[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52300-52302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26254]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Emergency 
Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

September 28, 1998.
    The Department of Labor has submitted an emergency processing 
public information collection request (ICR) for the Welfare to Work 
Formula (ETA 9068) and Competitive (ETA 9068-1) Cumulative Quarterly 
Status Reporting formats and corresponding instructions to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 
OMB approval has been requested by October 16, 1998. A copy of this 
ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by 
calling the Department of Labor Clearance Officer, Todd Owen at ((202) 
219-5096, x 143). Comments and questions about the ICR listed below 
should be forwarded to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Employment and Training 
Administration, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503 ((202) 395-7316).
    The Office of Management and Budget 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 through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., electronic submission of 
responses.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Welfare to Work Formula (ETA 9068) and Competitive (ETA 
9068-1) Cumulative Quarterly Status Reporting Formats and Corresponding 
Instructions.
    OMB Number: 1205-0385.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Affected Public: (1) WtW Formula Grants: States, local governments, 
and Private Industry Councils; and, (2) WtW Competitive Grants: 
Eligible applicants from business and/or other for profit and non-
profit institutions. Reporting Burden: See the following Tables for 
Reporting Burden and Cost Estimates for WtW Formula and Bonus Grants 
(ETA 9068) and Competitive Grants (ETA 9068-1).
    Description: The proposed ICR incorporates data elements to match 
performance bonus criteria into the WtW Formula/Competitive Cumulative 
Reporting Status Formats (ETA 9068 and ETA 9068-1) and provides 
clarification to several other data elements. The WtW program is a new 
program designed to assist States in providing transitional employment 
assistance to move hard-to-employ recipients of Temporary Assistance 
for Needy Families into unsubsidized jobs. The cumulative quarterly 
status data is requested by the Employment and Training Administration 
to assist in program planning and management, to measure regulatory 
compliance, to evaluate the program, and for audit purposes. 
Transmittal of the requested data from the grantees to ETA will occur 
via the Internet on a quarterly basis. The first transmittal of the 
revised reporting formats (ETA 9068 and ETA 9068-1) will be due to ETA 
by March 15, 1999, which will include cumulative data from the 
inception of each grant through the quarter ending December 31, 1998. 
Passwords and Personal Identification Numbers are being assigned to all 
grantees to enable access to the reporting formats and to provide a 
mechanism for data certification.
    The Formula Grant Cumulative Quarterly Financial Status Report will 
serve as the main data source for assessing distribution of the 
performance bonus funds in FY 2000. Thus, performance bonus criteria 
and data elements on the Formula Grant Cumulative Quarterly Status 
Report must match. Therefore, substantial job entry data (weekly hours 
worked), retention data, and earnings gained data, for participants 
placed in unsubsidized and earnings gained data, for participants 
placed in unsubsidized employment, have been added to the Participants 
Summary Section. Other minor clarifications to the reporting format 
include: (1) Collapsing Job Retention Services and Supportive Services 
into one line item for reporting expenditures; and (2) adding a line 
item entitled ``Intake, Assessment, Eligibility Determination, and Case 
Management'' for reporting all expenditures that are neither for pure 
services activities nor for administration.
Todd Owen,
Departmental Clearance Officer.

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