.arnet.gov) for a period 
of approximately four (4) years. A listing of agency contacts will be 
included in the posting. Government contractors will be invited to send 
their responses directly, via Internet e-mail, to their primary agency 
contact.
    The information collection consists of a set of questions. Some of 
the questions are narrative and some statistical. The purpose of the 
statistical questions is not to gather statistically valid data but to 
provide a context for narrative descriptions of success. The responses 
should cover activity since March 8, 1997, and should apply to adults 
and teen heads of household who immediately prior to hiring were 
receiving assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 
(TANF) program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), or 
Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program administered by 
an eligible Indian tribe.
    The proposed information collection will consist of the following 
questions:

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    1. What is the success story you would like to submit?
    2. How many former welfare recipients have you hired? Please 
provide an estimate of the time period during which the hiring was 
done.
    3. What percent of these hires would you estimate were attributable 
to Federal contracts?
    4. What percent of these hires would you estimate were attributable 
to this Department's or Agency's contracts?
    5. Please share any comments on:

--Recruitment strategies
--Retention strategies
--Welfare to Work hiring with subcontractors
--Challenges overcome

    This Success Story submitted by:

Company Name-----------------------------------------------------------
Company Address--------------------------------------------------------
Contact Person---------------------------------------------------------
Phone Number-----------------------------------------------------------
E-mail-----------------------------------------------------------------

    Burden: We estimate that 10,000 responses will be submitted 
annually, and that each response will take approximately 60 minutes to 
prepare. The annual estimated burden is 10,000 hours.
    Comments Requested: We are asking for comments in order to:
    1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Government, including whether the information will have practical 
utility;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Janice R. Lachance,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 97-22868 Filed 8-27-97; 8:45 am]
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