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pursuant to section 207.62 of the
Commission’s rules.
Pam Frugoli, Office of
Workforce Investment, Employment and
Training Administration, Mail Stop
5–4231, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210, Phone: (202)
693–3643 (This is not a toll-free
number), Fax: (202) 693–3015, or e-mail:
frugoli.pam@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
By order of the Commission.
Issued: September 11, 2006.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
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I. Background
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
ACTION:
Notice.
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 and Training
Administration is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of
the collection for the Occupational Code
Assignment (OCA) information.
A copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained
by contacting the office listed below in
the ADDRESSES section of this notice or
at this Web site: https://www.doleta.gov/
Performance/guidance/
OMBControlNumber.cfm.
Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before
November 14, 2006.
DATES:
The Occupational Code Assignment
form was developed as a public service
to the users of the Occupational
Information Network (O*NET), in an
effort to help them in obtaining
occupational codes and titles for jobs
that they were unable to locate in
O*NET.
The O*NET system classifies nearly
all jobs in the United States economy.
However, new specialties are constantly
evolving and emerging. The use of the
OCA is voluntary and is provided (1) as
a uniform format to the public and
private sector to submit information in
order to receive assistance in identifying
an occupational code, (2) to provide
input to a database of alternative (lay)
titles to facilitate searches for
occupational information in the O*NET
OnLine (https://online.onetcenter.org),
O*NET Code Connector (https://
www.onetcodeconnector.org), as well as
America’s Career InfoNet (https://
www.acinet.org), and (3) to assist the
O*NET system in identifying potential
occupations that may need to be
included in future O*NET data
collection efforts.
The OCA process is designed to help
the occupational information user relate
an occupational specialty or a job title
to an occupational code and title within
the framework of the Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) based
O*NET system. The O*NET–SOC
system consists of a database that
organizes the work done by individuals
into approximately 1,000 occupational
categories. In addition, O*NET
occupations have associated data on the
importance and level of a range of
occupational characteristics and
requirements, including Knowledge,
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Skills, Abilities, Tasks, and Work
Activities. Since the O*NET–SOC
system is based on the 2000 SOC
system, identifying an O*NET–SOC
code and title also facilitates linkage to
national, state, and local occupational
employment and wage estimates.
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,
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: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration.
Title: Occupational Code Assignment.
OMB Number: 1205–0137.
Agency Form Number: ETA 741.
Affected Public: Federal government,
state and local government, business or
other for-profit/not-for-profit
institutions, and individuals.
Total Respondents: 11.
Average Time per Request: 30
minutes for the OCA Part A; and 40
minutes for the OCA Part A and the
OCA Request for Additional Information
combined.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6.42.
SUMMARY OF ANNUAL BURDEN FOR THE OCCUPATIONAL CODE ASSIGNMENT
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Section
Total
respondents
Frequency
OCA–Part A ............................................................................
OCA–Part A and OCA–Request for additional information ....
Totals ........................................................................
5.5
5.5
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on occasion
on occasion
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
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Total responses
5.5
5.5
15
Average time
per response
⁄ hour ........
.67 hour .......
.....................
12
Burden
2.75 hrs.
3.67.
6.42 hrs.
Comments submitted in response to
this comment request will be
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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: August 28, 2006.
Gay M. Gilbert,
Administrator, Office of Workforce
Investment, Employment and Training
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Proposed Information Collection
Request Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations;
Reporting and Performance Standards
System for the Migrant and Seasonal
Farmworker Program Under Title I,
Section 167 of the Workforce
Investment Act (WIA) of 1998
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ACTION:
Notice.
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 and Training
Administration is soliciting comments
concerning the extension of the data
collection for the Migrant and Seasonal
Farmworker Program, also known as the
National Farmworker Jobs Program
(NFJP). A copy of the proposed
information collection request (ICR) can
be obtained by contacting the office
listed below in the addressee section of
this notice or at this Web site: https://
www.doleta.gov/Performance/guidance/
OMBControlNumber.cfm.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before
November 14, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Gay M. Gilbert,
Administrator, Office of Workforce
Investment, Employment and Training
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Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room S–4231, 200 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20210;
telephone: (202) 693–3980 (this is not a
toll-free number); fax: (202) 693–3981,
e-mail ETAperforms@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Each grantee administering funds
under the NFJP program is required to
submit a program planning report (ETA
Form 9094), a budget information
summary report (ETA Form 9093), and
a quarterly program status report (ETA
Form 9095). This latter form contains
information related to levels of
participation and service, related
assistance activities, and actual
placements in employment. In addition,
each grantee submits a quarterly file of
individual records on all participants
who exit the program, called the
Workforce Investment Act Standardized
Participant Record (WIASPR).
In 2001, under the President’s
Management Agenda, OMB and other
Federal agencies developed a set of
common measures to be applied to
certain federally funded employment
and training programs with similar
strategic goals. As part of this initiative,
ETA issued Training and Employment
Guidance Letter (TEGL) 28–04, Common
Measures Policy. The value of
implementing common measures is the
ability to describe in a similar manner
the core purposes of the workforce
system—how many people found jobs;
did they keep those jobs; and what were
their earnings. Implementing a set of
common measures can facilitate the
integration of service delivery, reduce
barriers to cooperation among programs,
and enhance the ability to assess the
effectiveness and impact of the
workforce investment system, including
the performance of the system in serving
individuals facing significant barriers to
employment.
The common measures are an integral
part of ETA’s performance
accountability system, and ETA will
continue to collect from grantees the
data on program activities, participants,
and outcomes that are necessary for
program management and to convey full
and accurate information on the
performance of workforce programs to
policymakers and stakeholders.
The extension to the NFJP reporting
system identifies a minimum level of
information collection that is necessary
to comply with Equal Opportunity
requirements, holds grantees
appropriately accountable for the
Federal funds they receive, assesses
progress against a set of common
performance measures, and allows the
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Department to fulfill its oversight and
management responsibilities.
The three adult common measures
that apply to NFJP grantees are Entered
Employment; Employment Retention;
and Average Earnings. Grantees
currently collect and submit the data
necessary to report on these
performance measures.
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,
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: Extension.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration.
Title: Reporting and Performance
Standards System for the National
Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) under
Title I, Section 167, of the Workforce
Investment Act (WIA).
OMB Number: 1205–0425.
Recordkeeping: Quarterly.
Affected Public: State, local or tribal
governments; not-for-profit institutions.
Total Respondents: 53 States and
grantees.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
70,562.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $0.
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.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training 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 and Training Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed extension of the collection for the
Occupational Code Assignment (OCA) information.
A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES section
of this notice or at this Web site: https://www.doleta.gov/Performance/
guidance/OMBControlNumber.cfm.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before November 14, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Pam Frugoli, Office of Workforce Investment, Employment and
Training Administration, Mail Stop 5-4231, 200 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20210, Phone: (202) 693-3643 (This is not a toll-
free number), Fax: (202) 693-3015, or e-mail: frugoli.pam@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Occupational Code Assignment form was developed as a public
service to the users of the Occupational Information Network (O*NET),
in an effort to help them in obtaining occupational codes and titles
for jobs that they were unable to locate in O*NET.
The O*NET system classifies nearly all jobs in the United States
economy. However, new specialties are constantly evolving and emerging.
The use of the OCA is voluntary and is provided (1) as a uniform format
to the public and private sector to submit information in order to
receive assistance in identifying an occupational code, (2) to provide
input to a database of alternative (lay) titles to facilitate searches
for occupational information in the O*NET OnLine (https://
online.onetcenter.org), O*NET Code Connector (https://
www.onetcodeconnector.org), as well as America's Career InfoNet (http:/
/www.acinet.org), and (3) to assist the O*NET system in identifying
potential occupations that may need to be included in future O*NET data
collection efforts.
The OCA process is designed to help the occupational information
user relate an occupational specialty or a job title to an occupational
code and title within the framework of the Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) based O*NET system. The O*NET-SOC system consists
of a database that organizes the work done by individuals into
approximately 1,000 occupational categories. In addition, O*NET
occupations have associated data on the importance and level of a range
of occupational characteristics and requirements, including Knowledge,
Skills, Abilities, Tasks, and Work Activities. Since the O*NET-SOC
system is based on the 2000 SOC system, identifying an O*NET-SOC code
and title also facilitates linkage to national, state, and local
occupational employment and wage estimates.
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, 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: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Occupational Code Assignment.
OMB Number: 1205-0137.
Agency Form Number: ETA 741.
Affected Public: Federal government, state and local government,
business or other for-profit/not-for-profit institutions, and
individuals.
Total Respondents: 11.
Average Time per Request: 30 minutes for the OCA Part A; and 40
minutes for the OCA Part A and the OCA Request for Additional
Information combined.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6.42.
Summary of Annual Burden for the Occupational Code Assignment
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Total
Section respondents Frequency Total responses Average time per response Burden
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OCA-Part A........................... 5.5 on occasion.............. 5.5 \1/2\ hour............... 2.75 hrs.
OCA-Part A and OCA-Request for 5.5 on occasion.............. 5.5 .67 hour................. 3.67.
additional information.
Totals....................... .............. ......................... 15 ......................... 6.42 hrs.
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 0.
Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be
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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: August 28, 2006.
Gay M. Gilbert,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Investment, Employment and Training
Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-15346 Filed 9-14-06; 8:45 am]
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