[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 151 (Thursday, August 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47001-47002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19270]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Employer Perceptions Study for the Evaluation 
of Round 4 of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career 
Training (TAACCCT) Grants Program

AGENCY: Chief Evaluation Office, Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Policy, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), 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 required 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.
    A copy of the proposed Information Collection Request can be 
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section 
of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before October 5, 2015.

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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following 
methods: Email: [email protected]; Mail or Courier: Megan 
Lizik, Chief Evaluation Office, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-2312, 
200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Instructions: Please 
submit one copy of your comments by only one method. All submissions 
received must include the agency name and OMB Control Number identified 
above for this information collection. Because we continue to 
experience delays in receiving mail in the Washington, DC area, 
commenters are strongly encouraged to transmit their comments 
electronically via email or to submit them by mail early. Comments, 
including any personal information provided, become a matter of public 
record. They will also be summarized and/or included in the request for 
OMB approval of the information collection request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Megan Lizik by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    I. Background: The fourth round of the Trade Adjustment Assistance 
Community College Career Training (TAACCCT) grants program continues to 
provide community colleges and other eligible institutions of higher 
education with funds to expand and improve their ability to deliver 
education and career training programs that can be completed in two 
years or less and are suited for workers who are eligible for training 
under the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers program. In this 
round of grants, the solicitation of grant applications highlighted 
sector strategies and employer engagement as a core element of the 
TAACCCT grant activities.
    The evaluation of Round 4 funded by the Department of Labor will 
include a study about employers' perceptions of and involvement with 
the workforce system and TAACCCT grant program. The study will involve 
the collection of data through a web-based survey and in-depth phone 
interviews with targeted employers identified as partners by TAACCCT 
grantees and other employers in selected grantee states or neighboring 
areas. This study will inform current and future efforts to encourage 
and support more effective employer engagement by the workforce system 
under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and in other 
Department-sponsored grant programs, such as TAACCCT.
    II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Department of Labor 
is soliciting comments concerning the above data collection as part of 
the national evaluation of the TAACCCT grants program. Comments are 
requested to:
    * 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 information collection on those who 
are to respond, including 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: At this time, the Department of Labor is 
requesting clearance for data collection for the employer perceptions 
study as part of the evaluation of Round 4 TAACCCT grants program via 
collection of employer perceptions of the workforce system through an 
online survey and phone interviews.
    Type of review: New information collection request.
    OMB Control Number: 1290-0NEW.
    Affected Public: Private sector-businesses or other for profits and 
not for profit institutions (employers involved with TAACCCT grants and 
other employers in selected grantee states or neighboring areas)

                                             Estimated Burden Hours
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                                   Estimated                                       Average time      Estimated
         Form/activity               total          Frequency          Total       per response    total burden
                                  respondents                        responses        (hours)          hours
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Employer survey...............             310  Once............             250             0.5             125
In-depth interviews...........              30  Once............              25               1              25
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    Totals....................             340  ................             275  ..............             150
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Comments submitted in response to this request will be summarized and/
or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval; they will also become a matter of public record.

    Signed: at Washington, DC, this 31st day of July, 2015.
Mary Beth Maxwell,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of 
Labor.
[FR Doc. 2015-19270 Filed 8-5-15; 8:45 am]
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