[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 12 (Thursday, January 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4863-4864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1445]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Workforce Investment Act: Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Youth 
Program Under WIA Section 127(b)(1)(A)(iii) and Section 167

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Data Collection.

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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 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), in consultation with the Migrant and Seasonal 
Farmworker Employment and Training Advisory Committee, is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed institution of a ``reporting and 
performance standards system for the Youth Title I-D Section 167 
National Farmworker Jobs Programs of the Workforce Investment Act 
(WIA)''. A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) 
can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the address 
section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before March 19, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Alicia Fernandez-Mott, Chief, Division of Seasonal 
Farmworker Programs, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor, Room N-4641, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 693-3729 (VOICE) or (202) 693-
3818 (FAX) (these are not toll-free numbers) or INTERNET: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the information collection 
request are available for inspection in the Division of Seasonal 
Farmworker Programs at the above address, and will be mailed to persons 
who request copies in writing from Alicia Fernandez-Mott at the above 
address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Employment and Training Administration of the Department of 
Labor, in consultation with the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker 
Employment and Training Advisory Committee, is requesting approval for 
a new reporting and performance standards system for Youth Title I-D 
Section 167 National Farmworker Jobs Programs of the Workforce 
Investment Act (WIA), youth grantees for three program years (July 1, 
2000 to June 30, 2003). This is the first time since the Comprehensive 
Employment and Training Act (CETA), that funds have been appropriated 
for farmworker youth activities. The Department has developed the 
following recommended planning and reporting requirements.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

    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 Action

    This proposed ICR will be used by approximately 10 Workforce 
Investment Act (WIA) section 167 (d) youth grantees as the primary 
reporting and performance measurement vehicle for enrolled youths, 
their characteristics, training and services provided, outcomes, 
including job placement and retention, and attainment of basic skills, 
as well as detailed financial data on program expenditures.
    Type of Review: New.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Planning, reporting, and performance system for WIA title I-
D, Section 167(d) National Farmworker Jobs Program youth grantees.
    OMB Number: 1205-0NEW.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number:
    Record Keeping: Grantees shall retain supporting and other 
documents necessary for the compilation and submission of the subject 
reports for three years after submission of the final financial report 
for the grant in question [29 CFR 97.42 and/or 29 CFR 95.53].
    Affected Public: State agencies; private, non-profit corporations.
    Cite/Reference/Form/etc.: The collection instrument is the Youth, 
Title I-D, Section 167 National Farmworker Jobs Programs Planning, 
Reporting, and Performance System and related instructions. OMB-
approved forms are provided for use in gathering information at the 
grantee field office level.
    Total Respondents: 10.
    Frequency: Annually for planning information; quarterly for both 
financial information and participation and characteristics 
information.
    Total Annual Responses:
    Planning--30 (one narrative, one Budget Information Summary, and 
one Program Planning Summary per grantee per year).
    Participant Reporting--40 (one Program Status Summary per quarter, 
per grantee per year).
    Participant Record Keeping (NFJP SPIR)--5,000 records.
    There are four statutorily-required quarterly financial status 
reports per grantee per year, by year of appropriation. At this time, 
it is anticipated that the Standard Form (SF) 269 will be used to 
fulfill this requirement. Therefore, no separate collection/burden 
information for this standard form is being included here. For 
participation and characteristics information, there are four quarterly 
submissions per year, regardless of the year(s) of funding expended 
during the program year. There is only one format for the participation 
and characteristics report.
    Average Time per Grantee Response:
    Annual Plan--5 hours (narrative only).
    Budget Information Summary (BIS)--15 hours; [ETA 8595].
    Program Planning Summary (PPS)--15 hours; [ETA 8596].
    Program Status Summary (PSS)--7 hours; [ETA 8598].
    Record Keeping (SPIR)--3 hours (per participant record).
    The individual time per response varies widely depending on the 
degree of automation attained by individual grantees. Grantees also 
vary according to

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the numbers of individuals served in each program year. If the grantee 
has a fully-developed and automated MIS, the response time is limited 
to one-time programming plus processing time for each response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:
    Total Burden Hours--15,630 hours per year.
    Planning narrative (NFJP)--10 responses times 5 hours per response 
equals 50 burden hours.
    BIS (NFJP)--10 responses times 15 hours per response equals 150 
burden hours.
    PPS (NFJP)--10 responses times 15 hours per response equals 150 
burden hours.
    PSS (NFJP)--4 responses per grantee times 7 hours per response 
times 10 grantees equals 280 burden hours.
    Record Keeping (NFJP SPIR)--5,000 files times 3 hours per file 
equals 15,000 hours.
    Even though no burden estimate for the SF-269 is included here, it 
should be noted that expenditures must be reported on by year of 
appropriation, regardless of the year in which the funds were expended. 
Thus, if more that one year's appropriation is expended in a given 
quarter, two FSR's (or more) must be submitted for that period.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $-0-.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 
    Youth Title I-D National Farmworker Jobs Program--15,630 hours 
times $15.00 per hour equals $224,450.00.
    Costs may vary widely among grantees, from nearly no additional 
cost to some higher figure, depending on the state of automation 
attained by each grantee and the wages paid to the staff actually 
completing the various forms. All costs associated with the submission 
of these forms are allowable grant expenses.
    Comments submitted in response to this request will be summarized 
and/or included in the Office of Management and Budget request for 
approval of the information collection. All comments will become a 
matter of public record.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 11th day of January, 2001.
James C. DeLuca,
Acting Director, Office of National Programs.
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