[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 241 (Friday, December 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 75585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-21423]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Collection; 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 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. 
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed extension/reinstatement of the data 
retention required by 20 CFR 652.8(d)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, 
which requires each state to retain applications and job orders for a 
minimum of one year. 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 or at this Web site: http://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before February 13, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Christine Ollis, U.S. Department of Labor/
Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce Investment, 
Room S-4231, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. 
Telephone (202) 693-3046 (this is not a toll-free number), fax (202) 
693-3015, or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    State Workforce Agencies serve employers and jobseekers within the 
One-Stop Career Center system by posting job orders and taking work 
applications (commonly referred to as registrations). This information 
is essential to the core operations of One-Stop Career Centers. The 
exact information collected on job orders and work applications and the 
manner in which it is collected is determined by the state. At a 
minimum, states must comply with 20 CFR 652.8(d)(5), which requires 
that each state retain applications and job orders for one year.

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: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously 
approved collection.
    Agency: Employment & Training Administration.
    Title: Work Application/Job Orders Record Retention.
    OMB Number: 1205-0001.
    Recordkeeping: Record Retention.
    Affected Public: State Governments.
    Cite/Reference/Form/: 20 CFR 652.8(d)(5).
    Total Respondents: 52.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Responses: N/A.
    Average Time per Response: N/A.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 416.
    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 information collection request; they will also become a 
matter of public record.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 8th day of December 2006.
Gay M. Gilbert,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Investment, Employment and Training 
Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-21423 Filed 12-14-06; 8:45 am]
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