Information Collection Extension Request for the Impact Evaluation of the Trade Adjustment Act Program, 14159-14160 [E9-6970]
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Comments and questions about the ICR
listed below should be received by
March 30, 2009.
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 submissions
of responses.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration.
Title of Collection: State/Local
Consultations on Readiness for
Implementing the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
OMB Control Number: Pending.
Frequency of Collection: One time
collection.
Affected Public: State Workforce
Agencies and Local Areas designated
under the Workforce Investment Act.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 45
minutes.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 78.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 59 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden:
$0.
Description: The American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
outlines the public workforce system’s
important role in helping workers
prepare for and find employment, and
providing work experience for youth.
The Act contains many provisions for
ensuring a successful implementation of
effective workforce interventions. To
ensure success, Federal, State and local
workforce systems must be guided by
four overriding principles: (1)
Transparency and accountability in the
use of funds; (2) timely spending of the
funds and implementation of quality
activities; (3) expanded workforce
system capacity and service levels; and,
(4) increased training leading to
increased employment opportunities.
The first step in the process is to
accurately assess workforce system
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readiness across key administrative and
program areas and to identify Technical
Assistance (TA) needs. To do this, ETA
Regional Offices will conduct an
assessment of states and many local
areas, compile those assessment
responses, and provide
recommendations on technical
assistance actions ETA should take to
support state and local implementation
of the ARRA.
Why Are We Requesting Emergency
Processing?
If DOL were to comply with standard
PRA clearance procedures, it would not
be able to properly comply with the
ARRA-mandated requirement to assess
and mitigate risk associated with the
allocation of ARRA funds. The
Department will take all necessary steps
in consulting with state workforce
agencies to minimize the burden of
collecting the readiness information.
Darrin A. King,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Information Collection Extension
Request for the Impact Evaluation of
the Trade Adjustment Act Program
AGENCY: Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
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 [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 collection of
data for the Impact Evaluation of the
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program.
A copy of the proposed Information
Collection Request can be obtained by
contacting the office listed below in the
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addressee section of this notice or by
accessing: 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
May 29, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to Charlotte Schifferes, Room N–5641,
Employment and Training
Administration, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Telephone number: 202–693–3655 (this
is not a toll-free number). Fax: 202–693–
2766. E-mail:
schifferes.charlotte@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Employment and Training
Administration is soliciting comments
regarding an extension of an approved
Information Collection Request (ICR) for
the Impact Evaluation of the Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program.
The ICR was approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in a
Notice of Action (NOA) (ICR Reference
Number 200606–1205–009) on
November 15, 2006. The NOA identified
November 30, 2009 as the expiration
date for the ICR. An extension of the ICR
is now needed in order to complete data
collection activities for the impact
analysis and process study of the TAA
evaluation.
The TAA program provides training,
income support, and other
reemployment and supportive services
to workers who lose their jobs or have
their work hours or salary reduced
because of increased imports or shifts in
production to foreign countries. The
evaluation is intended to generate
information that will be useful in
developing administrative guidance,
technical assistance, and legislative or
budgetary proposals.
The evaluation will estimate impacts
of the TAA program on the employment
and earnings of participants by
comparing the outcomes of TAA
participants to statistically matched
comparison groups of Unemployment
Insurance (UI) recipients. This quasiexperimental approach requires
extensive information on demographic
and personal characteristics as well as
on programmatic experiences of both
TAA participants and comparison group
members. Such information will be
gleaned from state TAA and UI
administrative records and from
baseline and follow-up surveys of
individuals in the treatment and
comparison groups.
The process study undertaken as part
of the evaluation is designed to
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understand how various program and
administrative practices affect TAA
performance, including the types of
collaboration and administrative
arrangements through which TAA
operates in the One-Stop Career Center
system under the Workforce Investment
Act (WIA).
An extension of the ICR is needed in
order to obtain follow-up data on
employment and earnings outcomes. In
order to complete the study prior to the
expiration date of funds for the
evaluation, only a single follow-up
survey will be conducted in 2010, as
approved by OMB (in an NOA, ICR
Reference Number 2008–12–1205–001,
dated December 17, 2008) in lieu of the
two follow-up surveys as originally
planned. The burden for this data
collection will therefore be lower than
proposed under the first ICR, even
though the sample has been slightly
expanded in order to assure a sufficient
number of responses, due to lower-thananticipated response rates for different
subgroups.
Below is table which shows the
burden for different respondents.
RESPONDENT HOURS BURDEN FOR THE TAA EVALUATION
Total
respondents
Activity
Average
minutes per
response
Frequency
Burden hours
Burden Under the Proposed Extension (November 2009 to Project Completion)
Impact Analysis:
State Administrative Data ..........................................................................
25–Month Follow-up Survey ......................................................................
Process Analysis:
Administration of Site Visit Protocols
1. TAA Reauthorization .......................................................................
2. Promising Practices ........................................................................
Total Estimated Burden ...............................................................
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.
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III. Current Actions
Type of Review: Extension with
revisions.
Title: Impact Evaluation of the Trade
Adjustment Assistance Program.
OMB Number: 1205–0460.
Affected Public: Individuals in the
TAA program or who applied for UI
benefits, and State and local
administrators in the UI and WIA
programs.
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3,540
Once ............
One time ......
480
30
208
1,770
180
325
One time ......
One time ......
100
100
300
542
........................
......................
........................
9,236
Form: Questionnaire and site visit
protocols.
Total Respondents: See table above.
Frequency: Once.
Total Responses: See table above.
Average Time per Response: See table
above.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: See
table above.
Total Burden Cost: $0.
Comments submitted in response to
this comment request 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.
Dated: March 23, 2009.
Thomas M. Dowd,
Administrator, Office of Policy Development
and Research, Employment and Training
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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 pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
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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. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed revision to the
‘‘American Time Use Survey (ATUS).’’
A copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained
by contacting the individuals listed
below in the Addresses section of this
notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
Addresses section of this notice on or
before May 29, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol
Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2
Massachusetts Avenue, NE.,
Washington, DC 20212, 202–691–7628.
(This is not a toll free number.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer,
202–691–7628. (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The ATUS is the Nation’s first
federally administered, continuous
survey on time use in the United States.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Information Collection Extension Request for the Impact
Evaluation of the Trade Adjustment Act Program
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
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 [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 collection of data for the Impact Evaluation of the
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program.
A copy of the proposed Information Collection Request can be
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section
of this notice or by accessing: 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 May 29, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Charlotte Schifferes, Room N-
5641, Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-3655 (this is not
a toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-2766. E-mail:
schifferes.charlotte@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Employment and Training Administration is soliciting comments
regarding an extension of an approved Information Collection Request
(ICR) for the Impact Evaluation of the Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA) Program. The ICR was approved by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in a Notice of Action (NOA) (ICR Reference Number 200606-
1205-009) on November 15, 2006. The NOA identified November 30, 2009 as
the expiration date for the ICR. An extension of the ICR is now needed
in order to complete data collection activities for the impact analysis
and process study of the TAA evaluation.
The TAA program provides training, income support, and other
reemployment and supportive services to workers who lose their jobs or
have their work hours or salary reduced because of increased imports or
shifts in production to foreign countries. The evaluation is intended
to generate information that will be useful in developing
administrative guidance, technical assistance, and legislative or
budgetary proposals.
The evaluation will estimate impacts of the TAA program on the
employment and earnings of participants by comparing the outcomes of
TAA participants to statistically matched comparison groups of
Unemployment Insurance (UI) recipients. This quasi-experimental
approach requires extensive information on demographic and personal
characteristics as well as on programmatic experiences of both TAA
participants and comparison group members. Such information will be
gleaned from state TAA and UI administrative records and from baseline
and follow-up surveys of individuals in the treatment and comparison
groups.
The process study undertaken as part of the evaluation is designed
to
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understand how various program and administrative practices affect TAA
performance, including the types of collaboration and administrative
arrangements through which TAA operates in the One-Stop Career Center
system under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).
An extension of the ICR is needed in order to obtain follow-up data
on employment and earnings outcomes. In order to complete the study
prior to the expiration date of funds for the evaluation, only a single
follow-up survey will be conducted in 2010, as approved by OMB (in an
NOA, ICR Reference Number 2008-12-1205-001, dated December 17, 2008) in
lieu of the two follow-up surveys as originally planned. The burden for
this data collection will therefore be lower than proposed under the
first ICR, even though the sample has been slightly expanded in order
to assure a sufficient number of responses, due to lower-than-
anticipated response rates for different subgroups.
Below is table which shows the burden for different respondents.
Respondent Hours Burden for the TAA Evaluation
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Average
Activity Total Frequency minutes per Burden hours
respondents response
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Burden Under the Proposed Extension (November 2009 to Project Completion)
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Impact Analysis:
State Administrative Data........ 26 Once..................... 480 208
25-Month Follow-up Survey........ 3,540 One time................. 30 1,770
Process Analysis:
Administration of Site Visit
Protocols
1. TAA Reauthorization....... 180 One time................. 100 300
2. Promising Practices....... 325 One time................. 100 542
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Total Estimated Burden... .............. ......................... .............. 9,236
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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 with revisions.
Title: Impact Evaluation of the Trade Adjustment Assistance
Program.
OMB Number: 1205-0460.
Affected Public: Individuals in the TAA program or who applied for
UI benefits, and State and local administrators in the UI and WIA
programs.
Form: Questionnaire and site visit protocols.
Total Respondents: See table above.
Frequency: Once.
Total Responses: See table above.
Average Time per Response: See table above.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: See table above.
Total Burden Cost: $0.
Comments submitted in response to this comment request 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.
Dated: March 23, 2009.
Thomas M. Dowd,
Administrator, Office of Policy Development and Research, Employment
and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-6970 Filed 3-27-09; 8:45 am]
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