[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35053-35054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13749]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Evaluation of the Army Unemployment 
Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX) Claimants Initiative

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), 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). This program helps to ensure that 
required 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.
    A copy of the proposed 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 section below on or before August 12, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following 
methods: Email: [email protected]; Mail or Courier: Janet Javar, 
Chief Evaluation Office, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-2218, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Instructions: Please 
submit one copy of your comments by only one method. All submissions 
received must include the agency name and OMB Control Number identified 
above for this information collection. Because we continue to 
experience delays in receiving mail in the Washington, DC area, 
commenters are strongly encouraged to transmit their comments 
electronically via email or to submit them by mail early. Comments, 
including any personal information provided, become a matter of public 
record. They will also be summarized and/or included in the request for 
OMB approval of the information collection request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Javar by telephone at 202-693-
5954 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    I. Background: The Army Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Service 
Members (UCX) Claimants' Initiative, funded by the U.S. Department of 
Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA), provides grants to 
four states to improve strategies for providing reemployment services 
to Army UCX claimants and for leveraging assets and sharing data across 
partners. The major goals of the initiative are to create a strong 
collaborative partnership among the Unemployment Insurance (UI) system, 
the public workforce system, and the three components of the Army 
(active, National Guard, and Reserve) that will support the rapid 
reemployment of UCX claimants; improve the sharing of UCX data that 
will lead to improved outreach and better understanding of UCX 
claimants and their service delivery needs; and increase outreach, 
exposure to jobs, and reemployment strategies for UCX claimants that 
fully leverage existing resources with new and innovative service 
delivery strategies. The period of performance for the grants is from 
July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2014.
    The purpose of the evaluation, funded by the Chief Evaluation 
Office, is to determine the extent to which the initiative's goals were 
achieved by each of the four grantee states. The evaluation will 
examine the services received by UCX claimants and how claimants' 
employment outcomes changed over the course of the grant period. 
Policymakers, program administrators, and service providers will gain 
information about the relative effectiveness of various strategies 
developed by states, ease of implementation, and suggestions for 
replication.
    This package requests clearance for semi-structured discussions 
that will take place during a single round of two-day visits to each of 
the sites in the winter of 2013-2014. The site visits will involve an 
array of individuals that varies by state based on the projects that 
each state has decided to implement. Conversations will take place with 
grantee leaders, staff of an American Job Center, and representatives 
of the UI system in each state. Other discussants will include a 
suitable combination of representatives of the Army and other 
participants in the initiative. The site visit will facilitate an 
assessment of the progress of these efforts, information gathering, and 
potential for the delivery of additional in-person technical 
assistance.
    II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Department of Labor 
is soliciting comments concerning the above data collection for 
Evaluation of the Army UCX Claimants Initiative. Comments are requested 
to:
    * 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;

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    * Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    * Minimize the burden of the information collection on those who 
are to respond, including 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: At this time, the Department of Labor is 
requesting clearance for site visit data collection for the Evaluation 
of the Army Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX) 
Claimants Initiative.
    Type of review: New information collection request.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0NEW.
    Affected Public: Staff associated with implementing the Army UCX 
Claimants Initiative in four states.
    Frequency: Once.
    Total Responses: 40.
    Average Time per Response: 45 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 30 hours.
    Total Burden Cost: $0.
    Comments submitted in response to this request will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval; they will also become a matter of public record.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this day of June 5, 2013.
James H. Moore, Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2013-13749 Filed 6-10-13; 8:45 am]
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