[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 69 (Thursday, April 9, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19958-19959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07468]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Veterans' Employment and Training Service 
Competitive Grant Programs Reporting

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Veterans' 
Employment and Training Service (VETS)-sponsored information collection 
request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and reinstatement in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before May 11, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frederick 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: The Department of Labor's VETS administers 
funds for the Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program grants to state, 
local, and tribal governments; businesses and other for-profit and not-
for-profit organizations on an annual program year basis. These 
competitive grants are codified under 38 U.S.C. 2021, 2021A, and 2023. 
VETS provides funds to competitively-awarded grantees through annual 
Funding Opportunity Announcements and option year funding. The total 
number of grantees varies based on the amount of available funds, 
awarded in grants up to $500,000 each. 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. 2021 (b). 
Additionally, and in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 2021 (d), the Secretary 
reviews performance and provides a biennial report to Congress on the 
program, including an evaluation of the services furnished to veterans 
and an analysis of the information we have collected. VETS intends to 
request approval for this information collection that streamlines the 
annual funding request

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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' 
biennial report to Congress. The forms and reports collect required 
programmatic and financial data from grantees. 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. For additional substantive 
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the 
Federal Register on September 19, 2019 (84 FR 49344).
    This 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 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 that does not display a valid 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    DOL seeks reinstatement and PRA authorization for this information 
collection for three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be 
for more than three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that 
information collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing 
ICRs receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-VETS.
    Title of Collection: Veterans' Employment and Training Service 
Competitive Grant Programs Reporting.
    OMB Control Number: 1293-0014.
    Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments; Private 
Sector: Businesses or other for-profits and not-for-profits 
institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,078.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 2,662.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 11,004 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

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

    Dated: April 3, 2020.
Frederick Licari,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-07468 Filed 4-8-20; 8:45 am]
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