Comment Request for Information Collection for Evaluation of the Technology-Based Learning Grants: New Collection, 13305-13306 [2010-6026]
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Background
In accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969, the Council of Environmental
Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–
1508), and the Department of Justice
procedures for implementing NEPA (28
CFR 61), the BOP prepared a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
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2009. Following the close of the public
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the DEIS was placed in the Federal
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the 45-day public comment period
which closed on December 21, 2009.
Public Hearings were held November
17, 2009 in Lake City, Florida, and
November 24, 2009 in Baldwin,
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Comment Request for Information
Collection for Evaluation of the
Technology-Based Learning Grants:
New Collection
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
(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 a new data collection effort
for the Technology-Based Learning
Grants Evaluation.
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
May 18, 2010.
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ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to Jonathan Simonetta, Room N–5641,
Employment and Training
Administration, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Telephone number: 202–693–3911 (this
is not a toll-free number). Fax: 202–693–
2766. E-mail:
Simonetta.jonathan@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Evaluation of the TechnologyBased Learning (TBL) Grants is a twoyear evaluation of grantees funded
under the Employment and Training
Administration’s (ETA) TBL Initiative
(73 FR 35155 (June 20, 2008)) to
implement TBL programs that increase
worker access to training in a timely and
effective manner, while simultaneously
stimulating the development of new and
innovative models and uses for TBL in
the public workforce system. The
evaluation will document and assess
learners’ experiences and outcomes
related to participating in such a
program, and the implications for the
public workforce system.
As a key part of the TBL evaluation,
ETA’s contractor will collect
administrative data from grantees and
administer a customer survey. The
customer survey will provide
information on customer satisfaction
and participant outcomes, and thus
inform future TBL projects. Since
grantees are presently reporting only
limited data about TBL participants to
ETA, reasons for participation,
challenges to participation, other
workforce services received, and, of
particular importance, satisfaction with
TBL training and services would not
otherwise be available in the absence of
the survey. Thus, in order to more
thoroughly evaluate the TBL program,
participation, outcomes and satisfaction
data will be gathered from both the
limited administrative data and the
customer survey.
The survey will be conducted online
and will provide basic demographic,
programmatic, and outcome information
on participants in TBL programs, and
supply participants’ contact information
for survey administration.
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;
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* 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.
Title: Evaluation of the TechnologyBased Learning Grants.
OMB Number: 1205–0NEW.
Affected Public: Individuals.
Form(s): n/a.
Total Respondents: 1,500.
Frequency: One-time survey.
Total Responses: 1,050.
Average Time per Response: 20
minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 350
(see table 1, below).
Total Burden Cost for Respondents:
$17,991.
TABLE 1—ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS
Activity
Sample size
Response rate
Monthly Administrative Data Requests .....
Final Administrative Data Request ............
Customer Survey .......................................
........................
........................
1,500
Number of
respondents
........................
........................
70%
20
20
1,050
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tanya Sandros, Deputy General
Counsel, or Stephen Ruwe, Attorney
Advisor, Copyright GC/I&R, P.O. Box
70400, Washington, DC 20024.
Telephone: (202) 707–8380. Telefax:
(202) 707–8366.
Dated: March 15, 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and
Training Administration.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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Copyright Royalty Judges’ Authority to
Subpoena a Nonparticipant to Appear
and Give Testimony or to Produce and
Permit Inspection of Documents or
Tangible Things
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AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of
Congress.
ACTION: Final order.
SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty
Judges, acting pursuant to statute,
referred a material question of
substantive law to the Register of
Copyrights concerning their authority to
subpoena a nonparticipant to appear
and give testimony or to produce and
permit inspection of documents or
tangible things. The Register of
Copyrights responded by delivering a
Memorandum Opinion to the Copyright
Royalty Board on February 23, 2010.
DATES: Effective Date: February 23,
2010.
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In the
Copyright Royalty and Distribution
Reform Act of 2004, Congress amended
Title 17 to replace the copyright
arbitration royalty panels with the
Copyright Royalty Judges (‘‘CRJs’’). One
of the functions of the CRJs is to make
determinations and adjustments of
reasonable terms and rates of royalty
payments as provided in sections
112(e), 114, 115, 116, 118, 119 and 1004
of the Copyright Act. The CRJs have the
authority to request from the Register of
Copyrights (‘‘Register’’) an interpretation
of any material question of substantive
law that relates to the construction of
provisions of Title 17 and arises during
the proceeding before the CRJs. See 17
U.S.C. 802(f)(1)(A)(ii).
On January 28, 2010, the CRJs
delivered to the Register an Order
referring a material question of
substantive law for determination by the
Register: ‘‘Whether the Copyright
Royalty Judges have authority under the
Copyright Act to subpoena a
nonparticipant to appear and give
testimony or to produce and permit
inspection of documents or tangible
things?’’ The CRJs also delivered to the
Register the briefs filed with the CRJs by
RealNetworks, Inc., Live365, Inc.,
SoundExchange, Inc., CBS Interactive,
Inc., Pandora Media, Inc., and Slacker,
Inc. in connection with a motion
seeking the issuance of subpoenas to
nonparty witnesses, as well as the
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Once ............
Time per
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120
240
20
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hours
280
80
350
transcripts of a hearing regarding
consideration of that motion.
The Order stated that the CRJs were
requesting an interpretation of a
material question of substantive law
pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 802(f)(1)(A)(ii),
which allows a 14–day response period.
However, section 802(f)(1)(B)(i)
provides that when the CRJs request a
decision by the Register on ‘‘a novel
material question of substantive law
concerning an interpretation of those
provisions of this title that are the
subject of the proceeding’’ (emphasis
added), the Register shall transmit her
decision within a 30–day response
period. A novel question of law is one
that ‘‘has not been determined in prior
decisions, determinations, and rulings
described in section 803(a).’’ Id. On
February 11, the Register advised the
CRJs that she had determined that the
material question of law that is the
subject of the Order is novel because it
has not been determined in prior
decisions, determinations, and rulings
described in 17 U.S.C. 803(a). See 17
U.S.C. 802(f)(1)(B)(ii).
On February 23, the Register
responded in a Memorandum Opinion
to the CRJs that addressed the novel
material question of law. To provide the
public with notice of the decision
rendered by the Register, the
Memorandum Opinion is reproduced in
its entirety, below. The timely delivery
of the Register’s response requires that
‘‘the Copyright Royalty Judges shall
apply the legal determinations
embodied in the decision of the Register
of Copyrights in resolving material
questions of substantive law.’’ See 17
U.S.C. 802(f)(1)(B)(I).
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Comment Request for Information Collection for Evaluation of the
Technology-Based Learning Grants: New Collection
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 (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 a new data collection effort for the Technology-
Based Learning Grants Evaluation.
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 May 18, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Jonathan Simonetta, Room N-5641,
Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-3911 (this is not a
toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-2766. E-mail:
Simonetta.jonathan@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Evaluation of the Technology-Based Learning (TBL) Grants is a
two-year evaluation of grantees funded under the Employment and
Training Administration's (ETA) TBL Initiative (73 FR 35155 (June 20,
2008)) to implement TBL programs that increase worker access to
training in a timely and effective manner, while simultaneously
stimulating the development of new and innovative models and uses for
TBL in the public workforce system. The evaluation will document and
assess learners' experiences and outcomes related to participating in
such a program, and the implications for the public workforce system.
As a key part of the TBL evaluation, ETA's contractor will collect
administrative data from grantees and administer a customer survey. The
customer survey will provide information on customer satisfaction and
participant outcomes, and thus inform future TBL projects. Since
grantees are presently reporting only limited data about TBL
participants to ETA, reasons for participation, challenges to
participation, other workforce services received, and, of particular
importance, satisfaction with TBL training and services would not
otherwise be available in the absence of the survey. Thus, in order to
more thoroughly evaluate the TBL program, participation, outcomes and
satisfaction data will be gathered from both the limited administrative
data and the customer survey.
The survey will be conducted online and will provide basic
demographic, programmatic, and outcome information on participants in
TBL programs, and supply participants' contact information for survey
administration.
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;
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* 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.
Title: Evaluation of the Technology-Based Learning Grants.
OMB Number: 1205-0NEW.
Affected Public: Individuals.
Form(s): n/a.
Total Respondents: 1,500.
Frequency: One-time survey.
Total Responses: 1,050.
Average Time per Response: 20 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 350 (see table 1, below).
Total Burden Cost for Respondents: $17,991.
Table 1--Estimated Burden Hours
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Time per
Activity Sample size Response rate Number of Frequency response Total burden
respondents (minutes) hours
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Monthly Administrative Data Requests..... .............. .............. 20 7............................ 120 280
Final Administrative Data Request........ .............. .............. 20 Once......................... 240 80
Customer Survey.......................... 1,500 70% 1,050 Once......................... 20 350
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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: March 15, 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
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