[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 103 (Thursday, May 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32051-32052]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11468]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Registered Apprenticeship College Consortium

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employment and 
Training Administration (ETA)-sponsored information collection request 
(ICR) reinstatement without change titled, ``Registered Apprenticeship 
College Consortium,'' 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 June 29, 2020.

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=202001-1205-005 (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-
ETA, 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: Crystal Rennie by telephone at 202-
693-0456 or sending an email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks approval, under the PRA, for 
a reinstatement without change to the Registered Apprenticeship College 
Consortium. The purpose of the consortium is to facilitate awarding the 
Registered Apprenticeship completion certificate towards college 
credit. Consortium post-secondary members agree to accept apprentice 
graduates from member Registered Apprenticeship sponsors with the 
approximate amount of credit towards college that has been designated 
by a third party evaluator. This consortium is based on the Service 
Members Opportunities Colleges Consortium supported by the Department 
of Defense. The data collection includes three application forms to 
join the consortium. There are three types of memberships and separate 
applications for each member: (1) The application for Registered 
Apprenticeship sponsors asks for contact information for the national, 
regional or single guideline standards or program, all participating 
training centers (if applicable) and the value of the apprenticeship 
program towards college credit; (2) the application for two- and four-
year post-secondary institutions requests contact, degree and credit 
transfer information; and (3) national, regional or state organizations 
that represent sponsors and/or two- and four-year post-secondary 
colleges and will facilitate the membership in the consortium requests 
contact information and the nature of the relationship with sponsors or 
colleges. This information collection request allows the agency to use 
a previously approved version from the same information collection 
under the OMB Control Number provided with the original approval and 
has been classified as a reinstatement without change.
    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 about this ICR, see the related notice 
published in the Federal Register on September 30, 2019 (84 FR 51635).
    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 1205-0512. 
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.

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     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-ETA.
    Title of Collection: Registered Apprenticeship College Consortium.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0512.
    Affected Public: Federal Governments; State, Local, and Tribal 
Governments and Private Sector, Business or other for-profits and not-
for-profits institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 500.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 815.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 85 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

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

Crystal R. Rennie,
Acting, Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-11468 Filed 5-27-20; 8:45 am]
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