[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5038-5039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2216]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Submission of Information Collection to Office of Management and 
Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
for the Application for Training or Employment Assistance Form, OMB 
Control No. 1076-0062, has been submitted to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Submit your comments and suggestions on or before March 3, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent directly to the Office of 
Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior, 725 17th 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    Send a copy of your comments to Lynn Forcia, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Office of Economic Development, 1849 C Street NW., Mailstop 
2412 MIB, Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the information collection 
may be obtained by contacting Lynn Forcia at 202-219-5270. (This is not 
a toll free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The information collection is necessary to assess the need to help 
adult Indians who reside on or near Indian reservations to obtain 
reasonable and satisfactory employment. The information collection 
documents provide information necessary to administer the program for 
Employment Assistance or Vocational Training. The Department is 
authorized to undertake a program of vocational training that provides 
vocational counseling, guidance, and training in any recognized 
vocation, apprenticeship, trade, or on-the-job training. The program is 
available to Indians who are not less than 18 years old and not more 
than 35 years old who reside on or near an Indian reservation. Public 
Law 84-959 and Public Law 88-230 authorize the BIA to enter into 
contracts or agreements with Federal, State, local government agencies 
or associations with apprenticeship programs or on-the-job training 
that leads to skilled employment. The same application form is used for 
both 25 CFR parts 26 and 27. Information of a confidential nature is 
protected by the Privacy Act. A request for comments on this 
information collection was published in the Federal Register on 
November 15, 2002 (67 FR 69238 ). No comments were received.

II. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on (a) whether the information collection is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden (hours and cost) of the 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of the information on the respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.
    The Office of Management and Budget has up to 60 days to approve or 
disapprove the information collection but may respond after 30 days; 
therefore, comments submitted in

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response to this notice should be submitted to OMB within 30 days in 
order to assure their maximum consideration.
    Please note that all comments are available for public review 
during regular office hours. If you wish to have your name and/or 
address withheld, you must state this prominently at the beginning of 
your comments. We will honor your request to the extent allowed by law. 
All comments from businesses or representatives of businesses will be 
open for public review.

III. Data

    Title: The Adult Vocational Training and Employment Assistance 
Program Application Form.
    OMB approval number: 1076-0062.
    Summary of Collection of Information: The collection of information 
provides pertinent data concerning the individual's training and 
employment background to determine eligibility for program services.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Description of respondents: Individual tribal members residing on 
or near reservations seeking training and employment assistance 
services.
    Estimated completion time: \1/2\ hour.
    Number of Annual responses: 4,900.
    Annual Burden hours: 2,450 hours.

    Dated: January 17, 2003.
Aurene M. Martin,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-2216 Filed 1-30-03; 8:45 am]
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