[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16029-16030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06859]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[OMB Number: OMB 1205-0464]


Comment Request for Information Collection for YouthBuild (YB) 
Reporting System, Extension Without Revisions

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, 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) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to 
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, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the collection of data regarding the Youth Build 
Reporting System (expires May 31, 2015).
    A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be 
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES section 
of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee's section below on or before May 26, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Jenn Smith, Room N-4511, 
Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-3597 (this is not a 
toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-3113. Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    This is a request for the Department of Labor, Employment and 
Training Administration's (ETA) to extend the reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements of the YouthBuild (YB) program. This 
reporting structure features standardized data collection for program 
participants through quarterly Management Information System (MIS) 
performance reports and Wok Site

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Description and Housing Census report formats. All data collection and 
reporting is done by YouthBuild grantees.
    The quarterly performance report (ETA-9136) includes aggregate and 
participant-level information on demographic characteristics, types of 
services received, placements, outcomes, and follow-up status. 
Specifically, these reports collect data on individuals who receive 
education, occupational skill training, leadership development 
services, and other services essential to preparing at-risk youth for 
in-demand occupations through YouthBuild programs. There are no changes 
proposed for ETA-9136 in this information collection request package. 
The Work Site Description and Housing Census (ETA-9143) requests 
information on the proposed work sites for low-income or homeless 
individual or families on which YouthBuild participants will be trained 
and participate in construction skills activities. This form also 
requests annual information on the number of houses or apartments that 
were built or renovated each year and allows ETA to demonstrate on an 
annual basis the increase in affordable housing units supported by 
YouthBuild.
    The accuracy, reliability, and comparability of program reports 
submitted by grantees using federal funds are fundamental elements of 
good public administration and are necessary tools for maintaining and 
demonstrating system integrity. The use of a standard set of data 
elements, definitions, and specifications at all levels of the 
workforce system helps improve the quality of performance information 
that is received by ETA.

II. Review Focus

    The Department of Labor 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: YouthBuild (YB) Reporting System.
    OMB Number: OMB 1205-0464.
    Affected Public: Grantees--Not for Profit institutions.
    Form(s): ETA 9136, YB Quarterly Performance Report and ETA-9143, 
Work Site Description.

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                                                                                          Average       Total
                                                                              Total       time per      annual
          Form/activity            Total respondents        Frequency         annual      response      burden
                                                                            responses     (hours)       hours
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Participant Data Collection.....  6,000 youth          Collected by              6,000          1.8       10,800
                                   participants.        grantees,
                                                        continual.
Quarterly narrative progress      200 grantees.......  Quarterly.........          800           16       12,800
 report.
Quarterly performance report.     200 grantees.......  Quarterly.........          800           16       12,800
 ETA-9138.
ETA-9143--Work Site Description   425 * prospective    Annual                      425           .5        212.5
 Parts A and B (Prospective        applicants.          competitions.
 Applicants).
ETA-9143--Work Site Description   200 grantees.......  Annually..........          200           .5          100
 Parts A and B (Existing
 Grantees).
ETA-9143--Housing Census Part C   200 grantees.......  Annually..........          200           .5          100
 (Existing Grantees).
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    Totals......................  200 grantees.......  ..................        8,425  ...........     36,812.5
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* Based on the average number (425 per year) of applications received in ETA's last three YouthBuild
  competitions.

    Total Annual Respondents: 625.
    Annual Frequency: Annually and quarterly.
    Total Annual Responses: 8,425.
    Average Time per Response: 1.5.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 36,812.5.
    Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: $0.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be 
summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and 
Budget approval of the information collection request; they will also 
become a matter of public record.

Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-06859 Filed 3-25-15; 8:45 am]
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