Comment Request for Proposed Information Collection for Occupational Code Assignment; Extension Without Revisions, 62602-62603 [E9-28501]
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contains the basis of the performance
standards system for WIA section 167
grantees, which is used for program
oversight, evaluation and performance
assessment. For additional information,
see related notice published at 74 FR
43159 on August 26, 2009.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Title of Collection: Pell Grants and the
Payment of Unemployment Benefits to
Individuals in Approved Training.
OMB Control Number: 1205–0473.
Agency Form Number: N/A.
Affected Public: State Governments.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 53.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 265.
Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden
(does not include hour costs): $0.
Description: The Administration seeks
to enable more individuals to obtain job
training while receiving unemployment
benefits, so they can develop their skills
while the economy recovers. Therefore
states, as third party disseminators, are
strongly encouraged to notify
unemployed individuals of their
potential eligibility for Pell Grants. For
additional information, see related
notice published at 74 FR 49401 on
September 27, 2009.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Title of Collection: Collecting
Aggregate Participant Counts for
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title
1B, Wagner-Peyser Act, National
Emergency Grants, and Reemployment
Services Grants.
OMB Control Number: 1205–0474.
Agency Form Number: ETA–9147;
ETA–9148; and ETA–9149.
Affected Public: State Governments.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 54.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 614,632.
Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden
(does not include hour costs): $0.
Description: This request is to extend
OMB approval for a collection
previously approved on an emergency
basis which both modified the
frequency of reporting and requests the
collection of an additional data element
contained in the following two
performance-related data instruments:
(1) OMB Control Number 1205–0420—
Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Title
I Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth
Activities Programs. This control
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number includes the following ETA
forms: (A) Workforce Investment Act
Annual Report—ETA form 9091, (B)
Workforce Investment Act Quarterly
Report—ETA Form 9090, and (C)
Workforce Investment Act Standardized
Record Data—WIASRD. and (2) from
OMB control number 1205–0240, ETA
9002 A–E and VETS 200 A–C. For
additional information, see related
notice published at 74 FR 28553 on June
16, 2009.
Darrin A. King,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Comment Request for Proposed
Information Collection for
Occupational Code Assignment;
Extension Without Revisions
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 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 and Training
Administration is soliciting comments
concerning the collection of data about
the Occupational Code Assignment
Form (ETA 741), which expires on
January 31, 2010. A copy of the
proposed information collection request
(ICR) 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
addressee’s section below on or before
January 29, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to Lauren Fairley-Wright, Office of
Workforce Investment, Employment and
Training Administration, Mail Stop S–
4231, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210, Phone: (202)
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693–3731 (This is not a toll-free
number), Fax: (202) 693–3015, or
e-mail: wright.lauren@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I.
Background: The Occupational Code
Assignment form (ETA 741) was
developed as a public service to the
users of the Occupational Information
Network (O*NET), in an effort to help
them in obtaining occupational codes
and titles for jobs that they were unable
to locate in O*NET.
The O*NET system classifies nearly
all jobs in the United States economy.
However, new specialties are constantly
evolving and emerging. The use of the
OCA is voluntary and is provided (1) As
a uniform format to the public and
private sector to submit information in
order to receive assistance in identifying
an occupational code, (2) to provide
input to a database of alternative (lay)
titles to facilitate searches for
occupational information in the O*NET
OnLine (https://online.onetcenter.org),
O*NET Code Connector (https://
www.onetcodeconnector.org), as well as
America’s Career InfoNet (https://
www.acinet.org), and (3) to assist the
O*NET system in identifying potential
occupations that may need to be
included in future O*NET data
collection efforts. The OCA process is
designed to help the occupational
information user relate an occupational
specialty or a job title to an occupational
code and title within the framework of
the Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) based O*NET
system. The O*NET–SOC system
consists of a database that organizes the
work done by individuals into
approximately 1,000 occupational
categories. In addition, O*NET
occupations have associated data on the
importance and level of a range of
occupational characteristics and
requirements, including Knowledge,
Skills, Abilities, Tasks, and Work
Activities. Since the O*NET–SOC
system is based on the 2000 SOC
system, identifying an O*NET–SOC
code and title also facilitates linkage to
National, State, and local occupational
employment and wage estimates.
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,
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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 without
changes.
Title: Occupational Code Assignment.
OMB Number: 1205–0137.
Affected Public: Federal government,
state and local government, business or
other for-profit/non-profit institutions,
and individuals.
Form: ETA–741.
Total Respondents: 30.
Frequency: On occasion.
SUMMARY OF ANNUAL BURDEN FOR THE OCCUPATIONAL CODE ASSIGNMENT
Requests per
year 1
Form
OCA—Part A ...................................................................................................
Hours burden
used
Hours/
request 2
30
Salary expenditure
used 3 (hours x
hourly income)
15.51
$653.75
.58
1 Estimate
based on average for January 2007 through September 2009.
on OCA form—Part A = 30 minutes.
3 Salary based on America’s Career InfoNet data for Human Resource Manager, median income = $42.15/hour.
2 Estimates
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): 0.
Average Time per Response: 30
minutes for the OCA Part A; 40 minutes
for the OCA Part A and OCA Request for
Additional Information combined.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 15.51.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice 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.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of
November 2009.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and
Training Administration.
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Employment and Training
Administration
Comment Request for Information
Collection for the National Agricultural
Workers Survey, OMB Control No.
1205–0453; Extension With Revisions
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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
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(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 is soliciting comments
concerning the continued collection of
data about hired farm workers via the
National Agricultural Workers Survey.
Office of Management and Budget
authorization for the current
questionnaire will expire on March 31,
2010.
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
addressee’s section below on or before
January 29, 2010.
ADDRESSEE: Submit written comments
to Mr. Daniel Carroll, Room N–5641,
Employment and Training
Administration, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Telephone number: 202–693–2795 (this
is not a toll-free number). Fax: 202–693–
2766. E-mail: carroll.daniel.j@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor has been
continually surveying hired farm
workers since 1988 via the National
Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS).
The survey’s primary focus is to
describe the employment, demographic,
and health characteristics of hired crop
farm workers. It is the only nationallevel data source for this information.
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The NAWS provides an
understanding of the manpower
resources available to U.S. agriculture,
and both public and private service
programs use the data for planning,
implementing, and evaluating farm
worker programs.
The NAWS samples hired crop farm
workers in three cycles each year to
capture the seasonality of agricultural
employment. Workers are randomly
sampled at their work sites. Depending
on the information needs and resources
of the various Federal agencies that use
NAWS data, between 1,500 and 4,000
workers are interviewed each year.
The primary NAWS questionnaire
routinely provides a standard set of
information on the employment,
demographic, and health characteristics
of hired crop workers. When new
information is required, Federal
agencies add supplemental collection
instruments to the NAWS.
Changes to the Primary Questionnaire
In fiscal years 2005 through 2009, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
added four questions to the primary
instrument that were administered to all
respondents who reported having
mixed, loaded, or applied pesticides in
the previous twelve months. The
questions solicited: (1) The type of
material(s) the respondent handled, (2)
the last time each material was handled,
(3) the crop the respondent was working
on when last handling each material,
and (4) the number of days the material
was handled. These four questions have
been removed from the questionnaire.
The EPA will analyze the data and
determine if the questions need to be
revised and reinserted in the future.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Comment Request for Proposed Information Collection for
Occupational Code Assignment; Extension Without Revisions
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance
consultation program to provide the general public and federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the collection of data about the Occupational Code
Assignment Form (ETA 741), which expires on January 31, 2010. A copy of
the proposed information collection request (ICR) 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
addressee's section below on or before January 29, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Lauren Fairley-Wright, Office of
Workforce Investment, Employment and Training Administration, Mail Stop
S-4231, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, Phone:
(202) 693-3731 (This is not a toll-free number), Fax: (202) 693-3015,
or e-mail: wright.lauren@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background: The Occupational Code
Assignment form (ETA 741) was developed as a public service to the
users of the Occupational Information Network (O*NET), in an effort to
help them in obtaining occupational codes and titles for jobs that they
were unable to locate in O*NET.
The O*NET system classifies nearly all jobs in the United States
economy. However, new specialties are constantly evolving and emerging.
The use of the OCA is voluntary and is provided (1) As a uniform format
to the public and private sector to submit information in order to
receive assistance in identifying an occupational code, (2) to provide
input to a database of alternative (lay) titles to facilitate searches
for occupational information in the O*NET OnLine (https://online.onetcenter.org), O*NET Code Connector (https://www.onetcodeconnector.org), as well as America's Career InfoNet (https://www.acinet.org), and (3) to assist the O*NET system in identifying
potential occupations that may need to be included in future O*NET data
collection efforts. The OCA process is designed to help the
occupational information user relate an occupational specialty or a job
title to an occupational code and title within the framework of the
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) based O*NET system. The
O*NET-SOC system consists of a database that organizes the work done by
individuals into approximately 1,000 occupational categories. In
addition, O*NET occupations have associated data on the importance and
level of a range of occupational characteristics and requirements,
including Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Tasks, and Work Activities.
Since the O*NET-SOC system is based on the 2000 SOC system, identifying
an O*NET-SOC code and title also facilitates linkage to National,
State, and local occupational employment and wage estimates.
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,
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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 without changes.
Title: Occupational Code Assignment.
OMB Number: 1205-0137.
Affected Public: Federal government, state and local government,
business or other for-profit/non-profit institutions, and individuals.
Form: ETA-741.
Total Respondents: 30.
Frequency: On occasion.
Summary of Annual Burden for the Occupational Code Assignment
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Salary
expenditure
Form Requests per Hours/ request Hours burden used 3 (hours
year 1 2 used x hourly
income)
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OCA--Part A..................................... 30 .58 15.51 $653.75
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\1\ Estimate based on average for January 2007 through September 2009.
\2\ Estimates on OCA form--Part A = 30 minutes.
\3\ Salary based on America's Career InfoNet data for Human Resource Manager, median income = $42.15/hour.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 0.
Average Time per Response: 30 minutes for the OCA Part A; 40
minutes for the OCA Part A and OCA Request for Additional Information
combined.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 15.51.
Comments submitted in response to this notice 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.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of November 2009.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
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