[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 70 (Thursday, April 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21630-21631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08435]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection for a Youthful 
Offender Grants Management Information System, New Collection

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 collection of 
data for a proposed management information system for Youthful Offender 
Grants.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addresses section below on or before June 10, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Richard Morris, Division of Youth 
Services, Reintegration of Ex-Offenders, Room N-4511, Employment and 
Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-3603 (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: 202-693-2764. 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 year, the Department of Labor/Employment and Training 
Administration is appropriated funds for youthful offender 
demonstration projects. The Department of Labor uses these funds for a 
variety of multi-site demonstrations aimed at developing model programs 
for serving young offenders. The Department expects over the next few 
years to award 28 new Youthful Offender grants in various sets of 
demonstrations each year for two years of operation and up to one year 
of follow-up services and post-placement data collection. In any given 
year this will result in 28 grants in their first year of operation, 28 
grants in their second year of operation, and 28 grants providing 
follow-up services and tracking post-placement outcomes, for a total of 
84 grants collecting data each year.
    This data collection request is to permit the Department of Labor 
to implement a management information system for these various sets of 
grantees. ETA will be collecting data from these grantees on 
participant characteristics, services provided, and participant 
outcomes. This request establishes a reporting and recordkeeping system 
for a minimum level of information collection that is necessary to 
comply with Equal Opportunity requirements, to hold Youthful Offender 
grantees appropriately accountable for the Federal funds they receive, 
including performance measures, and to allow the Department to fulfill 
its oversight and management responsibilities.

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: New Collection.
    Title: Youthful Offender Grants Management Information System.
    OMB Number: 1205-0NEW.
    Affected Public: State and Local Government Agencies, Faith-Based 
and Community-Based Organizations.
    Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: $0.

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                                   Number of
   Data collection activity       respondents       Frequency          Total       Average time    Burden hours
                                  (grantees)                         responses     per response
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Participant Record............              84  Continual.......          12,000             1.8          21,600
Performance Report............              84  Quarterly.......             336              30          10,080
Recidivism Report.............              84  Annual..........          12,000              .5           6,000
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    Total.....................              84  ................          24,336            1.55          37,600
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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 at Washington, DC, this 27th day of March 2013.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2013-08435 Filed 4-10-13; 8:45 am]
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