[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 587-588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-33266]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Comment Request for Information Collection for Extension With 
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 High Growth and 
Community-Based Job Training Grants OMB No. 1205-0465, which expires: 
5/31/2011.
    A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) 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 
ADDRESSES section below on or before March 7, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Megan Baird, Room N-4643, 
Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-3949 (this is not a 
toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-3890. E-mail: 
[email protected]. Please reference OMB Control Number 1205-
0465 in the subject line of the e-mail.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    I. Background: This document provides the justification for the 
request by the Department of Labor, Employment and Training 
Administration (ETA) for an extension with revisions of OMB-approved 
quarterly progress reporting requirements for the High Growth Job 
Training Initiative (HGJTI) grants and the Community-Based Job Training 
(CBJT) grants. The OMB-approved HGJTI and CBJTG quarterly progress 
reporting requirements, OMB No. 1205-1465, expire May 31, 2011. Through 
the extension with renewal request, ETA will require grantees to submit 
standardized quarterly progress reports summarizing the number and 
types of participants served by grantees, the number of exiters, the 
number of participants engaged in training activities, and some 
participant outcomes. To calculate the common performance measures for 
each grantee and the grant programs as a whole, ETA will also require 
grantees to submit quarterly standardized records for exiters that 
contain the minimum number of elements needed to calculate common 
performance measure outcomes. These progress reporting requirements 
align with outcome categories identified in the SGAs used to award 
HGJTI and CBJT grants. The collection of this data helps ETA report the 
impact of these funds and provides ETA with more comprehensive 
information on the status of individual grants and individuals that 
receive services and find employment through these grants. The 
accuracy, reliability, and comparability of program reports submitted 
by grantees using federal funds are fundamental elements of good public 
administration and are necessary tools for maintaining and 
demonstrating system integrity. The use of a standard set of data 
elements, definitions, and specifications at all levels of the 
workforce system, including the HGJTI and CBJT grants, helps improve 
the quality of performance information that is received by ETA. This 
data also helps ETA provide more targeted technical assistance to 
support improvement of grantee outcomes. ETA will continue to provide 
HGJTI and CBJT grantees with a reporting system, the Enterprise

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Business Support System (EBSS), which will support the submission of 
quarterly progress reports to ETA, which include both a performance 
report (ETA-9134 Form) and narrative report.
    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: High Growth and Community-Based Job Training Grants.
    OMB Number: 1205-0465.
    Affected Public: High Growth Job Training Initiative and Community-
Based Job Training grantees.
    Form(s): ETA-9134.
    Total Annual Respondents: 190.
    Annual Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Annual Responses: 760.
    Average Time per Response: 112.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 27,980.
    Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: $0.
    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.

    Signed: at Washington, DC this 28th day of December 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-33266 Filed 1-4-11; 8:45 am]
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