[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 78 (Friday, April 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23751-23752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09382]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Youthful Offender Grants Management Information System, (OMB Control 
No. 1205-0513) Extension With Revisions

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Department of 
Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is soliciting comments 
concerning a proposed extension for the authority to conduct the 
revision to the information collection request (ICR) titled, ``Youthful 
Offender Grants Management Information System, (OMB Control No. 1205-
0513).'' This comment request is part of continuing Departmental 
efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all written comments received by 
June 21, 2016.

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 by 
contacting Ann Leonetti by telephone at 202-693-2746, TTY 1-877-889-
5627, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by email at 
[email protected].
    Submit written comments about, or requests for a copy of, this ICR 
by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and 
Training Administration, Attention: Ann Leonetti, Room N-4508, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; by email: 
[email protected]; or by Fax 202-693-3113.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann Leonetti by telephone at 202-693-
2746, TTY 1-877-889-5627, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by email 
at [email protected].

    Authority:  44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOL, as part of continuing efforts to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance 
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies 
an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of 
information before submitting them to the OMB for final approval. This 
program helps to ensure 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 can be properly assessed.
    Each year, the Department of Labor/Employment and Training 
Administration is appropriated funds for youthful offender 
demonstration projects. The Department of Labor uses these funds for a 
variety of multi-site demonstrations aimed at developing model programs 
for serving young offenders. The Department expects over the next few 
years to award 28 new Youthful Offender grants in various sets of 
demonstrations each year for two years of operation and up to one year 
of follow-up services and post-placement data collection. In any given 
year this will result in 28 grants in their first year of operation, 28 
grants in their second year of operation, and 28 grants providing 
follow-up services and tracking post-placement outcomes, for a total of 
84 grants collecting data each year.
    This data collection request is to permit the Department of Labor 
to continue with revisions a management information system for these 
various sets of grantees. This request includes the collection of data 
by grantees on participant characteristics, services provided, and 
participant outcomes; the quarterly progress report submitted by 
grantees, the quarterly narrative report, and the annual recidivism 
report. This request continues a reporting and recordkeeping system for 
a minimum level of information collection that is necessary to comply 
with Equal Opportunity requirements, to hold Youthful Offender grantees 
appropriately accountable for the Federal funds they receive, including 
performance measures, and to allow the Department to fulfill its 
oversight and management responsibilities.
    Revisions include adding questions on immigration status, welfare 
receipt, mental health treatment, and child support obligations to the 
data collected at intake; inserting several additional outcomes and 
clarifying some of the reporting items in the quarterly progress 
report; and broadening the recidivism survey to cover young adult 
offenders as well as juvenile offenders and to allow it to be filled 
out by the adult criminal justice system for young adult offenders. 
This request also adds the quarterly narrative report to be submitted 
by grantees. Burden hours for the quarterly narrative report were 
included in the supporting statement three years ago, but the report 
was left out of the final approval. This request also adds burden hours 
not included in the request three years ago for the time spent by 
grantees generating, reviewing, and correcting errors in the quarterly 
progress reports; increases the average burden to participants for the 
collection of intake data; and reduces the average burden hours from 30 
to 16 for grantees to complete the quarterly narrative reports to make 
it consistent with the average hours approved for the quarterly 
narrative reports of similar Division of Youth services programs.
    Section 185 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
authorizes the collection of data from grantees on the demographic 
characteristics of participants, activities provided, and program 
outcomes. This 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 that 
does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 
1320.6.
    Interested parties are encouraged to provide comments to the 
contact shown in the ADDRESSES section. Comments must be written to 
receive consideration, and they will be

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summarized and included in the request for OMB approval of the final 
ICR. In order to help ensure appropriate consideration, comments should 
mention OMB Control No. 1205-0513. Submitted comments will also be a 
matter of public record for this ICR and posted on the Internet, 
without redaction. The DOL encourages commenters not to include 
personally identifiable information, confidential business data, or 
other sensitive statements/information in any comments.
    The DOL 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-ETA.
    Type of Review: Extension with Revisions.
    Title of Collection: Youthful Offender Grants Management 
Information System.
    Forms: Quarterly Progress Report, Quarterly Narrative Report, 
Recidivism Report.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0513.
    Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Government Agencies; 
Private Sector: Not-for-Profit Institutions; State and Local Juvenile 
and Adult Justice Agencies; State and Local Workforce Development 
Agencies; Program Participants.

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                                                                                   Average time
   Data collection activity         Number of          Frequency        Total      per response    Burden hours
                                   respondents                        responses       (hours)
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Participant Records, Burden on  84 Grantees......  Ongoing.........       12,000             1.6          19,200
 Grantees.
Participant Records, Burden on  12,000             Ongoing.........       12,000              .5           6,000
 Participants.                   Participants.
Performance Report............  84 Grantees......  Quarterly.......          336              16           5,376
Narrative Report..............  84 Grantees......  Quarterly.......          336              16           5,376
Recidivism Report.............  84 Justice         Annual..........       12,000              .5           6,000
                                 Agencies.
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        Total.................  12,168 *.........  Varies..........       36,672          Varies          41,952
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* Unduplicated Count.


Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-09382 Filed 4-21-16; 8:45 am]
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