[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 94 (Friday, May 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 26894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10963]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Information Collection Request; Submitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendations; Trade Act Participant Report (TAPR)

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 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. 
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed revision of the collection of the 
Trade Act Participant Report (TAPR). (OMB Control No. 1205-0392)

DATES: Submit comments on or before July 13, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to Erin FitzGerald, Program Analyst, 
Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training 
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room C-5311, 200 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone 202-693-3506 (this is not a 
toll-free number), FAX 202-693-3585, e-mail [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin FitzGerald, Program Analyst, 
Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training 
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room C-5311, 200 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone 202-693-3506 (this is not a 
toll-free number) FAX 202-693-3585, e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    I. Background: On June 16, 1998, the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) approved a GPRA-compliant performance and participant 
outcomes data system for the Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance 
(DTAA); this system was revised in 2000 and is now known as the Trade 
Act Participant Report (TAPR). States implemented the TAPR beginning 
with the first quarter of fiscal year 1999 (October through December, 
1998), and have continued to collect and report data every quarter 
since then.
    II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, 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 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 information collection request (ICR) can be 
obtained by contacting the office listed above in the addresses section 
of this notice.
    III. Current Actions: The Department of Labor is currently seeking 
to revise the TAPR with minimal changes that reflect expanded services 
implemented under the Trade Act of 2002. The Department intends to more 
substantially revise the collection of outcomes information later in 
the calendar year 2004 and incorporate the data collected on the TAPR 
into the common data collection system used to collect program data 
under the OMB common measures. The common data collection elements will 
be available for future public comment in 2004.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Trade Act Participant Report (TAPR).
    OMB Number: 1205-0392.
    Affected Public: State governments.
    Total Respondents: 50.
    Average Time per Response: 47.5 hours per quarter.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Average Time per Response: 40 hours per week.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 9,500.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $325.
    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: May 7, 2004.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-10963 Filed 5-13-04; 8:45 am]
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