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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Justice Programs
Employment and Training
Administration
[OJP (NIJ) Docket No. 1612]
Comment Request for Information
Collection for the Registered
Apprenticeship-College Consortium,
New Collection
Criminal Justice Interview Room
Recording System (IRRS) Standard,
Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity
Requirements, and Selection and
Application Guide
AGENCY:
National Institute of Justice,
DOJ.
Notice and request for
Comments.
In an effort to obtain
comments from interested parties, the
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of
Justice Programs, National Institute of
Justice (NIJ) will make available to the
general public three draft documents
related to Interview Room Recording
Systems (IRRS) used by criminal justice
agencies:
1. Draft Criminal Justice IRRS
Standard
2. Draft Criminal Justice IRRS
Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity
Requirements
3. Draft Criminal Justice IRRS
Selection and Application Guide
The opportunity to provide comments
on these documents is open to industry
technical representatives; criminal
justice agencies and organizations;
research, development, and scientific
communities; and all other stakeholders
and interested parties. Those
individuals wishing to obtain and
provide comments on the draft
documents under consideration are
directed to the following Web site:
https://www.justnet.org.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be received by
5 p.m. Eastern Time on February 25,
2013.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Greene, by telephone at (202) 307–
3384 [Note: this is not a toll-free
telephone number], or by email at
mark.greene2@usdoj.gov.
John H. Laub,
Director, National Institute of Justice.
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The Department of Labor
(Department), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to
provide the 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 [44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program
helps 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, ETA is soliciting comments
on the current data collection for the
Registered Apprenticeship-College
Consortium (RACC). The RACC exists to
facilitate applying the Registered
Apprenticeship completion certificate
towards college credit. RACC postsecondary members agree to accept
apprentice graduates from member
Registered Apprenticeship sponsors
who have the approximate amount of
credit toward college that has been
designated by a third party evaluator.
The Department has modeled the RACC
after the Servicemembers Opportunities
Colleges Consortium supported by the
Department of Defense.
The RACC data collection includes
three application forms to join the
consortium, differentiated by
membership type:
(1) The application for Registered
Apprenticeship sponsors requests
contact
information for the national, regional
or single guideline standards or
program; all participating training
centers, if applicable; and the value of
the apprenticeship program toward
college credit, recommended by a third
party evaluator;
(2) the application for two- and fouryear post-secondary institutions
requests contact, degree and credit
transfer information; and
(3) the application for national,
regional or State organizations that
SUMMARY:
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represent sponsors and/or two- and
four-year post-secondary colleges and
will facilitate membership in the
consortium requests contact information
and the nature of the relationship with
sponsors or colleges.
Subsection II of the Supplementary
Information paragraphs below provides
greater detail on the types of comments
that would be most helpful.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before
March 12, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to Laura Ginsburg, Office of
Apprenticeship, Room N–5306,
Employment and Training
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone
number: 202–693–2796. Individuals
with hearing or speech impairments
may access the telephone number above
via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
Information Relay Service at 1–877–
889–5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax: 202–693–
3799. Email: OA.Administrator@dol.gov.
A copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained
by contacting the office listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Secretary of Labor’s Advisory
Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA),
which includes members from the
employer, labor, and public sectors, has
identified the need to apply the
Registered Apprenticeship completion
certificate for college credit as an
important opportunity for apprentices to
continue on a career pathway, enhance
skill acquisition, and earn an Associates
or Bachelor’s degree. Increased
articulation agreements between
Registered Apprenticeship program
sponsors and colleges will create a new
pipeline of degree-seekers and enhance
the competitiveness of American
industry by enlarging the pool of highlytrained workers that possess in-demand
skills and competencies.
Registered Apprenticeship pairs paid
on-the-job learning with related
technical/theoretical classes in a career
field. The earn-while-you-learn model
offers job seekers immediate
employment opportunities that pay
good wages and offer career growth,
highly-esteemed and useful life/skill
sets, portable credentials that are
nationally (and often globally)
recognized, and the opportunity for
participants to apply their
apprenticeship training to two- and
four-year college programs. DOL’s
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
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Training, Jane Oates, and the
Department of Education’s (DOE)
Assistant Secretary for Vocational and
Adult Education (OVAE), Brenda DannMessier, is undertaking a joint effort, at
the recommendation of the ACA, to
increase articulation agreements
between post-secondary education
institutions and Registered
Apprenticeship program sponsors. An
ad-hoc workgroup of the ACA,
composed of ACA members, community
college leaders, Registered
Apprenticeship sponsors, American
Association of Community Colleges
(AACC) representatives, and leadership
from DOL’s Office of Apprenticeship
(OA) and DOE/OVAE has developed the
framework for the articulation
consortium, including goals, principles
and membership criteria which was
adopted unanimously by the full ACA at
its May 9–10, 2012 meeting. The SOC is
a consortium of colleges supported by
the Department of Defense that provides
college articulation for soldiers and
veterans who accumulate credits at a
number of colleges.
DOL has shared this framework for
feedback and refinement with a variety
of stakeholder groups, including a wide
range of community college partners as
well as sponsors of Registered
Apprenticeship programs who
overwhelmingly support the
establishment of the consortium. The
data collection is the application form to
seek membership in the consortium,
which DOL also has based on the SOC
model.
II. Review Focus
The Department 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: New collection.
Title: Registered ApprenticeshipCollege Consortium Membership
Applications.
OMB Number: 1205–0NEW.
Affected Public: Registered
Apprenticeship sponsors and graduates
of the programs (journey workers), twoand four-year post-secondary
institutions, national, regional and state
organizations that represent sponsors
and/or post-secondary institutions.
Form(s): Separate application forms
for each group: (1) 2- and 4-year postsecondary institutions, (2) sponsors, (3)
national, regional and state
organizations that represent sponsors
and 2- and 4-year institutions.
Total Annual Respondents
First Year = 602
• 2- and 4-year post-secondary
institutions = 500
• Program Sponsors = 100
• National, Regional, or State
Associations or Other Organizations = 2
Annual Respondents (after the first
year) = 77
• 2- and 4-year post-secondary
institutions = 50
• Program Sponsors = 25
• National, Regional, or State
Associations or Other Organizations = 2
Annual Frequency: once per
respondent, with annual updates as
needed when contact information
changes.
Total Annual Responses:
First Year = 1,237 articulation
agreements
Average number
of articulation
agreements per
institution
Number of institutions
380 ...............................................................................................................................................................
48 .................................................................................................................................................................
30 .................................................................................................................................................................
17 .................................................................................................................................................................
1
3
8
15
Total number of articulation agreements estimated to be entered by two- and four-year colleges during the first year
80 .................................................................................................................................................................
10 .................................................................................................................................................................
6 ...................................................................................................................................................................
4 ...................................................................................................................................................................
380
144
240
255
1,019
Average number
of articulation
agreements per
sponsor
Number of sponsors
Total number of
articulation
agreements
1
3
8
15
Total number of articulation agreements estimated to be entered by program sponsors during the first year
Total number of
articulation
agreements
80
30
48
60
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Annual Responses (after the first year) =
166 articulation agreements
Average number
of articulation
agreements per
institution
Number of institutions
40 .................................................................................................................................................................
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Average number
of articulation
agreements per
institution
Number of institutions
5 ...................................................................................................................................................................
3 ...................................................................................................................................................................
2 ...................................................................................................................................................................
3
8
15
Total number of articulation agreements estimated to be entered by two- and four-year colleges on an annual basis
20 .................................................................................................................................................................
2 ...................................................................................................................................................................
2 ...................................................................................................................................................................
1 ...................................................................................................................................................................
1
3
8
15
Total number of articulation agreements estimated to be entered by program sponsors on an annual basis
Dated: Signed in Washington, DC, on this
2nd day of January, 2013.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training, Labor.
Average Time per Response: 10
minutes per articulation agreement.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours
First Year = 235 hours
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Burden
hours
Application
Two- and Four-Year Post-Secondary Institutions .................
Registered Apprenticeship
Sponsor .................................
Associations and Other Organizations ...................................
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2
Annual Burden Hours (after the first
year) = 30 hours
Two- and Four-Year Post-Secondary Institutions .................
Registered Apprenticeship
Sponsor .................................
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Two- and Four-Year Post-Secondary Institutions .................
Registered Apprenticeship
Sponsor .................................
Associations and Other Organizations ...................................
18
9.5
2
Respondent
cost
$11,280
$2,760
$192
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 ICR; they will
also become a matter of public record.
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Notice of Intent To Renew the Advisory
Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA)
Charter
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Renew
Charter.
Total Annual Burden Cost for
Respondents: $14,232.
Application
Employment and Training
Administration
AGENCY:
Burden
hours
Application
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
The Secretary of Labor has
determined that the renewal of a
national advisory committee on
apprenticeship is necessary and in the
public interest. The Department of
Labor intends to renew the ACA Charter
with revisions. The revisions are not
intended to change the purpose or the
Committee’s original intent. The
revisions are a routine updating of the
Charter to ensure closer alignment with
the Department’s strategic goals and
priorities. The charter for the ACA will
expire on January 31, 2013.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Registered
Apprenticeship is a unique public
private partnership that is highly
dependent on the engagement and
involvement of its stakeholders and
partners for its ongoing operational
effectiveness. Apart from the ACA, there
is no single organization or group with
the broad representation of labor,
employers, and the public available to
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24
30
109
Average number
of articulation
agreements per
sponsor
Number of sponsors
Total number of
articulation
agreements
Total number of
articulation
agreements
20
6
16
15
57
consider the complexities and
relationship of apprenticeship activities
to other training efforts or to provide
advice on such matters to the Secretary
and DOL officials. It is particularly
important to have such considerations
at this time in view of the current
widespread and national interest in the
role apprenticeship can play in
providing career pathways for all
populations in a range of high growth
industries, including healthcare and
manufacturing. For these reasons, the
Secretary of Labor has determined that
the renewal of a national advisory
committee on apprenticeship is
necessary and in the public interest. The
ACA is being renewed to provide advice
and recommendations to the Secretary
on the following: (1) The development
and implementation of policies,
legislation and regulations affecting the
national Registered Apprenticeship
system; (2) strategies that can expand
the use of the Registered Apprenticeship
model in non-traditional industries such
as, but not limited to manufacturing,
energy, and healthcare; (3) ways to more
effectively partner with the public
workforce system and educational
institutions and communities to
leverage Registered Apprenticeship as a
valued post secondary credential; (4) the
development of career pathways that
can lead to good jobs for everyone and
sustained employment for new and
incumbent workers, youth, veterans,
women, minorities and other underutilized and disadvantaged populations;
and (5) efforts to improve performance,
quality and oversight, and utilization of
the national Registered Apprenticeship
system.
The current ACA Charter will expire
on January 31, 2013. The ACA’s Charter
is required to be renewed every two
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Comment Request for Information Collection for the Registered
Apprenticeship-College Consortium, New Collection
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a
pre-clearance consultation program to provide the 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 [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps 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, ETA is soliciting comments on the current data
collection for the Registered Apprenticeship-College Consortium (RACC).
The RACC exists to facilitate applying the Registered Apprenticeship
completion certificate towards college credit. RACC post-secondary
members agree to accept apprentice graduates from member Registered
Apprenticeship sponsors who have the approximate amount of credit
toward college that has been designated by a third party evaluator. The
Department has modeled the RACC after the Servicemembers Opportunities
Colleges Consortium supported by the Department of Defense.
The RACC data collection includes three application forms to join
the consortium, differentiated by membership type:
(1) The application for Registered Apprenticeship sponsors requests
contact
information for the national, regional or single guideline
standards or program; all participating training centers, if
applicable; and the value of the apprenticeship program toward college
credit, recommended by a third party evaluator;
(2) the application for two- and four-year post-secondary
institutions requests contact, degree and credit transfer information;
and
(3) the application for national, regional or State organizations
that represent sponsors and/or two- and four-year post-secondary
colleges and will facilitate membership in the consortium requests
contact information and the nature of the relationship with sponsors or
colleges.
Subsection II of the Supplementary Information paragraphs below
provides greater detail on the types of comments that would be most
helpful.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before March 12, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Laura Ginsburg, Office of
Apprenticeship, Room N-5306, Employment and Training Administration,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20210. Telephone number: 202-693-2796. Individuals with hearing or
speech impairments may access the telephone number above via TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-877-889-
5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax: 202-693-3799. Email: OA.Administrator@dol.gov. A
copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting the office listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Secretary of Labor's Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship
(ACA), which includes members from the employer, labor, and public
sectors, has identified the need to apply the Registered Apprenticeship
completion certificate for college credit as an important opportunity
for apprentices to continue on a career pathway, enhance skill
acquisition, and earn an Associates or Bachelor's degree. Increased
articulation agreements between Registered Apprenticeship program
sponsors and colleges will create a new pipeline of degree-seekers and
enhance the competitiveness of American industry by enlarging the pool
of highly-trained workers that possess in-demand skills and
competencies.
Registered Apprenticeship pairs paid on-the-job learning with
related technical/theoretical classes in a career field. The earn-
while-you-learn model offers job seekers immediate employment
opportunities that pay good wages and offer career growth, highly-
esteemed and useful life/skill sets, portable credentials that are
nationally (and often globally) recognized, and the opportunity for
participants to apply their apprenticeship training to two- and four-
year college programs. DOL's Assistant Secretary for Employment and
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Training, Jane Oates, and the Department of Education's (DOE) Assistant
Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), Brenda Dann-
Messier, is undertaking a joint effort, at the recommendation of the
ACA, to increase articulation agreements between post-secondary
education institutions and Registered Apprenticeship program sponsors.
An ad-hoc workgroup of the ACA, composed of ACA members, community
college leaders, Registered Apprenticeship sponsors, American
Association of Community Colleges (AACC) representatives, and
leadership from DOL's Office of Apprenticeship (OA) and DOE/OVAE has
developed the framework for the articulation consortium, including
goals, principles and membership criteria which was adopted unanimously
by the full ACA at its May 9-10, 2012 meeting. The SOC is a consortium
of colleges supported by the Department of Defense that provides
college articulation for soldiers and veterans who accumulate credits
at a number of colleges.
DOL has shared this framework for feedback and refinement with a
variety of stakeholder groups, including a wide range of community
college partners as well as sponsors of Registered Apprenticeship
programs who overwhelmingly support the establishment of the
consortium. The data collection is the application form to seek
membership in the consortium, which DOL also has based on the SOC
model.
II. Review Focus
The Department 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: New collection.
Title: Registered Apprenticeship-College Consortium Membership
Applications.
OMB Number: 1205-0NEW.
Affected Public: Registered Apprenticeship sponsors and graduates
of the programs (journey workers), two- and four-year post-secondary
institutions, national, regional and state organizations that represent
sponsors and/or post-secondary institutions.
Form(s): Separate application forms for each group: (1) 2- and 4-
year post-secondary institutions, (2) sponsors, (3) national, regional
and state organizations that represent sponsors and 2- and 4-year
institutions.
Total Annual Respondents
First Year = 602
2- and 4-year post-secondary institutions = 500
Program Sponsors = 100
National, Regional, or State Associations or Other
Organizations = 2
Annual Respondents (after the first year) = 77
2- and 4-year post-secondary institutions = 50
Program Sponsors = 25
National, Regional, or State Associations or Other
Organizations = 2
Annual Frequency: once per respondent, with annual updates as
needed when contact information changes.
Total Annual Responses:
First Year = 1,237 articulation agreements
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Average number of
articulation Total number of
Number of institutions agreements per articulation
institution agreements
------------------------------------------------------------------------
380............................... 1 380
48................................ 3 144
30................................ 8 240
17................................ 15 255
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Total number of articulation agreements estimated to 1,019
be entered by two- and four-year colleges during the
first year
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average number of
articulation Total number of
Number of sponsors agreements per articulation
sponsor agreements
------------------------------------------------------------------------
80................................ 1 80
10................................ 3 30
6................................. 8 48
4................................. 15 60
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total number of articulation agreements estimated to 218
be entered by program sponsors during the first year
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual Responses (after the first year) = 166 articulation agreements
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average number of
articulation Total number of
Number of institutions agreements per articulation
institution agreements
------------------------------------------------------------------------
40................................ 1 40
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5................................. 3 15
3................................. 8 24
2................................. 15 30
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Total number of articulation agreements estimated to 109
be entered by two- and four-year colleges on an
annual basis
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------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average number of
articulation Total number of
Number of sponsors agreements per articulation
sponsor agreements
------------------------------------------------------------------------
20................................ 1 20
2................................. 3 6
2................................. 8 16
1................................. 15 15
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Total number of articulation agreements estimated to 57
be entered by program sponsors on an annual basis
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average Time per Response: 10 minutes per articulation agreement.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours
First Year = 235 hours
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Burden
Application hours
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Two- and Four-Year Post-Secondary Institutions............. 179
Registered Apprenticeship Sponsor.......................... 53.5
Associations and Other Organizations....................... 2
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual Burden Hours (after the first year) = 30 hours
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Burden
Application hours
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Two- and Four-Year Post-Secondary Institutions............. 18
Registered Apprenticeship Sponsor.......................... 9.5
Associations and Other Organizations....................... 2
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: $14,232.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Respondent
Application cost
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Two- and Four-Year Post-Secondary Institutions............. $11,280
Registered Apprenticeship Sponsor.......................... $2,760
Associations and Other Organizations....................... $192
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 ICR; they will also become a matter of public
record.
Dated: Signed in Washington, DC, on this 2nd day of January,
2013.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
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