[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 24771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11919]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: National Employers Survey--School-to-Work Supplement.
    Form Number(s): NES-1.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0787.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of an expired 
collection.
    Burden: 167 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: As part of the Census Bureau's continuing research 
into how the human resources practices of United States businesses 
affect business performance, the Census Bureau has conducted three 
National Employers Surveys (NES) over the past 4 years. In the NES III 
we collected information on partnerships between businesses and 
schools. The School-to-Work Supplement, sponsored by the Institute for 
Research in Higher Education of the University of Pennsylvania, will be 
conducted as a follow-up to the NES III and will provide specific and 
unique longitudinal information on employers' hiring and human 
resources practices and particularly their participation in school-to-
work partnership activities. The information we collect will enable 
analysts to measure the impact of participation in school-to-work 
programs on participating establishments and the prospects for making 
school-to-work partnerships an integral part of the way the workforce 
is developed in the U.S. Primary Governmental interest in survey 
results comes from the Department of Education's Office of Educational 
Research and Improvement (OERI) and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    A sample of employers who reported participation in school-to-work 
programs in the NES III, as well as a comparable sample of employers 
who reported they didn't, will be asked to participate in the 
supplemental telephone inquiry.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 8 & 9.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nancy Kirkendall, (202) 395-7313.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Nancy Kirkendall, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: April 29, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 98-11919 Filed 5-4-98; 8:45 am]
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