[Federal Register: December 19, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 244)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, the Employment Standards Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the following information collection: OFCCP
Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements: Supply and Service.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below by December 19, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Please submit comments to Ms. Patricia A. Forkel, U. S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201,
Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 693-0339 fax (202) 693-1451,
EMail pforkel@fenix2.dol-esa.gov. For questions concerning this
information collection request, please contact Mr. James Melvin, U. S.
Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs,
telephone (202) 693-0102.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance is responsible for the
administration of equal opportunity programs prohibiting employment
discrimination and requiring affirmative action and applies to Federal
contractors and subcontractors. OFCCP administers three programs:
Executive Order 11246, as amended; Section 503 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, as amended; and the affirmative action provisions of the
Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended,
(VEVRAA), 38 USC 4212. This information collection contains all
recordkeeping and reporting requirements which are derived from the
implementing regulations found at Title 41 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, chapter 60.
II. Review Focus
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,
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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 (DOL) is seeking an extension of this
information collection in order to substantiate compliance with
nondiscrimination and affirmative action requirements monitored by
OFCCP.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: OFCCP Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements: Supply and
Service.
OMB Number: 1215-0072.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
Total Annual Respondents/Responses: 95,311.
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Average hours Number of
Requirements per response Frequency responses
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Recordkeeping:
Initial Development of AAP.............. 112.65 Once.......................... 953
Update of AAP........................... 51.14 Annually...................... 95,054
Maintenance of AAP...................... 51.14 Annually...................... 94,358
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection 2.18 Annually...................... 5,750
Procedures.
Reporting:
Standard Form 100....................... 3.8 Annually...................... 36,741
Scheduling Letter....................... 4.5 On occasion................... 2,595
Compliance Check Letter................. .4 On occasion................... 2,000
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Estimated Total Burden Hours: 9,967,675.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $23,096.
Comments submitted in response to this notice 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.
Dated: December 7, 2001.
Margaret J. Sherrill,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
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