[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 213 (Thursday, November 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64327-64328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24640]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Veterans' Employment and Training Service


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Request for Comments: VETS 300, SF 269A, and Manager's Report

AGENCY: Veterans' Employment and Training Service, Labor.

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 pre-clearance 
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on the proposed continued collections of 
information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. The Paperwork Reduction Act 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, VETS is soliciting comments concerning the proposed 
extension of the information collection request for the Manager's 
Report and replacement of the VETS-300, Quarterly Financial Status 
Reports with the OMB approved Standard Form (SF) 269A Reports for cost 
information collection.

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 are 
limited to 10 pages or fewer and 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

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acknowledged; however, the sender may request confirmation that a 
submission has been received, by telephoning VETS at (202) 693-4708 
(VOICE) or (202) 693-4753 (TTY/TDD).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Pamela Langley, Interim Chief, 
Division of Employment and Training Programs, VETS, at the 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 VETS and will be mailed to persons who request copies by 
contacting Pamela Langley at (202) 693-4708.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Each State Workforce Agency Office has been required to submit the 
VETS 300 and Manager's Reports on a quarterly basis, with one 
additional VETS 300, Final Fiscal Year Report. With the passage of 
Public Law 107-288, the Jobs for Veterans Act of 2002, enacted November 
7, 2002, the quarterly and final VETS-300 Cost Accounting Reports are 
no longer required to be submitted. The OMB approved SF 269A Quarterly 
Financial Report contains sufficient information to replace the VETS-
300 Reports. The VETS-300 reports will, therefore, be eliminated when 
the current form expires in December of 2004.
    Title 38 U.S.C. requires a report on employment and training 
services provided to veterans and eligible persons by the local 
employment service delivery system. This report is provided to the 
Director for Veterans' Employment and Training (DVET) each fiscal 
quarter. It addresses the service delivery point's performance and 
compliance with Federal law and regulations on the prioritization and 
provision of services to veterans and eligible persons. Section V. G. 
of the Special Grant Provisions and Veterans' Program Letter 09-03, 
require this report to include, as a minimum, an analysis of compliance 
with applicable measures of service or standards of performance and the 
quantity, quality and character of services provided to veterans and 
eligible persons, to include Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment 
activity.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

    Currently VETS is soliciting comments concerning the proposed 
three-year extension of the information collection request for the 
Manager's Report. 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 extended approval from OMB for the quarterly 
collection of information, electronic or mechanical submission, and 
other paperwork requirements of the Manager's Report on Services to 
Veterans.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Veterans' Employment and Training Service.
    Title: VETS 300, Manager's Report and SF 269A.
    OMB Number: 1293-0009.
    Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.

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                                                                                      Average
           Reports                Number of       Number of        Frequency      (response time     Estimate
                                 respondents      responses                           (hours)      burden hours
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Manager's Report.............           1,600           6,400  Quarterly........            4.00          25,600
SF 269A......................              53             530  Quarterly........             .30             159
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    Total....................           1,653           6,930  .................  ..............          25,759
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    Total Annualized Capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Initial Annual 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 at Washington, DC, this 29th day of October, 2004.
Frederico Juarbe Jr.,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-24640 Filed 11-3-04; 8:45 am]
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