[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31641-31642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12916]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection for Employment and 
Training Administration Financial Report Form ETA-9130, This is an 
Extension Without Revisions

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department), as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a 
preclearance consultation program to provide the 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 [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps 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 for quarterly financial 
reporting on federally funded programs, on Form ETA-9130 (due to expire 
November 30, 2012).

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addresses section below on or before July 30, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Shantay Logan, Office of Grants 
Management, N-4716, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 
Telephone number: 202-693-3319 (this is not a toll-free number). 
Individuals with hearing or speech impairments may access the telephone 
number above via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay 
Service at 1-877-889-5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax: 202-693-3362, Email: 
[email protected]. A copy of the proposed information collection 
request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    This proposed information collection notice requests an extension 
of form ETA-9130, OMB approval No. 1205-0461 which is currently being 
used by all ETA federally funded programs.

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Financial reporting requirements for Federal programs are prescribed in 
OMB Circulars A-102 and A-110. U.S. DOL has codified these requirements 
at 29 CFR 95.52 and 29 CFR 97.41, which specify that forms approved by 
OMB are authorized for obtaining financial information from recipients. 
The U.S. DOL ETA Financial Report is consistent with OMB efforts to 
streamline Federal financial reporting pursuant to Public Law 106-107.
    ETA programs have varied administrative cost limitation 
requirements as specified in program statutes, regulations, and/or 
individual grant agreements. These requirements are met with a line 
item for Total Administrative Expenditures, thus providing a mechanism 
for assessing compliance with these requirements.
    ETA has utilized the data collected to assess the effectiveness of 
ETA programs and to monitor and analyze the financial activity of its 
grantees. Grantees are provided with software that reflects the 
requirements of ETA Form 9130 so that the required data will be 
reported electronically.
    This data collection format permits ETA to evaluate program 
effectiveness and to monitor and analyze financial activity, while 
complying with OMB efforts to streamline Federal financial reporting.

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 submissions of responses.

III. Current Actions

    Type of Review: Extension without changes.
    Title: Employment and Training Administration Financial Report Form 
ETA-9130.
    OMB Number: 1205-0461.
    Affected Public: State workforce agencies, local governments, non-
profit organizations, educational institutions, consortia of any and/or 
all of the above.
    Form(s): ETA-9130.
    Total Annual Respondents: 848.
    Annual Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Annual Responses: 6784.
    Average Time per Response: \1/2\ hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3392.
    Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: $82,198.

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                                  Number of                           Total        Average time
   Data collection activity      respondents       Frequency        responses      per response    Burden hours
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PY2011.......................             848  quarterly.......            3392  \1/2\ hour.....            3392
PY2012.......................             848  quarterly.......            3392  \1/2\ hour.....            3392
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    Total....................             848  ................            6784  4 hours........            6784
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    Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be 
summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the ICR; 
they will also become a matter of public record.

     Signed in Washington, DC, on this 21st day of May, 2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2012-12916 Filed 5-25-12; 8:45 am]
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