[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24028-24029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09471]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; DOL-Only Performance Accountability, 
Information, and Reporting System

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment 
and Training Administration (ETA)-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 June 4, 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 
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: Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202-
693-8538, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR is the product of a joint effort 
among the DOL offices responsible for the following programs: WIOA 
Adult, WIOA Dislocated Worker, WIOA Youth, National Dislocated Worker 
Grants, Dislocated Worker Projects authorized under WIOA sec. 169(c), 
Wagner Peyser Employment Service, National Farmworker Jobs Program, Job 
Corps, YouthBuild, Indian and Native American Program, as well as non-
WIOA covered programs, including Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), 
Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO), H-1B discretionary grants, 
Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), Apprenticeship 
grants, and the Jobs for Veterans' State Grants Programs. While H-1B 
grants, TAA, SCSEP, Apprenticeship grants and the REO programs are not 
authorized under WIOA, these programs will be utilizing the data 
element definitions and reporting templates proposed in this ICR. For 
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related 
notice published in the Federal Register on November 25, 2020 (85 FR 
75376).
    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

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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-ETA.
    Title of Collection: DOL-Only Performance Accountability, 
Information, and Reporting System.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0521.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households; State, Local, and 
Tribal Governments; Private Sector--Businesses or other for-profits and 
not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 17,583,750.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 41,064,037.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 10,459,627 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $9,491,287.

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

    Dated: April 28, 2021.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2021-09471 Filed 5-4-21; 8:45 am]
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