[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 220 (Friday, November 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72685-72686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-25151]


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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 this Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (BLS)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval 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 December 14, 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: Anthony May by telephone at 202-693-
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLS seeks Office of Management and 
Budget approval to conduct interim supplement interviews between rounds 
19 and 20 of the NLSY97. Respondents of the NLSY97 will undergo an 
interview of approximately 12 minutes on average, during which they 
will answer questions about labor market experiences, health, and 
income. The interim supplemental survey will be a conducted by internet 
and by telephone. We anticipate that approximately one-third of 
interviews will be self-administered by internet, with the remaining 
interviews being interviewer-administered by telephone. The BLS plans 
to record randomly selected segments of the interviews collected by 
telephone. Recording interviews helps the BLS and its contractors to 
ensure that the interviews actually took place and interviewers are 
reading the questions exactly as worded and entering the responses 
properly. Recording also helps to identify parts of the interview that 
might be causing problems or misunderstanding for interviewers or 
respondents. Each respondent will be informed that the interview may be 
recorded for quality control, testing, and training purposes. If the 
respondent objects to the recording of the interview, the interviewer 
will confirm to the respondent that the interview will not be recorded 
and then proceed with the interview. The interim supplemental survey 
will consist of approximately 35 questions. Similar questions have 
appeared in previous rounds of the NLSY97, the Current Population

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Survey, or the Census Household Pulse survey. The content covers 
household composition, current employment for the respondent and 
spouse/partner, changes in employment/earnings during the past 12 
months due to the coronavirus pandemic, time spent teaching children 
under age 18, health, health insurance, having contracted the 
coronavirus, medical care deferred due to the coronavirus pandemic, 
mental health, income, and earnings. During the fielding period for the 
interim supplemental interviews, no more than 2 percent of respondents 
will be asked to participate in a brief validation interview a few 
weeks after the initial interview. The purpose of the validation 
interview is to verify that the initial interview took place as the 
interviewer reported and to assess the data quality of selected 
questionnaire items. For additional substantive information about this 
ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal Register on July 
31, 2020 (85 FR 46187).
    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 PRA authorization for this information collection for the 
remainder of the current clearance period (expiring on August 31, 
2022).
    Agency: DOL-BLS.
    Title of Collection: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997.
    OMB Control Number: 1220-0157.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,275.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 5,380.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 1,058 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

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

    Dated: November 6, 2020.
Anthony May,
Management and Program Analyst.
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