[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51145-51146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24524]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Disability Employment Grant Program: Proposed Collection; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of 
Labor.

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 pre-clearance 
consultation process 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 process helps to 
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, 
reporting burdens are minimized, collection instruments are clearly 
understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents 
can be properly assessed. Currently, the Employment and Training 
Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning the reporting 
requirements for the Disability Initiatives Employment Grant Program 
for the FY 2000 funding period. The reports submitted for comment 
include the quarterly Activity and Placement Report (APR) and annual 
Participant Characteristics Report (PCR).

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
ADDRESSEE section below on or before November 23, 1999, 60 days after 
date of publication in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSEE: Alexandra K. Kielty, Chief, Disability Employment and 
Initiatives Unit, Room N-4641, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, 
DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 219-5500 ext 125 (VOICE) or (202) 219-6338 
(FAX) (these are not toll-free numbers) or Email: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Employment and Training Administration of the Department of 
Labor is considering implementing reporting requirements for the 
Disability Employment Grant Program for the fiscal years 1999 and 2000. 
Reporting impacts 15 grants for the last two years of a three year 
grant cycle which began July 1, 1998. The grants are awarded for one 
year plus two option years. These reports will also be used for similar 
disability related grants administered by ETA.

II. Review Focus

    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 burden estimate for 
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 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.

III. Current Actions

    The proposed Information Collection Request establishes reporting 
requirements for this discretionary grant program which is funded under 
Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Title III and IV appropriations. 
The Activity and Placement Report (APR) includes information of the 
number of participants being served, activities and services provided, 
and planned outcomes. The Participant Characteristics Report (PCR) 
covers information on age, race, educational level and types of 
disability.
    Paperwork burden are included in the following paperwork burden 
estimates. For ease of analysis, the burden estimate is presented 
separately for each report. In addition to these reports, grantees are 
required to provide a quarterly Financial Status Report (FSR), SF 269 
which is approved under OMB Clearance #0348-0039.
    Type of Review: Initial OMB Approval.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Disability Initiatives Employment Grant Program.
    OMB Number: None.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 17.248.
    Frequency: Quarterly for Activity and Placement Report (APR) 
Annually for participant Characteristic Report (PCR).
    Affected Public: National organizations that engage in employment 
and training services for people with disabilities to obtain 
competitive employment under grants awarded by the Department of Labor.
    Number of Respondents: 15.
    Total Responses: 75; 15 respondents  x  4 Quarterly Reports=60 + 
(15 respondents  x  1 annual report) = 75 Annual Responses.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 100 Hours; 20 Hours  x  4 
APRs+(20hrs.PCR) = 100hrs.per respondent.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,050 hr. (Note: Estimate is based on having 20 
respondents).
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.00.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $1,890.00.
    Description: This OMB Approval application concerns the submission 
of the Activity and Placement Report (APR) and the Participant 
Characteristic Report (PCR) to the disAbility Employment Initiative 
Grant Programs which gives partial funds to National organizations that 
engaged in

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employment training and services for people with disabilities to obtain 
competitive employment. The Activity and Placement Report (APR) gives 
the number of participants being served, activities and services 
provided, and placement outcomes. The Participant Characteristics 
Report (PCR) gives participant information in age, race, type of 
disAbility, etc. These funds are taken from the Job Training and 
Partnership Act (JTPA) Title III and IV. Under Title III of JTPA there 
is a requirement to have grantees complete quarterly an Activity 
Placement Report (APR) [29 U.S.C. 1732(2)(c)(III)] and a Standard Form 
269 (SF-269). A Participant Characteristic Report (PCR) is submitted 
annually to provide an overview of participants that were served during 
the program year [29 U.S.C. 1732(2)(c)(III)]. Respondents submit a 
narrative as part of the quarterly report package. The narrative states 
activities of the participants in the organization during the previous 
three months.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 15th day of September, 1999.
Anna W. Goddard,
Director, Office of Special Targeted Programs.
[FR Doc. 99-24524 Filed 9-20-99; 8:45 am]
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