[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 51 (Thursday, March 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18673-18674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05359]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


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

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 the agency 
receives on or before April 15, 2024.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wilson Vadukumcherry by telephone at 
202-693-0110, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collections under OMB 
Control No. 1293-0005 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 28, 2023 (88 FR 83161).
    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)

[[Page 18674]]

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.
    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 Contractors 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))

Wilson Vadukumcherry,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2024-05359 Filed 3-13-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510-79-P