[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 161 (Friday, August 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51484-51485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20715]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Comment Request for Information Collection for OMB Control No. 
1205-0035, Job Corps Placement and Assistance Record, Extension With 
Revisions

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration.

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 and federal agencies 
an opportunity to

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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 data 
about Job Corps Placement and Assistance Record [OMB Control No. 1205-
0035, expires 09/30/2010]: ETA 678 form, Job Corps Placement and 
Assistance Record. ETA form 678 currently captures information about a 
student's training and subsequent placement in a job, higher education 
or the military, as well as the name of the placement provider agency. 
It is used to evaluate overall program effectiveness. This form is 
critical to the program's evaluation process. It is the only form which 
documents a student's post-center status. This form is completed by 
either a Job Corps center records staff or a career transition 
specialist for each student.
    Proposed change:
    1. Change the form title from Job Corps Placement and Assistance 
Record to Job Corps Placement Record.
    2. The form will now capture e-mail, fax number, and Web site 
addresses.
    3. Change Student's Vocational Training to Student's Career 
Technical Training (the acronym CTT will appear on the actual form); 
change apprenticeship to Registered Apprenticeship; add GED; Change 
Center ID to Center Code; change Placers ID to Career Transition 
Service ID (the acronym CTS will appear on the actual form); change 
Occupational Information Net (ONET) code to TAR (training achievement 
record) code; add TPA (training program area) to align with the CTT 
program changes; and add a Job Training Match (JTM) verification entry 
for (ONET) Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes 41-2022.00 
and 43-5081.01 to add greater clarification.
    4. Add information on employer benefits: 1. Does the job offer 
benefits? Add verification of employment or education; a drop down 
selection menu will be added to the form to capture pay stub, 1099, or 
transcript.
    5. Delete section heading: Non-Placer A. Was Student Self Placed?
    6. Add section heading: Placement Upgrade? Y or N to capture 
improvements to initial placements and to avoid the appearance of 
double placements.
    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 October 19, 2010.

ADDRESSEE: Submit written comments to Rachel Floyd-Nelson, Room N4456, 
Office of Job Corps, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 
Telephone number: 202-693-3120 (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 Department of Agriculture through an interagency agreement. 
These centers are located on Federal lands. 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;
    * 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 revisions.
    Title: Job Corps Placement and Assistance Record.
    OMB Number: Control No. 1205-0035.
    Affected Public: Job Corps records staff and career transition 
specialists.
    Form(s): ETA 678.
    Total Annual Respondents: 42,700.
    Annual Frequency: When placements occur.
    Total Annual Responses: 42,700.
    Average Time per Response: 7.43 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,288.
    Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: $43,361.
    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: August 17, 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
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