Comment Request for Information Collection for Jobs for Veterans Act Priority of Service Provisions: OMB Control No. 1205-0468, Extension Without Revisions, 17771 [2010-7816]

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• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 17771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7816]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Comment Request for Information Collection for Jobs for Veterans 
Act Priority of Service Provisions: OMB Control No. 1205-0468, 
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 extension of OMB Control No. 1205-0468, Jobs 
for Veterans Act, Priority of Service Provisions (currently expires 
July 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 June 7, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Michael Qualter, Office of 
Workforce Investment, Room S-4209, Employment and Training 
Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. 
Telephone number: 202-693-3014 (this is not a toll-free number). Fax: 
202-693-3587. E-mail: Qualter.Michael@dol.gov, subject line: JVA 
Priority of Services ICR Extension.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The Jobs for Veterans Act of 2002 enacted a new priority of service 
requirement for veterans and eligible spouses in all DOL-funded 
employment and training programs (codified at 38 U.S.C. 4215). The 
Department of Labor (DOL) has implemented that requirement through 
issuance of a final rule at 20 CFR Part 1010, which took effect on 
January 19, 2009. In conjunction with the issuance of the final rule on 
priority of service, DOL also published an ICR which was approved by 
OMB under OMB Control Number 1205-0468. Prior to the publication of the 
Final Rule on December 19, 2008, DOL had received OMB approval of the 
Workforce Investment Streamlined Performance Reporting (WISPR) System, 
under OMB Control Number 1205-0469.
    The Department originally intended that both of these new 
requirements would be implemented for PY 2009. To minimize the impact 
of these requirements upon the States, it also was DOL's intent to 
implement the specific priority of service reporting requirement in 
conjunction with the implementation of the generic integrated reporting 
and performance measurement requirement. However, the approval of the 
priority of service reporting requirement also includes a back-up plan 
for collecting the required information within the context of the 
current reporting and performance measurement systems. Early in 2009, 
DOL, with OMB's concurrence, delayed the implementation of both 
requirements in light of the impact of the current recession on the 
public workforce system, as well as the impact of the various 
initiatives authorized under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act 
(ARRA), in response to the recession.
    It is the Department's intent to implement both reporting 
requirements as soon as circumstances permit. Therefore, this extension 
is requested so that the DOL will retain the option to implement the 
priority of service reporting requirement as soon as possible, whether 
in conjunction with the implementation of the new system or 
independently within the context of the current reporting and 
performance measurement systems.

II. Review Focus

    The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments 
which:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submissions of responses.

III. Current Actions

    Type of Review: Extension without change.
    Title: Jobs for Veterans Act Priority of Services Provisions.
    OMB Number: 1205-0468.
    Affected Public: Administrators of qualified job training programs, 
as defined in the Jobs for Veterans Act, Section 4215(a)(2), Covered 
Entrants, and New Covered Participants.
    Form(s): Priority of Service Aggregate Quarterly Report and 
Individual Record Data Elements.
    Total Respondents: 237.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Annual Responses: 948 (237 x 4 times per year).
    Average Time per Response: 168.7 hours (includes the time needed to 
complete over 1.5 million individual records).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 159,429.
    Total Burden Cost for Respondents: 0.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be 
summarized and/or included in the request for the Office of Management 
and Budget's approval of this information collection request; they will 
also become a matter of public record.

    Signed: at Washington, DC, this 1st day of April 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
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