[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 93 (Monday, May 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28405-28406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11488]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Office of the Secretary

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (BLS) sponsored information collection request (ICR) 
titled, ``National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979,'' to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for use in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.). Approval of the ICR would reinstate authority to conduct 
this survey, which the BLS temporarily discontinued March 31, 2011.

DATES: Submit comments on or before June 13, 2012.

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 email to [email protected].
    Submit comments about this request to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-BLS, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 
202-395-6929/Fax: 202-395-6881 (these are not toll-free numbers), 
email: [email protected].

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 
1979 (NLSY79) is a representative national sample of persons who were 
born in the years 1957 to 1964 and lived in the U.S. in 1978. These 
respondents were ages 14 to 22 when the first round of interviews began 
in 1979; and they will be ages 47 to 56 when the planned twenty-fifth 
round of interviews is conducted in 2012 and 2013. In addition to the 
main NLSY79, the biological children of female NLSY79 respondents have 
been surveyed since 1986. A battery of child cognitive, socio-
emotional, and physiological assessments has been administered 
biennially since 1986 to NLSY79 mothers and their children. Starting in 
1994, children who had reached age 15 by December 31, of the survey 
year (the Young Adults) were interviewed about their work experiences, 
training, schooling, health, fertility, self-esteem, and other topics. 
The longitudinal focus of the NLSY79 and associated Child and Young 
Adult surveys requires information to be collected from the same 
individuals over many years in order to trace their education, 
training, work experience, fertility, income, and program 
participation. One of the goals

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of the DOL is to produce and disseminate timely, accurate, and relevant 
information about the U.S. labor force. The BLS contributes to this 
goal by gathering information about the labor force and labor market 
and disseminating it to policymakers and the public so that 
participants in those markets can make more informed, and thus more 
efficient, choices. Research based on the NLSY79 contributes to the 
formation of national policy in the areas of education, training, 
employment programs, and school-to-work transitions.
    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 1220-0109. For 
additional information, see the related notice published in the Federal 
Register on December 8, 2011.
    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 1220-0109. 
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: DOL-BLS.
    Title of Collection: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979.
    OMB Control Number: 1220-0109.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 14,185.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 15,505.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 13,853.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

    Dated: May 8, 2012.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-11488 Filed 5-11-12; 8:45 a.m.]
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