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The end-of-project report will
describe the implementation process in
each jail, identify the assistance
provided to the jail from the grantee and
NIC, and will discuss, at a minimum,
factors that hindered or facilitated
implementation, the quality of
implementation in each jail, and the
effects of implementation in terms of
negative inmate behavior and levels of
safety in the jail as perceived by staff
and inmates. All reports will be
submitted to NIC on disk in Microsoft
Word format and in hard copy (4
copies). Reports of technical assistance
provided to the jails will also be sent in
hard copy (1 copy) to the jail that
received the assistance. The final report
must be professionally edited before it
is submitted to NIC.
Application Requirements:
Applications must be submitted using
OMB Standard Form 424, Federal
Assistance and attachments. (Copies can
be downloaded from the NIC Web page
at https://www.nicic.gov.) The
applications should be concisely
written, typed double spaced, and
referenced to the project by the ‘‘NIC
Application Number’’ and Title
referenced in this announcement.
Applicants must submit an original
and three copies of the full proposal.
The original should have the applicant’s
signature in blue ink. A cover letter
must identify the responsible audit
agency for the applicant’s financial
accounts.
The narrative portion of the
application should include, at a
minimum: A brief paragraph indicating
the applicant’s understanding of the
purpose of the document and the issues
to be addressed; a brief paragraph that
summarizes the project goals and
objectives; a clear description of the
methodology that will be used to
complete the project and achieve its
goals; a statement or chart of measurable
project milestones and timelines for the
completion of each milestone; a
description of the qualifications of the
applicant organization and a resume for
the principle and each staff member
assigned to the project that documents
relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities
to carry out the project; and a budget
that details all costs for the project,
shows consideration for all
contingencies for the project; and notes
a commitment to work within the
proposed budget.
Applicants’ Conference: An
applicants’ conference will be held on
Thursday, July 10, 2008 from 1 p.m. to
3 p.m. (EDT) at the NIC office, 500 1st
Street NW., Washington, DC, 7th Floor.
The conference will give applicants the
opportunity to meet with NIC project
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staff to ask questions about the project
and the application procedures.
Attendance at the conference is
optional and provisions can be made for
telephone conferencing for those who
will be unable to attend in person.
Applicants who plan to attend or who
would like to participate via telephone
should call Fran Zandi, NIC Jails
Division, Correctional Program
Specialist, at (800) 995–6423 x 71070 by
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 to confirm
attendance.
Authority: Public Law 93–415.
Funds Available: NIC is seeking the
applicant’s best ideas regarding
accomplishment of the scope of work
and the related costs for achieving the
goals of this solicitation. The final
budget and award amount will be
negotiated between NIC and the
successful applicant. Funds may be
used only for the activities that are
linked to the desired outcome of the
project. No funds are transferred to state
or local governments.
Funds will be awarded based on
satisfactory performance of the awardee
and upon the availability of funding in
future years.
Eligibility of Applicants: An eligible
applicant is any private agency,
educational institution, organization,
individual, or team with expertise the
described areas. Applicants or the
applicant team must be able to
competently address both areas of focus
in this project: Assistance to selected
jails in implementing the six elements
of inmate behavior management and
evaluation of the process and impact of
implementation. The applicant or
applicant team must demonstrate a
thorough understanding of jails and
common issues in managing inmate
behavior; each of the six elements of
inmate behavior management, as NIC
presents and teaches it; the process of
implementing the six elements in a jail;
and the design and implementation of a
strategy to evaluate both the process and
outcomes of implementing the six
elements of inmate behavior
management.
Review Considerations: Applications
will be reviewed by a team of NIC staff.
Among the criteria used to evaluate the
applications are: Indication of a clear
understanding of project requirements;
background, experience, and expertise
of the proposed project staff, including
any subcontractors; clarity of the
description of all elements and tasks in
the project; practicality and sufficiency
of timeframes allotted to complete tasks;
technical soundness of project design
and methodology; financial and
administrative integrity of the proposal,
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including adherence to federal financial
guidelines and processes; adequacy of
budget detail, including consideration
of all contingencies for the project and
commitment to work within the
proposed budget; and availability of
project staff for meetings with NIC staff.
Number of Awards: One.
NIC Application Number: 08J65.
This number should appear as a
reference line in the cover letter, in box
4a of Standard Form 424, and on the
outside of the envelope in which the
application is sent.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number: 16.601.
Executive Order 12372: This project is
not subject to the provisions of the
executive order.
Morris L. Thigpen,
Director, National Institute of Corrections.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review:
Comment Request
June 11, 2008.
The Department of Labor (DOL)
hereby announces the submission of 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; including
among other things a description of the
likely respondents, proposed frequency
of response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov
Web site at https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain or by contacting
Darrin King on 202–693–4129 (this is
not a toll-free number); e-mail:
king.darrin@dol.gov.
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the 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, Telephone:
202–395–7316; Fax: 202–395–6974
(these are not toll-free numbers), E-mail:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within
30 days from the date of this publication
in the Federal Register. In order to
ensure the appropriate consideration,
comments should reference the OMB
Control Number (see below).
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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: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Title: CPS Volunteer Supplement.
OMB Control Number: 1220–0176.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
63,000.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 5,300.
Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden:
$0.
Description: The Volunteer
Supplement provides information on
the total number of individuals in the
U.S. involved in unpaid volunteer
activities, measures of the frequency or
intensity with which individuals
volunteer, types of organizations for
which they volunteer, the activities in
which volunteers participate, and the
prevalence of volunteering more than
120 miles from home or abroad. It will
also provide information on civic
engagement. For additional information,
see related notice published at 73 FR
15539 on March 24, 2008.
Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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Employment Standards Administration
Proposed Extension of the Approval of
Information Collection Requirements
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
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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 Standards Administration
is soliciting comments concerning its
proposal to extend OMB approval of the
information collection: Office of Federal
Contract Compliance Programs
Recordkeeping and Reporting
Requirements, Construction. 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
addresses section below on or before
August 18, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Ave., NW., Room S–3201, Washington,
DC 20210, telephone (202) 693–0418,
fax (202) 693–1451, E-mail
Bell.Hazel@dol.gov. Please use only one
method of transmission for comments
(mail, fax, or E-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is
responsible for the administration of
three equal opportunity programs
prohibiting employment discrimination
and requiring affirmative action. The
OFCCP administers Executive Order
11246, as amended; Section 503 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended
(Section 503); and the affirmative action
provisions of the Vietnam Era Veterans’
Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as
amended (VEVRAA), 38 U.S.C. 4212.
The regulations implementing the
Executive Order program are found at
41 CFR Parts 60–1, 60–2, 60–3, 60–4,
60–20, 60–30, 60–40, and 60–50. The
regulations implementing Section 503
are published at 41 CFR Part 60–741.
The regulations implementing VEVRAA
are found at 41 CFR Part 60–250 and 41
CFR Part 60–300. These regulations
require contractors to develop and
maintain Affirmative Action Programs
(AAP). OFCCP reviews these AAPs
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through its compliance evaluation
process. For purposes of this clearance
request, the programs have been divided
functionally into two categories,
construction and supply and service.
This information collection request
covers the recordkeeping and reporting
requirements for the functional aspects
of the program involving construction.
A separate information collection
request covers the recordkeeping and
reporting requirements for functional
aspects of the program involving supply
and service, and is approved under the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Number 1215–0072.
On December 13, 2005, OMB
approved without change this
Information Collection through
December 31, 2008. The December 13,
2005 submission included an internal
assessment of the burden hours
associated with the construction
program. OFCCP updated the internal
assessment and included the burden
hour results of the internal assessment
in this Federal Register Notice, for
which OFCCP is seeking public
comments. The results of the internal
study, along with the public comments,
will be incorporated in the final
information collection requirement
seeking a three-year approval.
The Department of Labor invites
comments on the accuracy of the
estimated universe of 240,534 Federal
contractor construction firms. OFCCP
developed this estimate through a multistep process. First, OFCCP obtained the
total number of construction firms in
the United States from statistics
compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau in
2002. The census compilation indicated
that there were 601,339 construction
firms in the United States.
This total was calculated by adding
Nonresidential building construction
(NAICS 2362), Heavy and civil
engineering construction (NAICS 237),
Specialty trade contractors (NAIC 238),
and Other specialty trade contractors
(NAICS 2389). Because all construction
firms are not covered contractors within
OFCCP’s jurisdiction, OFCCP developed
an estimate of the percentage of firms
that are covered contractors by
examining the percentage of supply and
service firms that are covered
contractors. Employer Information
Report (EEO–1) forms filed annually by
many employers provide information on
the supply and service universe of
Federal contractors. Relying on this
EEO–1 data, OFCCP found that there
were 25,681 supply and service
consolidated EEO–1 Reports filed in FY
2002. This is a reasonable
approximation of the total number of
supply and service firms in the United
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request
June 11, 2008.
The Department of Labor (DOL) hereby announces the submission of
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; including among other things a description of the likely
respondents, proposed frequency of response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov Web site at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or by contacting Darrin King on 202-
693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number); e-mail: king.darrin@dol.gov.
Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the 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, Telephone: 202-395-7316; Fax: 202-395-6974
(these are not toll-free numbers), E-mail: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov
within 30 days from the date of this publication in the Federal
Register. In order to ensure the appropriate consideration, comments
should reference the OMB Control Number (see below).
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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: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Title: CPS Volunteer Supplement.
OMB Control Number: 1220-0176.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 63,000.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 5,300.
Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden: $0.
Description: The Volunteer Supplement provides information on the
total number of individuals in the U.S. involved in unpaid volunteer
activities, measures of the frequency or intensity with which
individuals volunteer, types of organizations for which they volunteer,
the activities in which volunteers participate, and the prevalence of
volunteering more than 120 miles from home or abroad. It will also
provide information on civic engagement. For additional information,
see related notice published at 73 FR 15539 on March 24, 2008.
Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-13556 Filed 6-16-08; 8:45 am]
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