[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 141 (Friday, July 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47836-47837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17252]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (BLS) sponsored information collection request (ICR) 
revision titled, ``National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979,'' to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for use 
in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before August 22, 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 of charge 
from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201605-1220-001 this link will only become active on 
the day following publication of this notice) or by contacting Michel 
Smyth by telephone at 202-693-4129, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not 
toll-free numbers) or sending an email to [email protected].
    Submit comments about this request by mail or courier to the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-
BLS, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202-395-5806 (this is not a toll-free 
number); or by email: [email protected]. Commenters are 
encouraged, but not required, to send a courtesy copy of any comments 
by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of the 
Chief Information Officer, Attn: Departmental Information Compliance 
Management Program, Room N1301, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20210; or by email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at 
202-693-4129, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or 
sending an email to [email protected].

     Authority:  44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks approval under the PRA for 
revisions to the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79). 
The NLSY79 is a representative national sample of persons who were born 
in the years 1957 to 1964 and lived in the U.S. in 1978. These 
respondents were ages 14 to 22 when the first round of interviews began 
in 1979; they will be ages 51 to 58 when the planned round twenty-seven 
of interviews is conducted in 2016 and 2017. The NLSY79 was conducted 
annually from 1979 to 1994 and has been conducted biennially since 
1994. The longitudinal focus of this survey requires information to be 
collected from the same individuals over many years in order to trace 
their education, training, work experience, fertility, income, and 
program participation. In addition to the main NLSY79, the biological 
children of female NLSY79 respondents have been surveyed since 1986. A 
battery of child cognitive, socio-emotional, and physiological 
assessments has been administered biennially since 1986 to NLSY79 
mothers and their children. Starting in 1994, children who had reached 
age 15 by December 31, of the survey year (the Young Adults) were 
interviewed about their work experiences, training, schooling, health, 
fertility, self-esteem, and other topics. By 2016, the sample includes 
very few children age 14 and under and so we will no longer conduct a 
separate child survey; children age 12 and older will join the Young 
Adults. The Young Adult group will include 1,492 respondents ages 12-22 
and 5,178 respondents age 23 and older in Round 27. One DOL goal is to 
produce and disseminate timely, accurate, and relevant information 
about the U.S. labor force. The BLS contributes to this goal by 
gathering information about the labor force and labor market and 
disseminating it to policymakers and the public so that participants in 
those markets can make more informed, and thus more efficient, choices. 
Research based on the NLSY79 contributes to the formation of national 
policy in the areas of education, training, employment programs, and 
school-to-work transitions. The BLS has undertaken a continuing 
redesign effort to examine the current content of the NLSY79 and 
provide direction for changes that may be appropriate as the 
respondents age. The 2016 instrument reflects a number of changes 
recommended by experts in various fields of social science and by our 
own internal review of the survey's content. Additions to the 
questionnaire are accompanied by deletions of previous questions that 
largely offset the burden as compared to 2014. The BLS Authorizing 
Statute authorizes this information collection. See 29 U.S.C. 1 and 2.
    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. The DOL obtains OMB approval for this information collection 
under Control Number 1220-0109. The current approval is scheduled to 
expire on September 30, 2016; however, the DOL notes that existing 
information collection requirements submitted to the OMB receive a 
month-to-month extension while they undergo review. New requirements 
would only take effect upon OMB approval. For additional substantive 
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the 
Federal Register on March 29, 2016 (81 FR 17496).
    Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in 
the ADDRESSES section within thirty (30) days of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate 
consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number

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1220-0109. The OMB 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-BLS.
    Title of Collection: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979.
    OMB Control Number: 1220-0109.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 12,545.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 12,555.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 13,964 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

     Dated: July 15, 2016.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-17252 Filed 7-21-16; 8:45 am]
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