[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83161-83162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26088]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Veterans' Employment and Training Service


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request: 
Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report VETS-4212

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) is 
announcing an opportunity for public comment on a collection of 
information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 
1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice

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in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of 
information and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the 
notice. In this notice, VETS is soliciting comments concerning the 
proposed information collection request for the VETS Federal Contractor 
Veterans' Employment Report VETS-4212.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by January 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected]. Include ``VETS-4212 
Form'' in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: (202) 693-4755. Please send comments by fax only if 
they are 10 pages or less.
     Mail: William E. Coughlin, Investigative Analyst, 
Compliance and Investigations, VETS, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-
1325, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210.
     Receipt of submissions, whether by U.S. Mail, email, or 
FAX transmittal, will not be acknowledged; however, the sender may 
request confirmation that a submission has been received, by 
telephoning VETS at (202) 693-4700 (VOICE) (this is not a toll-free 
number) or (202) 693-4760 (TTY/TDD).
    All comments received, including any personal information provided, 
will be available for public inspection during normal business hours at 
the above address. People needing assistance to review comments will be 
provided with appropriate aids such as readers or print magnifiers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William E. Coughlin, Investigative 
Analyst, Compliance and Investigations, VETS, U.S. Department of Labor, 
who may be reached at (202) 693-4715 or by email at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    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.
    The VETS-4212 Report is currently approved under OMB No. 1293-0005.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

    Currently VETS is soliciting comments concerning a request to 
extend the currently approved information collection request. The 
Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments which:
     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;
     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 submissions of responses.

III. Current Actions

    The Department of Labor seeks approval of the extension of the 
currently approved information collection request in order to carry out 
its responsibilities to administer and enforce compliance with the 
contractor reporting requirements under VEVRAA, as amended by the JVA. 
In preparation of that request, the Department seeks public comments on 
the information collection requirements.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Veterans' Employment and Training Service.
    Title: Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report VETS-4212.
    OMB Number: 1293-0005.
    Affected Public: Private Sector--businesses or other for profits 
and not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Respondents: 21,000.
    Average responses per Respondent: 18.
    Total Annual Responses: 378,000.
    Average Time per Response:
     Electronic Submission--20 minutes.
     Paper Submission--40 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 129,200.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $735,000.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a 
matter of public record.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 15th day of November 2023.
James D. Rodriguez,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-26088 Filed 11-27-23; 8:45 am]
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