[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 24 (Monday, February 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6097-6098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1555]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


SCSEP Performance Measurement System

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, Division of 
Older Worker Programs, is soliciting comments concerning the proposed 
extension of the collection for the Senior Community Service Employment 
Program. The proposed information collection request (ICR) documents 
can be obtained at this Web 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 60 days after the date of 
publication in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Gale B. Gibson, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and 
Training Administration, Room S-4206, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: (202) 693-3758 (This is not a toll-
free number); Fax: (202) 693-3817, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    This package contains revised 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 
required for implementation of an Internet-based SCSEP Performance and 
Results QPR (SPARQ) system that became effective on July 1, 2005.
    The SCSEP is funded for approximately $439 million and provides 
over 61,000 community service positions in which over 93,000 low-income 
persons aged 55 or older are employed each year. About 20,000 people 
will be placed from the program into unsubsidized employment in the 
private or public sector.
    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 has become 
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. The legal authority for the collection of additional 
information may be found at sections 503(a)(1), 503(e)(4), 507, 508, 
513, and 514 of the 2000 Amendments to the OAA.
    Data collection forms have also required enhancements to allow 
tracking the co-enrollment of SCSEP participants in the SCSEP 502(e) 
training grants that were awarded in October of 2004. The 502(e) grants 
are a sub-set of the SCSEP designed to involve private, for-profit 
businesses in training SCSEP participants.

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: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: SCSEP Performance Measurement System.
    OMB Number: 1205-0040.
    Agency Form Numbers: ETA-9120, ETA-9121, ETA-9122, ETA-9123, ETA-
9124A, ETA-9124B, ETA-9124C, ETA-8705, and OMB Forms SF269, SF424, and 
SF424A
    Recordkeeping: N/A
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; state, local and 
tribal governments; business or other for-profit; organizations; the 
Federal government; and individuals
    Total Respondents: 324,940.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours:

                                          Estimated Total Burden Hours
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                                    Total                             Total        Average time
        Cite reference          respondents 1      Frequency        responses      per response    Burden hours
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Participant Form--ETA-9120...              69  Ongoing.........         106,000  11 mins........          19,433
Community Service Assignment               69  Ongoing.........         110,000  5 mins.........           9,167
 Form--ETA-9121.
Unsubsidized Employment Form--             69  Ongoing.........          22,000  11 mins........           4,033
 ETA-9122.
Exit Form--ETA-9123..........              69  Ongoing.........          55,000  2 mins.........           1,833
Equitable Distribution Report              56  Annually........              56  12 hrs.........             672
 Form--ETA-8705.
Participant Customer                   14,000  Annually........          14,000  10 mins........           2,333
 Satisfaction--ETA-9124A.
Host Agency Customer                   13,000  Annually........          13,000  10 mins........           2,167
 Satisfaction--ETA-9124B.

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Employer Customer                       4,400  Ongoing.........           4,400  8 mins.........             587
 Satisfaction--ETA-9124C.
Financial Status Report (SF-               69  Quarterly and                345  1 hour 15 mins.             431
 269).                                          Final.
Grant Planning--SF-424A......              69  Annually........              69  3 hours........             207
Grant Planning--SF-424.......              69  Annually........              69  45 hours.......           1,725
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    Sub Total ETA Forms......  ..............  ................         324,940  8 mins.........          42,590
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1 The total respondents will likely vary from year to year.

    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 27, 2006.
John R. Beverly, III,
Administrator, Office of National Programs.
 [FR Doc. E6-1555 Filed 2-3-06; 8:45 am]
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