[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31639-31641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13454]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Comment Request for Information Collection for Enhanced 
Transitional Jobs Demonstration, New Collection

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

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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 
to support the Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration project (ETJD).
    A copy of the proposed information collection request 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 August 1, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Employment and Training 
Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Suite N-4511, Washington, 
DC 20210, Attention: Jenn Smith, Telephone number: (202) 693-3597 (this 
is not a toll-free number). Fax: (202) 693-3113. E-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In applying for the Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration 
grants, grantees agree to submit participant data and quarterly 
aggregate reports for individuals who receive services through ETJD 
programs and their partnerships with One-Stop Career Centers, local 
workforce investment boards, employment providers, the criminal justice 
system, and child support enforcement agencies, among others. The 
reports include aggregate data on demographic characteristics, types of 
services received, placements, outcomes, and follow-up status. 
Specifically, they summarize data on participants who received 
subsidized employment and training, placement services, child support 
assistance and family reunification services, mentoring, and other 
services essential to successful unsubsidized employment of ex-offender 
and non-custodial parent participants through ETJD programs.
    This requests an approval for a new information collection to meet 
the reporting and recordkeeping requirements of the Enhanced 
Transitional Jobs Demonstration through an ETA-provided, Web-based 
Management Information System (MIS). In addition to reporting 
participant information and performance-related outcomes, ETJD grantees 
will be part of an extensive random assignment evaluation to test the 
effectiveness of a transitional jobs ``bump-up'' model that provides an 
enhanced approach to the traditional transitional jobs model, in order 
to demonstrate the effectiveness of transitional jobs in serving 
specific hard-to-employ populations.
    Five outcome measures are used to measure success in the ETJD 
grants: Entered employment rate, employment retention rate, average 
six-month post-program earnings, recidivism rate, and rate of child 
support order modifications. Several of these conform to the common 
performance measures implemented across Federal job training programs 
as of July 1, 2005. By standardizing the reporting and performance 
requirements of different programs, the common measures give ETA the 
ability to compare across programs the core goals of the workforce 
system--how many people entered jobs; how many stayed employed; and how 
many successfully completed an educational program. Although the common 
measures are an integral part of ETA's performance accountability 
system, these measures provide only part of the information necessary 
to effectively oversee the workforce investment system. ETA also 
collects data from ETJD grantees on program activities, participants, 
and outcomes that are necessary for program management and the random 
assignment evaluation process and for conveying full and accurate 
information on the performance of ETJD programs to policymakers and 
stakeholders.
    This information collection maintains a reporting and record-
keeping system for a minimum level of information collection that is 
necessary to comply with Equal Opportunity requirements, to hold ETJD 
grantees appropriately accountable for the Federal funds they receive, 
including common performance measures, and to allow the Department to 
fulfill its oversight and management responsibilities.

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: New collection.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration Reporting System.
    OMB Number: 1205-0NEW.
    Affected Public: Local workforce investment board, non-profit, or 
faith-based organization grantees.
    Total Respondents: 12 grantees.
    Frequency: Quarterly.

                                                              Estimated Total Burden Hours
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                                                                                                                     Average       Total
                                                       Total                                             Total       time per      annual       Total
                  Form/activity                     respondents                Frequency                 annual      response      burden       annual
                                                                                                        response     (hours)       hours     burden cost
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Participant Data Collection.....................              12  Continual.........................         3000          2.5        7,500     $107,775
Quarterly narrative progress report.............              12  Quarterly.........................           48           10          480        6,898
Quarterly performance report....................              12  Quarterly.........................           48           20          960       13,795
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    Totals......................................              12  ..................................        1,296         32.5        8,940      128,468
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    Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be 
summarized in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval 
of the information collection request and will become a matter of 
public record.


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    Dated: May 11, 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-13454 Filed 5-31-11; 8:45 am]
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