[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 588-589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-33247]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Comment Request for Information Collection for Workforce
Information Grants to States Application Instructions for PY 2011,
Extension Without Revisions
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
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
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 data about the Workforce
Information (WI) Grants to States, OMB Control Number 1205-0417 that
expires on May 31, 2011.
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 7, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Mr. Anthony Dais, Room S-4231,
Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-2784 (this is not a
toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-3015. E-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: In May 2008, the Employment and Training
Administration (ETA) received three-year approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to publish without change the annual
planning guidance for the Workforce Information Grants to States under
OMB Control Number 1205-0417. This approval will expire on May 31,
2011.
On July 16, 2010, ETA published the application instructions for
program year (PY) 2010 Workforce Information Grants to States (One-Stop
Workforce Information Grant Plan and Annual Performance Report) through
Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 3-10. ETA is requesting
to continue the information collection requirements specified in TEGL
3-10 and be granted OMB approval for three years following the current
date of expiration. This Federal Register notice is to request public
comments and recommendations regarding the continuation of the
information collection.
The purpose of the information collection required by TEGL 3-10 is
to strengthen and support state and regional use of workforce and
economic information, increase data integration, expand the use of
economic analysis, information disseminated via the Internet and other
means to inform workforce investment decision-making. At the same time,
ETA intends to retain a high level of state flexibility, and maintain
the current state reporting burden. It is ETA's goal for the Workforce
Information Grants to States to support increased employment and
sustainable economic growth and recovery by supporting state and local
workforce system transformational efforts. Therefore, ETA expects
states through their labor market information (LMI)/WI research
entities to provide: Reliable foundational data; actionable workforce
information; and economic research and information services to state
and local policy makers, workforce system staff, job seekers, and
external partners. These workforce information services will support
the development of data-driven policy, inform training and employment
program design and investment decision-making, support consultations
with strategic partners, and leverage limited WI program grant
resources.
The data/information collection required from each grantee
includes:
(a) Submission of an annual grant statement of work (SOW)
certification affirming the planned accomplishment of expected grant
deliverables signed by both the Administrator of the State Workforce
Agency (SWA) and the Chair of the State Workforce Investment Board
(SWIB), or by the Governor.
(b) Submission of published economic analyses, special workforce
information reports, and/or economic studies determined to be relevant
and of benefit to the Governor and state and local workforce investment
boards (WIBs).
(c) Submission of an annual performance report that is signed by
both the Administrator of the SWA and Chair of the SWIB, or by the
Governor.
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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 without changes.
Title: Workforce Information Grant to States (One-Stop Workforce
Information Grant Plan and Annual Performance Report).
OMB Number: 1205-0417.
Affected Public: State.
Form(s): N/A.
Total Annual Respondents: 54.
Annual Frequency: Once.
Total Annual Responses: 162.
Average Time per Response: Grant Prep and Certification--63 hrs;
Relevant Economic Analyses--434 hrs; Annual Report--80 hrs;
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 31,158.
Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: $1,246,320.
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: December 28, 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-33247 Filed 1-4-11; 8:45 am]
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