[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11956-11957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4091]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Veterans' Employment & Training Service


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), 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 
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 Veterans' Employment & Training Service is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed collection: Veteran Employment 
Services Survey. A copy of the proposed information collection request 
can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addresses 
section of this Notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addresses section below on or before Friday, April 4, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Ms. Ruth M. Samardick, Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Veterans' Employment and Training, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-1325, Washington, DC 20210, telephone 
(202) 693-4706, fax (202) 693-4754, e-mail [email protected]. 
Please use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or 
e-mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The purpose of this information collection is to learn more about 
veteran users of One-Stop Career Centers who do not appear to have had 
successful employment outcomes. The survey data collected will help 
determine to what extent the apparent lack of successful outcomes for 
veteran job seekers, as measured by the participating state's reported 
entered employment rate (EER), corresponds to an actual lack of success 
or to measurement methods. If current measurement methods are 
inaccurate, the collection will provide information about the nature of 
the problem. The survey results will be used to estimate the size of 
the measurement gap--the difference between the reported EER and the 
true EER. In estimating the true EER, we will estimate the number and 
percentage of veterans who are unsuccessful finding jobs.
    Further, this collection will allow DOL to learn key 
characteristics and reasons why some veterans have difficulty or fail 
to find jobs, learn what services were received and what veterans 
thought of them, and learn what services were not received and whether 
they were needed.

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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

    The Department of Labor seeks a new approval of this information 
collection in order to learn more about veteran users of One-Stop 
Career Centers who do not appear to have had successful employment 
outcomes.
    Type of Review: New.
    Agency: Veterans' Employment & Training Service.
    Title: Veteran Employment Services.
    OMB Number: N/A.
    Agency Number: CA-1032.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Respondents: 1,068.
    Total Annual Responses: 1,068.
    Average Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 267.
    Frequency: One Time.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): Contractor cost of 
$299,955.
    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 in Washington, DC, this 27th day of February 2008.
John M. McWilliam,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Veterans Employment and Training.
 [FR Doc. E8-4091 Filed 3-4-08; 8:45 am]
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