[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 10, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14401-14402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07037]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury/
Illness Network [RETAIN] Demonstration Project and Evaluation

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Office of 
Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) sponsored information collection 
request (ICR) proposal titled, ``Retaining Employment and Talent After 
Injury/Illness Network [RETAIN] Demonstration Project and Evaluation,'' 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval 
for use in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995. 
Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before May 10, 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 free of charge 
from the RegInfo.gov website at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201902-1220-002 (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 (this is not a toll-free 
number) or by email at [email protected].
    Submit comments about this request by mail to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-
ODEP, 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: Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks PRA authority for the 
Retaining

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Employment and Talent After Injury/Illness Network [RETAIN] 
Demonstration Project and Evaluation information collection. The RETAIN 
Demonstration Projects are a collaborative effort led by the U.S. 
Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) in 
partnership with DOL's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and 
the Social Security Administration (SSA). The RETAIN projects will test 
the impact of early intervention strategies that improve stay-at-work/
return-to-work (SAW/RTW) outcomes of individuals who experience work 
disability while employed. ``Work disability'' is defined as an injury, 
illness, or medical condition that has the potential to inhibit or 
prevent continued employment or labor force participation. SAW/RTW 
programs succeed by returning injured or ill workers to productive work 
as soon as medically possible during their recovery process and by 
providing interim part-time or light-duty work and accommodations, as 
necessary. The RETAIN Demonstration Projects are modeled after 
promising programs operating in Washington state, including the Centers 
of Occupational Health and Education (COHE), the Early Return to Work 
(ERTW), and the Stay at Work programs. While these programs operate 
within the state's workers' compensation system and are available only 
to people experiencing work-related injuries or illnesses, the RETAIN 
Demonstration Projects provide opportunities to improve SAW/RTW 
outcomes for both occupational and non-occupational injuries and 
illnesses of people who are employed, or at a minimum in the labor 
force, when their injury or illness occurs. The Consolidated 
Appropriations Act of 2016 section 107 authorizes this information 
collection. See Public Law 115-245.
    This proposed 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 if the collection of information does not display a valid 
Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. For additional 
information, see the related notice published in the Federal Register 
on 06/22/2018 (83 FRN 121).
    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 ICR Reference Number 201902-
1230-001. 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-ODEP.
    Title of Collection: Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury/
Illness Network [RETAIN] Demonstration Project and Evaluation.
    OMB ICR Reference Number: 201902-1230-001.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,333.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 5,333.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 1,778 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $146,817.

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

    Dated: April 4, 2019.
Frederick Licari,
Departmental Clearance Officer (Acting).
[FR Doc. 2019-07037 Filed 4-9-19; 8:45 am]
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