[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2420-2421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-638]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Veterans' Employment and Training Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of Existing 
Information Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Veterans' Employment and Training Service.

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection for Review; Federal 
Contractor Veterans' Employment Reports VETS-100 and VETS-100A; OMB 
Control No. 1293-0005.

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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 Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) is 
soliciting comments concerning the proposed extension of the currently 
approved information collection request for the ``Federal Contractor 
Veterans' Employment Report VETS-100'' and the ``Federal Contractor 
Veterans' Employment Report VETS-100A.'' A copy of the proposed 
information collection request can be obtained by contacting the office 
listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this Notice. There have been 
no changes to the current VETS-100 and the VETS-100A Reports. Each 
report has the same number of reporting elements.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
ADDRESSES section below on or before March 14, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Comments are to be submitted to Robert Wilson, Director for 
the Division of Investigation and Compliance, VETS, U.S. Department of 
Labor, Room S-1316, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. 
Electronic transmission is the preferred method for submitting 
comments. E-mail may be sent to [email protected]. Include 
``VETS-100A''in the subject line of the message. Written comments of 10 
pages or fewer also may be transmitted by facsimile to (202) 693-4755 
(this is not a toll free number). Receipt of submissions, whether by 
U.S. Mail, e-mail or FAX transmittal, will not be acknowledged; 
however, the sender may request confirmation that a submission has been 
received, by telephoning VETS at (202) 693-4719 (VOICE) (this is not a 
toll-free number) or (202) 693-4753 (TTY/TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 
(``VEVRAA''), 38 U.S.C. 4212(d), requires Federal contractors and 
subcontractors subject to the Act's affirmative action provisions in 38 
U.S.C. 4212(a) to track and report annually to the Secretary of Labor 
the number of employees in their workforces, by job category and hiring 
location, who belong to the specified categories of covered veterans. 
VETS maintains two sets of regulations to implement the reporting 
requirements under VEVRAA, and uses two different forms for providing 
the required information on the employment of covered veterans.
    The regulations set forth in 41 CFR part 61-250 require contractors 
that have a Government contract of $25,000 or more entered into before 
December 1, 2003, to use the Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment 
Report VETS-100 (``VETS-100 Report'') form for reporting information on 
the number of covered veterans in their workforces.
    The regulations set forth in 41 CFR part 61-300 implement 
amendments to the reporting requirements under VEVRAA that were made by 
the Jobs for Veterans Act (JVA) (Pub. L. 107-288) enacted in 2002. The 
JVA amended VEVRAA by: (1) Increased from $25,000 to $100,000, the 
dollar amount of the contract that subjects a Federal contractor to the 
requirement to report on veterans' employment; and (2) changed the 
categories of covered veterans under VEVRAA, and thus the categories of 
veterans that contractors are required to track and report on annually.
    The regulations in 41 CFR part 61-300 require contractors with a 
Government contract entered into or modified on or after December 1, 
2003, in the amount of $100,000 or more to use the Federal Contractor 
Veterans' Employment Report VETS-100A for reporting information on 
their employment of covered veterans under VEVRAA.
    Both the VETS-100 and VETS-100A Reports are currently approved 
under OMB No. 1293-0005.

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II. Desired Focus of Comments

    Currently VETS is soliciting comments concerning a request to 
extend the currently approved information collection request. 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

    The Department of Labor seeks approval of the extension of the 
currently approved information collection request in order to carry out 
its responsibilities to administer and enforce compliance with the 
contractor reporting requirements under VEVRAA, as amended by the JVA.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved 
collection.
    Agency: Veterans' Employment and Training Service.
    Title: Federal Contractor Veterans' Reports VETS-100 and VETS-100A.
    OMB Number: 1293-0005.
    Affected Public: Government contractors and subcontractors with a 
contract of $25,000 or more entered into before December 1, 2003, and 
Government contractors and subcontractors with a contract of $100,000 
or more entered into or modified on or after December 1, 2003, that are 
required to comply with the affirmative action provisions of the 
Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.
    Total Respondents: 20,700.
    Total Annual responses: 387,900.
    Average Time per Response:
    Electronic Submission--30 minutes;
    Paper Submission--one hour.
    Total Burden Hours: 202,100.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0--The information 
contractors report about their veterans' employment is collected and 
maintained in the normal course of business. There are no requirements 
for contractors to have any kind of equipment to be able comply with 
this collection of information.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice 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.

John M. McWilliam,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations and Management, Veterans' 
Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. 2011-638 Filed 1-12-11; 8:45 am]
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