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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review:
Comment Request
September 14, 2005.
The Department of Labor (DOL) has
submitted the following public
information collection request (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 this
ICR, with applicable supporting
documentation, may be obtained by
contacting Darrin King on 202–693–
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or
e-mail: king.darrin@dol.gov.
Comments should be sent to Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Bureau
of Labor Statistics (BLS), Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, 202–395–7316
(this is not a toll-free number), within
30 days from the date of this publication
in the Federal Register.
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: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Type of Review: Reinstatement,
without change, of a previously
approved collection.
Title: Displaced Worker, Job Tenure,
and Occupational Mobility Supplement
to CPS.
OMB Number: 1220–0104.
Type of Response: Reporting.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: Biennially.
Number of Respondents: 55,000.
Annual Responses: 55,000.
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Average Response Time: 8 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
7,333.
Total Annualized capital/startup
costs: $0.
Total Annual Costs (operating/
maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $0.
Description: This supplement will
gather information on workers who have
lost or left their jobs because their plant
or company closed or moved, there was
insufficient work for them to do, or their
position or shift was abolished. For
those workers who have been
reemployed, the survey will gather data
on the types of jobs they found and will
compare current earnings with those
from the lost job. This will assist in
developing training programs that will
provide other displaced workers with
the skills necessary to adjust to the
changing economic environment.
The incidence and nature of
occupational changes in the preceding
year will be queried. The survey also
will obtain information on the length of
time workers (including those who have
not been displaced) have been with
their current employer. Tenure data are
used to calculate displacement rates for
long-tenured workers so that
comparisons can be made over time and
among different worker groups.
Additional data to be collected include
information on the receipt of
unemployment compensation, the loss
of health insurance coverage, and the
length of time spent without a job. In
combination, these supplemental data
will provide the information needed to
assess the economic hardship
experienced by displaced workers.
The information collected by this
survey will be used to determine the
size and nature of the population
affected by job displacements and the
need for and necessary scope of
programs serving adult displaced
workers. It will also be used to assess
employment stability by determining
the length of time workers have been
with their current employer and
estimating the incidence of occupational
change over the course of a year.
Combining the questions on
displacement, job tenure, and
occupational mobility will enable
analysts to obtain a more complete
picture of employment stability.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Proposed Information Collection
Request Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations;
Prisoner Reentry Initiative (PRI)
Reporting System
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance 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, the reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized, the
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The Employment and
Training Administration (ETA) is
soliciting comments on the
establishment of a reporting and
recordkeeping system to support
implementation of the Prisoner Reentry
Initiative (PRI).
Submit comments on or before
November 22, 2005.
DATES:
Send comments to: Mr.
Gregg Weltz, Program Manager, Office of
Workforce Investment/Office of Youth
Services, Employment and Training
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Room N4459, Washington, DC 20210;
telephone: (202) 693–3527 (this is not a
toll-free number); fax: (202) 693–3861;
e-mail: weltz.greg@dol.gov.
ADDRESSES:
Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05–19015 Filed 9–22–05; 8:45 am]
Mr.
Gregg Weltz, Program Manager, Office of
Workforce Investment/Office of Youth
Services, Employment and Training
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Room N4459, Washington, DC 20210;
telephone: (202) 693–3527 (this is not a
toll-free number); fax: (202) 693–3861;
e-mail: weltz.greg@dol.gov.
Copies of the Paperwork Reduction
Act Submission Package may be
obtained directly at the Web site:
https://www.doleta.gov/performance/
guidance/ombcontrolnumber.cfm.
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I. Background
In applying for the Prisoner Reentry
Initiative grants, Faith-based and
Community Organization grantees agree
to submit participant data and quarterly
aggregate reports for individuals who
receive services through PRI programs
and their partnerships with One-Stop
Centers, local Workforce Investment
Boards, employment providers, the
criminal justice system, and local
housing authorities. The reports will
include aggregate data on demographic
characteristics, types of services
received, placements, outcomes, and
follow-up status. Specifically, they
summarize data on participants who
received employment and placement
services, housing assistance, mentoring,
and other services essential to
reintegrating ex-offenders through PRI
programs.
This is a request for approval to
implement the reporting and
recordkeeping requirements of the
Prisoner Reentry Initiative through an
ETA-provided, web-based Management
Information System (MIS). In addition
to reporting participant information and
performance-related outcomes, PRI
grantees must demonstrate their ability
to establish effective partnerships with
the criminal justice system, local
Workforce Investment Boards, local
housing authorities, and other partner
agencies. They must also demonstrate
the cost effectiveness of their projects.
The MIS reporting and recordkeeping
system incorporates each of these
aspects necessary for program
evaluation.
Five outcome measures will be used
to measure success in the PRI grants:
entered employment rate, employment
retention rate, attainment of a degree or
certificate, average six-month postprogram earnings, and recidivism rate.
Several of these conform to the common
performance measures implemented
across federal job training programs as
of July 1, 2005. By standardizing the
reporting and performance requirements
of different programs, the common
measures give ETA the ability to
compare across programs the core goals
of the workforce system—how many
people entered jobs; how many stayed
employed; and how many successfully
completed an educational program.
Although the common measures are an
integral part of ETA’s performance
accountability system, these measures
provide only part of the information
necessary to effectively oversee the
workforce investment system. ETA will
also collect additional data from PRI
grantees on program activities,
participants, and outcomes that are
necessary for program management and
to convey full and accurate information
on the performance of PRI programs to
policymakers and stakeholders.
This request establishes a reporting
and record-keeping system for a
minimum level of information
collection that is necessary to comply
with Equal Opportunity requirements,
to hold PRI grantees appropriately
accountable for the Federal funds they
receive, including common performance
measures, and to allow the Department
to fulfill its oversight and management
responsibilities.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently, the Department is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed
reporting and recordkeeping system for
the PRI in order to:
• 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.
A copy of the proposed ICR can be
obtained by contacting the office listed
above in the addressee section of this
notice.
III. Current Actions
Type of Review: New.
Agency: Department of Labor,
Employment and Training
Administration.
Title: Prisoner Reentry Initiative (PRI)
Reporting System.
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Number: 1205–0NEW.
Affected Public: Faith-based and
Community Organization Grantees.
Cite/Reference: Workforce Investment
Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105–220) sections
172, 185, and 189.
Total Respondents: 30 grantees.
Frequency: Quarterly.
ESTIMATED TOTAL BURDEN HOURS
Total
respondents
Form/activity
Participant Data Collection ..................................................................................
Quarterly narrative progress report .....................................................................
Quarterly performance report ..............................................................................
Totals ............................................................................................................
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30
30
30
30
Frequency
Total
annual
response
Average
time per
response
(hours)
6,250
120
120
6,490
1.8
16
16
................
Continual ....
Quarterly ....
Quarterly ....
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Total
annual
burden
hours
11,250
1,920
1,920
15,090
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): 0.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of the information collection
request; they will also become a matter
of public record.
Signed in Washington, DC, on September
17, 2005.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and
Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 05–19046 Filed 9–22–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations; Prisoner Reentry Initiative (PRI)
Reporting System
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance
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, the
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, the
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. The
Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments on
the establishment of a reporting and recordkeeping system to support
implementation of the Prisoner Reentry Initiative (PRI).
DATES: Submit comments on or before November 22, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Mr. Gregg Weltz, Program Manager, Office
of Workforce Investment/Office of Youth Services, Employment and
Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Room N4459, Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-3527
(this is not a toll-free number); fax: (202) 693-3861; e-mail:
weltz.greg@dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Gregg Weltz, Program Manager,
Office of Workforce Investment/Office of Youth Services, Employment and
Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Room N4459, Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-3527
(this is not a toll-free number); fax: (202) 693-3861; e-mail:
weltz.greg@dol.gov.
Copies of the Paperwork Reduction Act Submission Package may be
obtained directly at the Web site: https://www.doleta.gov/performance/
guidance/ombcontrolnumber.cfm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[[Page 55923]]
I. Background
In applying for the Prisoner Reentry Initiative grants, Faith-based
and Community Organization grantees agree to submit participant data
and quarterly aggregate reports for individuals who receive services
through PRI programs and their partnerships with One-Stop Centers,
local Workforce Investment Boards, employment providers, the criminal
justice system, and local housing authorities. The reports will include
aggregate data on demographic characteristics, types of services
received, placements, outcomes, and follow-up status. Specifically,
they summarize data on participants who received employment and
placement services, housing assistance, mentoring, and other services
essential to reintegrating ex-offenders through PRI programs.
This is a request for approval to implement the reporting and
recordkeeping requirements of the Prisoner Reentry Initiative through
an ETA-provided, web-based Management Information System (MIS). In
addition to reporting participant information and performance-related
outcomes, PRI grantees must demonstrate their ability to establish
effective partnerships with the criminal justice system, local
Workforce Investment Boards, local housing authorities, and other
partner agencies. They must also demonstrate the cost effectiveness of
their projects. The MIS reporting and recordkeeping system incorporates
each of these aspects necessary for program evaluation.
Five outcome measures will be used to measure success in the PRI
grants: entered employment rate, employment retention rate, attainment
of a degree or certificate, average six-month post-program earnings,
and recidivism rate. Several of these conform to the common performance
measures implemented across federal job training programs as of July 1,
2005. By standardizing the reporting and performance requirements of
different programs, the common measures give ETA the ability to compare
across programs the core goals of the workforce system--how many people
entered jobs; how many stayed employed; and how many successfully
completed an educational program. Although the common measures are an
integral part of ETA's performance accountability system, these
measures provide only part of the information necessary to effectively
oversee the workforce investment system. ETA will also collect
additional data from PRI grantees on program activities, participants,
and outcomes that are necessary for program management and to convey
full and accurate information on the performance of PRI programs to
policymakers and stakeholders.
This request establishes a reporting and record-keeping system for
a minimum level of information collection that is necessary to comply
with Equal Opportunity requirements, to hold PRI grantees appropriately
accountable for the Federal funds they receive, including common
performance measures, and to allow the Department to fulfill its
oversight and management responsibilities.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently, the Department is soliciting comments concerning the
proposed reporting and recordkeeping system for the PRI in order to:
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.
A copy of the proposed ICR can be obtained by contacting the office
listed above in the addressee section of this notice.
III. Current Actions
Type of Review: New.
Agency: Department of Labor, Employment and Training
Administration.
Title: Prisoner Reentry Initiative (PRI) Reporting System.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Number: 1205-0NEW.
Affected Public: Faith-based and Community Organization Grantees.
Cite/Reference: Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-220)
sections 172, 185, and 189.
Total Respondents: 30 grantees.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Estimated Total Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average Total
Total Total time per annual
Form/activity respondents Frequency annual response burden
response (hours) hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Participant Data Collection............ 30 Continual................ 6,250 1.8 11,250
Quarterly narrative progress report.... 30 Quarterly................ 120 16 1,920
Quarterly performance report........... 30 Quarterly................ 120 16 1,920
Totals............................. 30 ......................... 6,490 ......... 15,090
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 0.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the information
collection request; they will also become a matter of public record.
Signed in Washington, DC, on September 17, 2005.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-19046 Filed 9-22-05; 8:45 am]
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