[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 53 (Friday, March 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14629-14630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6660]


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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 pre-clearance 
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 (ETA) is 
soliciting comments concerning the proposed two year extension of the 
Employment Service Complaint Referral Record, ETA-8429 and the Services 
to Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers Report, ETA-5148 from the current 
end date of September 30, 2000 to a new end date of September 30, 2002.
    A copy of the previously approved information collection request 
(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the 
ADDRESSES section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
ADDRESSES section below on or before May 16, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Eric Johnson, Office of Workforce Security, Office of Career 
Transition Assistance, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room S-4321, 
Washington, DC 20210, (202-219-0316--not a toll free number) and 
internet address: ejohnson@doleta gov and/or Fax: (202-219-8506).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  

I. Background.

     As part of the settlement in the case of NAACP v. Secretary of 
Labor (Civil Action No. 2010-72, U.S.D.C.), the U.S. Department of 
Labor (DOL) negotiated with the plaintiffs a series of regulations 
published June 10, 1980. Employment and Training Administration (ETA) 
regulations at 20 CFR 651, 653 and 658 under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as 
amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, set forth the role and 
responsibilities of the United States Employment Service (USES) and the 
State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) regarding compliance of said 
regulations.
    In compliance with 20 CFR 653.109, DOL establishing record keeping 
requirements to allow for the efficient and effective monitoring of 
SESAs regulatory compliance.
    The ETA Form 8429, Employment Service Complaint Referral Record, is 
used to collect and document all individual complaints filed under the 
Employment Service complaint system.
    The ETA Form 5148, Services to Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers 
Report, is used to collect data which are primarily used to monitor and 
to measure the extent and effectiveness of Employment Service (ES) 
services to migrant and seasonal farm workers as a high priority target 
group for ES services.

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 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.

III. Current Actions

    This is a request for OMB approval under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) to extend collection of 
the Employment Service Complaint Referral Record, ETA-8429 and the 
Services to Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers Report, ETA-5148 from a 
current end date of September 30, 2000 to a new end date of September 
30, 2002.
    Type of Review: Extension without charge.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Employment Service Complaint Referral Record, ETA-8429, 
Services to Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers Report, ETA-5148.
    OMB Number: 1205-0039.
    Frequency: Quarterly and on occasion, respectively.
    Affected Public: State governments.
    Total Respondents: 208.
    Estimated Cost Per Respondent: No cost to respondent.
    Estimated Burden Hours: 5530.

Complaint Log Maintenance

1. Record keeping
    Number of record-keepers  168
    Annual hours per record-keeper  6.3
    Record-keepers Hours  1,059
2. Processing ETA  8429

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    Annual number of forms  2,520
    Minutes per form  8
    Processing hours  327

Outreach Log

1. Record keeping
    Number of record-keepers--150
    Annual hours per record-keeper--26
    Record-keepers hours--3,900
2. Data Collection/Reporting ETA--5148
    Annual number of reports--208
    Minutes per report--70
    Record keeping hours--244
    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.

    Dated: March 14, 2000.
Grace A. Kilbane,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
[FR Doc. 00-6660 Filed 3-16-00; 8:45 am]
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