[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 127 (Friday, July 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16125]



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RECOVERY ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY BOARD


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB 
Emergency Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.

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SUMMARY: The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board (Board) has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance 
the following proposal for collection of information under the 
emergency provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35).

DATES: Comments are due July 16, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments to Sharon Mar, Desk Officer for the 
Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; fax 
202-395-5167; or e-mail to [email protected].
    Title of Collection: Jobs Reporting under Section 1512 of the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
    OMB Control No.: 0430--Pending.
    Description: Section 1512 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment 
Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-5, 123 Stat. 115 (2009)) (Recovery Act) 
requires recipients of Recovery Act funds to report an estimate of the 
number of jobs created or retained by particular projects or 
activities. These reports are submitted to FederalReporting.gov, and 
information from these reports is later posted to the publicly 
available Web site Recovery.gov. Among other things, the purpose of the 
Recovery Act is ``to preserve and create jobs and promote economic 
recovery.'' An integral part of the nation's recovery is the creation 
of jobs. However, there has been very little oversight of the job 
numbers reported by recipients of Recovery funds. The U.S. Government 
Accountability Office (GAO) and the Inspectors General (IGs) have done 
limited testing on some recipients. The limited testing to date has 
found the following: (1) Some recipients were confused by the revised 
guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on 
December 18, 2009 (M-10-08); (2) some recipients decided not to use the 
updated jobs reporting guidance; (3) one state recipient estimated the 
number of jobs that could potentially be created; and (4) one recipient 
was calculating jobs by dividing average salaries by the number of 
employees. Therefore, a statistically valid sample test would provide 
the insight needed to better understand these jobs numbers. The sample 
would be approximately 200 recipients and should provide enough data to 
determine whether the jobs numbers reported are reasonable. The 
information requested would be limited to the recipients' policies and 
procedures for compiling and reporting the jobs data; documentation for 
the jobs reported; and identifying any on-going challenges faced in 
complying with the job reporting requirements. The information 
requested in most circumstances will be less than 10 pages.
    Affected Public: Recipients, as defined in section 1512(b)(1) of 
the Recovery Act, of Recovery Act funds.
    Total Estimated Number or Respondents: 200.
    Frequency of Responses: Once.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 400.

Ivan J. Flores,
Paralegal Specialist, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board.
[FR Doc. 2010-16125 Filed 7-1-10; 8:45 am]
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