[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19450-19451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8302]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendations; Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Financial 
Reporting Requirements for Formula Funded Grants

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

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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.

DATES: Submit comments on or before June 14, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Isabel Danley, Office of Grants and 
Contract Management, Employment and Training Administration, United 
States Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-4720, 
Washington, DC 20210, 202-693-3047 (this is not a toll-free number), 
[email protected], and/or fax 202-693-3362.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Isabel Danley, Office of Grants and 
Contract Management, Employment and Training Administration, United 
States Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC 20210, 202-693-3047 (this is not a toll-free number), 
[email protected], and/or fax 202-693-3362.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    This proposed information collection notice is requesting an 
extension of authority to collect WIA financial data contained on 
formats provided to the States in ETA Training and Employment Guidance 
Letter No. 16-99, dated June 23, 2000. This data collection was granted 
an extension by OMB in Notice of Action Number 1205-0408, dated 
February 12, 2001. The collection of information pursuant to that 
notice expired on February 29, 2004; however, OMB granted an extension 
through May 2004. The financial reporting requirements for the WIA 
formula funded grants are set forth in Public Law 105-220, dated August 
7, 1998, and WIA Final Rule, 20 CFR part 652, et al., dated August 11, 
2000. Data collected are utilized by the Department to evaluate the 
performance and expenditure levels of the States and local areas in 
carrying out the statutory intent of the WIA appropriated funds. This 
is the Department's exclusive collection of financial data for WIA 
formula funded grants, all of which is collected electronically.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

    Currently, the Department is soliciting comments concerning the 
proposed extension/reinstatement of the WIA Financial Reporting 
Requirements for Formula Funded Grants to:
     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.
    A copy of the proposed ICR can be obtained by contacting the office 
listed above in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.

III. Current Actions

    Type of Review: Extension/Reinstatement (without change).
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: WIA Financial Reporting Requirements for Formula Funded 
Grants.
    OMB Number: 1205-0408.
    Agency Number: ETA 9076 A-F.
    Affected Public: States, local governments, Private Industry 
Councils and/or other for profit and non-profit organizations.
    Total Respondents: 56.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Responses: 12 per respondent per year (3 each quarter, one 
for each year of appropriated funds available for expenditure).
    Average Time per Response: 1 hour.

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                                                                                                        Annual
    PY 2003 yr. of responses         Total          Frequency          Total      Average Time per      burden
                                  respondents                        responses        response          hours
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PY 2001.........................           56  Quarterly..........          224  1 hour............          224
PY 2002.........................           56  Quarterly..........          224  1 hour............          224
PY 2003.........................           56  Quarterly..........          224  1 hour............          224
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    Totals......................  ...........  ...................          672  ..................          672
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    Comments submitted in response to this notice 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 6, 2004.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. 04-8302 Filed 4-12-04; 8:45 am]
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