[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 40 (Thursday, February 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 10824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3740]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

February 22, 2008.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) hereby announces the submission of 
the following public information collection requests (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 each ICR, with applicable supporting 
documentation; including among other things a description of the likely 
respondents, proposed frequency of response, and estimated total burden 
may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or by contacting Darrin King on 202-
693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) / e-mail: 
[email protected].
    Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: Katherine Astrich, OMB Desk 
Officer for the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 
202-395-7316/Fax: 202-395-6974 (these are not a toll-free numbers), e-
mail: [email protected] within 30 days from the date of this 
publication in the Federal Register. In order to ensure the appropriate 
consideration, comments should reference the OMB Control Number (see 
below).
    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: Employment and Training Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Title: Interstate Arrangement for Combining Employment and Wages.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0029.
    Form Number: ETA-586.
    Affected Public: State Governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 848.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden: $0.
    Description: Section 3304(a)(9)(B), of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, requires states to participate in an arrangement for combining 
employment and wages covered under the different state laws for the 
purpose of determining unemployed workers' entitlement to unemployment 
compensation. The Interstate Arrangement for Combining Employment and 
Wages for combined wage claims (CWC), promulgated at 20 CFR 616, 
requires the prompt transfer of all relevant and available employment 
and wage data between states upon request. The Benefit Payment 
Promptness Standard, 20 CFR part 640, requires the prompt payment of 
unemployment compensation including benefits paid under the CWC 
arrangement. The ETA-586 report provides the ETA/Office of Workforce 
Security with information necessary to measure the scope and effect of 
the CWC program and monitor the performance of each state in responding 
to wage transfer data requests and the payment of benefits. For 
additional information, see related notice published at 72 FR 68594 on 
December 5, 2007.

    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Type of Review: New Collection (Request for a new OMB Control 
Number).
    Title: High Growth and Community-Based Job Training Grants.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0NEW.
    Form Number: ETA-9134.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Not-for-profit institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 272.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 53,464.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden: $0.
    Description: This information collection request is to implement 
new reporting requirements for ETA's High Growth Job Training 
Initiative (HGJTI) and the Community-Based Job Training Grants (CBJTG). 
ETA will require grantees to submit standardized quarterly reports 
summarizing the number and types of participants served by grantees, 
the number of exiters, the number of participants engaged in training 
activities, and some participant outcomes. To calculate the common 
measures for each grantee and for the program as a whole, ETA will also 
require grantees to submit quarterly participant records for exiters 
that contain the minimum number of elements needed to obtain the 
information to calculate the common measures. ETA plans to use these 
records to obtain wage record information from the Wage Record 
Interchange System (WRIS), which in turn ETA will use to compute common 
measures. These reports and records will help ETA gauge the effects of 
the HGJTI and CBJTG grants, identify grantees that could serve as 
useful models, and target technical assistance appropriately. ETA's 
statutory and regulatory authority to administer these programs 
includes provisions for the requirement of performance reporting from 
grantees. The legislative authority for these programs comes from the 
Workforce Investment Act (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) and the American 
Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 as amended, 
both of which authorize and/or require that ETA collect information 
from grantees regarding program performance and participant outcomes.

Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
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