[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 41 (Friday, March 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9588-9590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3622]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendations; YouthBuild Reporting 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)(2)(A)]. This program helps to 
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired

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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 (ETA) is 
soliciting comments concerning the YouthBuild program. 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 May 1, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Gregg Weltz, Office of Workforce Investment, Division of 
Youth Services, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N4459, 200 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20210. Phone (202) 693-3527 (This is not a 
toll-free number), fax (202) 693-3861, or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In applying for YouthBuild grants, grantees agree to submit 
participant data and quarterly aggregate reports for individuals who 
receive services through the YouthBuild program. The reports will 
include aggregate data on demographic characteristics, types of 
services received, placements, outcomes, and follow-up status. 
Specifically, they summarize data on participants who received 
education, occupational skill training, leadership development 
services, and other services essential to preparing at-risk youth for 
high-wage, high-demand occupations through the YouthBuild program.
    This is a request for approval to implement the reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements of the YouthBuild program through an ETA-
provided, Web-based Management Information System (MIS). Three outcome 
measures will be used to measure success in the YouthBuild grants: 
Placement in employment or education, attainment of a degree or 
certificate, and literacy and numeracy gains. These conform to the 
common performance measures implemented across Federal employment and 
job training programs as of July 1, 2005. By standardizing the 
reporting and performance requirements of different programs, the 
common measures streamline reporting and give Federal policymakers and 
ETA the ability to compare across programs the core goals of the youth 
workforce system: How many youth found jobs or continued on to post-
secondary education; how many youth earned a high school diploma or GED 
or other industry recognized credential; and how much progress did they 
make in terms of their basic skill levels in literacy and numeracy. 
Although the common measures are an integral part of ETA's performance 
accountability system, these measures provide only part of the 
information necessary to effectively oversee the workforce investment 
system. ETA will also collect additional data from YouthBuild grantees 
on program activities, participants, and outcomes that are necessary 
for program management and to convey full and accurate information on 
the performance of the YouthBuild program.
    This request establishes a reporting and record-keeping system for 
a level of information collection that is necessary to comply with 
Equal Opportunity requirements, hold YouthBuild grantees appropriately 
accountable for the Federal funds they receive, including common 
performance measures, and allow the Department to fulfill its oversight 
and management responsibilities.

II. Review Focus

    The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments 
that:
     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: New.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: YouthBuild Reporting System.
    OMB Number: 1205-0NEW.
    Agency Number(s): ETA-9136.
    Affected Public: YouthBuild Grantees.
    Total Respondents: 85.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 16,280.

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                                                                                   Average time
         Form/activity               Total          Frequency      Total annual    per response    Total  annual
                                  respondents                        response         (hours)      burden hours
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Participant Data Collection...              85  Continual.......           3,000             1.8           5,400
Quarterly narrative progress                85  Quarterly.......             340              16           5,440
 report.
Quarterly performance report..              85  Quarterly.......             340              16           5,440
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    Totals....................              85  ................           3,680  ..............          16,280
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    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: February 26, 2007.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-3622 Filed 3-1-07; 8:45 am]
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