[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 219 (Monday, November 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67763-67764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28904]


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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 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 Employment and Training Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed revision of the Center for Employment 
and Training (CET) Follow-Up Survey. 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 January 12, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Tom NaSell, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and 
Training Administration/Office of Policy Research, 200 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Room N-5629, Washington, DC 20210, (202) 693-3615 (this is 
not a toll-free number), [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Center for Employment Training (CET) model of employment and 
training programs for out-of-school youth has gained national attention 
as a result of its strong employment impacts relative to comparable 
programs. Building on this success, the Department of Labor (DOL) began 
funding the CET Replication Project in December 1992, providing a grant 
for CET-San Jose, CA to assist other programs in implementing CET-like 
training. In 1994 DOL competitively awarded grants to select six of 
these programs in order to evaluate the effects of the CET model on 
participating youth. Six additional sites have also been selected from 
among CET programs in California and Nevada. The purpose of this study, 
A Random Assignment Evaluation of the CET Replication Sites, is to 
evaluate the CET model in the selected sites to assess whether it can 
be replicated outside of San Jose, and whether the replication sites 
have similarly positive employment impacts on out-of-school youth.
    In order to assess the success of CET outside of San Jose, DOL has 
contracted with the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) 
to evaluate the CET Replication Project. As part of this evaluation, 
follow-up information is currently being collected through a long-term 
follow-up telephone survey conducted approximately 30 months after the 
random assignment of youth. This information collection was approved 
under OMB No. 1205-0391, which is due to expire on May 31, 2001. This 
information collection request would revise the information collection 
to provide for a second wave of the survey to be completed 
approximately 54 months after random assignment of all youth.
    The 30-Month and 54-Month Follow-Up Surveys will be used to examine 
the effects of this employment and training program on participants' 
outcomes two years after beginning the CET training. They will also 
assess the subsequent outcomes of comparable youth randomly assigned to 
a control group.

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 of a revision of an existing 
information collection for the CET Replication Project funded by the 
Department of Labor (DOL). Information in the form of a follow-up phone 
or in-person survey will be collected from randomly assigned 
participants at each of the CET Replication Project sites at two 
points, approximately 30 months following their initial assignment to 
the program or control groups and again at 54 months after random 
assignment. The survey data will be utilized to analyze the impact of 
the CET program on participants' outcomes including education and 
training, employment, earnings, public assistance participation, 
childbearing, and other behaviors and activities. The findings will be 
directly relevant for the future development of employment and training 
policy for youth.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: CET Follow-Up Survey.
    OMB Number: 1205-0391.

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    Affected Public: Participants in the CET Replication Project.
    Total Respondents: 1,485.
    Frequency: Two times.
    Total Responses: 2,302.
    Average Time per Response: 37 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,420 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $7,313.
    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: November 3, 2000.
James Woods,
Division Chief, Division of Evaluation & Skills Assessment, Office of 
Policy and Research.
[FR Doc. 00-28904 Filed 11-9-00; 8:45 am]
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