[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 167 (Monday, August 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53698-53699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22002]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Collection of Information for an Evaluation of the 
Implementation of Green Jobs and Health Care Training Grants; New 
Collection

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department or DOL), as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a 
pre-clearance 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 (PRA) [44 U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)(A)]. The 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 the 
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
    The proposed information collection is for an evaluation of the 
implementation of the Green Jobs and Health Care training grants. This 
evaluation is sponsored by ETA to understand the processes surrounding 
the design and implementation of these grants.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee's section below on or before October 28, 2011.

ADDRESSES: A copy of this proposed information collection request may 
be obtained by contacting Savi Swick at 202-693-3382 (this is not a 
toll-free number) or e-mail: [email protected]. Comments are to be 
submitted to Department of Labor/Employment and Training 
Administration, Attn: Savi Swick, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-
5641, Washington, DC 20210. Written comments may be transmitted by 
facsimile to 202-693-2766 (this is not a toll-free number) or e-mailed 
to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The proposed information collection is for an evaluation of the 
implementation of the Green Jobs and Health Care training grants. This 
evaluation is sponsored by ETA to understand the processes surrounding 
the design and implementation of four specific grant programs.
    In February 2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) into law in an effort to 
preserve and create jobs, promote economic growth, and assist those 
impacted by the recession. The Recovery Act included funding for four 
Solicitations for Grant Applications (SGAs) with the goal of training 
workers in the skills required to be employed in specific high-growth 
and emerging industries including health care, energy efficiency, and 
renewable energy. The four SGAs are:
     Energy Training Partnership ($100 million allocated across 
25 projects)
     Pathways Out of Poverty ($150 million for 38 projects)
     State Energy Sector Partnership and Training ($190 million 
for 34 projects)
     Health Care and Other High Growth Emerging Industries 
($225 million for 55 projects).

II. Review Focus

    The Department 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 submission of responses.

III. Current Actions

    This proposed information collection will involve: (1) Collecting 
data from recipients of four DOL/ETA grants that provide funding to 
train unemployed, underemployed, dislocated, and incumbent workers for 
employment and to create career pathways in health care and other 
growing industries; (2) conducting on-site in-depth interviews with 
grantees and their program partner staff; (3) conducting focus groups 
with grant participants; and (4) administering a web/telephone survey 
of all grant project directors and selected program partner staff.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Type of Review: New Collection.
    Title of Collection: The Evaluation of The Green Jobs and Health 
Care Training Grants Implementation.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0NEW.
    Affected Public: Community-based organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,252.
    Frequency: Once at each type of collection (interviews, focus 
groups, survey).
    Total Estimated Annual Responses: 2,252.
    Estimated Average Time per Response: 31 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,186.
    Total Estimated Annual Cost Burden (excluding hour costs): $0.

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                                                                                      Average          Total
            Data collection activity                 Number of     Total burden     hourly wage     annualized
                                                    respondents        hours           rate*           cost
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In-Depth Interviews:
    a. Grant Administrator......................              36              36          $44.84          $1,614
    b. Education/Training Provider Partner......              72              72           25.01           1,801
    c. Workforce Partner........................              36              36           19.48             701
    d. Employer/Union Partner...................              72              72           31.25           2,250
    e. Support Services/Other Partner...........              44              44           19.48             857
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        Subtotal--Interviews....................             260             260  ..............           7,223
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Focus Groups:
    a. Participant Information Sheet............             360              90           16.00           1,440
    b. Informed Consent.........................             360              30           16.00             480
    c. Discussion...............................             360             540           16.00           8,640
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        Subtotal--Focus Groups..................           1,080             660  ..............          10,560
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Grantee Surveys:
    a. Screening Calls..........................             152              13           44.84             583
    b. Web/Telephone Survey.....................             760             253           28.01           7,087
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        Subtotal--Surveys.......................             912             266  ..............           7,670
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            Total...............................           2,252           1,186             n/a          25,453
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     Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and may be included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval of the final information collection request. The comments will 
become a matter of public record.

    Dated: August 22, 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-22002 Filed 8-26-11; 8:45 am]
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