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effectiveness, monitor compliance with
statutory requirements, and analyze
participant activity and grantee
performance while complying with
OMB efforts to streamline Federal
performance reporting.
Under WIOA section 116(d)(6), the
Secretary of Labor is required to
annually make available (including by
electronic means), in an easily
understandable format, (a) the State
Annual Performance Reports containing
the information described in WIOA
section 116 (d)(2) and (b) a summary of
the reports, and the reports required
under WIOA section 116 (d)(6) (the
State Performance, Local Area, and
Eligible Training Provider Reports), to
the Committee on Education and the
Workforce of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
of the Senate.
The reports and other analyses of the
data will be made available to the public
through publication and other
appropriate methods and to the
appropriate congressional committees
through copies of such reports. In
addition, information obtained through
the Workforce Performance
Accountability, Information, and
Reporting System will be used at the
national level during budget and
allocation hearings for DOL compliance
with the Government Performance and
Results Act and other legislative
requirements, and during legislative
authorization proceedings.
Under this collection, participation
will be measured based on the count of
individuals who meet the definition of
a ‘‘participant’’—e.g., those who have
received staff-level services within the
program year. An individual should be
considered to have exited after they
have gone 90 days without service, and
with no future services scheduled.
Should they return for additional
services after the 90 days—within the
same program year and exit in that same
program year—the individual’s exit date
will be changed to reflect only the last
exit date in that program year. If the
individual exits in a subsequent
program year, they would be counted as
a new participant for purposes of that
subsequent program year. Counting
unique individuals in this manner will
allow an unduplicated count of
participants in the accountability and
reporting system. The Department
understands that this may affect
quarterly reporting results and counts of
services rendered early in the program
year, particularly for programs whose
current reporting practices differ from
what is described above. As such, we
greatly encourage your comments on the
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potential impact on individual states
and local areas of this and all other
items discussed in this package.
As mentioned above, as part of its
effort to streamline program
performance reporting, the Department
added the performance information
collection requirements for the SCSEP
to this information collection. The Older
Americans Act Reauthorization Act of
2016 (OAA–2016) amended the SCSEP
core indicators of performance, and it
requires those amended indicators to be
implemented by regulation by December
31, 2017. SCSEP will retain its current
ICR (under OMB Control Number 1205–
0040) for non-performance data
elements and will implement the OAA–
2016 performance measures’
information collection under this ICR
upon completion of rulemaking. This
ICR may receive OMB approval before
Final Rules implementing the OAA–
2016 SCSEP measures are published. If
this occurs, the Department will submit
another ICR for this collection to OMB
to incorporate the Final Rule citations,
as required by 5 CFR 1320.11(h). Those
citations currently do not exist and,
therefore, cannot be included at this
time. The Department plans to review
and analyze any comments received in
response to this Federal Register Notice
in order to finalize the substantive
information collection requirements to
the extent legally possible.
II. Review Focus
The Department as part of its effort to
streamline program performance
reporting is (1) making grammar edits,
code fields, and instructions revisions;
(2) deleting data elements no longer
required by ETA, (3) adding data
elements needed by ETA, and (4) adding
the performance information collection
requirements for the Senior Community
Service Employment Program (SCSEP).
The Department is particularly
interested in comments that:
• 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;
• can further help to create an
integrated data element layout between
ETA-funded programs;
• enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
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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
Type of Review: Revision.
Title: Workforce Performance
Accountability, Information, and
Reporting System.
OMB Number: 1205–0521.
Affected Public: State, Local, and
Tribal Governments; Individuals or
Households; and Private Sector—
businesses or other for-profits and notfor-profit institutions.
Frequency: Quarterly, Annually.
Estimated Total Annual Respondents:
947.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
17,360,446.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 4,495,212.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $17,100,000.
Approval of this information
collection request is required so that the
states, locals, and other entities can
begin programming their management
information systems in order to enable
them to collect the necessary data to
implement the data collection and
reporting requirements of section 116 in
accordance with the WIOA statute.
Byron Zuidema,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment
and Training Administration, Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Comment Request: Survey of
Employer Policies on the Employment
of People With Disabilities
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
SUMMARY:
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collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents is properly
assessed. Currently, the Department of
Labor is soliciting comments concerning
the collection of data about the Survey
of Employer Policies on the
Employment of People with Disabilities.
A copy of the proposed Information
Collection Request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting the office listed
in the addressee section of this notice.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that the agency
receives on or before July 24, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either one of the following methods:
Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov;
Mail or Courier: Juston Locks, Office of
Disability Employment Policy, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Room S–1303
Washington, DC 20210. Instructions:
Please submit one copy of your
comments by only one method. All
submissions received must include the
agency name and OMB Control Number
identified above for this information
collection. Because we continue to
experience delays in receiving mail in
the Washington, DC area, commenters
are strongly encouraged to transmit their
comments electronically via email or to
submit them by mail early. Comments,
including any personal information
provided, become a matter of public
record. They will also be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB
approval of the information collection
request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact
Juston Locks by email at
chiefevaluationoffice@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) of
the U.S. Department of Labor in
partnership with the Office of Disability
Employment Policy (ODEP) seeks to
conduct a Survey of Employer Policies
on the Employment of People with
Disabilities to examine employer
perceptions of their efforts to employ
individuals with disabilities. Knowing
this information will enhance the ability
of ODEP to engage employers on how to
hire, retain and promote individuals
with disabilities. ODEP has the ability to
reach out to employers through its
public education campaigns and
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technical assistance centers, as well as
engage the business community
directly. Assessing employer attitudes
towards hiring and retaining individuals
with disabilities will allow ODEP to
better understand employer successes
and concerns, as well as more
effectively share best practices in hiring,
retaining, and promoting individuals
with disabilities. This study will answer
research questions with regard to
current employer practices and attitudes
towards employment of people with
disabilities (‘disability employment’);
barriers and facilitators of disability
employment; the impact of
accommodations and technology on
employer perceptions and attitudes
towards disability employment; and
sources of disability employmentrelated information for employers.
To answer the research questions, the
study will include three data collection
strategies: (1) A telephone survey with
employers; (2) case studies with
representatives of six companies; and
(3) qualitative interviews with
supervisors from companies with
disability employment experience.
This Federal Register Notice provides
the opportunity to comment on
proposed data collection instruments
that will be used in the study:
• Employer Survey (n=4,800). Westat
will contact each sampled HR managers
to complete a 20-minute computerassisted telephone interview (CATI).
This survey will cover topics such as
company policies and practices on
disability employment, successes and
challenges of disability employment,
information on employment policies
and best practices, and the use of
technology and accommodations.
• Case Studies (n=120). Westat will
conduct six site visits at companies
demonstrating experience with
disability employment. Westat will
interview individuals from a sample
across the spectrum of involvement in
disability employment, including:
Human Resource (HR) managers, hiring
managers, disabled employees,
colleagues of disabled employees, and
senior leadership tasked with creating
diversity and inclusion policy. Westat
will conduct approximately 20
interviews per case study, with each
interview lasting between 20–30
minutes.
• Qualitative Interviews with HR
Managers (n=90). Westat will
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purposefully select a subsample of
employers with significant experience
with disability employment and
interview mid-level managers from
those companies to collect more indepth information. These interviews
will cover questions about the
employer’s current practices and
attitudes towards employment of people
with disabilities; barriers and facilitators
towards disability employment;
accommodations and technology
available for employees with
disabilities; and information flow about
disability employment. These
interviews will last approximately 30
minutes.
II. Review Focus
Currently, the Department of Labor is
soliciting comments concerning the
above data collection for a study of
employer policies and practices on the
employment of people with disabilities.
DOL is particularly interested in
comments that:
• 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 submissions
of responses.
III. Current Action
At this time, DOL is requesting
clearance for the SEED Implementation
Evaluation Survey.
Type of Review: New Information
Collection.
OMB Control Number: 1230–0NEW.
Title: Survey of Employer Policies on
the Employment of People with
Disabilities.
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ESTIMATED TOTAL BURDEN HOURS—SURVEY OF EMPLOYER POLICIES ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES
Total number
of
respondents
Respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
annual
responses
Average
burden hours
per response
Total annual
burden hours
Telephone Survey ................................................................
Case Study ..........................................................................
Qualitative Interviews ...........................................................
4,800
120
90
1
1
1
1,600
40
30
.33
.50
.50
533.33
20
15
Total ..............................................................................
5,010
........................
1,670
........................
568.33
Affected Public: Approximately 5,010
respondents will be contacted to
participate in this data collection,
including hiring managers; HR
managers; employees with disabilities;
colleagues of employees with
disabilities; and diversity/inclusion
officers.
Annual Frequency: One time.
Comments submitted in response to
this comment request 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: April 28, 2017.
Molly Irwin,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of
Labor.
[FR Doc. 2017–10503 Filed 5–22–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Comment Request: Survey of
Employer Policies on the Employment
of People With Disabilities
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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). 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
is properly assessed. Currently, the
Department of Labor is soliciting
comments concerning the collection of
data about the Survey of Employer
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Policies on the Employment of People
with Disabilities. A copy of the
proposed Information Collection
Request (ICR) can be obtained by
contacting the office listed in the
addressee section of this notice.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that the agency
receives on or before July 24, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either one of the following methods:
Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov;
Mail or Courier: Juston Locks, Office of
Disability Employment Policy, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Room S–1303,
Washington, DC 20210. Instructions:
Please submit one copy of your
comments by only one method. All
submissions received must include the
agency name and OMB Control Number
identified above for this information
collection. Because we continue to
experience delays in receiving mail in
the Washington, DC area, commenters
are strongly encouraged to transmit their
comments electronically via email or to
submit them by mail early. Comments,
including any personal information
provided, become a matter of public
record. They will also be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB
approval of the information collection
request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Juston Locks by email at
chiefevaluationoffice@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) of
the U.S. Department of Labor in
partnership with the Office of Disability
Employment Policy (ODEP) seeks to
conduct a Survey of Employer Policies
on the Employment of People with
Disabilities to examine employer
perceptions of their efforts to employ
individuals with disabilities. Knowing
this information will enhance the ability
of ODEP to engage employers on how to
hire, retain and promote individuals
with disabilities. ODEP has the ability to
reach out to employers through its
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public education campaigns and
technical assistance centers, as well as
engage the business community
directly. Assessing employer attitudes
towards hiring and retaining individuals
with disabilities will allow ODEP to
better understand employer successes
and concerns, as well as more
effectively share best practices in hiring,
retaining, and promoting individuals
with disabilities. This study will answer
research questions with regard to
current employer practices and attitudes
towards employment of people with
disabilities (‘disability employment’);
barriers and facilitators of disability
employment; the impact of
accommodations and technology on
employer perceptions and attitudes
towards disability employment; and
sources of disability employmentrelated information for employers.
To answer the research questions, the
study will include three data collection
strategies: (1) A telephone survey with
employers; (2) case studies with
representatives of six companies; and
(3) qualitative interviews with
supervisors from companies with
disability employment experience.
This Federal Register Notice provides
the opportunity to comment on
proposed data collection instruments
that will be used in the study:
• Employer Survey (n=4,800). Westat
will contact each sampled HR managers
to complete a 20-minute computerassisted telephone interview (CATI).
This survey will cover topics such as
company policies and practices on
disability employment, successes and
challenges of disability employment,
information on employment policies
and best practices, and the use of
technology and accommodations.
• Case Studies (n=120). Westat will
conduct six site visits at companies
demonstrating experience with
disability employment. Westat will
interview individuals from a sample
across the spectrum of involvement in
disability employment, including:
Human Resource (HR) managers, hiring
managers, disabled employees,
colleagues of disabled employees, and
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Comment Request: Survey of Employer Policies on the Employment of
People With Disabilities
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Department of Labor.
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. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be
provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized,
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collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents is properly assessed. Currently,
the Department of Labor is soliciting comments concerning the
collection of data about the Survey of Employer Policies on the
Employment of People with Disabilities. A copy of the proposed
Information Collection Request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
office listed in the addressee section of this notice.
DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency
receives on or before July 24, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following
methods: Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov; Mail or Courier: Juston
Locks, Office of Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room S-1303 Washington, DC 20210.
Instructions: Please submit one copy of your comments by only one
method. All submissions received must include the agency name and OMB
Control Number identified above for this information collection.
Because we continue to experience delays in receiving mail in the
Washington, DC area, commenters are strongly encouraged to transmit
their comments electronically via email or to submit them by mail
early. Comments, including any personal information provided, become a
matter of public record. They will also be summarized and/or included
in the request for OMB approval of the information collection request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Juston Locks by email at
chiefevaluationoffice@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) of the U.S. Department of Labor
in partnership with the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
seeks to conduct a Survey of Employer Policies on the Employment of
People with Disabilities to examine employer perceptions of their
efforts to employ individuals with disabilities. Knowing this
information will enhance the ability of ODEP to engage employers on how
to hire, retain and promote individuals with disabilities. ODEP has the
ability to reach out to employers through its public education
campaigns and technical assistance centers, as well as engage the
business community directly. Assessing employer attitudes towards
hiring and retaining individuals with disabilities will allow ODEP to
better understand employer successes and concerns, as well as more
effectively share best practices in hiring, retaining, and promoting
individuals with disabilities. This study will answer research
questions with regard to current employer practices and attitudes
towards employment of people with disabilities (`disability
employment'); barriers and facilitators of disability employment; the
impact of accommodations and technology on employer perceptions and
attitudes towards disability employment; and sources of disability
employment-related information for employers.
To answer the research questions, the study will include three data
collection strategies: (1) A telephone survey with employers; (2) case
studies with representatives of six companies; and (3) qualitative
interviews with supervisors from companies with disability employment
experience.
This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on
proposed data collection instruments that will be used in the study:
Employer Survey (n=4,800). Westat will contact each
sampled HR managers to complete a 20-minute computer-assisted telephone
interview (CATI). This survey will cover topics such as company
policies and practices on disability employment, successes and
challenges of disability employment, information on employment policies
and best practices, and the use of technology and accommodations.
Case Studies (n=120). Westat will conduct six site visits
at companies demonstrating experience with disability employment.
Westat will interview individuals from a sample across the spectrum of
involvement in disability employment, including: Human Resource (HR)
managers, hiring managers, disabled employees, colleagues of disabled
employees, and senior leadership tasked with creating diversity and
inclusion policy. Westat will conduct approximately 20 interviews per
case study, with each interview lasting between 20-30 minutes.
Qualitative Interviews with HR Managers (n=90). Westat
will purposefully select a subsample of employers with significant
experience with disability employment and interview mid-level managers
from those companies to collect more in-depth information. These
interviews will cover questions about the employer's current practices
and attitudes towards employment of people with disabilities; barriers
and facilitators towards disability employment; accommodations and
technology available for employees with disabilities; and information
flow about disability employment. These interviews will last
approximately 30 minutes.
II. Review Focus
Currently, the Department of Labor is soliciting comments
concerning the above data collection for a study of employer policies
and practices on the employment of people with disabilities. DOL is
particularly interested in comments that:
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 submissions of responses.
III. Current Action
At this time, DOL is requesting clearance for the SEED
Implementation Evaluation Survey.
Type of Review: New Information Collection.
OMB Control Number: 1230-0NEW.
Title: Survey of Employer Policies on the Employment of People with
Disabilities.
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Estimated Total Burden Hours--Survey of Employer Policies on the Employment of People With Disabilities
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Number of Average
Respondents Total number responses per Total annual burden hours Total annual
of respondents respondent responses per response burden hours
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Telephone Survey................ 4,800 1 1,600 .33 533.33
Case Study...................... 120 1 40 .50 20
Qualitative Interviews.......... 90 1 30 .50 15
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Total....................... 5,010 .............. 1,670 .............. 568.33
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Affected Public: Approximately 5,010 respondents will be contacted
to participate in this data collection, including hiring managers; HR
managers; employees with disabilities; colleagues of employees with
disabilities; and diversity/inclusion officers.
Annual Frequency: One time.
Comments submitted in response to this comment request 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: April 28, 2017.
Molly Irwin,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor.
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