[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28589-28590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12977]


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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 1997

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (BLS) sponsored information collection request (ICR) 
titled, ``National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997,'' 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 July 19, 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=201903-1220-002 (this link will only become active 
on the day following publication of this notice) or by contacting 
Frederick C. Licari by telephone at 202-693-8073, 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-

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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: Frederick C. Licari by telephone at 
202-693-8073, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks approval under the PRA for 
the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97) information 
collection that includes respondents who were born from 1980 through 
1984 and lived in the United States when the survey began in 1997. The 
primary objective of the survey is to study the transition from full-
time schooling to the establishment of careers and families. The 
longitudinal focus of the survey requires information to be collected 
about the same individuals over many years in order to trace their 
education, training, work experience, fertility, income, and program 
participation. Research based on the NLSY97 contributes to the 
formation of national policy in the areas of education, training, 
employment programs, and school-to-work transitions. The NLSY97 will 
continue to use the telephone as the primary mode of interviews. 
Approving this ICR would allow the BLS to reinstate and revise the 
collection by including new questions on expectations of working in the 
future, on tax filing, on chronic pain, on the use of painkillers, and 
on device ownership. In addition, the BLS has attempted to streamline 
the questionnaire so that it will be shorter and less burdensome for 
respondents. To this end, fewer questions will be asked about household 
members, college attendance and experience, and financial insecurity. 
Questions on wage bargaining and using the internet for job search will 
be dropped used to classify jobs as regular, self-employed, or 
nontraditional have been streamlined. The BLS Authorizing Statue 
authorizes this information collection. See 29 U.S.C. 1, 2.
    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 February 12, 2019 (84 FR 3496).
    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 1220-0157. 
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 1997.
    OMB Control Number: 1220-0157.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,520.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 6,650.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 7,616 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

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

    Dated: June 13, 2019.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-12977 Filed 6-18-19; 8:45 am]
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