[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 123 (Monday, June 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41598-41599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15121]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Comment Request for Information Collection for the Cascades Job 
Corps College and Career Academy Pilot Evaluation, New Collection

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation 
Office, Department of 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 is properly assessed.
    A copy of the proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) can be 
obtained by contacting the office listed in the addressee section of 
this notice.

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DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee's section below on or before August 26, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following 
methods: Email: [email protected]; Mail or Courier: Molly 
Irwin, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-2312, 200 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Molly Irwin by telephone at 202-693-
5091 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Chief Evaluation Office (CEO), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), 
is proposing a data collection activity as part of the Cascades Job 
Corps College and Career Academy Evaluation Pilot Evaluation. The goal 
of the evaluation is to determine the effectiveness of the Pilot 
program in improving employment and educational outcomes for youth ages 
21 and under. The impact study will randomly assign individuals to 
receive program services or to a group that cannot access these 
services but who can participate in other similar programs. The impact 
study will compare the employment and educational outcomes of the 
groups to determine the effectiveness of the pilot program. The 
evaluation also includes an implementation study that will describe the 
services participants receive through the pilot program as well as 
provide operational lessons.
    This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on 
three proposed new information collection activities for the Cascades 
Job Corps College and Career Academy Evaluation Pilot Evaluation: (1) A 
baseline survey of sample members in the evaluation, administered at 
the time of application to the program; and (2) discussion guides for 
in-person or phone interviews with Cascades staff, leadership in other 
Job Corps sites, employers, other program partners, and Cascades 
participants; and (3) postcards mailed to sample members in the 
evaluation to request address updates.
    The baseline survey and discussion guides will provide vital data 
for the evaluation. The postcards will provide the evaluation with 
accurate locating information for sample members and thereby improve 
response rates for the follow-on survey.

II. Review Focus

    DOL is soliciting comments concerning the above data collection for 
the Cascades Job Corps College and Career Academy Pilot Evaluation. DOL 
is particularly interested in comments that do the following:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's burden estimate of 
the proposed information collection, 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 (for example, 
permitting electronic submissions of responses).

III. Current Actions

    DOL is requesting clearance for the baseline survey of sample 
members, discussion guides for stakeholder interviews, and postcards 
mailed to sample members of the Cascades Job Corps College and Career 
Academy Pilot Evaluation.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Title: Cascades Job Corps College and Career Academy Pilot 
Evaluation.
    OMB Number: OMB Control Number 1205--0NEW.

                                          Estimated Total Burden Hours
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                                                     Number of                        Average
            Activity               Total number    responses per   Total annual    burden hours    Total annual
                                  of respondents    respondent       response      per response    burden hours
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Baseline survey.................         * 1,000               1           333.3             .50             167
Discussion guides:
    Center staff................               8               2             5.3               1             5.3
    Employer and Program                       9               1               3               1               3
     partners interviews........
    Leadership in other Job                    3               2               2               1               2
     Corps sites................
    Center participants.........              18               1               6             1.5               9
Postcards.......................           1,000            ** 1           333.3             .08            26.7
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        Total...................           2,025  ..............           682.9  ..............             213
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* Assumes a sample of 1,000 with a 100 percent response rate.
** Assumes 3 mailings per respondent with an average of 1 response per respondent.

    Affected Public: Participants applying for the Cascades Job Corps 
College and Career Academy; Cascades staff; Leadership in other Job 
Corps sites; Program partners.
    Form(s): Baseline survey; Discussion guides; Postcards.
    Total respondents: 2,025.
    Annual Frequency: One time.
    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.

Stephanie Swirsky,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2016-15121 Filed 6-24-16; 8:45 am]
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