[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13757-13758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04941]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report 
(VETS-4212)

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 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 April 9, 2021.

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

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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 Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment 
Assistance Act of 1974 (``VEVRAA''), 38 U.S.C. 4212(d), requires 
Federal contractors and subcontractors subject to the Act's affirmative 
action provisions in 38 U.S.C. 4212(a) to track and report annually to 
the Secretary of Labor the number of employees in their workforces, by 
job category and hiring location, who belong to the specified 
categories of protected veterans. VETS maintains regulations to 
implement the reporting requirements under VEVRAA, and uses the VETS-
4212 form for providing the required information on the employment of 
covered veterans. The regulations in 41 CFR part 61- 300 require 
contractors and subcontractors with a covered Federal contract entered 
into or modified in the amount of $150,000 or more to use the Federal 
Contractor Veterans' Employment Report VETS-4212 form for reporting 
information on their employment of covered veterans under VEVRAA.
    For additional substantive information about this ICR, see the 
related notice published in the Federal Register on November 20, 2020 
(85 FR 74390).
    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 
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: Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report 
(VETS-4212).
    OMB Control Number: 1293-0005.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits; 
not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 21,000.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 378,000.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 128,520 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $1,340.

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

    Dated: March 3, 2021.
Anthony May,
Management and Program Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2021-04941 Filed 3-9-21; 8:45 am]
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