Proposed Collection; Comment Request
[12/08/2003]
Volume 68, Number 235, Page 68424-68425
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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 proposed collection: Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements,
Construction. A copy of the proposed information collection request can
be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES
section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before February 6, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 693-0418, fax (202) 693-1451, E-mail bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please
use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or E-
mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
(OFCCP) is responsible for the administration of three equal
opportunity programs, which prohibit employment discrimination and
require affirmative action by Federal contractors and subcontractors.
The Acts administered by the OFCCP are Executive Order 11246, as
amended Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, as amended, and the
Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended
(VEVRAA), 38 U.S.C. 4212. The OFCCP has promulgated regulations
implementing these programs, which are found at Title 41 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, Chapter 60. For purposes of this clearance
request, the programs have been divided functionally into two
categories, construction and supply service. This information
collection request covers the recordkeeping and reporting requirements
for the functional aspects of the program involving construction. A
separate information collection request covers the recordkeeping and
reporting requirements for functional aspects of the program involving
supply and service, and is approved under OMB 1215-0072. This
information collection is currently approved for use through December
31, 2003.
II. Review Focus: The Department of Labor is particularly
interested in comments which:
[sbull] 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;
[sbull] 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;
[sbull] enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
[sbull] minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, 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 seeks the extension
of approval to collect this information in order to carry out its
responsibility to enforce the affirmative action and anti-
discrimination provisions of the three Acts, which it administers.
OFCCP is conducting an internal assessment of the burden hours reported
in this information collection request. OFCCP intends to publish the
internal study for public comment in seeking a three-year approval on
this information collection request. OFCCP is currently seeking a six-
month authorization, which will provide sufficient time to complete the
internal study.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: OFCCP Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements,
Construction.
OMB Number: 1215-0163.
Agency Number:
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit
institutions.
Total Respondents: 100,000.
Total Annual responses: 100,000.
Average Time per Response, Recordkeeping: 48 hours.
Records Maintenance: 8 to 24 hours.
Affirmative Action Plan, Initial Development: 18 hours.
Affirmative Action Plan, Annual Update: 7.5 hours.
Affirmative Action Plan, Maintenance: 7.5 hours.
Compliance Reviews: 1-2 hours.
Total Burden Hours, Recordkeeping and Reporting: 4,841,468.
Frequency: Annually.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $8,217.
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Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
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 2, 2003.
Bruce Bohanon,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-30367 Filed 12-5-03; 8:45 am
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