[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 160 (Thursday, August 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 42123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19965]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Emergency Review: Comment Request

August 14, 2009.
    The Department of Labor has submitted the following information 
collection request (ICR), utilizing emergency review procedures, to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35) and 5 CFR 1320.13. OMB approval has been requested 
by August 24, 2009. A copy of this 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: OMB Desk 
Officer for the Department of Labor--Employment and Training 
Administration (ETA), Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 202-395-7316/Fax: 202-395-5806 (these 
are not toll-free numbers), E-mail: [email protected]. To 
ensure appropriate consideration, please submit comments by no later 
than August 21, 2009. Please note, interested parties will be provided 
with an additional opportunity to comment when this collection of 
information is resubmitted to OMB under standard clearance procedures.
    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 clarify 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.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Type of Review: Revision of a current approved collection.
    Title of Collection: Financial and Program Reporting and 
Performance Standards System for Indian and Native American Programs 
Under Title I, Section 166 of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0422.
    Frequency of Collection: Monthly and quarterly collection.
    Affected Public: WIA, Section 166, Indian and Native American grant 
recipients.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 127.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 90,262.
    Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden (does not include hourly 
costs): $0.
    Description: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 
(The Recovery Act) was signed into law by President Obama on February 
17, 2009. To record the impact of the Recovery Act resources, more 
current information on participants and the services received is 
essential. Therefore, to obtain a more robust look at participants and 
services provided with the additional Recovery Act resources, the 
Employment and Training Administration (ETA) proposes to revise the 
current youth report to add additional reporting elements. This new 
report adds 9 additional data elements pertaining to Recovery Act 
participants and 5 additional data elements unrelated to the Recovery 
Act. In addition, the frequency of reporting for Recovery Act 
Participants will be monthly and the frequency of reporting for 
``regular'' WIA, youth participants will increase to quarterly.

Why Are We Requesting Emergency Processing?

    This collection comprises a participant and performance reporting 
strategy that will provide a more robust, ``real time'' view of the 
impact of the Recovery Act funds, providing greater information on 
levels of program participation, and provide more information about the 
characteristics of the participants served, and the types of services 
provided. The approval of this request is necessary to allow ETA to 
report performance accountability information immediately on the 
effective use of Recovery Act funds already received by Native American 
grantees. With these monthly reports more current information will be 
available on the number of Native American youth served with Recovery 
Act funds and the outcomes they achieved.

Darrin A. King,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-19965 Filed 8-19-09; 8:45 am]
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