[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 210 (Monday, November 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63409-63410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24306]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Veterans' Employment and Training Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request: Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report VETS-
100

ACTION: Notice to extend current collection.

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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)). 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: Comments are to be submitted by January 3, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments are to be submitted to Paul Robertson, Regulatory 
Specialist, Office of Agency Management and Budget, Veterans' 
Employment and Training Service, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-1312, 
200 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20210. Electronic mail (e-
mail) is the preferred method for submitting comments. Comments must be 
clearly identified as pertaining to this Federal Register notice. E-
mail may be sent to [email protected]. Written comments limited to 
10 pages or fewer may also be transmitted by facsimile to (202) 693-
4755 (this is not a toll free number). Receipt of submissions, whether 
by U.S. Mail, e-mail or FAX transmittal, will not be acknowledged; 
however, the sender may request confirmation that a submission has been 
received, by telephoning VETS at (202) 693-4719 (VOICE) or (202) 693-
4753 (TTY/TDD).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Robert Wilson, Division of

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Investigation and Compliance, Veterans' Employment and Training 
Service, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-1312, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, or by e-mail at 
[email protected].
    Copies of the referenced information collection request are 
available for inspection and copying through the Veterans' Employment 
and Training Service (VETS) and will be mailed to persons who request 
copies by telephoning Robert Wilson at (202) 693-4719.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Federal Contractor Veterans Employment Report VETS-100, as 
administered by the U.S. Department of Labor, is used to facilitate 
Federal contractor and subcontractor reporting of their employment and 
new hiring activity. Employers with Federal contracts awarded before 
December 1, 2003, are to follow the reporting guidance found in 41 CFR-
250. Title 38 U.S.C. 4212 (d) was amended by the Veterans' Employment 
Opportunities Act on October 31, 1998, and now requires the collection 
of information from entities holding contracts of $25,000 or more with 
Federal maximum and minimum number of employees employed by the 
contractor at each hiring location. Employers with contracts of $25,000 
or more that were awarded by the Federal government before December 1, 
2003, are required to report the employment of targeted veterans on the 
VETS-100 Report. 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 eligible 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 hiring during the report period and of those, the number of 
special disabled, the number who are veterans of the Vietnam era, and 
the number who are other veterans; and the maximum and minimum number 
of employees employed by the contractor at each hiring location.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

    Currently VETS is soliciting comments concerning the proposed 
information collection request for the Federal Contractor Veterans' 
Employment Report VETS-100. 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.

III. Current Actions

    This notice requests the Office of Management and Budget approval 
for the paperwork requirements for the Federal Contractor Veterans 
Employment Report VETS-100.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Agency: Veterans' Employment and Training Service.
    Title: Federal Contractor Veterans' Report VETS-100.
    OMB Number: 1293-0005.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit institutions and not-
for-profit institutions.
    Total Respondents: 187,755.
    Average Time per Response: 30 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 140,816.
    Total Annualized Capital/startup costs: $0.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and included in the agency's request for OMB approval of the 
information collection request. Comments will become a matter of public 
record.

    Dated in Washington, DC, this 25th day of October, 2004.
Frederico Juarbe, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-24306 Filed 10-29-04; 8:45 am]
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