[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 3585-3586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01262]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Veterans' Employment and Training Service

20 CFR Part 1011

RIN 1293-AA21


Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American 
Military Veterans (HIRE Vets) Medallion Program; Agency Information 
Collection Activities; OMB Approvals

AGENCY: Veterans' Employment and Training Service, Labor.

ACTION: OMB approval of information collections under Paperwork 
Reduction Act.

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SUMMARY: This document announces that the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) has approved the information collections associated with 
the Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military 
Veterans (HIRE Vets) Medallion Program rule under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).

DATES: On January 9, 2018, OMB approved the information collection 
request (ICR) the Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) 
submitted to implement the HIRE Vets Medallion Program Rule published 
on November 13, 2017 (82 FR 52186) and an associated program 
demonstration for 2018. Employers seeking recognition under the HIRE 
Vets Medallion Program Demonstration may submit applications once the 
Program Demonstration begins on or about January 31, 2018.

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 
by contacting Randall Smith, Veterans' Employment and Training Service, 
U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-1325, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20210, email: [email protected], telephone: (202) 693-
4700 or TTY (877) 889-5627 (these are not toll-free numbers).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randall Smith, Veterans' Employment 
and Training Service, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-1325, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210, email: [email protected], 
telephone: (202) 693-4700 or TTY (877) 889-5627 (these are not toll-
free numbers).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., and its 
attendant regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, require a Federal agency to 
consider the impact of paperwork and other information collection 
burdens imposed on the public and to solicit public comments on the 
information collections. The PRA also provides that an agency may not 
collect or sponsor the collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. See 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3)(vi). OMB has 
approved the HIRE Vets Medallion Program information collections under 
control number 1293-0015.
    In accordance with the PRA, VETS solicited comments on the HIRE 
Vets Medallion Program information collections as they were proposed in 
a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published August 18, 2017 (82 FR 
39371). See 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). The Department also submitted a

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contemporaneous request for OMB review of the proposed HIRE Vets 
Medallion Program information collections, in accordance with 44 U.S.C. 
3507(d). On October 25, 2017, OMB issued a notice of action instructing 
the Department of Labor (DOL) to resubmit the information collections 
after taking public comments on the NPRM into consideration. See OMB 
ICR Reference Number 201707-1293-001. VETS published the HIRE Vets 
Medallion Program Final Rule in the Federal Register on November 13, 
2017 (82 FR 52186). On the same day, DOL submitted the ICR that OMB 
requested, and OMB approved the ICR on January 9, 2018. See OMB ICR 
Reference Number 201710-1293-002. For additional substantive 
information about this ICR, see the related documents published in the 
Federal Register on August 18, 2017 (82 FR 39371), and November 13, 
2017 (82 FR 52186).
    The information collection and its annual burden on the public may 
be summarized as follows:
    Agency: DOL-VETS.
    Title of Collection: Honoring Investments in Recruiting and 
Employing (HIRE) American Military Veterans (HIRE Vets) Medallion 
Program.
    OMB Control Number: 1293-0015.
    Affected Public: Private Sector--businesses or other for-profits.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 34,184.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 58,556 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $1,045,486.

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

    OMB Control Number: 1293-0015.

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

    Dated: January 18, 2018.
J.S. Shellenberger,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Veterans' Employment and Training 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-01262 Filed 1-25-18; 8:45 am]
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