[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 214 (Wednesday, November 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 65705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26279]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection for the Senior 
Community Service Employment Program Performance Measurement System; 
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)] (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 for program performance reports, including a customer satisfaction 
survey, for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). 
The current expiration date for the Office of Management and Budget's 
approval of these data collection forms is March 31, 2015.

DATES: Submit written comments to the office listed in the addresses 
section below on or before January 5, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Jennifer Pirtle, Older Worker Unit, 
Office of Workforce Investment, Room C4526, Employment and Training 
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-3045 (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: 
202-693-3015. Email: [email protected]. To obtain a copy of the 
proposed information collection request (ICR), and for further 
information, please contact the person listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Originally authorized by the Older Americans Act of 1965, the 
Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) is funded for 
approximately $434 million for PY 2014 and will provide over 44,000 
positions in which nearly 69,000 low-income persons aged 55 or older 
will be placed in community service employment.
    A slight upward adjustment in burden hours is due to the recent 
awarding of 14 new discretionary grants (of one year duration), for 
which we are collecting additional information. We are also including 
an estimated burden of 2 hours per quarter, per grant, for the 
quarterly narrative report.

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: Senior Community Service Employment Program Performance 
Measurement System.
    OMB Number: 1205-0040.
    Affected Public: individuals/households, state/local/tribal 
governments, and the private sector (businesses or other for-profits, 
and not-for-profit institutions).
    Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 72 grantees will respond to 
grant reports and an additional 22,000 respondents are expected to 
respond to the customer satisfaction surveys.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 232,520.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 32,922.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0.
    We will summarize and/or 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. 2014-26279 Filed 11-4-14; 8:45 am]
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