[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 223 (Friday, November 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70949-70950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29202]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Information Collection for the Evaluation of the Aging 
Worker Initiative; Comment Request

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. 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 
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 information for Evaluation of the 
Aging Worker Initiative (AWI). The information collection will not be 
conducted until approved by OMB and it will display the OMB control 
number. There will be no penalty assessed for failure to respond to 
this approved information collection. 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 
addressee's section below on or before January 18, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Charlotte Schifferes, Office of 
Policy Development and Research, Room N-5641, Employment and Training 
Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. 
Telephone number: 202-693-3655 (this is not a toll-free number). Fax: 
202-693-2766. E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The proposed information collection is for an evaluation of 10 
grants, totaling $13 million, which comprise the AWI. The AWI grants, 
provided to local agencies, are being used to test new

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occupational training and workforce services for workers aged 55 and 
older. The evaluation will examine implementation of the grants, 
document the types of interventions, assess attributes of these 
treatments, estimate their success in helping aging workers become or 
remain employed, and discuss the potential for implementation of 
various methods in the broader workforce system.
    Office of Management and Budget (OMB) clearance of the information 
collection is needed since it will involve (1) two rounds of site 
visits with the ten grantees, (2) phone reconnaissance with the ten 
grantees, and (3) additional participant-level data, beyond what is 
needed for the OMB-approved quarterly and Common Measures reporting 
requirements for High Growth Job Training Grants (as required for the 
AWI grants). The additional data is needed to understand in greater 
detail the characteristics of participants, the services provided to 
them, and the linkages among different programs in providing services. 
Each grantee will also need to provide the participant data to the 
evaluation contractor on two occasions, using a secure FTP site or by 
CD, at the grantee's discretion.

II. Review Focus

    The U.S. 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: New.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Evaluation of the Aging Worker Initiative Grants.
    OMB Number: 1205-0NEW.
    Record Keeping: NA.
    Affected Public: Staff in local organizations administering the AWI 
grants; partner organizations (such as community colleges, local 
workforce agencies, and businesses); and individuals who apply for 
services under the AWI grants.
    Total Respondents: 7,300.
    Frequency: Varies according to type of respondent and the nature of 
the data collection; once for participants and twice for administrative 
personnel.
    Total Annual Responses: Varies.
    Average Time per Response: Varies as per type of data collected.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,351 hours.
    Total Burden Cost: The estimated total burden cost is $98,422 as 
shown below:

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                                                          Average number
                                                            respondents    Total number       Hours/        Total hours    Average cost/    Total cost
                                                             per site       respondents     respondent                         hour
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Round 1 site visit......................................              18             180             1.2             216          $29.82          $6,441
Round 2 site visit......................................              25             250             1.2             300           30.92           9,276
Data/MIS--participants..................................             685           6,850             0.5           3,425           20.25          69,356
Data/MIS--Grantee staff.................................               1              10            40.0             400           32.50          13,000
Telephone Reconnaissance................................               1              10             1.0              10           34.94             349
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    Total...............................................             730           7,300  ..............           4,351  ..............          98,422
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    Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be 
summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the 
information collection request; they will also become a matter of 
public record.

    Signed: At Washington, DC, this 15th day of November 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-29202 Filed 11-18-10; 8:45 am]
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