[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14298-14299]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5578]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

March 21, 2007.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public 
information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). A copy of 
this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by 
calling Ira Mills on 202-693-4122 (this is not a toll-free number) or 
E-Mail: [email protected], or by accessing  http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of 
Labor Statistic (BLS), Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503, 202-395-7316 (this is not a toll free number), 
within 30 days from the date of this publication in the Federal 
Register.
    The OMB 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 submission of responses.
    Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved Collection.
    Title: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.
    OMB Number: 1220-0109.
    Frequency: Biennially.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Type of Response: Reporting.

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                                                                                   Average time      Estimated
                   Instrument                          Total           Total       per response    total burden
                                                    respondents      responses       (minutes)        (hours)
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NLSY79 Pretest Sample Replenishment Screener....           1,000           1,000               3              50
NLSY79 Pretest Sample Replenishment Interview...             100             100              15              25
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    Total.......................................           1,100           1,100  ..............              75
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    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: 0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): 0.
    Description: BLS requests OMB approval to conduct interviews to 
replenish the pretest sample of the National Longitudinal Survey of 
Youth 1979 cohort (NLSY79). The NLSY79 is a nationally representative 
survey of people who were born in the years 1957 to 1964 and lived in 
the U.S. when the survey began in 1979. NLSY79 participants were 
interviewed annually from 1979 to 1994 and have been interviewed every 
two years since 1994. The focus of the survey is labor market 
experiences, but the survey also covers topics that affect or are 
affected by labor market activity. These topics include education, 
training, marital and family relationships, fertility, childcare, 
health, substance use, and others.
    Prior to each round of the NLSY79, a pretest has been conducted 
with a separate, smaller sample to help ensure the proper functioning 
of questionnaires, procedures, and systems and to rectify any problems 
before the main fielding of the NLSY79. Over time, the size of the 
pretest sample has declined significantly, and the characteristics of 
pretest participants now differ so sharply from the characteristics of 
most NLSY79 participants that the pretest no longer is a useful tool to 
detect and remedy problems with the survey. For this reason, BLS and 
its contractors have decided to replenish the pretest sample. The 
process of replenishing the sample requires new sample members to be 
interviewed for about 15 minutes during the summer of 2007. The 
information obtained from this interview will be used for an input file 
during the NLSY79 Round 23 pretest that is planned for October 2007. 
Because the NLSY79 is longitudinal, the questions that respondents are 
asked in one round sometimes depend on the responses they provided in 
previous rounds. The summer 2007 interview is necessary to obtain 
information that will enable all questions to function properly in the 
October 2007 pretest.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer/Team Leader.
[FR Doc. E7-5578 Filed 3-26-07; 8:45 am]
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