[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 142 (Monday, July 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45619-45620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18606]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Job Corps


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 preclearance 
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 Office of Job Corps is soliciting comments concerning 
the proposed reinstatement collection of the Job Corps Enrollee 
Allotment Determination Form.
    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's section below on or before August 31, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Steven K. Puterbaugh, Room N-4510, U.S. Department of Labor, 
Employment and Training Administration, Office of Job Corps, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210. Inquiries can be made of 
Steven Puterbaugh on telephone number 202-219-6568, FAX# 202-501-5469 
or e-mail address [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The collection of this information is made necessary to provide a 
vehicle to make allotments available to students who both want one and 
have a qualifying dependent.
    The main purpose of the form is to obtain information from the 
enrollee as to the allotee designation and to obtain documentary 
evidence to support the enrollee's claim for qualification for the 
allotment. It is completed by either the Job Corps screener or the 
Center Director's staff. It is done by personal interview. This is a 
basic operating document, required by the Department of Labor to 
initiate an allotment.

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

    There is a continuing need to collect this information from 
respondents in order to make allotments available to new students and 
to make changes to existing allotments that current students have in 
place.
    The Department of Labor handles all student payments. If this 
information was not collected, ETA could not comply with the 
regulations and the students could not receive an allotment. This is a 
basic source document initiating the allotment eligibility and payment 
process. The information obtained and displayed on this document is not 
readily obtainable elsewhere.
    Type of Review: Reinstatement.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Job Corps Enrollee Allotment Determination.
    OMB Number: 1205-0030.
    Agency Number: ETA 658.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Federal agencies or 
employees.
    Total Respondents: 7,500.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Total Responses: 7,500.
    Average Time per Response: 12 minutes.

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    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,500.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $10,000.
    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: July 17, 2000.
Richard C. Trigg,
National Director, Job Corps.
[FR Doc. 00-18606 Filed 7-21-00; 8:45 am]
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