Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 15910 [E7-6132]

Agencies

• Employment and Training Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 15910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6132]


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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 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, 
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 Job Corps Enrollee Allotment Determination. 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/OMBCN/
OMBControlNumber.cfm

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before June 4, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Chris Conboy, Office of Job Corps, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20210. 
Phone (202) 693-3093 (This is not a toll-free number.), fax (202) 693-
2767 or e-mail Conboy.chris@dol.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Job Corps program, as authorized by the Workforce Investment 
Act (WIA) of 1998, is designed to serve low-income young women and men, 
16 through 24, who are in need of additional career technical, 
educational and social skills training, and other support services in 
order to gain meaningful employment, return to school or enter the 
Armed Forces. Job Corps is operated by the Department of Labor through 
a nationwide network of 122 Job Corps centers. The program is primarily 
a residential program operating 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, with 
non-resident enrollees limited by legislation to 20 percent of national 
enrollment. These centers presently accommodate more than 60,000 
students. To ensure that the centers are filled with youth who are low-
income as well as capable of and committed to doing the work necessary 
to achieve the benefits of Job Corps, certain eligibility requirements 
have been established by the legislation.
    The purpose of this collection is to provide a vehicle to make 
allotments available to students who both desire an allotment and have 
a qualifying dependent. The is completed by the Job Corps admissions 
counselors or center staff and signed by the student during a personal 
interview.

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 Currently Approved Collection.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Job Corps Enrollee Allotment Determination.
    OMB Number: 1205-0030.
    Agency Number: ETA-658.
    Recordkeeping: The applicant is not required to retain records; 
admissions counselors or contractor main offices are required to retain 
records of applicants who enroll in the program for three years from 
the date of application.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, Federal Government.
    Total Respondents: 1,100.
    Average Time per Response: 3 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 55 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $283.25.
    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: March 26, 2007.
Esther R. Johnson,
National Director, Office of Job Corps.
 [FR Doc. E7-6132 Filed 4-2-07; 8:45 am]
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