FR Doc E8-3740
[Federal Register: February 28, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 40)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request
February 22, 2008.
The Department of Labor (DOL) hereby announces the submission of
the following public information collection requests (ICR) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44
U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of each ICR, with applicable supporting
documentation; including among other things a description of the likely
respondents, proposed frequency of response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or by contacting Darrin King on 202-
693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) / e-mail:
king.darrin@dol.gov.
Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: Katherine Astrich, OMB Desk
Officer for the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Telephone:
202-395-7316/Fax: 202-395-6974 (these are not a toll-free numbers), e-
mail: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within 30 days from the date of this
publication in the Federal Register. In order to ensure the appropriate
consideration, comments should reference the OMB Control Number (see
below).
The OMB 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, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Title: Interstate Arrangement for Combining Employment and Wages.
OMB Control Number: 1205-0029.
Form Number: ETA-586.
Affected Public: State Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 848.
Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden: $0.
Description: Section 3304(a)(9)(B), of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, requires states to participate in an arrangement for combining
employment and wages covered under the different state laws for the
purpose of determining unemployed workers' entitlement to unemployment
compensation. The Interstate Arrangement for Combining Employment and
Wages for combined wage claims (CWC), promulgated at 20 CFR 616,
requires the prompt transfer of all relevant and available employment
and wage data between states upon request. The Benefit Payment
Promptness Standard, 20 CFR part 640, requires the prompt payment of
unemployment compensation including benefits paid under the CWC
arrangement. The ETA-586 report provides the ETA/Office of Workforce
Security with information necessary to measure the scope and effect of
the CWC program and monitor the performance of each state in responding
to wage transfer data requests and the payment of benefits. For
additional information, see related notice published at 72 FR 68594 on
December 5, 2007.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Type of Review: New Collection (Request for a new OMB Control
Number).
Title: High Growth and Community-Based Job Training Grants.
OMB Control Number: 1205-0NEW.
Form Number: ETA-9134.
Affected Public: Private Sector: Not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 272.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 53,464.
Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden: $0.
Description: This information collection request is to implement
new reporting requirements for ETA's High Growth Job Training
Initiative (HGJTI) and the Community-Based Job Training Grants (CBJTG).
ETA will require grantees to submit standardized quarterly reports
summarizing the number and types of participants served by grantees,
the number of exiters, the number of participants engaged in training
activities, and some participant outcomes. To calculate the common
measures for each grantee and for the program as a whole, ETA will also
require grantees to submit quarterly participant records for exiters
that contain the minimum number of elements needed to obtain the
information to calculate the common measures. ETA plans to use these
records to obtain wage record information from the Wage Record
Interchange System (WRIS), which in turn ETA will use to compute common
measures. These reports and records will help ETA gauge the effects of
the HGJTI and CBJTG grants, identify grantees that could serve as
useful models, and target technical assistance appropriately. ETA's
statutory and regulatory authority to administer these programs
includes provisions for the requirement of performance reporting from
grantees. The legislative authority for these programs comes from the
Workforce Investment Act (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) and the American
Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 as amended,
both of which authorize and/or require that ETA collect information
from grantees regarding program performance and participant outcomes.
Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
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