[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 214 (Wednesday, November 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59889-59890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29208]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Extension Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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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 will be approximately 10 hours per annual response and 
we anticipate 56 responses with no capital/start-up costs, 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 extension collection of the Planning Guidance 
and Instructions for Submission of Annual State Plans for the Welfare-
to-Work Formula Grants.
    A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be 
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES section 
of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before January 5, 1998.
    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.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training 
Administration, ATTENTION: Janice Davis, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Room S-5513, Washington, D.C. 20210, 202-219-0181 extension 155 (this 
is not a toll free number) and/or via e-mail [email protected]; fax 
number is 202-219-0376.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Balanced Budget Act of 1997, signed by the President on August 
5, 1997, authorized the U.S. Department of Labor to provide Welfare-to-
Work (WtW) Grants to States and local communities to provide 
transitional employment assistance to move Temporary Assistance for 
Needy Families (TANF) recipients with significant employment barriers 
into unsubsidized jobs providing long-term employment opportunities. In 
order to receive formula grant funds, the statute provides that the 
State must submit a plan for the administration of the WtW grant. This 
Planning Guidance and Instructions for Submission of Annual State Plans 
addresses the information required from States which will enable them 
to qualify for the formula grant funds. Separate guidance will be 
issued for both the grants to the Indian tribes and the competitive 
grants.

II. Current Actions

    This request has currently been approved under an emergency 
clearance not to exceed March 31, 1998, this extension is needed in 
order to complete the collection of this information.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Planning Guidance and Instructions for Submission of Annual 
State Plans for Welfare-to-Work Formula Grants.
    OMB Number: 1205-0382.
    Affected Public: State and local governments.

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    Total Respondents: 56.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Total Responses: 56.
    Average Time per Response: 10 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 560.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 0.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be 
summarized and/or included in the request for the Office of Management 
and Budget approval of the information collection request; they will 
also become a matter of public record.

    Dated: October 30, 1997.
Peter E. Rell,
Director, Welfare-to-Work Grant Program Implementation Team.
[FR Doc. 97-29208 Filed 11-4-97; 8:45 am]
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