[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 623-624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-8288]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Financial Reporting Requirements for Programs Currently Reporting 
on Standard Form 269

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 preclearance 
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. ETA is 
soliciting comments concerning the revised financial reporting 
requirements for all ETA programs which do not otherwise have OMB 
approved program-specific financial reporting requirements.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee's section below on or before March 6, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Isabel Danley, Office of Grants and Contract Management, 
Employment and Training Administration, United States Department of 
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-4716, Washington, DC 20210, 
202-693-3047 (this is not a toll-free number), [email protected], 
and/or fax 202-693-3362.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Isabel Danley, Office of Grants and 
Contract Management, Employment and Training Administration, United 
States Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC 20210, 202-693-3047 (this is not a toll-free number), 
[email protected], and/or fax 202-693-3362. Copies of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act Submission Package, including the proposed revised form 
and instructions, are at this Web site: http://www.doleta.gov/Performance/guidance/OMBControlNumber.cfm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    This proposed information collection notice is requesting a revised 
financial reporting collection format for all ETA programs currently 
reporting on the OMB approved Standard Form (SF) 269 (REV 9-99.) The 
basic financial reporting requirements for all Federal programs are 
prescribed by OMB Circulars A-102 and A-110. These requirements are 
codified in Department of Labor Regulations at 29 CFR 95.52 and 29 CFR 
97.41, which specify that the SF 269 or such other forms that may be 
approved by OMB are authorized for obtaining financial information from 
recipients. Further, the revised U.S. DOL ETA Financial Report is 
consistent with OMB efforts to streamline Federal financial reporting, 
pursuant to Public Law 106-107.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

    Currently, the Department is soliciting comments concerning the 
revised financial reporting collection format for all ETA programs 
which currently report on the SF 269 to:
     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.

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    A copy of the proposed information clearance request (ICR), 
including the proposed revised form and instructions, can be obtained 
directly through the Web site: http://www.doleta.gov/Performance/guidance/OMBControlNumber.cfm or by contacting the office listed above 
in the addressee section of this notice.

III. Current Actions

    Type of Review: New.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Financial Reporting Requirements for ETA Programs Currently 
Reporting on SF 269.
    Affected Public: State agencies, local governments, and/or other 
for profit and non-profit organizations; and consortia of any and/or 
all of the above.
    Total Respondents: 680.
    Frequency: Quarterly.

         DOL-ETA Reporting Burden for Entities That Will Be Reporting on Revised Financial Status Report
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                                                                 PY 2004                       PY 2005
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                                                       PY 2004   FY 2005    Total    PY 2005   FY 2006    Total
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Average number of reports per entity per quarter....         1         1         2         1         1         2
Average number of reports per entity per year.......         4         4         8         4         4         8
Average number of hours required for reporting per       \1/2\     \1/2\     \1/2\     \1/2\     \1/2\     \1/2\
 quarter per report.................................
Average number of hours required for reporting per           2         2         4         2         2         4
 entity per year....................................
Number of entities reporting........................       680       680       680       680       680       680
Average number of hours required for reporting            1360      1360      2720      1360      1360      2720
 burden per year....................................
 
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    Note: The above data represents average burden figures for all 
ETA programs that will be reporting on the revised U.S. DOL ETA 
Financial Report and that are currently reporting on the SF 269. 
Programs included in this compilation are: State Employment Security 
Agencies (SESAs), comprised of Employment Service (ES), Unemployment 
Service (UI), and Trade Program Grant Agreements (TAs); Hardmark 
Grants; Business Relations Group High Growth Grants; H-I B Grants; 
Youth, comprised of Offender, Foster Care, Opportunity, and 
Rewarding Achievement Grants; and Performance Incentive Grants. 
Estimates also include provision for other miscellaneous grants 
which are yet to be funded, but which will report on the revised 
Financial Report. (An exception to the average number of reports per 
entity per quarter are the SESAs which each have 3 components, ES, 
UI, and Trade, for an approximate total of 25 reports per quarter.) 
Total burden cost was based upon a GS-12, Step 1 salary as 
calculated from Salary Table 2005-DCB, effective January 2005.

    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval of the ICR; they will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: December 28, 2005.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-8288 Filed 1-4-06; 8:45 am]
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