[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 97 (Friday, May 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29365-29366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2557]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


State Unified Plan Planning Guidance for State Unified Plans 
Submitted Under Section 501 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(WIA): Comment Request

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 proposed and/or continuing 
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(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, Office of 
Workforce Investment is soliciting comments concerning the proposed 
extension of the collection for the Planning Guidance and Instructions 
for Submission of the State Unified Plan Planning Guidance for State 
Unified Plans submitted under Section 501 of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998 (WIA). A copy of the proposed information collection 
request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in 
the addressee section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee's section below on or before July 19, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Christine D. Kulick, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment 
and Training Administration, Room S-4231, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20210: (202) 693-3045 (voice) (This is not a toll free 
number); (202) 693-7755 (TTY); (202) 693-3015 (Fax); or e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The purpose of this notice is to provide interested parties with 
the planning guidance for use by States in submitting two years of 
their Strategic Five-Year State Plan for Title I of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998 and the Wagner Peyser Act. The Planning Guidance 
and Instructions provide a framework for the collaboration of 
Governors, Local Elected Officials, businesses and other partners to 
continue the development of workforce investment systems that address 
customer needs, deliver integrated, user-friendly services; and are 
accountable to the customers and the public.

II. Review Focus

    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

    Type of Review: Extension without change.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: State Unified Plan Planning Guidance for State Unified Plans

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submitted under Section 501 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(WIA).
    OMB Number: 1205-0407.
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal.
    Total Respondents: 59.
    Number of Responses: 59.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,475.
    Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (Operating/Maintaining): $231.00 (mailing hard 
copy of State Plan).
    Comments submitted in response to this comment request 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 16, 2005.
Gay Gilbert,
Administrator, Employment & Training Administration Office of Workforce 
Investment.
[FR Doc. E5-2557 Filed 5-19-05; 8:45 am]
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