[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 174 (Friday, September 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53690-53691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18003]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Emergency Review--Comment Request

September 5, 2005.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following (see 
below) 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 
September 16, 2005. A copy of this ICR, with applicable supporting 
documentation, may be obtained by calling the DOL Departmental 
Clearance Officer, Ira Mills, on (202) 693-4122 (this is not a toll-
free number) or e-mail: [email protected].
    Comments and questions about the ICR listed below should be 
submitted to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), 
Attn.: OMB Desk Officer for the Employment and Training Administration, 
Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 (202) 
395-7316 (this is not a toll-free number) before September 16, 2005.
    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

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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 collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology; e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Senior Community Service Employment Program Performance 
Measurement System.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0040.
    Frequency: Quarterly; Annually.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit; Business or other for-profit; 
Federal Government; and State, local or tribal.
    Number of Respondents: 78.

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                                                                                              Average
                                          Total                                    Total      time per   Burden
            Cite reference             respondents           Frequency           responses    response    hours
                                           \1\                                               (minutes)
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Participant Form--ETA-9020...........          69   Ongoing...................      106,000         11    19,430
Community Service Assignment Form--            69   Ongoing...................      110,000          5     9,170
 ETA-9020.
Unsubsidized Employment Form--ETA-             69   Ongoing...................       22,000         11     4,030
 9022.
Exit Form--ETA-9023..................          69   Ongoing...................       55,000          2     1,830
Quarterly Progress Report--ETA-5140..          69   Quarterly & Year-End......          345         14        80
502(e) Participant Form--ETA-9020               9   Ongoing...................       13,050          3       650
 (502e).
502(e) Training Form--ETA-9021 (502e)           9   Ongoing...................       14,350          5     1,100
Unsubsidized Employment Form--ETA-              9   Ongoing...................        1,900         11       350
 9022 (502e).
502(e) Quarterly Progress Report--ETA-          9   Quarterly & Year-End......           45         10        10
 5140 (502e).
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Sub-total ETA forms..................  ...........  ..........................      322,690          8    36,650
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    Total Burden Hours: 36,650.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Total Burden Cost (Operating/Maintaining Systems or Purchasing 
Services): $0.
    Description: This package contains revised program performance 
reports for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). 
The previously approved package permitted implementation of the Older 
Americans Act (OAA) Amendments of 2000. That request reflected 
information collection requirements contained in the Final Rule 
submitted to OMB on December 24, 2003. The current request is for 
approval of modified forms necessitated by the implementation of an 
Internet-based SCSEP Performance and Results QPR (SPARQ) system due to 
go into effect on July 1, 2005.
    The SCSEP is funded for approximately $440 million and provides 
over 60,000 positions in which over 100,000 low-income persons aged 55 
or more are employed each year. Over 22,000 people will be placed from 
the program into unsubsidized placement. The main part of the program 
is operated by 69 grantees, either state governments or national non-
profit organizations. The Section 502(e) training portion of the 
program is operated by an additional set of nine grantees.
    To ensure that the Senior Community Service Employment Program is 
properly administered, and to implement the performance measures and 
sanctions authorized by the 2000 Amendments to the OAA, it is necessary 
to expand and change the existing Quarterly Progress Report (QPR). In 
addition, a collection of information is required under OMB Memorandum 
M-02-06, which has been adopted by the Department of Labor (the 
Department). This requirement necessitates a collection of information 
to implement the Administration's common performance measures.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer/Team Leader.
[FR Doc. 05-18003 Filed 9-8-05; 8:45 am]
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