[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 55 (Friday, March 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 13954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6796]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 17, 2003.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public 
information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of 
this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by 
calling the Department of Labor. To obtain documentation contact Darrin 
King at (202) 693-4129 or by E-Mail [email protected].
    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer VETS, Office of Management and Budget, 
Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 ((202) 395-7316), within 30 days from 
the date of this publication in the Federal Register.
    The OMB 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 
submission of responses.
    Agency: Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS).
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report VETS-100.
    OMB Number: 1293-0005.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit and Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Number of Respondents: 187,755.
    Number of Annual Responses: 187,755.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 45 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 140,816.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: The Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report 
VETS-100, administered by the U.S. Department of Labor, is used to 
facilitate Federal contractor and subcontractor reporting of their 
employment and new hiring activity. Title 38 U.S.C., section 4212 (d) 
requires the collection of information from entities holding contracts 
of $25,000 or more with Federal departments or agencies to report 
annually on (a) the number of current employees in each job category 
and at each hiring location who are special disabled veterans, the 
number who are veterans of the Vietnam era and the number who are other 
veterans who served on active duty during a war or a campaign or 
expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized; (b) the 
total number of employees hired during the report period and of those, 
the number of special disabled, the number who are veterans; and the 
maximum and minimum number of employees employed by the contractor at 
each hiring location.

Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-6796 Filed 3-20-03; 8:45 am]
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