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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Information
Collection Request for the Evaluation
of the Access Point Initiative
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AGENCY: Employment and Training
Administration.
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
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 (ETA) is soliciting
comments concerning the collection of
data about the Access Point Initiative.
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.
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DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before
September 8, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to Kevin Thompson, Room S–4231,
Employment and Training
Administration, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Telephone number: 202–693–2925 (this
is not a toll-free number). Fax: 202–693–
3015; or by e-mail at
Thompson.Kevin@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: This information
collection is intended to collect data
with which to evaluate the ETA’s
Access Point Initiative. Access Points
are employment information centers
and satellites to DOL-funded One Stop
Career Centers. While One Stop Centers
provide employment-related services to
a large number and wide array of job
seekers, some of the individuals on the
margins of the labor market, such as
high school dropouts, ex-offenders, and
persons with low occupational skill
levels in high-poverty neighborhoods,
have still not been reached by the One
Stop system. To reach them and to
provide them with employment services
in a cost-effective manner, the
Department of Labor started the Access
Point initiative, providing funds for
training in how to establish Access
Points. Access Points are set up and run
by local Faith-Based and Community
Organizations (FBCOs) as a volunteer
effort. They are located in areas that
include a relatively large number of
unemployed individuals with few of the
resources needed to find stable
employment. Access Points provide job
seekers from their neighborhoods with
job-search information, some services,
and referrals to One Stops and other
service providers.
A two-stage training process is used to
establish Access Points: First,
contractors train local coordinators
(called SHARE Network coordinators);
and second, the SHARE Network
coordinators train FBCO personnel in
how to establish and run Access Points.
SHARE Networks are statewide
computerized networks that provide
employment-related information at the
local level. SHARE Networks include
non-profit FBCOs (including all Access
Points), for-profit organizations, and
government agencies that provide
employment services and choose to
participate in the network.
Three related surveys are proposed to
collect data for an evaluation report to
ETA:
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(1) A SHARE Network Coordinator
Survey that assesses training received
and relations with Access Points;
(2) An Access Point POC (Point-ofContact) Survey that provides data on
the implementation and functioning of
Access Points; and
(3) A One Stop Director Survey that
provides an assessment of Access Points
and their relation to the local workforce
system.
These three surveys are electronic and
will be conducted via E-mail and a link
to a centralized server.
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: New collection.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration.
Title: Evaluation of the Access Point
Initiative.
OMB Number: 1205–0NEW.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions; State, local, or tribal
government.
Form: None.
Total Respondents: Exhibit 1 shows
the annual number of respondents for
all three surveys, together with the
anticipated response rate, the average
time required to complete each survey,
the cost per respondent per survey, and
the total cost per survey. The time
estimates and hourly costs are derived
from pretests with nine respondents for
each survey. All three surveys are
population surveys; statistical sampling
will not be used.
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EXHIBIT 1—ACCESS POINT EVALUATION RESPONDENTS, BURDEN HOURS, AND COST FOR THREE SURVEYS
Survey
Population
SHARE Network Coordinators* .............
Access Point POCs* ..............................
One Stop Center Directors* ...................
Response
rates
percent
230
300
80
Total
respondents
75
75
75
Hours per
response
173
225
60
Total hours
0.17
0.28
0.1
Pay rate
29
63
6
$20.00
19.00
36.00
Total cost
$587
1,197
216
* One-time surveys.
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The SHARE Network Coordinator,
Access Point POC, and One Stop
Director Surveys are one-time 2009 data
collections. The total population to be
surveyed is therefore 230 + 300 + 80 =
610.
The total hours requested: 98.
Frequency: Three one-time surveys
are to be administered in 2009—the
SHARE Network Coordinator, Access
Point POC, and One Stop Director
Surveys.
Total Responses: 458.
Average Time per Response, based on
pretests: Access Point POC Survey—17
minutes (0.28 hours) SHARE Network
Coordinator Survey—10 minutes (0.17
hours) One Stop Director Survey—6
minutes (0.10 hours)
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 98.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): Per-hour costs are
estimated from pretest survey data as
follows: SHARE Network Coordinator
$20/hr.; Access Point POCs $19/hr; One
Stop Center Director $36/hr. Access
Point customers are unemployed but are
assigned a minimum-wage cost of $7.25/
hr., which takes effect in July, 2009. The
costs for 2009 are:
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Meeting of National Council on the
Humanities
Policy Discussion
AGENCY: The National Endowment for
the Humanities, National Foundation on
the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION:
Notice of Meeting.
Pursuant to the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.
L. 92–463, as amended) notice is hereby
given that the National Council on the
Humanities will meet in Washington,
DC on July 23–24, 2009.
The purpose of the meeting is to
advise the Chairman of the National
Endowment for the Humanities with
respect to policies, programs, and
procedures for carrying out his
functions, and to review applications for
financial support from and gifts offered
to the Endowment and to make
recommendations thereon to the
Chairman.
The meeting will be held in the Old
Post Office Building, 1100 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. A
portion of the morning and afternoon
sessions on July 23–24, 2009 will not be
SHARE Network Coordinator
open to the public pursuant to
Survey ...................................
$587
subsections (c)(4), (c)(6) and (c)(9)(B) of
Access Point POC Survey .......
1197
section 552b of Title 5, United States
One Stop Director Survey ........
216
Code because the Council will consider
Total ...................................
2000 information that may disclose: Trade
secrets and commercial or financial
information obtained from a person and
Comments submitted in response to
privileged or confidential information of
this comment request will be
a personal nature the disclosure of
summarized and/or included in the
which would constitute a clearly
request for Office of Management and
unwarranted invasion of personal
Budget approval of the information
privacy; and information the premature
collection request; they will also
disclosure of which would be likely to
become a matter of public record.
significantly frustrate implementation of
Dated: At Washington, DC on June 30,
proposed agency action. I have made
2009.
this determination under the authority
Gay M. Gilbert,
granted me by the Chairman’s
Administrator, Office of Workforce
Delegation of Authority dated July 19,
Investment, Employment and Training
1993.
Administration.
The agenda for the sessions on July
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(Open to the Public)
9–10:30 a.m.
Challenge Grants and Federal/State
Partnership—Room 510A.
Digital Humanities and Preservation
and Access—Room 415.
Education Programs—Room M–07.
Public Programs—Room 421.
(Closed to the Public)
Discussion of Specific Grant
Applications and Programs Before the
Council
10:30 a.m. until Adjourned
Challenge Grants and Federal/State
Partnership—Room 510A.
Digital Humanities and Preservation
and Access—Room 415.
Education Programs—Room M–07.
Public Programs—Room 421.
2–3:30 p.m.
Jefferson Lecture/National Humanities
Medals—Room 527.
The morning session of the meeting
on July 24, 2009 will convene at 9 a.m.,
in the first floor Council Room M–09,
and will be open to the public, as set out
below. The agenda for the morning
session will be as follows:
A. Minutes of the Previous Meeting
B. Reports
1. Introductory Remarks
2. Staff Report
3. Congressional Report
4. Reports on Policy and General Matters
a. Challenge Grants
b. Federal/State Partnership
c. Digital Humanities
d. Preservation and Access
e. Education Programs
f. Public Programs
g. Jefferson Lecture/National Humanities
Medals
The remainder of the proposed
meeting will be given to the
consideration of specific applications
and will be closed to the public for the
reasons stated above.
Further information about this
meeting can be obtained from Michal P.
McDonald, Advisory Committee
Management Officer, National
Endowment for the Humanities, 1100
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Information
Collection Request for the Evaluation of the Access Point Initiative
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration.
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 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 (ETA) is
soliciting comments concerning the collection of data about the Access
Point Initiative.
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.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before September 8, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Kevin Thompson, Room S-4231,
Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-2925 (this is not a
toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-3015; or by e-mail at
Thompson.Kevin@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: This information collection is intended to collect
data with which to evaluate the ETA's Access Point Initiative. Access
Points are employment information centers and satellites to DOL-funded
One Stop Career Centers. While One Stop Centers provide employment-
related services to a large number and wide array of job seekers, some
of the individuals on the margins of the labor market, such as high
school dropouts, ex-offenders, and persons with low occupational skill
levels in high-poverty neighborhoods, have still not been reached by
the One Stop system. To reach them and to provide them with employment
services in a cost-effective manner, the Department of Labor started
the Access Point initiative, providing funds for training in how to
establish Access Points. Access Points are set up and run by local
Faith-Based and Community Organizations (FBCOs) as a volunteer effort.
They are located in areas that include a relatively large number of
unemployed individuals with few of the resources needed to find stable
employment. Access Points provide job seekers from their neighborhoods
with job-search information, some services, and referrals to One Stops
and other service providers.
A two-stage training process is used to establish Access Points:
First, contractors train local coordinators (called SHARE Network
coordinators); and second, the SHARE Network coordinators train FBCO
personnel in how to establish and run Access Points. SHARE Networks are
statewide computerized networks that provide employment-related
information at the local level. SHARE Networks include non-profit FBCOs
(including all Access Points), for-profit organizations, and government
agencies that provide employment services and choose to participate in
the network.
Three related surveys are proposed to collect data for an
evaluation report to ETA:
(1) A SHARE Network Coordinator Survey that assesses training
received and relations with Access Points;
(2) An Access Point POC (Point-of-Contact) Survey that provides
data on the implementation and functioning of Access Points; and
(3) A One Stop Director Survey that provides an assessment of
Access Points and their relation to the local workforce system.
These three surveys are electronic and will be conducted via E-mail
and a link to a centralized server.
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: New collection.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Evaluation of the Access Point Initiative.
OMB Number: 1205-0NEW.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; State, local, or
tribal government.
Form: None.
Total Respondents: Exhibit 1 shows the annual number of respondents
for all three surveys, together with the anticipated response rate, the
average time required to complete each survey, the cost per respondent
per survey, and the total cost per survey. The time estimates and
hourly costs are derived from pretests with nine respondents for each
survey. All three surveys are population surveys; statistical sampling
will not be used.
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Exhibit 1--Access Point Evaluation Respondents, Burden Hours, and Cost for Three Surveys
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Response
Survey Population rates Total Hours per Total hours Pay rate Total cost
percent respondents response
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SHARE Network Coordinators*................................. 230 75 173 0.17 29 $20.00 $587
Access Point POCs*.......................................... 300 75 225 0.28 63 19.00 1,197
One Stop Center Directors*.................................. 80 75 60 0.1 6 36.00 216
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* One-time surveys.
The SHARE Network Coordinator, Access Point POC, and One Stop
Director Surveys are one-time 2009 data collections. The total
population to be surveyed is therefore 230 + 300 + 80 = 610.
The total hours requested: 98.
Frequency: Three one-time surveys are to be administered in 2009--
the SHARE Network Coordinator, Access Point POC, and One Stop Director
Surveys.
Total Responses: 458.
Average Time per Response, based on pretests: Access Point POC
Survey--17 minutes (0.28 hours) SHARE Network Coordinator Survey--10
minutes (0.17 hours) One Stop Director Survey--6 minutes (0.10 hours)
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 98.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): Per-hour costs are
estimated from pretest survey data as follows: SHARE Network
Coordinator $20/hr.; Access Point POCs $19/hr; One Stop Center Director
$36/hr. Access Point customers are unemployed but are assigned a
minimum-wage cost of $7.25/hr., which takes effect in July, 2009. The
costs for 2009 are:
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SHARE Network Coordinator Survey........................... $587
Access Point POC Survey.................................... 1197
One Stop Director Survey................................... 216
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Total.................................................. 2000
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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: At Washington, DC on June 30, 2009.
Gay M. Gilbert,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Investment, Employment and Training
Administration.
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