[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 25 (Friday, February 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6212-6213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3052]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed 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 (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 extension of collection of information 
for the National Job Corps Study.
    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 April 7, 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: Daniel Ryan, Office of Policy and Research, Employment and 
Training Administration, Room N-5637, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, 
Washington, DC 20210, telephone 202-219-5782, extension 147 (this is 
not a toll-free number). Internet address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The National Job Corps study is estimating the effects of their Job 
Corps experience on participants' postprogram employment, earnings, and 
related outcomes. It is also comparing the benefits and costs of the 
program. ETA is sponsoring the study in fulfilment of its 
responsibility to provide Congress and the public with information on 
the effectiveness of ETA's programs.

II. Current Actions

    ETA requests that previously granted OMB clearance to collect data 
in support of the study be extended beyond the current expiration date 
of the clearance. The extension is necessary to complete collection of 
data through follow-up interviews conducted at 30 months after sample 
intake, which will be used to assess interim program impacts, and 
interviews conducted at 48 months after sample intake, which will be 
used to assess longer term effects of participating in Job Corps.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Evaluation of the Impacts of the Job Corps on Participants' 
Postprogram Labor Market and Related Behavior--Follow-up Questionnaire.
    OMB Number: 1205-0360.
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    Cite/Reference/Form/etc: National Job Corps study follow-up 
questionnaire.
    Total Respondents: 13,491.
    Frequency: Two times (during period of extension, total of 4 
times).
    Total Responses: 35,596.
    Average Time per Response: 40 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours:

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                                                    Hours per           
            Interview              Administrations   response    Burden 
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12-Month Follow-up...............       *13,491          *.53     *7,150
30-Month Follow-up...............        11,979           .75      8,984
48-Month Follow-up...............        10,486           .75      7,865
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    Total........................        35,956           .67     23,999
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*Actual.                                                                


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    Total Burden Cost: The total estimate cost of the study is 
$17,906,705. The cost of conducting baseline, 12-month, 30-month and 
48-month interviews is $11,383,574.
    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.
Gerard F. Fiala,
Administrator, Office of Policy and Research.
[FR Doc. 98-3052 Filed 2-5-98; 8:45 am]
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