[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4107-4108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1428]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[OMB Control No. 1205-0025, Extension With Revision]


Comment Request for Information Collection for Job Corps 
Application Data

AGENCY: Office of Job Corps.

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 preclearance 
consultation program to provide the general public

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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 Employment and Training Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the collection of Job Corps application data 
collection forms (OMB Control NO. 1205-0025, expires 05/31/2010): ETA 
652, Job Corps Data Sheet, ETA 655, Statement from Court or Other 
Agency, and ETA 682, Child Care Certification.
    Proposed Change: ETA Form 652 currently captures information for a 
homeless/runaway/foster child in one category. Job Corps proposes a 
slight modification to this form to capture the information for a 
homeless/runaway/foster child in three separate categories.
    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.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee's section below on or before March 29, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Linda Marshall, Room N4456, 
Office of Job Corps, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 
Telephone number: 202-693-3106 (this is not a toll-free number). Fax: 
202-693-2767. E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    Job Corps is an intensive, residential training program for at-risk 
youth age 16 through 24 to address multiple barriers to employment 
faced by youth throughout the United States. Job Corps is authorized by 
Title I, Subtitle C, of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. The 
program is principally carried out through a nationwide network of 123 
Job Corps centers. The centers are located at facilities either owned 
or leased by the Federal Government. The Department has a direct role 
in the operation of Job Corps, and does not serve as a pass-through 
agency for this program. It is the Department's responsibility to 
establish Job Corps centers and to select operators for them. Of the 
123 current centers, 28 are operated by the Departments of Agriculture 
and the Interior, through interagency agreements. These centers are 
located on Federal lands controlled by these two agencies. The 
remaining 95 centers are managed and operated by large and small 
corporations and nonprofit organizations selected by the Department in 
accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations, and in most cases 
through a competitive procurement process. Many of the current 
contractors manage and operate more than one center.

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;

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                                        Total number                                 Average time per      Total  burden     Currently
             ETA form No.              of respondents          Frequency                respondent             hours      approved hours    NET change
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Job Corps Application, ETA 652.......         102,833  1/person................  10 minutes.............          17,139          39,397         -22,258
Statement from Court, ETA 655........         102,833  1/person................  1 minute...............           1,714           7,644          -5,930
Child Care Certification, ETA 682....           4,886  On occasion.............  30 seconds.............              41             640            -599
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    Total............................  ..............  ........................  .......................          18,894          47,781         -28,887
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     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: Extension with changes.
    Title: Job Corps Application Data.
    OMB Number: OMB 1205-0025.
    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: January 25, 2010.
Lynn A. Intrepidi,
Interim National Director, Office of Job Corps.
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