[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 149 (Tuesday, August 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46337-46338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18986]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Proposed Information Collection for 
Employment and Training Administration Financial Report Form #9130 (OMB 
Control No. 1205-0461), Extension With Changes

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), 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 for quarterly financial 
reporting on federally funded programs, on Form ETA-9130 (currently due 
to expire December 31, 2015).
    A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be 
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section 
of this notice.

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

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Maggie Ewell, Division of Policy, 
Review, and Resolution, Office of Grants Management, Room N-4716, 
Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-
693-3160 (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: 202-693-2705. Email: [email protected]. To 
obtain a copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR), 
please contact the person listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    ETA awards approximately $8 billion in formula and discretionary 
grants each year to an average of 1,000 recipients. Financial reports 
for each of these grants must be submitted quarterly on the financial 
report form ETA-9130. Recipients include but are not limited to: State 
Employment Security Agencies which are comprised of three components: 
Wagner Peyser Employment Service, Unemployment Insurance program, and 
Trade Program Grant Agreements; as well as Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (WIOA) Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker programs; 
National Dislocated Worker Grants; National Farmworker Jobs Program 
(NFJP); Indian and Native American programs; the Senior Community 
Service Employment Program; Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
discretionary grants; and H-1B Job Training Grants.
    Financial reporting requirements for Federal programs prescribed by 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) have changed with the 
implementation of the Uniform Guidance, which went into effect on 
December 26, 2014, replacing numerous previously applicable Circulars. 
These changes affect both the ETA-9130 reporting form and its 
instructions. However, they do not affect the collection burden, but 
instead only update certain key terms and definitions.
    Additionally, with the passage of WIOA, there are numerous new 
statutory requirements that impact financial reporting, including but 
not limited to new and/or revised limitations and baselines that 
require the addition of new and modification of existing reporting line 
items on ETA-9130 Financial Reports, as outlined in this TEGL. Other 
reporting line items have been added and removed in an effort to 
streamline Federal financial reporting and make form ETA-9130 more 
closely resemble the SF-425 (OMB 0348-0061), which is the standard 
financial reporting form for Federal grant recipients.
    ETA has utilized the data collected to assess the effectiveness of 
ETA programs and to monitor and analyze the financial activity of its 
grantees. Grantees are provided with pre-designed software to reflect 
the requirements of ETA Form 9130 so that the required data will be 
reported electronically. ETA strives to reduce reporting time for our 
recipients. Several sections of the 9130 have pre-filled line items or 
automatically calculated line items, which is convenient and time 
saving for our recipients.
    This data collection format permits ETA to evaluate program 
effectiveness and to monitor and analyze financial activity, while 
complying with OMB efforts to streamline Federal financial reporting.

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,

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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: Revised collection.
    Title: US DOL Employment and Training Administration Financial 
Reporting Form, ETA 9130.
    OMB Number: 1205-0461.
    Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 1,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 20,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 15,000.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 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. 2015-18986 Filed 8-3-15; 8:45 am]
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