[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 98 (Friday, May 20, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29271-29272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12400]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Veterans' 
Employment and Training Service (VETS) sponsored information collection 
request (ICR) titled, ``Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment 
Report,'' Forms VETS-100 and VETS-100A, to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval for continued use in accordance 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 
U.S.C. chapter 35).

DATES: Submit comments on or before June 20, 2011.

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation; 
including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency 
of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained from the 
RegInfo.gov Web site, http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, on the 
day following publication of this notice or by contacting Michel Smyth 
by telephone at 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or 
sending an e-mail to [email protected].
    Submit comments about this request to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Department of Labor, 
Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS), Office of Management 
and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 202-395-6929/
Fax: 202-395-6881 (these are not toll-free numbers), e-mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at 
202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. The VETS maintains two sets of regulations to 
implement the reporting requirements under the VEVRAA and uses two 
different forms for providing the required information on the 
employment of covered veterans.
    Regulations set forth in 41 CFR part 61-250 require contractors 
with a government contract of $25,000 or more entered into before 
December 1, 2003, to use Form VETS-100 for reporting information on the 
number of covered veterans in their workforces. Regulations set forth 
in 41 CFR part 61-300 implement amendments to the reporting 
requirements under the VEVRAA made by the Jobs for Veterans Act (JVA) 
(Pub. L. 107-288) enacted in 2002. The JVA amended the VEVRAA by: (1) 
Increasing 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) changing the categories of covered 
veterans under the VEVRAA, and thus the categories of veterans that 
contractors are required to track and report on annually. These latter 
regulations 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 Form VETS-100A for reporting information on their 
employment of covered veterans under the VEVRAA.
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the PRA and displays 
a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any 
other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to 
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if the 
collection of information does not display a valid OMB control number. 
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval for this 
information collection under OMB Control Number 1293-0005. The current 
OMB approval is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2011; however, it should 
be noted that information collections submitted to the OMB receive a 
month-to-month extension while they undergo review. For additional 
information, see the related notice published in the Federal Register 
on January 13, 2011 (76 FR 2420).
    Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in 
the ADDRESSES section within 30 days of publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate 
consideration, comments should reference OMB Control Number 1293-0005. 
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that:
     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 submission of responses.
    Agency: Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS).

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    Title of Collection: Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment 
Report.
    OMB Control Number: 1293-0005.
    Affected Public: Private Sector--Businesses or other for-profits.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 20,700.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 393,300.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 202,100.
    Total Estimated Annual Cost Burden: $0.

    Dated: May 16, 2011.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-12400 Filed 5-19-11; 8:45 am]
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