[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15894-15895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6118]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Emergency Review; Comment Request

March 22, 2005.
    The Department of Labor has submitted the following information 
collection request (ICR), utilizing emergency review procedures, to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35). OMB approval has been requested by April 14, 2005. 
A copy of this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be 
obtained by calling the Department of Labor Departmental Clearance 
Officer, Ira L. Mills, at (202) 693-4122.
    Comments and questions about the ICR listed below should be 
forwarded to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: 
OMB Desk Officer for the Employment and Training Administration, Room 
10235, Washington, DC 20503. The Office of Management and Budget 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 clarify 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.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: WIA Management Information and Reporting System.
    OMB Number: 1205-0420.
    Frequency: Quarterly; Annually.
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government.

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                                                                            Average annual
                    Form/Activity                      Total respondents   hours/respondent   Total annual/hours
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WIASRD Record.......................................                  53              11,415             604,982

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Quarterly Summary Report............................                  53                 640              33,920
Annual Summary Report...............................                  53                 400              21,200
Customer Satisfaction...............................                  53                 925              49,043
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    Total...........................................                  53              13,380             709,145
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    Total Burden: 709,145 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $1,791,400.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $ 22,237,916.
    Description: Each state administering a grant under the WIA adult, 
dislocated worker, and youth programs is required to submit quarterly 
(ETA 9090) and annual (ETA 9091) reports containing information related 
to levels of participation and performance outcomes. In addition, each 
state submits a file of individual records on all participants who exit 
the programs, formally called the Workforce Investment Act Title I-B 
Standardized Record Data (WIASRD). These individual records are 
submitted once each year for the July-to-June program period. The 
current WIA Management Information and Reporting System expires in 
August 2005.
    This is a request to revise the current WIA program reporting 
requirements to include data elements necessary for assessing state 
progress against common measures of performance beginning July 1, 2005. 
In 2002, under the President's Management Agenda, OMB and other Federal 
agencies developed a set of common performance measures to be applied 
to certain Federally-funded employment and training programs with 
similar strategic goals. Although the common measures are an integral 
part of ETA's performance accountability system, these measures provide 
only part of the information necessary to effectively oversee the 
workforce investment system. ETA will continue to collect from states 
and grantees data on program activities, participants, and outcomes 
that are necessary for program management and to convey full and 
accurate information on the performance of workforce programs to 
policymakers and stakeholders.
    The value of implementing common measures is the ability to 
describe in a similar manner the core purposes of the workforce 
system--how many people found jobs; did people stay employed; and did 
earnings increase. Multiple sets of performance measures have burdened 
states and grantees as they are required to report performance outcomes 
based on varying definitions and methodologies. By minimizing the 
different reporting and performance requirements, common performance 
measures can facilitate the integration of service delivery, reduce 
barriers to cooperation among programs, and enhance the ability to 
assess the effectiveness and impact of the workforce investment system, 
including the performance of the system in serving individuals facing 
significant barriers to employment.
    This revision to the WIA program reporting requirements identifies 
a minimum level of information collection that is necessary to comply 
with Equal Opportunity requirements, holds states appropriately 
accountable for the Federal funds they receive, including common 
performance measures, and allows the Department to fulfill its 
oversight and management responsibilities.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-6118 Filed 3-28-05; 8:45 am]
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