[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 187 (Friday, September 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50626-50627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25622]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of kits continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a pre-clearance 
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. 
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed instrument for collection monitoring 
data for the Summer Youth Employment Program.
    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.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before November 25, 1997.
    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

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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 clarify of the 
information to be collected; and
     Minimize the burden of the collection of information of 
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.

ADDRESSES: James Wiggins, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; Telephone (202) 219-7533 ext. 164 
(this is not a toll-free number); internet address_
[email protected]; fax number (202) 219-7190.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Under the Job Training Partnership Act Program, title IIB, the 
Department of Labor has established the Summer Youth Employment and 
Training Program to: (1) Enhance the basic education skills of youth; 
(2) encourage school completion or enrollment in supplementary or 
alternative school programs; provide eligible youth with exposure to 
the world of work; and (3) enhance the citizenship skills of youth. The 
Department of Labor is responsible for overseeing these programs. In 
order to carry out that responsibility, the Department has drafted a 
proposal to revise the current monitoring format and will continue 
using the current reporting instrument.

II. Current Actions

    As result of obtaining input from employers and program operators 
and the convening of a workgroup to minimize reporting burdens, ETA 
will develop a new collection instrument to determine whether or not 
the GPRA goals are being achieved. This information will permit the 
Department to fulfill requests from the U.S. Congress, the 
Administration, the media and the public.
    Type of Review: New.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of 
Labor.
    Title: Summer Youth Employment and Training Program.
    OMB Number: 1205-XXXX.
    Recordkeeping: Retention for three years.
    Affected Public: States.
    Cite/Reference/Form/etc: Summer reporting (Planning estimates, Mid-
summer, Final) and regional monitoring.
    Total Respondents: 56.
    Frequency: Other (Before the start of the summer program--Planning 
estimates, Mid summer, End of Summer report and annual monitoring).
    Total Responses: 56.
    Average Time per Response: 2 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 448.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $6,720.
    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: September 22, 1997.
Charles L. Atkinson,
Deputy Administrator, Office of Job Training Programs.
[FR Doc. 97-25622 Filed 9-25-97; 8:45 am]
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