Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request: Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Chapter 31) Tracking Report (VETS 201); Jobs for Veterans State Grant Budget Information Summary (VETS 401); Jobs for Veterans State Grant Expenditure Detail Report (VETS 402A, Quarterly Expenditures, or VETS 402B, Cumulative Expenditures); Jobs for Veterans State Grant Staffing Directory (VETS 501); Transition Assistance Program Workshop Forecast (VETS 601), 15005-15008 [E9-7341]
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Total Burden Cost (Operating/
Maintenance): $1,809.
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.
Dated: March 30, 2009.
Hazel Bell,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review
and Internal Control, Division of Financial
Management, Office of Management,
Administration and Planning, Employment
Standards Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
Proposed Extension of the Approval of
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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 Standards Administration
is soliciting comments concerning its
proposal to extend the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval of the Information Collection:
Authorization for Release of Medical
Information (CM–936). 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
June 1, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Mr. Steven D. Lawrence,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S–3201,
Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202)
693–0292, fax (202) 693–1451, e-mail
Lawrence.Steven@dol.gov. Please use
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only one method of transmission for
comments (mail, fax, or e-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Black Lung Benefits Act, as
amended, 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq. and 20
CFR 725.405 require that all relevant
medical evidence be considered before
a decision can be made regarding a
claimant’s eligibility for benefits. The
CM–936 is used by black lung claimants
who wish to submit medical evidence to
support their claim. The form provides
the claimant’s consent for medical
institutions and private physicians to
release medical information to the
Division of Coal Mine Workers’
Compensation (DCMWC). The form may
be completed by the claimant and the
claims examiner (CE). This information
collection is currently approved for use
through October 31, 2009.
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Total Annual Responses: 900.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 75.
Estimated Time per Response: 5
minutes.
Frequency: Once.
Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (Operating/
Maintenance): $491.
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.
Dated: March 30, 2009.
Hazel Bell,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review
and Internal Control, Division of Financial
Management, Office of Management,
Administration and Planning, Employment
Standards Administration.
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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.
AGENCY: Veterans’ Employment and
Training Service, U.S. Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
III. Current Actions
The Department of Labor seeks the
approval of the extension of this
information collection in order to carry
out its responsibility to assure payment
of compensation benefits to injured
workers at the proper rate.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards
Administration.
Titles: Authorization for Release of
Medical Information.
OMB Number: 1215–0057.
Agency Numbers: CM–936.
Affected Public: Individual or
households.
Total Respondents: 900.
SUMMARY: The Veterans’ Employment
and Training Service (VETS) is
announcing an opportunity for public
comment on the proposed collection of
certain information by the agency.
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are
required to publish notice in the Federal
Register concerning each proposed
collection of information and to allow
60 days for public comment in response
to the notice. This notice solicits
comments on five (5) separate
collections of information: (1) VETS 201
entitled ‘‘Vocational Rehabilitation and
Employment (Chapter 31) Tracking
Report’’ and identified by VETS ICR No.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Veterans’ Employment and Training
Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request: Vocational
Rehabilitation and Employment
(Chapter 31) Tracking Report (VETS
201); Jobs for Veterans State Grant
Budget Information Summary (VETS
401); Jobs for Veterans State Grant
Expenditure Detail Report (VETS 402A,
Quarterly Expenditures, or VETS 402B,
Cumulative Expenditures); Jobs for
Veterans State Grant Staffing Directory
(VETS 501); Transition Assistance
Program Workshop Forecast (VETS
601)
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1293–0009 and OMB Control No. 1293–
0009; (2) VETS 401 entitled ‘‘Jobs for
Veterans State Grant Budget Information
Summary’’ and identified by VETS ICR
No. 1293–0009 and OMB Control No.
1293–0009; (3) VETS 402A/B entitled
‘‘Jobs for Veterans State Grant
Expenditure Detail Report’’ and
identified by VETS ICR No. 1293–0009
and OMB Control No. 1293–0009; (4)
VETS 501 entitled ‘‘Jobs for Veterans
State Grant Staffing Directory’’ and
identified by VETS ICR No. 1293–0009
and OMB Control No. 1293–0009; and
(5) VETS 601 entitled ‘‘Transition
Assistance Program (TAP) Employment
Workshop Forecast’’ and identified by
VETS ICR No. 1293–0009 and OMB
Control No. 1293–0009. Before
submitting the ICRs to OMB for review
and approval, VETS is soliciting
comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collections.
DATES: Submit written or electronic
comments on the collection of
information by 60 days from publication
date.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments on this
collection of information by any of the
following methods:
• By mail to: Patrick Hecker, Jobs for
Veterans’ State Grants Lead, Office of
Grants and Transition Programs,
Veterans’ Employment and Training
Service, U.S. Department of Labor,
Room S–1312, 200 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20210.
• Electronically to:
hecker.patrick@dol.gov
• By fax to: (202) 693–4755 (not a toll
free number) Attn: Patrick Hecker
All comments should be identified
with the OMB Control Number 1293–
0009. Written comments should be
limited to 10 pages or fewer. Receipt of
comments will not be acknowledged but
the sender may request confirmation
that a submission has been received by
telephoning VETS at (202) 693–4709 or
via fax at (202) 693–4755.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pamela Langley, Chief, Grants and
Programs Division, Department of
Labor/VETS, Room S–1312, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210, by e-mail at
langley.pamela@dol.gov or by phone at
(202) 693–4708. Copies of the proposed
data collection instruments can be
obtained from the contact listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. With respect to the following
collection of information, VETS is
particularly interested in comments on
these topics:
(1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
proper performance and oversight of the
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Jobs for Veterans State Grant, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the VETS’
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques,
when appropriate and other forms of
information technology.
II. Comments are requested on one or
more of the following ICRs:
(1) Title: Vocational Rehabilitation
and Employment (Chapter 31) Tracking
Report (VETS 201).
ICR numbers: VETS ICR No. 1293–
0009, OMB Control No. 1293–0009.
ICR status: This ICR is for a revised
information collection activity. An
Agency may not conduct or sponsor,
and a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. The OMB control numbers for
VETS information collections are
displayed on the applicable data
collection instrument.
Abstract: VETS and the Department of
Veterans Affairs Vocational
Rehabilitation and Employment (VA
VR&E) share a mutual responsibility for
the successful readjustment of disabled
veterans into the civilian workforce.
Since August, 1995, the two Federal
Agencies have worked together under a
Memorandum of Understanding to
cooperate and coordinate services
provided to veterans and transitioning
service members referred to or
completing a program of vocational
rehabilitation authorized under Title 31,
United States Code (hereinafter referred
to as the Chapter 31 program).
To help Congress understand the
status of new initiatives in the
Department of Veterans Affairs, the
Government Accountability Office
(GAO) conducted a study and released
Report Number GAO–07–0120: Disabled
Veterans’ Employment—Additional
Planning, Monitoring, and Data
Collection Efforts Would Improve
Assistance. One of the findings
encouraged the two agencies ‘‘to collect
and assess complete information on the
progress of the states in implementing
the agreement using well-designed and
appropriate methodology * * * ’’
As a result of the GAO
recommendations, a Joint Work Group
was formed to establish and standardize
processes to ensure disabled veterans
participating in the Chapter 31 program
achieve the ultimate goal of successful
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career transition and suitable long-term
employment. The Joint Work Group
refined processes and strengthened the
team approach to serving these disabled
veterans. Both Agencies jointly
implemented the partnership nationally
by issuing a Technical Assistance Guide
that included a new data collection
instrument.
The Vocational Rehabilitation &
Employment (Chapter 31) Tracking
Report (VETS 201) is designed to
respond to the GAO finding by
compiling information on disabled
veterans jointly served by the VA, VETS
and Jobs for Veterans State Grant
recipients. All partners agree to share
information exclusively to facilitate job
development and placement services for
participating veterans. It replaces the
information currently reported in the
quarterly Manager’s Report on Services
to Veterans. The information is
collected only with documented
consent from veterans in accordance
with the Privacy Act of 1974 and other
applicable regulations and each agency
will provide practical and appropriate
safeguards to protect Personally
Identifiable Information in accordance
with applicable regulations and laws,
including the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990, the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and
reauthorizations, and Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The information is collected by the
Jobs for Veterans State grant recipient
and submitted to the state Director for
Veterans’ Employment and Training
(DVET) once per Federal fiscal quarter.
(2) Title: Jobs for Veterans State Grant
Budget Information Summary (VETS
401).
ICR numbers: VETS ICR No. 1293–
0009, OMB Control No. 1293–0009.
ICR status: This ICR is for a revised
information collection activity. An
Agency may not conduct or sponsor,
and a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. The OMB control numbers for
VETS information collections are
displayed on the applicable data
collection instrument.
Abstract: This form is used by Jobs for
Veterans State Grant applicants to
forecast annual grant spending by
subprogram and by Federal fiscal year
quarter. The one-page form illustrates a
grantee’s annual planned costs across
the programs funded under the Jobs for
Veterans State Grants. The current
OMB-approved Standard Form (SF)
424A form has insufficient columns and
rows to accommodate all the categories
funded by the Jobs for Veterans State
Grant. Therefore, VETS currently
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requires States to submit two separate
SF 424A forms annually. One form is
used to forecast the costs and quarterly
cash needs for Disabled Veterans’
Outreach Program (DVOP) activities and
DVOP special initiatives and a second
form is used to forecast the costs and
quarterly cash needs for Local Veterans’
Employment Representative (LVER)
activities, LVER special initiatives,
Transition Assistance Program
activities, and Incentive Awards. The
proposed single form accommodates
forecasted costs for all programs by
Object Class Category and cash needs
for each program by quarter.
The proposed data collection
instrument is designed to streamline the
collection of data needed and to reduce
the current reporting burden on
grantees. The information is required to
be submitted once per Federal fiscal
year as a condition of receiving Jobs for
Veterans State Grant funds. Grant
recipients are required to submit a
revised form to request a modification to
their existing grant if the modification
affects funding of any program covered
by the Jobs for Veterans State Grant.
(3) Title: Jobs for Veterans State Grant
Expenditure Detail Report (VETS 402A
or B).
ICR numbers: VETS ICR No. 1293–
0009, OMB Control No. 1293–0009.
ICR status: This ICR is for a revised
information collection activity. An
Agency may not conduct or sponsor,
and a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. The OMB control numbers for
VETS information collections are
displayed on the applicable data
collection instrument.
Abstract: 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5)
requires the Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Veterans’ Employment and Training
(ASVET) to make funds available to
each State to staff and support multiple
programs under the Jobs for Veterans
State Grant: DVOP, LVER, TAP, and
Performance Incentive Awards. The
ASVET is also legislatively required to
monitor and supervise the distribution
and use of these funds on a continuing
basis.
The Expenditure Detail Report (EDR)
(VETS 402A or B) is used by Jobs for
Veterans State Grant recipients to detail
total expenditures by funding source to
supplement the quarterly Federal
Financial Report (FFR) which is used to
report total grant spending and draw
down of funds. To accommodate
differences in States’ accounting
systems, two separate versions of the
self-calculating EDR allow States to
report either quarterly (VETS 402A) or
cumulative expenditures (VETS 402B)
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each quarter. The EDR (VETS 402A or
B) effectively cross-walks to both the
FFR and the Jobs for Veterans State
Grant Budget Information Summary
(VETS 401) that details projected
funding needs for each separate program
awarded to States through the Jobs for
Veterans State Grant.
VETS collects and compiles the EDR
(VETS 402A or B) information to
effectively monitor the use of Jobs for
Veterans State Grant funds for each
separate program purpose in accordance
with the regulations at Title 29, Part
97.41 a.3. The proposed EDR requires
States to report total expenditures for
each funding source as well as the
amounts expended for Personal Services
and Personnel Benefits for each
program. As a condition of receiving
Jobs for Veterans State Grant funds,
grantees are required to submit the EDR
(VETS 402A or B) once per Federal
fiscal quarter, including a fifth quarter if
funds are obligated or expended in the
quarter following the end of the fiscal
year (when authorized in the annual
appropriation).
(4) Title: Jobs for Veterans State Grant
Staffing Directory (VETS 501).
ICR numbers: VETS ICR No. 1293–
0009, OMB Control No. 1293–0009.
ICR status: This ICR is for a revised
information collection activity. An
Agency may not conduct or sponsor,
and a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. The OMB control numbers for
VETS information collections are
displayed on the applicable data
collection instrument.
Abstract: Jobs for Veterans State Grant
applicants and grantees use the Jobs for
Veterans State Grant Staffing Directory
(VETS 501) to satisfy two grant
requirements. First, grant applicants
satisfy an assurance required by the
Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988, and
implemented at 34 CFR part 85,
§§ 85.605 and 85.610 by listing the
locations where grant-funded staff will
be assigned. Second, grantees fulfill a
requirement set forth in 38 U.S.C.
Chapter 41 as amended by Section 601
(c) of Public Law 109–461 by providing
the name, assignment as a DVOP
specialist or LVER, assignment as halftime or full-time, and date appointed to
current position for all staff funded in
whole or in part by the Jobs for Veterans
State Grant. As amended, the statute
requires each DVOP specialist and
LVER to complete specialized training
provided by the National Veterans’
Training Institute (NVTI) within three
years of assignment if appointed on or
after January 1, 2006.
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The proposed data collection
instrument is designed to streamline the
requirement for staffing information and
to minimize the reporting burden on
grantees. The information is required to
be submitted once per Federal fiscal
year as a condition of receiving Jobs for
Veterans State Grant funds. Grantees
will identify changes to staff
assignments, if applicable, for each of
the four Federal fiscal quarters and
when requesting a modification to their
existing grant if the modification affects
staffing assignments.
(5) Title: Jobs for Veterans State Grant
TAP Employment Workshop Forecast
(VETS 601).
ICR numbers: VETS ICR No. 1293–
0009, OMB Control No. 1293–0009.
ICR status: This ICR is for a revised
information collection activity. An
Agency may not conduct or sponsor,
and a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. The OMB control numbers for
VETS information collections are
displayed on the applicable data
collection instrument.
Abstract: This form is used by Jobs for
Veterans State Grant applicants to
project the location and number of TAP
Employment Workshops to be
facilitated by grant-funded staff at
military installations located in the
State. Grant applicants that request
funding to facilitate these workshops are
required to forecast the total number of
workshops and total number of
workshop hours planned at each
location by Federal fiscal quarter.
As a condition of receiving TAP funds
in addition to the allocated Jobs for
Veterans State Grant funds, grantees are
required to submit the TAP
Employment Workshop Forecast (VETS
601) once per Federal fiscal year. Grant
recipients will also be required to
submit a revised form when requesting
a modification to their existing grant if
the modification affects TAP funding.
Affected Public: Jobs for Veterans
State Grant Applicants/Recipients (53);
DVOP specialists and LVER staff
(2,000).
Estimated Annual Burden:
(a) VETS 201 (Proposed): 16,000
Hours.
(b) VETS 401 (Proposed): 79.5 Hours.
(c) VETS 402A/B (Proposed): 1,168
Hours.
(d) VETS 501 (Proposed): 106 Hours.
(e) VETS 601 (Proposed): 38 Hours.
Estimated Average Burden Per
Respondent:
(a) VETS 201 (Proposed): 2 Hours,
Range 1–3 Hours.
(b) VETS 401 (Proposed): 1.5 Hours,
Range 1–2 Hours.
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(c) VETS 402A or B (Proposed): 2
Hours, Range 1–3 Hours.
(d) VETS 501 (Proposed): 2 Hours,
Range 1–3 Hours.
(e) VETS 601 (Proposed): 1 Hour,
Range 0.5–1.5 Hours.
Frequency of Response: Annually
and/or Quarterly.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
(a) VETS 201 (Proposed): 2,000.
(b) VETS 401 (Proposed): 53.
(c) VETS 402A or B (Proposed): 53.
(d) VETS 501 (Proposed): 53.
(e) VETS 601 (Proposed): 40.
Total Annualized Capital/startup
costs: $0.
Total Initial Annual Costs: $0.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the agency’s request for
OMB approval of the information
collection request. Comments will
become a matter of public record.
Dated in Washington, DC, this 27th day of
March, 2009.
John M. McWilliam,
Deputy Assistant Secretary.
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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SUMMARY: The Director, Office of
Administration, invites comments on
the proposed information collection
requests as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments within 30 days from
the date of this publication.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) provide interested Federal
agencies and the public an early
opportunity to comment on information
collection requests. OMB may amend or
waive the requirement for public
consultation to the extent that public
participation in the approval process
would defeat the purpose of the
information collection, violate State or
Federal law, or substantially interfere
with any agency’s ability to perform its
statutory obligations. The Director,
Office of Administration, publishes that
notice containing proposed information
collection requests prior to submission
of these requests to OMB. Each
proposed information collection
contains the following: (1) Type of
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review requested, e.g. new, revision
extension, existing or reinstatement; (2)
Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)
Description of the need for, and
proposed use of, the information; (5)
Respondents and frequency of
collection; and (6) Reporting and/or
Record keeping burden. OMB invites
public comment.
Currently, the National Mediation
Board is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of
the Application for Investigation of
Representation Dispute and is interested
in public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
agency; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the agency enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the agency minimize the burden
of this collection on the respondents,
including through the use of
information technology.
Dated: March 30, 2009.
June D.W. King,
Director, Office of Administration, National
Mediation Board.
Application for Investigation of
Representation Dispute
Type of Review: Extension.
Title: Application for Investigation of
Representation Dispute,
OMB Number: 3140–0001.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Carrier and Union
Officials, and employees of railroads
and airlines.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour
Burden:
Responses: 68 annually.
Burden Hours: 17.00.
Abstract: When a dispute arises
among a carrier’s employees as to who
will be their bargaining representative,
the National Mediation Board (NMB) is
required by Section 2, Ninth, to
investigate the dispute, to determine
who is the authorized representative, if
any, and to certify such representative.
The NMB’s duties do not arise until its
services have been invoked by a party
to the dispute. The Railway Labor Act
is silent as to how the invocation of a
representation dispute is to be
accomplished and the NMB has not
promulgated regulations requiring any
specific vehicle. Nonetheless, 29 CFR
1203.2, provides that applications for
the services of the NMB under Section
2, Ninth, to investigate representation
disputes may be made on printed forms
secured from the NMB’s Office of Legal
Affairs or on the Internet at https://
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www.nmb.gov/representation/
rapply.html. The application requires
the following information: The name of
the carrier involved; the name or
description of the craft or class
involved; the name of the petitioning
organization or individual; the name of
the organization currently representing
the employees, if any; the names of any
other organizations or representatives
involved in the dispute; and the
estimated number of employees in the
craft or class involved. This basic
information is essential in providing the
NMB with the details of the dispute so
that it can determine what resources
will be required to conduct an
investigation.
The extension of this form is
necessary considering the information is
used by the Board in determining such
matters as how many staff will be
required to conduct an investigation and
what other resources must be mobilized
to complete our statutory
responsibilities. Without this
information, the Board would have to
delay the commencement of the
investigation, which is contrary to the
intent of the Railway Labor Act.
Requests for copies of the proposed
information collection request may be
accessed from https://www.nmb.gov or
should be addressed to Denise Murdock,
NMB, 1301 K Street NW, Suite 250 E,
Washington, DC 20005 or addressed to
the e-mail address murdock@nmb.gov or
faxed to 202–692–5081. Please specify
the complete title of the information
collection when making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or
the collection activity requirements
should be directed to June D.W. King at
202–692–5010 or via internet address
king@nmb.gov. Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD/TDY) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
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[Notices]
[Pages 15005-15008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-7341]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Veterans' Employment and Training Service
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request: Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Chapter 31)
Tracking Report (VETS 201); Jobs for Veterans State Grant Budget
Information Summary (VETS 401); Jobs for Veterans State Grant
Expenditure Detail Report (VETS 402A, Quarterly Expenditures, or VETS
402B, Cumulative Expenditures); Jobs for Veterans State Grant Staffing
Directory (VETS 501); Transition Assistance Program Workshop Forecast
(VETS 601)
AGENCY: Veterans' Employment and Training Service, U.S. Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) is
announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection
of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the
Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information and
to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This
notice solicits comments on five (5) separate collections of
information: (1) VETS 201 entitled ``Vocational Rehabilitation and
Employment (Chapter 31) Tracking Report'' and identified by VETS ICR
No.
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1293-0009 and OMB Control No. 1293-0009; (2) VETS 401 entitled ``Jobs
for Veterans State Grant Budget Information Summary'' and identified by
VETS ICR No. 1293-0009 and OMB Control No. 1293-0009; (3) VETS 402A/B
entitled ``Jobs for Veterans State Grant Expenditure Detail Report''
and identified by VETS ICR No. 1293-0009 and OMB Control No. 1293-0009;
(4) VETS 501 entitled ``Jobs for Veterans State Grant Staffing
Directory'' and identified by VETS ICR No. 1293-0009 and OMB Control
No. 1293-0009; and (5) VETS 601 entitled ``Transition Assistance
Program (TAP) Employment Workshop Forecast'' and identified by VETS ICR
No. 1293-0009 and OMB Control No. 1293-0009. Before submitting the ICRs
to OMB for review and approval, VETS is soliciting comments on specific
aspects of the proposed information collections.
DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of
information by 60 days from publication date.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments on this collection of information by any of
the following methods:
By mail to: Patrick Hecker, Jobs for Veterans' State
Grants Lead, Office of Grants and Transition Programs, Veterans'
Employment and Training Service, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-1312,
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Electronically to: hecker.patrick@dol.gov
By fax to: (202) 693-4755 (not a toll free number) Attn:
Patrick Hecker
All comments should be identified with the OMB Control Number 1293-
0009. Written comments should be limited to 10 pages or fewer. Receipt
of comments will not be acknowledged but the sender may request
confirmation that a submission has been received by telephoning VETS at
(202) 693-4709 or via fax at (202) 693-4755.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Langley, Chief, Grants and
Programs Division, Department of Labor/VETS, Room S-1312, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, by e-mail at
langley.pamela@dol.gov or by phone at (202) 693-4708. Copies of the
proposed data collection instruments can be obtained from the contact
listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. With respect to the following collection of information, VETS is
particularly interested in comments on these topics:
(1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance and oversight of the Jobs for Veterans State
Grant, including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the VETS' estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques, when appropriate and other forms of information technology.
II. Comments are requested on one or more of the following ICRs:
(1) Title: Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Chapter 31)
Tracking Report (VETS 201).
ICR numbers: VETS ICR No. 1293-0009, OMB Control No. 1293-0009.
ICR status: This ICR is for a revised information collection
activity. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for VETS
information collections are displayed on the applicable data collection
instrument.
Abstract: VETS and the Department of Veterans Affairs Vocational
Rehabilitation and Employment (VA VR&E) share a mutual responsibility
for the successful readjustment of disabled veterans into the civilian
workforce. Since August, 1995, the two Federal Agencies have worked
together under a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate and
coordinate services provided to veterans and transitioning service
members referred to or completing a program of vocational
rehabilitation authorized under Title 31, United States Code
(hereinafter referred to as the Chapter 31 program).
To help Congress understand the status of new initiatives in the
Department of Veterans Affairs, the Government Accountability Office
(GAO) conducted a study and released Report Number GAO-07-0120:
Disabled Veterans' Employment--Additional Planning, Monitoring, and
Data Collection Efforts Would Improve Assistance. One of the findings
encouraged the two agencies ``to collect and assess complete
information on the progress of the states in implementing the agreement
using well-designed and appropriate methodology * * * ''
As a result of the GAO recommendations, a Joint Work Group was
formed to establish and standardize processes to ensure disabled
veterans participating in the Chapter 31 program achieve the ultimate
goal of successful career transition and suitable long-term employment.
The Joint Work Group refined processes and strengthened the team
approach to serving these disabled veterans. Both Agencies jointly
implemented the partnership nationally by issuing a Technical
Assistance Guide that included a new data collection instrument.
The Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment (Chapter 31) Tracking
Report (VETS 201) is designed to respond to the GAO finding by
compiling information on disabled veterans jointly served by the VA,
VETS and Jobs for Veterans State Grant recipients. All partners agree
to share information exclusively to facilitate job development and
placement services for participating veterans. It replaces the
information currently reported in the quarterly Manager's Report on
Services to Veterans. The information is collected only with documented
consent from veterans in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 and
other applicable regulations and each agency will provide practical and
appropriate safeguards to protect Personally Identifiable Information
in accordance with applicable regulations and laws, including the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
and reauthorizations, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The information is collected by the Jobs for Veterans State grant
recipient and submitted to the state Director for Veterans' Employment
and Training (DVET) once per Federal fiscal quarter.
(2) Title: Jobs for Veterans State Grant Budget Information Summary
(VETS 401).
ICR numbers: VETS ICR No. 1293-0009, OMB Control No. 1293-0009.
ICR status: This ICR is for a revised information collection
activity. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for VETS
information collections are displayed on the applicable data collection
instrument.
Abstract: This form is used by Jobs for Veterans State Grant
applicants to forecast annual grant spending by subprogram and by
Federal fiscal year quarter. The one-page form illustrates a grantee's
annual planned costs across the programs funded under the Jobs for
Veterans State Grants. The current OMB-approved Standard Form (SF) 424A
form has insufficient columns and rows to accommodate all the
categories funded by the Jobs for Veterans State Grant. Therefore, VETS
currently
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requires States to submit two separate SF 424A forms annually. One form
is used to forecast the costs and quarterly cash needs for Disabled
Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) activities and DVOP special
initiatives and a second form is used to forecast the costs and
quarterly cash needs for Local Veterans' Employment Representative
(LVER) activities, LVER special initiatives, Transition Assistance
Program activities, and Incentive Awards. The proposed single form
accommodates forecasted costs for all programs by Object Class Category
and cash needs for each program by quarter.
The proposed data collection instrument is designed to streamline
the collection of data needed and to reduce the current reporting
burden on grantees. The information is required to be submitted once
per Federal fiscal year as a condition of receiving Jobs for Veterans
State Grant funds. Grant recipients are required to submit a revised
form to request a modification to their existing grant if the
modification affects funding of any program covered by the Jobs for
Veterans State Grant.
(3) Title: Jobs for Veterans State Grant Expenditure Detail Report
(VETS 402A or B).
ICR numbers: VETS ICR No. 1293-0009, OMB Control No. 1293-0009.
ICR status: This ICR is for a revised information collection
activity. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for VETS
information collections are displayed on the applicable data collection
instrument.
Abstract: 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) requires the Assistant Secretary of
Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training (ASVET) to make funds
available to each State to staff and support multiple programs under
the Jobs for Veterans State Grant: DVOP, LVER, TAP, and Performance
Incentive Awards. The ASVET is also legislatively required to monitor
and supervise the distribution and use of these funds on a continuing
basis.
The Expenditure Detail Report (EDR) (VETS 402A or B) is used by
Jobs for Veterans State Grant recipients to detail total expenditures
by funding source to supplement the quarterly Federal Financial Report
(FFR) which is used to report total grant spending and draw down of
funds. To accommodate differences in States' accounting systems, two
separate versions of the self-calculating EDR allow States to report
either quarterly (VETS 402A) or cumulative expenditures (VETS 402B)
each quarter. The EDR (VETS 402A or B) effectively cross-walks to both
the FFR and the Jobs for Veterans State Grant Budget Information
Summary (VETS 401) that details projected funding needs for each
separate program awarded to States through the Jobs for Veterans State
Grant.
VETS collects and compiles the EDR (VETS 402A or B) information to
effectively monitor the use of Jobs for Veterans State Grant funds for
each separate program purpose in accordance with the regulations at
Title 29, Part 97.41 a.3. The proposed EDR requires States to report
total expenditures for each funding source as well as the amounts
expended for Personal Services and Personnel Benefits for each program.
As a condition of receiving Jobs for Veterans State Grant funds,
grantees are required to submit the EDR (VETS 402A or B) once per
Federal fiscal quarter, including a fifth quarter if funds are
obligated or expended in the quarter following the end of the fiscal
year (when authorized in the annual appropriation).
(4) Title: Jobs for Veterans State Grant Staffing Directory (VETS
501).
ICR numbers: VETS ICR No. 1293-0009, OMB Control No. 1293-0009.
ICR status: This ICR is for a revised information collection
activity. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for VETS
information collections are displayed on the applicable data collection
instrument.
Abstract: Jobs for Veterans State Grant applicants and grantees use
the Jobs for Veterans State Grant Staffing Directory (VETS 501) to
satisfy two grant requirements. First, grant applicants satisfy an
assurance required by the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988, and
implemented at 34 CFR part 85, Sec. Sec. 85.605 and 85.610 by listing
the locations where grant-funded staff will be assigned. Second,
grantees fulfill a requirement set forth in 38 U.S.C. Chapter 41 as
amended by Section 601 (c) of Public Law 109-461 by providing the name,
assignment as a DVOP specialist or LVER, assignment as half-time or
full-time, and date appointed to current position for all staff funded
in whole or in part by the Jobs for Veterans State Grant. As amended,
the statute requires each DVOP specialist and LVER to complete
specialized training provided by the National Veterans' Training
Institute (NVTI) within three years of assignment if appointed on or
after January 1, 2006.
The proposed data collection instrument is designed to streamline
the requirement for staffing information and to minimize the reporting
burden on grantees. The information is required to be submitted once
per Federal fiscal year as a condition of receiving Jobs for Veterans
State Grant funds. Grantees will identify changes to staff assignments,
if applicable, for each of the four Federal fiscal quarters and when
requesting a modification to their existing grant if the modification
affects staffing assignments.
(5) Title: Jobs for Veterans State Grant TAP Employment Workshop
Forecast (VETS 601).
ICR numbers: VETS ICR No. 1293-0009, OMB Control No. 1293-0009.
ICR status: This ICR is for a revised information collection
activity. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for VETS
information collections are displayed on the applicable data collection
instrument.
Abstract: This form is used by Jobs for Veterans State Grant
applicants to project the location and number of TAP Employment
Workshops to be facilitated by grant-funded staff at military
installations located in the State. Grant applicants that request
funding to facilitate these workshops are required to forecast the
total number of workshops and total number of workshop hours planned at
each location by Federal fiscal quarter.
As a condition of receiving TAP funds in addition to the allocated
Jobs for Veterans State Grant funds, grantees are required to submit
the TAP Employment Workshop Forecast (VETS 601) once per Federal fiscal
year. Grant recipients will also be required to submit a revised form
when requesting a modification to their existing grant if the
modification affects TAP funding.
Affected Public: Jobs for Veterans State Grant Applicants/
Recipients (53); DVOP specialists and LVER staff (2,000).
Estimated Annual Burden:
(a) VETS 201 (Proposed): 16,000 Hours.
(b) VETS 401 (Proposed): 79.5 Hours.
(c) VETS 402A/B (Proposed): 1,168 Hours.
(d) VETS 501 (Proposed): 106 Hours.
(e) VETS 601 (Proposed): 38 Hours.
Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent:
(a) VETS 201 (Proposed): 2 Hours, Range 1-3 Hours.
(b) VETS 401 (Proposed): 1.5 Hours, Range 1-2 Hours.
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(c) VETS 402A or B (Proposed): 2 Hours, Range 1-3 Hours.
(d) VETS 501 (Proposed): 2 Hours, Range 1-3 Hours.
(e) VETS 601 (Proposed): 1 Hour, Range 0.5-1.5 Hours.
Frequency of Response: Annually and/or Quarterly.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
(a) VETS 201 (Proposed): 2,000.
(b) VETS 401 (Proposed): 53.
(c) VETS 402A or B (Proposed): 53.
(d) VETS 501 (Proposed): 53.
(e) VETS 601 (Proposed): 40.
Total Annualized Capital/startup costs: $0.
Total Initial Annual Costs: $0.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and included in the agency's request for OMB approval of the
information collection request. Comments will become a matter of public
record.
Dated in Washington, DC, this 27th day of March, 2009.
John M. McWilliam,
Deputy Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-7341 Filed 4-1-09; 8:45 am]
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