[Federal Register: September 16, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 180)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
American Indian Population and Labor Force Report
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of proposed renewal of a current information collection;
comment request.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs (AS-IA) is seeking
comments on the American Indian Population and Labor Force Report as we
prepare to reinstate the collection as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The Indian Employment, Training and Related
Services Demonstration Act (Act) of 1992 requires the Secretary to
develop, maintain and publish, not less than biennially, a report on
the population by gender, income level, age, and availability for work.
DATES: Submit comments on or before November 17, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Your comments and suggestions on the requirements should be
made directly to Lynn Forcia, Division Chief, Division of Workforce
Development, Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development, Office
of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior,
1951 Constitution Avenue, Mail Stop 20-SIB, NW., Washington, DC 20245;
Telephone (202) 219-0740, Facsimile (202) 208-4564, E-mail
Lynn.Forcia@BIA.GOV.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may request further information or
obtain copies of the proposed information collection request from Lynn
Forcia, as identified in the ADDRESSES section.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The collection of this information is
mandated by Congress by Public Law 102-477 Indian Employment, Training
and Related Services Demonstration Act (Act) of 1992, Section 17a. The
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs (AS-IA) is submitting the
information collection for reinstatement. The information is used by
interested parties such as tribal governments for the purpose of
designing, planning and developing programs, for American Indians. This
information is used to predict and identify the level of need for
American Indians and Alaska Natives. This survey is the only
accumulation of data on tribal enrollments, service population,
workforce, and unemployment of tribal entities in the U.S.
Request for Comments: AS-IA requests your comments on this
collection concerning:
(a) The validity of the methodology used;
(b) The validity of the assumptions used, including but not limited
to, the definition of ``service population'' with its inclusions and
exclusion, population not available for work exclusions, and inclusion
of short term, part time or season employment characteristics.
(c) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden (hours and
cost) of the collection of information;
(d) The use of a computerized, automated collection technique by
means of the Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development's Web
site.
Please note that an agency may not sponsor or request and an
individual need not respond to, a collection of information unless it
has a valid OMB Control Number.
It is our policy to make all comments available to the public for
review at the location listed in the ADDRESSES section, room 20-SIB,
during the hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., e.s.t., Monday through Friday,
except for legal holidays. Please note that all comments received will
be available for public review for two weeks after the comment period
closes. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address or
other personally identifiable information, be advised that your entire
comment--including your personally identifiable information--may be
made public at any time. While you may request that we withhold your
personally identifiable information, we cannot guarantee that we will
be able to do so. All comments from organizations or representatives
will be available for review. We may withhold comment from review for
other reasons.
OMB Control Number: 1076-0147.
Type of Review: Reinstatement.
Title: Department of the Interior, Office of the Assistant
Secretary--Indian Affairs, American Indian Population and Labor Force
Report.
Brief Description of Collection: Public Law 102-477, the Indian
Employment, Training, and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992,
mandates the Secretary to publish, not less than biennially, a report
on the American Indian and Alaska Native population eligible for
services by gender, income level, age, and availability for work. The
process for collecting data has included the use of a paper data
submission form with written instructions to be filled out by tribes
and then certified at the tribal, agency, and regional level. The BIA
believes that many of the reporting issues may be the result of
misunderstanding of how to fill out this data submission form. The
Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development has examined the data
collection process and is hoping to address a truer depiction of tribal
enrollment and BIA service population in Indian Country.
The Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development consulted with
5 of the 562 federally recognized tribal entities, ranging in
membership less than 5,000 members to more than 250,000 members. The
estimated time it took each tribe to respond to the biennial report was
between one hour and four days, depending on the resources of the
tribal government. It will take tribal representatives an estimated
eight hours to complete the survey.
Number of Respondents: 562.
Estimated Time per Response: 8 hours.
Frequency of Reponses: Biennially.
Total Annual Burden to Respondents: 5,000 hours biennially.
Total Annual Cost to Respondents: N/A.
Dated: September 5, 2008.
Sanjeev Bhagowalia.
Chief Information Officer--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. E8-21644 Filed 9-15-08; 8:45 am]
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