[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 13 (Friday, January 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 3340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-645]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendations; National Rapid Response Information 
Network

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)(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 
National Response is soliciting comments concerning the proposed 
information collection request (ICR) for the National Rapid Response 
Network. A copy of the proposed ICR is available at this site: http://www.doleta.gov/Performance/guidance/OMBControlNumber.cfm.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee's section below on or before March 21, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Jeff Ryan, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training 
Administration, Room C-5325, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC 20210, Phone: (202) 693-3546 (this is not a toll-free number), Fax: 
(202) 693-3149, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    As part of its responsibility for the administration and oversight 
of activities carried out under the Workforce Investment Act of 2000 
(WIA), ETA has designed a Rapid Response Information Network (RRIN). 
This electronic reporting system will allow users to easily input data 
regarding layoffs and layoff related information through a secure Web 
site.

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: Regular.
    Agency: Office of National Response.
    Title: National Rapid Response Information Network.
    OMB Number: 1205-XXX.
    Agency Form Numbers: ETA 9119A, B, C.
    Recordkeeping: 0.
    Affected Public: State, local, or tribal government.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 3274 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0.
    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: January 11, 2006.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
 [FR Doc. E6-645 Filed 1-19-06; 8:45 am]
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