[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7183-7184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3587]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

February 5, 1998.

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

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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 
collection of the Planning Guidance and Instructions for Submission of 
Annual State Plans for FY'99 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 addressee section 
of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before April 13, 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: Stephanie Curtis, 200 Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Room N-4670, Washington, DC 20210, 202-219-7533 extension 166 
(this is not a toll free number) and/or via e-mail [email protected]; 
fax number is 202-219-7190.

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 FY '99 formula grant funds. Separate guidance will 
be issued for both the grants to the Indian tribes and the competitive 
grants.

II. Current Actions

    The 1998 Planning Guidance and Instructions has been minimally 
revised for FY'99 to solicit information required from States which 
will enable them to obtain FY '99 formula grant funds. These revisions 
affect the timing for the submission of plans as well as optional 
additional information which States may submit indicating their 
interest in receiving FY '98 funds which will be reallocated.
    Type of Review: New.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Planning Guidance and Instructions for Submission of Annual 
State Plans for FY '99 Welfare-to-Work Formula Grants.
    OMB Number: 1205-0new.
    Affected Public: State and local governments.
    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: February 5, 1998.
Dennis Lieberman,
Acting Director, Welfare-to-Work Grant Program Implementation Team.
[FR Doc. 98-3587 Filed 2-11-98; 8:45 am]
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