[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 66 (Friday, April 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13723-13724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06659]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Veterans' Employment and Training Service


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request: Jobs 
for Veterans State Grant Budget Information Summary; Jobs for Veterans 
State Grant Expenditure Detail Report; Jobs for Veterans State Grant 
Staffing Directory

AGENCY: Veterans' Employment and Training Service, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: VETS is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the 
proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to 
publish a notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed 
collection of information and to allow 60 days for public comment in 
response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on four (4) 
separate collections of information: VETS 401 entitled Jobs for 
Veterans State Grant Budget Information Summary, VETS 402A or VETS 402B 
entitled Jobs for Veterans State Grant Expenditure Detail Report, VETS 
403 entitled Jobs for Veterans State Grant Technical Performance 
Narrative, and VETS 501 entitled Jobs for Veterans State Grant Staffing 
Directory. The information collection contained in this notice is an 
extension with revisions.

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VETS is soliciting comments on the continuation of the approved 
information collections.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all written comments received by 
June 4, 2019.

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 for free by 
contacting Michael Long by telephone at (202) 693-4700 (not a toll-free 
number) 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, Veterans' 
Employment and Training Service, Room S1325, 200 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20210 or by email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Long, by telephone at (202) 
693-4700 (not a toll-free number) or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Labor, 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.
    The Department of Labor's VETS administers funds for the Jobs for 
Veterans State Grant (JVSG) to each State, the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on an annual fiscal year basis. 
These non-competitive, formula-driven grants are codified under Title 
38, United States Code, (38 U.S.C.) Section 4102A(b)(5):
    ``Subject to subsection (c) make available for use in each State by 
grant or contract such funds as may be necessary to support--(A) 
disabled veterans' outreach program specialists appointed under section 
4103A(a)(1) of this title, (B) local veterans' employment 
representatives assigned under section 4104(b) of this title, and (C) 
the reasonable expenses of such specialists and representatives 
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, for training, 
travel, supplies, and other business expenses . . .''
    VETS provides funds to States in accordance with an allocation 
formula required by 38 U.S.C. 4102A(c)(2)(B) and as published in 
regulation at Title 20, Part 1001, Subpart F of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR). The Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and 
Training monitors and supervises the distribution and use of those 
funds as required by 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(6). Additionally, and in 
accordance with 38 U.S.C. 4107(b), the Secretary reviews performance 
and provides an annual report to Congress that includes:
    A characterization of the quality and character of priority of 
services provided to veterans (38 U.S.C. 4215 and 20 CFR 1010.320, 
1010.330);
    Efforts to coordinate with the Veterans Administration in 
accordance with 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(3) and 4109; and
    Incentive fund usage as described in 38 U.S.C. 4112.
    VETS is requesting continued approval for the information 
collection that streamlines the annual funding request process for 
grantees, reports the use of grantee funds in sufficient detail to 
allow interim adjustments that ensure all appropriated funding is 
expended properly, and provides data needed for VETS' Annual Report to 
Congress.
    The forms and reports collect required programmatic and financial 
data from States requesting and obligating grant funds. The continued 
use of standardized formats for collecting this information helps to 
ensure that requested data is provided in a uniform way, reporting 
burdens are minimized, the impact of collection requirements on 
respondents are properly assessed, collection instruments are clearly 
understood by respondents, and the information is easily consolidated 
for posting in accordance with statutory requirements.
    With respect to the continuation of the approved collection of 
information, VETS is particularly interested in comments on these 
topics:
    (1) Whether the continued collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance and oversight of the Jobs for Veterans State 
Grant, including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) The accuracy of the VETS' estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information;
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques, when appropriate and other forms of information technology.
    Agency: Veterans' Employment and Training Service, U.S. Department 
of Labor.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title of Collection: VETS' Jobs for Veterans State Grant Program 
Reporting.
    Forms:

1. VETS-401, JVSG Budget Information Summary; and
2. VETS-402A; or
3. VETS-402B JVSG Expenditure Detail Report (EDR); and
4. VETS-501, JVSG Staffing Directory; and
5. VETS-403, JVSG Technical Performance Narrative (TPN)

    OMB Control Number: 1293-0009.
    Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 54.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Total Estimated Annual Responses: 540.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,053.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0.

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

    Dated: Signed in Washington, DC, this 1st day of April, 2019.
Joseph S. Shellenberger,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-06659 Filed 4-4-19; 8:45 am]
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