[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 150 (Thursday, August 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38103-38104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15041]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; EDA Workforce Data Collection Instrument
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on May 27, 2025 during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: Economic Development Administration (EDA), Commerce.
Title: EDA Workforce Data Collection Instrument.
OMB Control Number: 0610-0109.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension.
Number of Respondents: 6,090 total participants. System Lead
Entities: 32 from FY 2021 and 8 from FY 2024. Training Providers: 1,000
from FY 2021 and 50 from FY 2024. Participants: 5,000 from FY 2021.
Average Hours per Response: Average hours per response is estimated
to be 2 hours per response to complete the semiannual data collection
on the system and corresponding characteristics. The estimate of
average hours per response to complete the quarterly data collection on
training providers and their training participants is 16.7 hours.
System Lead Entities: 1 hour. Training Providers: 30 minutes.
Participants: 5 minutes.
Burden Hours: 3,764.
Needs and Uses: To effectively administer and monitor its economic
development assistance programs, EDA collects certain information from
applications for, and recipients of, EDA investment assistance. Under
EDA's Workforce Program, award recipients will be required to submit
identified program metrics and information to ensure that EDA workforce
investments are evidence-based and data-driven, and accountable to
participants and the public. EDA will require information on three key
award stakeholders: (1) System Lead Entity/Backbone Organization,
defined as the lead entity of a regional workforce training system or
sectoral partnership; (2) Training Providers, defined as entities
providing
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relevant training and learning in a regional workforce training system;
and (3) Participants, defined as individuals directly trained and
placed into jobs via a regional workforce training system. System Lead
Entities/Backbone Organizations will also coordinate with relevant
employers to understand program performance from the employers'
perspective. All process, output, and outcome metrics are associated
with the following objectives:
System Lead Entity/Backbone Organizations: (1) Establish,
strengthen, or expand sectoral partnerships or regional workforce
training systems; (2) Target distressed populations and areas to
participate in the skills training program, including by securing and
offering wrap-around services; (3) Support employers in filling demand
for good-paying jobs, and (4) Leverage federal and non-federal funds to
expand reach and support sustainability.
Training Providers: Provide skills training to unemployed,
underemployed, or incumbent workers with opportunity for increased
wages through targeted upskilling to place them into quality jobs and
provide employers with skilled workers.
Participants: Position for employment and wage growth.
Affected Public: Recipients of Workforce Program awards, which may
include a(n): District Organization; Indian Tribe or a consortium of
Indian Tribes; State, county, city, or other political subdivision of a
State, including a special purpose unit of a state or local government
engaged in economic or infrastructure development activities, or a
consortium of political subdivisions; institution of higher education
or a consortium of institutions of higher education; or public or
private non-profit organization or association, acting in cooperation
with officials of a political subdivision of a State. Additionally,
training providers and participants in regional workforce training
systems will be affected.
Frequency: System Lead Entities from the FY 2021 Workforce program
will respond semiannually. Training providers from the FY 2021
Workforce program will respond on a quarterly basis and participants
will respond once. System lead entities and training providers from the
FY 2024 workforce program will respond once. Participants from the FY
2024 workforce program will respond through a separate data collection
instrument.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: The Public Works and Economic Development Act of
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.).
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website 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 and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0610-0109.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary of
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-15041 Filed 8-6-25; 8:45 am]
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