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Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs (OWCP), Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, Telephone:
202–395–6929/Fax: 202–395–6881
(these are not toll-free numbers), e-mail:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact the
DOL Information Management Team by
e-mail at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of
1977, as amended, 30 U.S.C. 936, 30
U.S.C. 941 and 20 CFR 725.553(e)
authorizes the Division of Coal Mine
Worker’s Compensation (DCMWC) to
help determine continuing eligibility of
primary beneficiaries receiving black
lung benefits from the Disability Trust
Fund. To verify and update on a regular
basis factors that affect a beneficiary’s
entitlement to benefits, including
income, marital status, receipt of State
Worker’s Compensation, and dependent
status.
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless it is
approved by the OMB under the PRA
and displays a currently valid OMB
Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information if the
collection of information does not
display a valid OMB control number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The
DOL obtains OMB approval for this
information collection under OMB
Control Number 1240–0028. The current
OMB approval is scheduled to expire on
June 30, 2011; however, it should be
noted that information collections
submitted to the OMB receive a monthto-month extension while they undergo
review. For additional information, see
the related notice published in the
Federal Register on March 14, 2011 (76
FR 13669).
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the OMB, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs at
the address shown in the ADDRESSES
section within 30 days of publication of
this notice in the Federal Register. In
order to help ensure appropriate
consideration, comments should
reference OMB Control Number 1240–
0028. The OMB is particularly
interested in comments that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
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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 submission of
responses.
Agency: Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs (OWCP).
Title of Collection: Report of Changes
That May Affect Your Black Lung
Benefits.
OMB Control Number: 1240–0028.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 55,000.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 55,000.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 12,627.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Linda Watts-Thomas,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Disability Employment Policy
Proposed Information Collection
Request
ACTION:
Notice.
The U.S. 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 Office
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of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
of the Department of Labor (DOL) is
soliciting comments concerning the
proposed collection of information for
the Evaluation of the Employment and
Training Administration/Office of
Disability Employment Policy Disability
Employment Initiative (DEI).
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: Submit comments on or before
August 19, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to the Office of Disability Employment
Policy, Room S–1303, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,
Attention: Richard Horne, Director,
Division of Policy Planning and
Research.
Telephone number: (202) 693–7880.
Fax: (202) 693–7888.
E-mail: horne.richard@dol.gov.
Instructions: Please submit one copy
of your comments by only one method.
All submissions received must include
the agency name and collection name
identified above for this information
collection. Because we continue to
experience delays in receiving mail in
the Washington, DC area, commenters
are strongly encouraged to transmit their
comments electronically via e-mail or to
submit them by mail early. Comments,
including any personal information
provided, become a matter of public
record. They will be summarized and/
or included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Horne, Director, Division of
Policy Planning & Research, Office of
Disability Employment Policy, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S–1303, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–7880
(this is not a toll free number). Copies
of this notice may be obtained in
alternative formats (Large print, Braille,
Audio Tape, or Disc), upon request by
calling (202) 693–7880 (this is not a tollfree number). TTY/TTD callers may dial
(202) 693–7881 to obtain information or
to request materials in alternative
formats.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Combined Appropriation Act of
2010, Division D of Public Law 111–
117, includes $12 million in funds to
DOL’s Employment and Training
Administration (ETA) and $12 million
to ODEP to develop and implement a
plan for improving effective and
meaningful participation of persons
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with disabilities in the workforce and to
evaluate the impact of the DEI. At
present, the employment rate of people
with disabilities is just 21 percent,
compared with a rate of 70 percent
among individuals without disabilities
(DOL, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2010).
The DEI is designed to reduce this
discrepancy by helping states: (1)
Improve educational, training, and
employment opportunities and
outcomes of youth and adults with
disabilities who are unemployed,
underemployed, and/or receiving Social
Security disability benefits; and (2) help
individuals with disabilities find a path
to the middle class through exemplary
and model service delivery by the
public workforce system (DOL, 2010).
In September 2010, Alaska, Arkansas,
Delaware, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, New
Jersey, New York and Virginia received
three-year grants to implement the DEI
in randomly assigned local workforce
investment areas (LWIAs). The DEI
grantees are required to implement five
program requirements: (1) Hire a State
DEI Project Lead; (2) hire a Disability
Resource Coordinator (DRC) at each DEI
site; (3) maintain One-Stop Career
Center accessibility; (4) have each DEI
site participate in the Ticket to Work
program as an Employment Network;
and (5) plan for sustaining DEI activities
after the three-year grant period. In
addition, grantees are required to
incorporate at least two of the following
seven program design strategies: (1)
Integrated resource teams; (2) integrated
resources; (3) customized employment;
(4) self-employment; (5) implementation
of the Guideposts for Success; (6) asset
development strategies; and (7)
partnerships and collaboration.
The purpose of the DEI evaluation is
to understand and assess DEI program
start-up and implementation, DEI
program efforts to create system change
in the workforce development system,
and measures of DEI program impact
and customer outcomes. DEI evaluation
findings will be shared with ODEP,
ETA, and other entities within DOL; DEI
grantees; and other organizations
involved in disability employment
policy and practice to help them: (1)
Make ‘‘mid-stream’’ adjustments during
the grant period; (2) replicate successful
program strategies and approaches used
by DEI grantees; and (3) support
improvements in the workforce
development system nationwide. DEI
evaluation findings will also be used to
improve program activities and services
to customers and support DEI grantees
and their partners in the development of
systems that increase access and
availability to employment and
employment preparation services for
customers with disabilities, including
Ticket to Work participants and other
Social Security disability beneficiaries.
Data collection for this evaluation
includes two types of data collection
activities: (1) Annual site visits to the
nine DEI grantees and (2)
implementation of the DEI data system.
For the Annual Site Visits, the DEI
Evaluation Team will make two visits to
each of the nine DEI grantees, one in
2012 and one in 2013. Interviews will
be conducted with the DEI state lead,
Disability Resource Coordinators,
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
directors, One-Stop Career Center
managers, One-Stop staff members, and
agency partners and employers.
Additionally, eight to ten One-Stop
customers will be asked to participate in
a customer focus group. The domains to
be investigated include: The current
status at baseline and change in
grantees’ workforce development system
at follow-up; grantee customer
characteristics; implementation of the
five grant requirements; implementation
of the grantee’s selected program design
strategies; program implementation
challenges; and systems change. The
second data collection activity, the DEI
data system, is designed to collect
information not contained in the
Workforce Investment Act Standardized
Record Data (WIASRD) and WagnerPeyser administrative data systems,
including additional demographic,
outcome and service utilization data.
Data for the DEI data system will be
collected according to each grantee’s
preferred mode of data collection and
reporting, and will be integrated with
their usual data collection processes.
Uploading of DEI data system data from
DEI grantees will occur on a quarterly
basis.
II. Review Focus
DOL is interested in comments that:
* Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary,
and 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.
III. Current Actions
Agency: Department of Labor, Office
of Disability Employment Policy.
Title: Evaluation of the Employment
and Training Administration/Office of
Disability Employment Policy Disability
Employment Initiative (DEI)
Annual Site Visits
Total Respondents: Approximately
542. As shown in the table below, the
number of respondents per grantee
depends on the number of LWIAs
participating in the DEI evaluation. Each
DEI State Lead, DRC and WIB Director
will be interviewed in each state and
two One-Stop and partners/employers
will be interviewed per Local Workforce
Investment Board (LWIB). In states that
have one LWIB, one customer focus
group will be conducted; in the states
with more than one LWIB, three focus
groups will be conducted.
Frequency: The DEI Evaluation Team
will make two visits to each of the nine
DEI grantees, one in 2012 and one in
2013.
Average Time per Response: Partners
and employers from small entities will
participate in interviews that are 45
minutes in duration. All other
interviews will be 60 minutes in
duration.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: The
cumulative hours of burden due to the
site visits to DEI grantees for the entire
project period is 1,228 for two annual
rounds of site visits.
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ESTIMATED ANNUAL HOURS OF BURDEN DUE TO SITE VISITS
DEI state lead
DRC
One-stop staff
Partners & employers*
State
# of resp.
Alaska ..............................
Arkansas ..........................
Delaware ..........................
Illinois ...............................
Kansas .............................
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ESTIMATED ANNUAL HOURS OF BURDEN DUE TO SITE VISITS—Continued
DEI state lead
DRC
One-stop staff
Partners & employers*
State
# of resp.
Hrs/resp.
# of resp.
Hrs/resp.
# of resp.
Hrs/resp.
# of resp.
Hrs/resp.
Maine ...............................
New Jersey ......................
New York .........................
Virginia .............................
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
4
6
20
8
2
2
2
2
6
16
40
18
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
6
16
40
18
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.75
Total ..........................
9
18
57
18
116
4.5
116
6.75
ESTIMATED ANNUAL HOURS OF BURDEN DUE TO SITE VISITS (CONTINUED)
WIB director
Focus groups
State
# of resp.
Hrs/resp.
# of resp.
Hrs/resp.
Total hours
per year
Cumulative
total over 2
years
Alaska ......................................................
Arkansas ..................................................
Delaware ..................................................
Illinois .......................................................
Kansas .....................................................
Maine .......................................................
New Jersey ..............................................
New York .................................................
Virginia .....................................................
1
8
1
4
4
3
8
20
9
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
9
24
9
24
24
24
24
24
24
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
29
74
27
60
56
56.5
78
148
85.5
58
148
54
120
112
113
156
296
171
Total ..................................................
58
9
186
13.5
614
1,228
DEI Data System
Total Respondents: To determine the
number of customers with disabilities
from whom data will be collected via
the DEI data system, the numbers of FY
2009 WIASRD and Wagner-Peyser
services users were obtained from the
DEI grant applications for the LWIAs
selected to participate in the DEI
evaluation. These numbers were then
reduced by 11 percent (based on
information reported in Livermore &
Coleman 2010) to obtain an approximate
unduplicated count of customers with
disabilities, for a total of 43,756
respondents.
Frequency: Because the DEI
evaluation includes baseline and followup data collection, burden on customers
and staff will occur twice.
Average Time per Response: For each
data collection point, customers with
disabilities and staff will spend on
average 4.8 minutes completing the DEI
data collection form per point of contact
(baseline or follow-up), as determined
by a pilot test with 9 One-Stop
customers.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: The
burden estimate for the DEI data system
for the entire study period is 12,352
hours.
DEI DATA SYSTEM BURDEN ESTIMATES
# of customers
with disabilities
(CWD) in FY
2009
State
2 staff contact
points
2 CWD contact points
Time to complete the DEI
data system at
intake & outcome
Total hours
burden per
year
Total hours
burden per
study period
5,471
893
317
3,465
997
3,098
3,950
17,835
7,730
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
4.82
4.82
4.82
4.82
4.82
4.82
4.82
4.82
4.82
193
32
11
122
35
110
140
630
273
387
63
22
245
70
219
279
1,261
546
Total ..................................................
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Alaska ......................................................
Arkansas ..................................................
Delaware ..................................................
Illinois .......................................................
Kansas .....................................................
Maine .......................................................
New Jersey ..............................................
New York .................................................
Virginia .....................................................
45,756
........................
........................
........................
1,547
3,093
* The 11% assumption is based on a comparison of unduplicated and total counts of Social Security disability program beneficiaries who used
WIA and Wagner Peyser services in 2005 and 2006 in three states, as shown in Livermore, Gina, and Silvie Colman. ‘‘Use of One-Stops by Social Security Disability Beneficiaries in Four States Implementing Disability Program Navigator Initiatives.’’ Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy
Research, May 2010.
Frequency: Twice.
Total Responses: 43,756 respondents.
Average Time per Response: 4.8
minutes.
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hours.
Total Burden Cost: $0.
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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
ICR; they will also become a matter of
public record.
Signed: at Washington, DC, this 26th day
of May, 2011.
Kathleen Martinez,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Disability
Employment Policy.
Authority: Section 21 of the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970, (29 U.S.C.
670), Public Law 111–117, and Public Law
112–10.
Signed at Washington, DC on June 15,
2011.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Nixon Presidential Historical Materials;
Opening of Materials
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
AGENCY:
National Archives and Records
Administration.
ACTION: Notice of Opening of Additional
Materials.
Susan Harwood Training Grant
Program, FY 2011
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notification of Funding
Opportunity for Susan Harwood
Training Grant Program, FY 2011.
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AGENCY:
Funding Opportunity No.: SHTG–FY–
11–01.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance No.: 17.502.
SUMMARY: This notice announces
availability of approximately $4.7
million for Susan Harwood Training
Program grants under the following
categories: Capacity Building
Developmental, Capacity Building Pilot,
Targeted Topic Training, and Training
and Educational Materials Development
grants.
DATES: Grant applications must be
received electronically by the
Grants.gov system no later than 4:30
p.m., E.T., on Wednesday, July 20, 2011,
the application deadline date.
ADDRESSES: The complete Susan
Harwood Training Grant Program
solicitation for grant applications and
all information needed to apply for this
funding opportunity are available at the
Grants.gov Web site, https://
www.grants.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions regarding this solicitation for
grant applications should be e-mailed to
HarwoodGrants@dol.gov or directed to
Kimberly Mason, Program Analyst, or
Jim Barnes, Director, Office of Training
and Educational Programs, at 847–759–
7700 (note this is not a toll-free
number). To obtain further information
on the Susan Harwood Training Grant
Program, visit the OSHA Web site at:
https://www.osha.gov, select the
‘‘Training’’ tab, and then select ‘‘Susan
Harwood Training Grant Program.’’
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This notice announces the
opening of additional Nixon
Presidential Historical Materials by the
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and
Museum, a division of the National
Archives and Records Administration.
Notice is hereby given that, in
accordance with section 104 of Title I of
the Presidential Recordings and
Materials Preservation Act (PRMPA, 44
U.S.C. 2111 note) and 1275.42(b) of the
PRMPA Regulations implementing the
Act (36 CFR part 1275), the Agency has
identified, inventoried, and prepared for
public access additional textual
materials and sound recordings from
among the Nixon Presidential Historical
Materials.
DATES: The Richard Nixon Presidential
Library and Museum intends to make
the materials described in this notice
available to the public on Wednesday,
July 20, 2011, at the Richard Nixon
Library and Museum’s primary location
in Yorba Linda, CA, beginning at 9:30
a.m. (P.D.T.). In accordance with 36 CFR
1275.44, any person who believes it
necessary to file a claim of legal right or
privilege concerning access to these
materials must notify the Archivist of
the United States in writing of the
claimed right, privilege, or defense
within 30 days of the publication of this
notice.
ADDRESSES: The Richard Nixon
Presidential Library and Museum, a
division of the National Archives, is
located at 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd.,
Yorba Linda, CA. Researchers must have
a NARA researcher card, which they
may obtain when they arrive at the
facility. Petitions asserting a legal or
constitutional right or privilege that
would prevent or limit public access to
the materials must be sent to the
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Archivist of the United States, National
Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi
Rd., College Park, Maryland 20740–
6001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Timothy Naftali, Director, Richard
Nixon Presidential Library and
Museum, 714–983–9120.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following materials will be made
available in accordance with this notice:
1. Previously restricted textual
materials. Volume: 3.5 cubic feet. A
number of textual materials previously
withheld from public access have been
reviewed for release and/or declassified
under the systematic declassification
review provisions and under the
mandatory review provisions of
Executive Order 13526, the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), or in
accordance with 36 CFR 1275.56 (Public
Access regulations). The materials are
from integral file segments for the
National Security Council (NSC Files
and NSC Institutional Files); the Henry
A. Kissinger (HAK) Office Files; and
White House Special Files, Staff
Member and Office Files.
2. White House Central Files, Staff
Member and Office Files. Volume: 260
cubic feet. The White House Central
Files Unit was a permanent organization
within the White House complex that
maintained a central filing and retrieval
system for the records of the President
and his staff. The Staff Member and
Office Files consist of materials that
were transferred to the Central Files but
were not incorporated into the Subject
Files. The following file groups will be
made available: David R. Gergen,
William E. Timmons.
3. White House Central Files, Staff
Member and Office Files, Miscellaneous
Series: Submission of Presidential
Conversations to the Committee on the
Judiciary of the House of
Representatives by President Richard
Nixon, April 30, 1974. Volume: 1 cubic
foot.
4. White House Central Files, Name
Files: Volume: 1.5 cubic feet. The Name
Files were used for routine materials
filed alphabetically by the name of the
correspondent; copies of documents in
the Name Files were usually filed by
subject in the Subject Files. The
following Name Files folders will be
made available: Baranowski, Frank;
Black, Shirley Temple; Eastland, James
O. (Senator); Graham, Billy; Konop;
Litw; Booth, S.; Pulask; Rebozo, C. G.;
Robert Allen; Richer, Evangeline;
Rodriguez, Cleto L.; Williams, Paul.
5. Office of Presidential Papers and
Archives. Exit Interviews. Volume:
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Disability Employment Policy
Proposed Information Collection Request
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. 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 Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) of the
Department of Labor (DOL) is soliciting comments concerning the
proposed collection of information for the Evaluation of the Employment
and Training Administration/Office of Disability Employment Policy
Disability Employment Initiative (DEI).
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: Submit comments on or before August 19, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Office of Disability
Employment Policy, Room S-1303, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Richard Horne, Director, Division of
Policy Planning and Research.
Telephone number: (202) 693-7880.
Fax: (202) 693-7888.
E-mail: horne.richard@dol.gov.
Instructions: Please submit one copy of your comments by only one
method. All submissions received must include the agency name and
collection name identified above for this information collection.
Because we continue to experience delays in receiving mail in the
Washington, DC area, commenters are strongly encouraged to transmit
their comments electronically via e-mail or to submit them by mail
early. Comments, including any personal information provided, become a
matter of public record. They will be summarized and/or included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget approval of the information
collection request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Horne, Director, Division of
Policy Planning & Research, Office of Disability Employment Policy,
U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-1303, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-7880 (this is not a toll free
number). Copies of this notice may be obtained in alternative formats
(Large print, Braille, Audio Tape, or Disc), upon request by calling
(202) 693-7880 (this is not a toll-free number). TTY/TTD callers may
dial (202) 693-7881 to obtain information or to request materials in
alternative formats.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Combined Appropriation Act of 2010, Division D of Public Law
111-117, includes $12 million in funds to DOL's Employment and Training
Administration (ETA) and $12 million to ODEP to develop and implement a
plan for improving effective and meaningful participation of persons
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with disabilities in the workforce and to evaluate the impact of the
DEI. At present, the employment rate of people with disabilities is
just 21 percent, compared with a rate of 70 percent among individuals
without disabilities (DOL, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2010). The DEI
is designed to reduce this discrepancy by helping states: (1) Improve
educational, training, and employment opportunities and outcomes of
youth and adults with disabilities who are unemployed, underemployed,
and/or receiving Social Security disability benefits; and (2) help
individuals with disabilities find a path to the middle class through
exemplary and model service delivery by the public workforce system
(DOL, 2010).
In September 2010, Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois, Kansas,
Maine, New Jersey, New York and Virginia received three-year grants to
implement the DEI in randomly assigned local workforce investment areas
(LWIAs). The DEI grantees are required to implement five program
requirements: (1) Hire a State DEI Project Lead; (2) hire a Disability
Resource Coordinator (DRC) at each DEI site; (3) maintain One-Stop
Career Center accessibility; (4) have each DEI site participate in the
Ticket to Work program as an Employment Network; and (5) plan for
sustaining DEI activities after the three-year grant period. In
addition, grantees are required to incorporate at least two of the
following seven program design strategies: (1) Integrated resource
teams; (2) integrated resources; (3) customized employment; (4) self-
employment; (5) implementation of the Guideposts for Success; (6) asset
development strategies; and (7) partnerships and collaboration.
The purpose of the DEI evaluation is to understand and assess DEI
program start-up and implementation, DEI program efforts to create
system change in the workforce development system, and measures of DEI
program impact and customer outcomes. DEI evaluation findings will be
shared with ODEP, ETA, and other entities within DOL; DEI grantees; and
other organizations involved in disability employment policy and
practice to help them: (1) Make ``mid-stream'' adjustments during the
grant period; (2) replicate successful program strategies and
approaches used by DEI grantees; and (3) support improvements in the
workforce development system nationwide. DEI evaluation findings will
also be used to improve program activities and services to customers
and support DEI grantees and their partners in the development of
systems that increase access and availability to employment and
employment preparation services for customers with disabilities,
including Ticket to Work participants and other Social Security
disability beneficiaries.
Data collection for this evaluation includes two types of data
collection activities: (1) Annual site visits to the nine DEI grantees
and (2) implementation of the DEI data system. For the Annual Site
Visits, the DEI Evaluation Team will make two visits to each of the
nine DEI grantees, one in 2012 and one in 2013. Interviews will be
conducted with the DEI state lead, Disability Resource Coordinators,
Workforce Investment Board (WIB) directors, One-Stop Career Center
managers, One-Stop staff members, and agency partners and employers.
Additionally, eight to ten One-Stop customers will be asked to
participate in a customer focus group. The domains to be investigated
include: The current status at baseline and change in grantees'
workforce development system at follow-up; grantee customer
characteristics; implementation of the five grant requirements;
implementation of the grantee's selected program design strategies;
program implementation challenges; and systems change. The second data
collection activity, the DEI data system, is designed to collect
information not contained in the Workforce Investment Act Standardized
Record Data (WIASRD) and Wagner-Peyser administrative data systems,
including additional demographic, outcome and service utilization data.
Data for the DEI data system will be collected according to each
grantee's preferred mode of data collection and reporting, and will be
integrated with their usual data collection processes. Uploading of DEI
data system data from DEI grantees will occur on a quarterly basis.
II. Review Focus
DOL is interested in comments that:
* Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary, and 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.
III. Current Actions
Agency: Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment
Policy.
Title: Evaluation of the Employment and Training Administration/
Office of Disability Employment Policy Disability Employment Initiative
(DEI)
Annual Site Visits
Total Respondents: Approximately 542. As shown in the table below,
the number of respondents per grantee depends on the number of LWIAs
participating in the DEI evaluation. Each DEI State Lead, DRC and WIB
Director will be interviewed in each state and two One-Stop and
partners/employers will be interviewed per Local Workforce Investment
Board (LWIB). In states that have one LWIB, one customer focus group
will be conducted; in the states with more than one LWIB, three focus
groups will be conducted.
Frequency: The DEI Evaluation Team will make two visits to each of
the nine DEI grantees, one in 2012 and one in 2013.
Average Time per Response: Partners and employers from small
entities will participate in interviews that are 45 minutes in
duration. All other interviews will be 60 minutes in duration.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: The cumulative hours of burden due to
the site visits to DEI grantees for the entire project period is 1,228
for two annual rounds of site visits.
Estimated Annual Hours of Burden Due to Site Visits
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DEI state lead DRC One-stop staff Partners & employers*
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State
of resp. Hrs/resp. of resp. Hrs/resp. of resp. Hrs/resp. of resp. Hrs/resp.
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Alaska.......................................... 1 2 5 2 2 0.5 2 0.75
Arkansas........................................ 1 2 4 2 16 0.5 16 0.75
Delaware........................................ 1 2 4 2 2 0.5 2 0.75
Illinois........................................ 1 2 4 2 8 0.5 8 0.75
Kansas.......................................... 1 2 2 2 8 0.5 8 0.75
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Maine........................................... 1 2 4 2 6 0.5 6 0.75
New Jersey...................................... 1 2 6 2 16 0.5 16 0.75
New York........................................ 1 2 20 2 40 0.5 40 0.75
Virginia........................................ 1 2 8 2 18 0.5 18 0.75
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Total....................................... 9 18 57 18 116 4.5 116 6.75
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Estimated Annual Hours of Burden Due to Site Visits (Continued)
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WIB director Focus groups
---------------------------------------------------------------- Total hours Cumulative
State of of per year total over 2
resp. Hrs/resp. resp. Hrs/resp. years
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Alaska.................................................. 1 1 9 1.5 29 58
Arkansas................................................ 8 1 24 1.5 74 148
Delaware................................................ 1 1 9 1.5 27 54
Illinois................................................ 4 1 24 1.5 60 120
Kansas.................................................. 4 1 24 1.5 56 112
Maine................................................... 3 1 24 1.5 56.5 113
New Jersey.............................................. 8 1 24 1.5 78 156
New York................................................ 20 1 24 1.5 148 296
Virginia................................................ 9 1 24 1.5 85.5 171
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Total............................................... 58 9 186 13.5 614 1,228
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DEI Data System
Total Respondents: To determine the number of customers with
disabilities from whom data will be collected via the DEI data system,
the numbers of FY 2009 WIASRD and Wagner-Peyser services users were
obtained from the DEI grant applications for the LWIAs selected to
participate in the DEI evaluation. These numbers were then reduced by
11 percent (based on information reported in Livermore & Coleman 2010)
to obtain an approximate unduplicated count of customers with
disabilities, for a total of 43,756 respondents.
Frequency: Because the DEI evaluation includes baseline and follow-
up data collection, burden on customers and staff will occur twice.
Average Time per Response: For each data collection point,
customers with disabilities and staff will spend on average 4.8 minutes
completing the DEI data collection form per point of contact (baseline
or follow-up), as determined by a pilot test with 9 One-Stop customers.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: The burden estimate for the DEI data
system for the entire study period is 12,352 hours.
DEI Data System Burden Estimates
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Time to
of complete the
customers with 2 CWD contact 2 staff DEI data Total hours Total hours
State disabilities points contact points system at burden per burden per
(CWD) in FY intake & year study period
2009 outcome
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Alaska.................................................. 5,471 2 2 4.82 193 387
Arkansas................................................ 893 2 2 4.82 32 63
Delaware................................................ 317 2 2 4.82 11 22
Illinois................................................ 3,465 2 2 4.82 122 245
Kansas.................................................. 997 2 2 4.82 35 70
Maine................................................... 3,098 2 2 4.82 110 219
New Jersey.............................................. 3,950 2 2 4.82 140 279
New York................................................ 17,835 2 2 4.82 630 1,261
Virginia................................................ 7,730 2 2 4.82 273 546
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Total............................................... 45,756 .............. .............. .............. 1,547 3,093
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* The 11% assumption is based on a comparison of unduplicated and total counts of Social Security disability program beneficiaries who used WIA and
Wagner Peyser services in 2005 and 2006 in three states, as shown in Livermore, Gina, and Silvie Colman. ``Use of One-Stops by Social Security
Disability Beneficiaries in Four States Implementing Disability Program Navigator Initiatives.'' Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research, May
2010.
Frequency: Twice.
Total Responses: 43,756 respondents.
Average Time per Response: 4.8 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 12,352 hours.
Total Burden Cost: $0.
Note that, due to rounding, the numbers for the totals may differ
from the sum of the component numbers.
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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 ICR; they will also become a matter of public record.
Signed: at Washington, DC, this 26th day of May, 2011.
Kathleen Martinez,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Disability Employment Policy.
[FR Doc. 2011-15297 Filed 6-17-11; 8:45 am]
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