[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 174 (Monday, September 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47324-47325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19355]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Jobs for Veterans State Grants Reports

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Veterans' 
Employment and Training Service (VETS) sponsored information collection 
request (ICR) reinstatement titled, ``Jobs for Veterans State Grants

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Reports,'' 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 October 9, 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=201906-1293-001 (this link will only become active 
on the day following publication of this notice) or by contacting 
Frederick 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-
VETS, 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: Frederick Licari by telephone at 202-
693-8073, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or 
sending an email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks approval under the PRA for a 
reinstatement to the Jobs for Veterans State Grants Reports. The DOL 
Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) administers funds for 
the multi-year Jobs for Veterans' State Grants (JVSG) to each State, 
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam on 
an annual basis on a fiscal year cycle. These forms are used to 
facilitate the identification of required programmatic and financial 
data provided by States requesting and expending funds and for 
monitoring the grants, making quarterly adjustments and reporting 
results to Congress. The use of program-specific standard formats helps 
to ensure that requested data can be 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. See 
38 U.S.C. 4102A.
    This information collection request allows the agency to use a 
revised version of the same information collection under the OMB 
Control Number provided with the original approval and has been 
classified as a reinstatement because a previously approved collection 
has expired or the agency had subsequently decided to discontinue the 
collection. This request allows the agency to use a revised version of 
the same information collection under the OMB Control Number provided 
with the original approval.
    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 the OMB under the PRA approves it 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 
substantive information, see the related notice published in the 
Federal Register on April 5, 2019 (84 FR 13723).
    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 1293-0009. 
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-VETS.
    Title of Collection: Jobs for Veterans State Grants Reports.
    OMB Control Number: 1293-0009.
    Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 54.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 8,540.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 17,053 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

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

    Dated: September 3, 2019.
Frederick Licari,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-19355 Filed 9-6-19; 8:45 am]
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