[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 159 (Monday, August 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 48767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19439]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (BLS) sponsored information collection request (ICR) 
proposal titled, ``National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979,'' to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for use 
in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before September 17, 2014.

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation; 
including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency 
of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained free of charge 
from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201403-1220-003 (this link will only become active 
on the day following publication of this notice) or by contacting 
Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free 
number) or by email at [email protected].
    Submit comments about this request by mail or courier to the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-
BLS, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202-395-6881 (this is not a toll-free 
number); or by email: [email protected]. Commenters are 
encouraged, but not required, to send a courtesy copy of any comments 
by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of the 
Chief Information Officer, Attn: Departmental Information Compliance 
Management Program, Room N1301, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20210; or by email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at [email protected].

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks PRA authority for the 
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) information 
collection. The NLSY79 is a representative national sample of persons 
who were born in the years 1957 to 1964 and lived in the U.S. in 1978. 
These respondents were ages 14 to 22 when the first round of interviews 
began in 1979; they are ages 49 to 58 as of December 31, 2013. The 
NLSY79 was conducted annually from 1979 to 1994 and has been conducted 
biennially since 1994. The longitudinal focus of this survey requires 
information to be collected from the same individuals over many years 
in order to trace their education, training, work experience, 
fertility, income, and program participation. In addition to the main 
NLSY79, the biological children of female NLSY79 respondents have been 
surveyed since 1986. A battery of child cognitive, socio-emotional, and 
physiological assessments has been administered biennially since 1986 
to NLSY79 mothers and their children. Starting in 1994, children who 
had reached age 15 by December 31, of the survey year (the Young 
Adults) were interviewed about their work experiences, training, 
schooling, health, fertility, self-esteem, and other topics. One DOL 
goal is to produce and disseminate timely, accurate, and relevant 
information about the U.S. labor force. The BLS contributes to this 
goal by gathering information about the labor force and labor market 
and disseminating it to policymakers and the public so that 
participants in those markets can make more informed, and thus more 
efficient, choices. Research based on the NLSY79 contributes to the 
formation of national policy in the areas of education, training, 
employment programs, and school-to-work transitions. Title 29 USC 1 and 
2 authorize this information collection.
    This proposed information collection is subject to the PRA. A 
Federal agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of 
information, and the public is generally not required to respond to an 
information collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the PRA 
and displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, 
notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall generally 
be subject to penalty for failing to comply with a collection of 
information if the collection of information does not display a valid 
Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. For additional 
information, see the related notice published in the Federal Register 
on March 26, 2014 (79 FR 16828).
    Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in 
the ADDRESSES section within thirty (30) days of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate 
consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number 1220-0109. 
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that:
     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 submission of responses.
    Agency: DOL-BLS.
    Title of Collection: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979.
    OMB Control Number: 1220-0109.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 13,445.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 14,050.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 13,453 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

    Dated: August 11, 2014.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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