[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21277-21278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10640]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of proposed collection and comment request.

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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)). PRA95 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.
    The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed revised collection of information for 
the annual grant plan and the annual performance report for Program 
Year (PY) 2002 Workforce Information Core Products and Services grants. 
The revision would result in an increased burden to States in the time 
required to develop and administer the grants.
    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. The proposed planning guidance for PY' 2002 Workforce 
Information Core Products and Services grants can also be accessed at: 
http://www.usworkforce.org.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before July 1, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Ms. Gay Gilbert, Chief, Division of USES/ALMIS, Office of 
Workforce Security, Employment and Training Administration, 200 
Constitution Ave., NW., Rm. S-4231, Washington, DC 20210, 202-693-3428 
(this is not a toll-free number) or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Section 15 of the Wagner-Peyser Act as amended by section 309 of 
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-220), requires 
state agencies to consult with customers about the relevance of the 
information disseminated through the statewide employment statistics 
system, in order to continuously improve the system. To carry out this 
requirement and to increase accountability for the expenditure of grant 
funds for workforce information, ETA is proposing that beginning in PY 
2002, a condition for receiving grant funds would be a requirement that 
States conduct an assessment of customer satisfaction with State 
produced workforce information products and services and include a 
summary of the results of the assessment and a description of any 
actions to be taken to improve the system, in the currently required 
annual performance report.
    States would also be required to provide additional narrative in 
the annual grant plan, describing the statewide employment statistics 
system and how the system supports the State's WIA/Wagner-Peyser Five 
Year Strategic Plan, and a description of the State's planned strategy 
for assessing customer satisfaction with State produced workforce 
information.
    ETA published its intent to require that future State annual 
performance reports for these grants include the results of an 
assessment of customer satisfaction with the State's employment 
statistics system, in Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 22-
00, dated May 23, 2001, (OMB Control Number 1205-0417).

II. Review and Focus

    The Office of Management and Budget 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 Action
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: PY 2002 Workforce Information Core Products and Services 
grants.
    OMB Number: 1205-0417.
    Affected Public: States.
    Estimated Respondent Burden Hours:

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                                             Respondents    Responses       Total         Hours        Burden
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Annual Plan...............................           54             1        54            65          3,510
Customer Satisfaction.....................           54             1        54           642         34,668
Annual Report.............................           54             1        54            57          3,078
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    Total.................................           54             3       162           764         41,256
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    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0.
    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: April 25, 2002.
Grace Kilbane,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security, Labor.
[FR Doc. 02-10640 Filed 4-29-02; 8:45 am]
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