[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 214 (Friday, November 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68509-68510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28646]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Comment Request for Information Collection for Reintegration of
Ex-Offenders-Adult Reporting System, Extension With Program Name Change
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 the extension of the
currently approved reporting and recordkeeping system to support the
Reintegration of Ex-Offenders-Adult (RExO-Adult) grants, which expires
on March 31, 2012.
A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) 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 January 3, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Employment and Training
Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210,
Attention: Jenn Smith, Telephone number: (202) 693-3597 (this is not a
toll-free number). Fax: (202) 693-3113. Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In applying for the Reintegration of Ex-Offender-Adult (formerly
Prisoner Reentry Initiative) grants, faith-based and community
organization grantees agree to submit participant data and quarterly
aggregate reports for individuals who receive services through RExO-
Adult programs and their partnerships with One-Stop Centers, local
Workforce Investment Boards, employment providers, the criminal justice
system, and local housing authorities. 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 employment and placement
services, housing assistance, mentoring, and other services essential
to reintegrating ex-offenders through RExO-Adult programs.
This requests an extension of the currently approved information
collection to meet the reporting and recordkeeping requirements of the
Reintegration of Ex-Offenders-Adult grants through an ETA-provided,
Web-based Management Information System (MIS). In addition to reporting
participant information and performance-related outcomes, RExO-Adult
grantees demonstrate their ability to establish effective partnerships
with the criminal justice system, local Workforce Investment Boards,
local housing authorities, and other partner agencies. They also
document the cost effectiveness of their projects.
The MIS reporting and recordkeeping system incorporates each of
these aspects necessary for program evaluation.
Five outcome measures are used to measure success in the RExO-Adult
grants: entered employment rate, employment retention rate, attainment
of a degree or certificate, average six-month post-program earnings,
and recidivism rate.
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
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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 RExO-Adult grantees on program activities,
participants, and outcomes that are necessary for program management
and for conveying full and accurate information on the performance of
RExO-Adult 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 RExO-
Adult 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: Extension with program name change.
Title: Reintegration of Ex-offenders-Adult (formerly PRI) Reporting
System.
OMB Number: 1205-0455.
Affected Public: Faith-Based and Community Organization grantees.
Form(s):
Total Annual Respondents: 38 Grantees.
Annual Frequency: Quarterly.
Estimated Total Burden Hours
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Average time
Form/activity Total Frequency Total annual per response Total annual
respondents response (hours) burden hours
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Participant Data Collection... 38 Continual....... 5,700 1.8 10,260
Quarterly narrative progress 38 Quarterly....... 152 16 2,432
report.
Quarterly performance report.. 38 Quarterly....... 152 16 2,432
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Totals.................... 38 ................ 7,202 .............. 15,124
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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.
Dated: Signed this 1st day of November 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-28646 Filed 11-3-11; 8:45 am]
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