[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 60 (Thursday, March 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19018-19019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07200]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection: Program Reporting and 
Performance Standards System for Indian and Native American Programs 
Under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA); Extension With 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, ETA is soliciting 
comments concerning the continued collection of data to comply with 
program reporting and recordkeeping requirements of the Indian and 
Native American programs as authorized under Public Law 105-220, 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), section 166. Each grantee 
administering funds under the Indian and Native American programs is 
required to submit a Comprehensive Services Program (CSP) Report (ETA 
9084), the Standardized Participant

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Information Record (SPIR), and a Supplemental Youth Services (SYS) 
Program Report (ETA 9085). The ETA 9085 will collect information on the 
number of youth served between the ages of 14-21 rather than between 
the ages of 14-24. Also, the ETA 9084 and 9085 will now reflect the 
number of eligible veterans and spouses served. The current expiration 
date for this data collection is May 31, 2013.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addresses section below on or before May 28, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Evangeline M. Campbell, Division 
of Indian and Native American Programs, Room S4209, Employment and 
Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-3737 (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: 202-693-3817. 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

    Each Indian and Native American (INA) grantee receiving WIA, 
Section 166 funds (excluding Pub. L. 102-477 grantees) to administer 
the Comprehensive Services Program (CSP) is required to submit a CSP 
Report (ETA Form 9084) on a quarterly basis. Grantees receiving WIA 
Section 166 Supplemental Youth Services Program (SYSP) funds (excluding 
Pub. L. 102-477 grantees) currently submit a SYSP Report (ETA Form 
9085) quarterly. This request to modify and extend the existing ETA 
Form 9084 and 9085 reports submitted each quarter by INA grantees is 
based on the following:
    1. The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) requires the 
collection and reporting of data on eligible persons served under the 
WIA, Section 166 CSP and SYSP to assess the performance and delivery of 
services.
    2. In addition, ETA requests a reporting enhancement for both the 
ETA 9084 and 9085 program reporting forms to comply with 2002 Jobs For 
Veterans Act (JVA) (Pub. L. 107-288), and its regulations, Priority of 
Service for Covered Persons (20 CFR 1010), and ETA policy (TEGL No. 10-
09). The inclusion of reporting on JVA and veterans and eligible 
spouses to the reporting system allows the WIA, Section 166 grantee 
community, and ETA, an improved mechanism to track the provision of 
services provided by the WIA CSP and SYSP to the Native American 
veteran and eligible spouse population. This additional change is an 
enhancement to the reporting system on demographics and is not a 
performance-related element.
    3. Finally, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 
(ARRA) expanded the youth eligibility age to 14-24. ETA 9085 will now 
collect the number of youth served between the ages of 14-21, per WIA 
section 101(13).

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 with revisions.
    Title: Program Reporting and Performance Standards System for 
Indian and Native American Programs.
    OMB Number: 1205-0422.
    Affected Public: Tribal Governments and Non-Profits.
    Form(s): ETA 9084, ETA 9085.
    Total Annual Responses: 19,908.
    Annual Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Annual Respondents: 122 and 81.
    Average Time per Response: 24 hours for ETA 9084; 24 hours for ETA 
9085; 2.5 hours for the SPIR.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 20,908.
    Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: $1,465,725.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be 
summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the ICR 
and will also become a matter of public record.

    Dated: Signed in Washington, DC, on this 22nd day of March, 
2013.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
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