[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 36100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14828]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection for 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)] (PRA). The PRA helps ensure that 
respondents can provide requested data in the desired format with 
minimal reporting burden (time and financial resources), 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 to support the Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration project 
(ETJD).

DATES: Submit written comments to the office listed in the addresses 
section below on or before August 25, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Jenn Smith, Office of Workforce 
Investment, N-4511, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 
Telephone number: 202-693-3597 (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: 202-693-3113. Email: 
[email protected]. To obtain a copy of the proposed information 
collection request (ICR), please contact the person listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In applying for the Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration 
grants, grantees agreed to submit participant data and quarterly 
aggregate reports for individuals who receive services through ETJD 
programs and their partnerships with American Job Centers, local 
workforce investment boards, employment providers, the criminal justice 
system, and child support enforcement agencies, among others. The 
reports include aggregate data on demographic characteristics, types of 
services received, placements, outcomes, and follow-up status. 
Specifically, they summarize data on participants who received 
subsidized employment and training, placement services, child support 
assistance and family reunification services, mentoring, and other 
services essential to successful unsubsidized employment of ex-offender 
and non-custodial parent participants through ETJD programs.
    This requests an extension (without changes) for an existing 
information collection to meet the reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements of the Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration through an 
ETA-provided, Web-based Management Information System (MIS). In 
addition to reporting participant information and performance-related 
outcomes, ETJD grantees will be part of an extensive random assignment 
evaluation to test the effectiveness of a transitional jobs ``bump-up'' 
model that provides an enhanced approach to the traditional 
transitional jobs model, in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of 
transitional jobs in serving specific hard-to-employ populations.
    This information collection maintains a reporting and record-
keeping system for a minimum level of information collection that is 
necessary to hold ETJD grantees appropriately accountable for the 
Federal funds they receive, including common 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: Extension without revisions.
    Title: Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration Reporting System.
    OMB Number: 1205-0485.
    Affected Public: Local workforce investment boards, non-profits, 
and faith-based organization grantees.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 7 grantees.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 21,096.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,340.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
    We will summarize and include in the request for OMB approval of 
the ICR, the comments received in response to this comment request; 
they will also become a matter of public record.

Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2014-14828 Filed 6-24-14; 8:45 am]
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