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December 31, 2011; however, it should
be noted that existing information
collection requirements covered by a
submission to the OMB receive a
month-to-month extension while they
undergo review. For additional
information, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
May 24, 2011 (76 FR 30199).
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 1210–
0112. 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
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: Employee Benefits Security
Administration (EBSA).
Title of Collection: Furnishing
Documents to the Secretary of Labor on
Request Under ERISA Section 104(a)(6).
OMB Control Number: 1210–0112.
Affected Public: Private Sector—
Businesses or other for-profits and notfor-profit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 300.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 300.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 22.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $1300.
Dated: December 7, 2011.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Growing
America Through Entrepreneurship II
Evaluation
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting the Employment
and Training Administration (ETA)
proposed information collection request
(ICR) titled, ‘‘Growing America Through
Entrepreneurship II Evaluation,’’ to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval for use
in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.).
DATES: Submit comments on or before
January 12, 2012.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with
applicable supporting documentation;
including a description of the likely
respondents, proposed frequency of
response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov
Web site, https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain, on the day
following publication of this notice or
by contacting Michel Smyth by
telephone at (202) 693–4129 (this is not
a toll-free number) or sending an email
to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Submit comments about this request
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk
Officer for the Department of Labor,
Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Management
and Budget, Room 10235, Washington,
DC 20503, Telephone: (202) 395–6929/
Fax: (202) 395–6881 (these are not tollfree numbers), email:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
SUMMARY:
Contact
Michel Smyth by telephone at (202)
693–4129 (this is not a toll-free number)
or by email at
DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Project
Growing America Through
Entrepreneurship (GATE) was an
experimental design demonstration that
investigated the impact of providing
entrepreneurship training services to
individuals interested in starting or
growing a business. The cornerstone of
the evaluation was random assignment.
A total of 4198 applicants to Project
GATE were randomly assigned to either
a program group or a control group. The
project was implemented in both rural
and urban locations in Maine,
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Pennsylvania, and Minnesota from 2002
to 2009. In Project GATE, treatment
group members were offered an
assessment of their business needs,
classroom training, one-on-one
technical assistance, and assistance in
applying for business financing. A
telephone survey of participants and
control group members was conducted
to collect three waves of data at
approximately six months after random
assignment, 18 months after random
assignment, and 60 months after
random assignment. A process
evaluation as well as an impact
evaluation of the effectiveness of the
GATE model were conducted utilizing
site visits, surveys, and administrative
data.
The proposed evaluation of Project
GATE II grants is necessary for
policymakers and program developers
to determine whether the model can be
successfully implemented for dislocated
workers. This follow-up survey is the
only way to collect information on selfemployment experiences, receipt of
microenterprise services, and household
income.
Project GATE II will be evaluated
using an experimental design.
Individuals that submitted an
application for GATE II in each site and
who met minimal eligibility criteria are
being randomly assigned to either a
program group or a control group.
Members of the program group are
eligible to receive GATE II services,
while members of the control group are
not eligible to receive GATE II services,
although they will not be prohibited
from receiving self-employment services
from other sources.
As already noted, unlike the first
Project GATE demonstration, which was
available to all applicants, services
under GATE II are targeted towards
Workforce Investment Act dislocated
workers. In June 2008, grants were
awarded to implement GATE II in four
states—Alabama, Minnesota, North
Carolina, and Virginia. Two states,
Alabama and North Carolina, were
selected to target services to dislocated
workers in rural areas, while the two
other States, Minnesota and Virginia,
were selected to target dislocated
workers 45 years old and older.
This information collection needed to
conduct the evaluation 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
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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. For
additional information, see the related
notice published in the Federal Register
on May 5, 2011 (76 FR 25723).
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
identify the ICR Reference Number,
201108–1205–006. 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
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: Employment and Training
Administration (ETA).
Title of Collection: Growing America
Through Entrepreneurship II
Evaluation.
OMB ICR Reference Number: 201108–
1205–006.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 1584.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 1584.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 792.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Dated: December 7, 2011.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Notice of Determinations Regarding
Eligibility To Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19
U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor
herein presents summaries of
determinations regarding eligibility to
apply for trade adjustment assistance for
workers by (TA–W) number issued
during the period of November 28, 2011
through December 2, 2011.
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made for workers of
a primary firm and a certification issued
regarding eligibility to apply for worker
adjustment assistance, each of the group
eligibility requirements of Section
222(a) of the Act must be met.
I. Under Section 222(a)(2)(A), the
following must be satisfied:
(1) A significant number or proportion
of the workers in such workers’ firm
have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2) The sales or production, or both,
of such firm have decreased absolutely;
and
(3) One of the following must be
satisfied:
(A) Imports of articles or services like
or directly competitive with articles
produced or services supplied by such
firm have increased;
(B) Imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one
or more component parts produced by
such firm are directly incorporated,
have increased;
(C) Imports of articles directly
incorporating one or more component
parts produced outside the United
States that are like or directly
competitive with imports of articles
incorporating one or more component
parts produced by such firm have
increased;
(D) Imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles which are
produced directly using services
supplied by such firm, have increased;
and
(4) The increase in imports
contributed importantly to such
workers’ separation or threat of
separation and to the decline in the
sales or production of such firm; or
II. Section 222(a)(2)(B) all of the
following must be satisfied:
(1) A significant number or proportion
of the workers in such workers’ firm
have become totally or partially
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separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2) One of the following must be
satisfied:
(A) There has been a shift by the
workers’ firm to a foreign country in the
production of articles or supply of
services like or directly competitive
with those produced/supplied by the
workers’ firm;
(B) There has been an acquisition
from a foreign country by the workers’
firm of articles/services that are like or
directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers’ firm;
and
(3) The shift/acquisition contributed
importantly to the workers’ separation
or threat of separation.
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made for adversely
affected workers in public agencies and
a certification issued regarding
eligibility to apply for worker
adjustment assistance, each of the group
eligibility requirements of Section
222(b) of the Act must be met.
(1) A significant number or proportion
of the workers in the public agency have
become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
(2) The public agency has acquired
from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with services
which are supplied by such agency; and
(3) The acquisition of services
contributed importantly to such
workers’ separation or threat of
separation.
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made for adversely
affected secondary workers of a firm and
a certification issued regarding
eligibility to apply for worker
adjustment assistance, each of the group
eligibility requirements of Section
222(c) of the Act must be met.
(1) A significant number or proportion
of the workers in the workers’ firm have
become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
(2) The workers’ firm is a Supplier or
Downstream Producer to a firm that
employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility
under Section 222(a) of the Act, and
such supply or production is related to
the article or service that was the basis
for such certification; and
(3) Either—
(A) The workers’ firm is a supplier
and the component parts it supplied to
the firm described in paragraph (2)
accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers’ firm;
or
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Growing America Through Entrepreneurship II
Evaluation
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employment and
Training Administration (ETA) proposed information collection request
(ICR) titled, ``Growing America Through Entrepreneurship II
Evaluation,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review
and approval for use in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
DATES: Submit comments on or before January 12, 2012.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation;
including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency
of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained from the
RegInfo.gov Web site, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, on the
day following publication of this notice or by contacting Michel Smyth
by telephone at (202) 693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or
sending an email to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Submit comments about this request to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Department of Labor,
Employment and Training Administration, Office of Management and
Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: (202) 395-6929/
Fax: (202) 395-6881 (these are not toll-free numbers), email: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at (202)
693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Project Growing America Through
Entrepreneurship (GATE) was an experimental design demonstration that
investigated the impact of providing entrepreneurship training services
to individuals interested in starting or growing a business. The
cornerstone of the evaluation was random assignment. A total of 4198
applicants to Project GATE were randomly assigned to either a program
group or a control group. The project was implemented in both rural and
urban locations in Maine, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota from 2002 to
2009. In Project GATE, treatment group members were offered an
assessment of their business needs, classroom training, one-on-one
technical assistance, and assistance in applying for business
financing. A telephone survey of participants and control group members
was conducted to collect three waves of data at approximately six
months after random assignment, 18 months after random assignment, and
60 months after random assignment. A process evaluation as well as an
impact evaluation of the effectiveness of the GATE model were conducted
utilizing site visits, surveys, and administrative data.
The proposed evaluation of Project GATE II grants is necessary for
policymakers and program developers to determine whether the model can
be successfully implemented for dislocated workers. This follow-up
survey is the only way to collect information on self-employment
experiences, receipt of microenterprise services, and household income.
Project GATE II will be evaluated using an experimental design.
Individuals that submitted an application for GATE II in each site and
who met minimal eligibility criteria are being randomly assigned to
either a program group or a control group. Members of the program group
are eligible to receive GATE II services, while members of the control
group are not eligible to receive GATE II services, although they will
not be prohibited from receiving self-employment services from other
sources.
As already noted, unlike the first Project GATE demonstration,
which was available to all applicants, services under GATE II are
targeted towards Workforce Investment Act dislocated workers. In June
2008, grants were awarded to implement GATE II in four states--Alabama,
Minnesota, North Carolina, and Virginia. Two states, Alabama and North
Carolina, were selected to target services to dislocated workers in
rural areas, while the two other States, Minnesota and Virginia, were
selected to target dislocated workers 45 years old and older.
This information collection needed to conduct the evaluation 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
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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. For additional information, see the related
notice published in the Federal Register on May 5, 2011 (76 FR 25723).
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 identify the ICR Reference Number,
201108-1205-006. 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 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: Employment and Training Administration (ETA).
Title of Collection: Growing America Through Entrepreneurship II
Evaluation.
OMB ICR Reference Number: 201108-1205-006.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 1584.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 1584.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 792.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
Dated: December 7, 2011.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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