ETA Seeks Comment on Extension with Changes for Planning Guidance and Instructions for Submission of Strategic Plan for Title I of WIA and Wagner-Peyser Act
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning an extension with changes of the collection for the Planning Guidance and Instructions for Submission of the Strategic State Plan for title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) and the Wagner-Peyser Act.
The Planning Guidance and Instructions provide a framework for the collaboration of governors, local elected officials, businesses and other partners to continue the development of workforce investment systems that address customer needs, deliver integrated user-friendly services, and are accountable to the customers and the public.
The proposed changes to this collection include a revision to the National Strategic Direction which introduces the information collection. This Strategic Direction was previously published in Training and Employment Guidance Letter 13-06. There are also minor technical and grammatical changes in the actual information collection, the State Planning Instructions.
A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Janet Sten, Room C-4510 Telephone number: 202-693-3045 (this is not a toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-3015. E-mail: Sten.Janet@dol.gov or by accessing: http://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.
Comments should be submitted to Ms. Sten on or before July 7, 2008.
ETA is also soliciting comments concerning the proposed extension with changes of the collection for the Planning Guidance for State Unified Plans submitted under Section 501 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA).
The changes to this collection also include a revision to the National Strategic Direction. There are also technical changes in the actual information collection, the State Planning Instructions, to reflect statutory changes in other Federal agencies' programs that are included in the Unified Plan including the reauthorization of the Perkins Act.
The contact information and comment submission deadline for the Unified Plans is identical to those for the "Stand-Alone" Plans.
All comments received will be summarized and/or 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.
