Bureau of International Labor Affairs; Proposed Collection: Comment Request, 19529-19530 [E8-7578]

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• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 70 (Thursday, April 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19529-19530]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7578]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Bureau of International Labor Affairs; 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 International Labor Affairs Bureau is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed collection regarding the international 
child labor technical assistance program of the Office of Child Labor, 
Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT). A copy of the proposed 
information collection request can be obtained by contacting the office 
listed below in the addresses section of this Notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the

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address section below on or before June 9, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Ms. Maureen Jaffe, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S-5317, Washington, DC 20210, telephone 
(202) 693-4848, fax (202) 693-4830, e-mail jaffe.maureen@dol.gov. 
Please use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or 
e-mail). The telephone and fax numbers listed here are not toll free.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Since 1995, Congress has provided $660 million to the Department of 
Labor for efforts to combat exploitive child labor internationally. 
This funding has been used to support technical cooperation projects in 
more than 75 countries implemented by over 30 international, nonprofit, 
for-profit and faith-based organizations. Technical cooperation 
projects funded by DOL aim to remove and prevent children from 
exploitive child labor, increase the capacity of foreign governments 
and civil society organizations to combat exploitive child labor, and 
to increase public knowledge and understanding of the problem. This is 
a new data collection that will provide critical information for an 
evaluation of the impact and effectiveness of OCFT's technical 
cooperation program. The collection will gather information relating to 
the issues of program purpose, strategic planning, program management, 
and program results.

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

    The Department of Labor seeks comments concerning the proposed new 
collection. A contractor has been hired to conduct the evaluation of 
OCFT's child labor technical assistance program and will collect 
qualitative and quantitative information. The data will be collected 
through on-site interviews, focus groups, and an e-mail survey.
    Type of Review: New Collection.
    Agency: International Labor Affairs Bureau.
    Title of Collection: Data collection for OCFT program evaluation.
    OMB Control Number: 1290-0NEW.
    Affected Public: International organizations, for-profit and not-
for-profit institutions, individual households.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 309.
    Total Annual Responses: This is a one-time data collection effort.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 845 hours.
    Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes for e-mail survey; 90 
minutes for interviews; 90 minutes for focus groups.
    Frequency: One time only.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice 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.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of April, 2008.
Lawrence W. Casey,
Associate Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs, Bureau of 
International Labor Affairs.
 [FR Doc. E8-7578 Filed 4-9-08; 8:45 am]
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