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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Evaluation
of Strategies Used in America’s
Promise Job Driven Grant Program
Evaluation
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor
(DOL), 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)]. 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
is properly assessed.
Currently, the Department of Labor is
soliciting comments concerning the
collection of data about the Evaluation
of Strategies Used in America’s Promise
Job Driven Grant Program Evaluation. A
copy of the proposed Information
Collection Request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting the office listed
below in the addressee section of this
notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before
September 11, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either one of the following methods:
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Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@
dol.gov; Mail or Courier: Megan Lizik,
Chief Evaluation Office, OASP, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S–2312, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20210. Instructions: Please submit
one copy of your comments by only one
method. All submissions received must
include the agency name and OMB
Control Number 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 email or to submit
them by mail early. Comments,
including any personal information
provided, become a matter of public
record. They will also be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB
approval of the information collection
request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Megan Lizik by email at
ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Chief Evaluation
Office (CEO) of the U.S. Department of
Labor (DOL) intends to design and
conduct an evaluation to assess the
success of the America’s Promise Job
Driven Grant Program (America’s
Promise). The goal of this project is to
build knowledge about the effectiveness
and implementation of the program.
The evaluation will include two
components, an implementation study
and an impact study. The goal of the
impact evaluation is to understand how
programs and strategies funded under
America’s Promise affect the outcomes
of participants using an experimental or
quasi-experimental design in a subset of
three sites. The goal of the
implementation evaluation is to
understand program design and
implementation for all 23 grantees,
including more detailed focus on
implementation in 12 grantees and a
measurement of partnerships and
systems change in six grantees.
This Federal Register Notice provides
the opportunity to comment on
proposed data collection instruments
that will be used in the evaluation:
* Grantee survey. To understand early
implementation experiences, the project
will field a web-based survey to all
America’s Promise grantees promptly
after the receipt of OMB clearance,
likely in spring 2018. This survey will
gather information about grantee
characteristics, services and operations,
partner recruitment methods, partners’
characteristics, strategies for engaging
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employers, employer participation by
sector, and early implementation
challenges.
* Partner network survey. To measure
partnership development and resulting
systems change, the project will select
up to six grantees to participate in two
rounds of a web-based partner network
survey with up to 25 primary partners.
The survey will be fielded in spring
2018 and early 2020.
* Baseline information forms (BIFs).
In sites selected for the impact study,
applicants will complete a BIF prior to
random assignment. The BIF will collect
demographics, education history, work
history, and contact information.
Whenever possible, BIFs will be
collected electronically through the
study’s web-based random assignment
system (RAS).
* Study random assignment system
(RAS). The study RAS will be a webbased system used by program staff to
enter an initial record for each applicant
and initiate the baseline information
form for the applicant to complete. The
system will then conduct random
assignment and monitor the integrity of
random assignment.
* Text survey. Between completion of
the baseline information form and a
follow-up survey (which will be
included in a future information
request), the evaluation will use texting
to ask a short series of questions of
study participants who were part of
random assignment. Questions will
include employment status, hours
worked in the current week, if any
training has recently been completed or
is ongoing, and satisfaction with a
training program or activity that was
recently completed by participants at
that site.
A future information collection
request will include site visit and
telephone interview protocols as well as
a follow-up survey of members of the
treatment and control groups.
II. Desired Focus of Comments:
Currently, the Department of Labor is
soliciting comments concerning the
above data collection for the Evaluation
of Strategies Used in the America’s
Promise Job Driven Grant Program
Evaluation. DOL is particularly
interested in comments that do the
following:
* Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance functions of
the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
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* Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s burden estimate of the
proposed information collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions;
* 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—
for example, permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions: At this time, the
Department of Labor is requesting
clearance for the grantee survey, partner
network survey, baseline information
forms, study random assignment
system, and text survey.
Type of Review: New information
collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1290–0NEW.
Affected Public: America’s Promise
Job Driven Grant Program Evaluation
applicants, grantees, and partners.
ESTIMATED TOTAL BURDEN HOURS
Total
number
respondents
Respondents
Annual
number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden time
per response
(hours)
Annual
estimated
burden
Estimated
total burden
(hours)
Implementation Study
Web-based survey of grantees ................
Web-based survey of partners ................
23
* 150
7.67
50
1
2
.50
.33
3.84
33
11.5
100
Impact Study
Baseline Information Form .......................
Grantee staff RAS data entry ..................
Text Survey ..............................................
3,000
3
1 2,400
1,000
1
800
1
1,000
1
0.25
.08
0.25
250
80
200
750
240
600
Total ..................................................
2 3,176
........................
........................
........................
566.84
1,701.5
* Assumes 25 partners per 6 grantees.
1 Assumes a sample of 3000 with an 80 percent response rate.
2 So as not to double-count participants who complete the baseline intake form and then also complete the text survey, this total only counts
the 3000 from the baseline intake form. However, all hours are calculated for the total burden.
Comments submitted in response to
this request will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: June 30, 2017.
Molly Irwin,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of
Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Evaluation of Strategies Used in America's
Promise Job Driven Grant Program Evaluation
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), 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)]. 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 is properly assessed.
Currently, the Department of Labor is soliciting comments
concerning the collection of data about the Evaluation of Strategies
Used in America's Promise Job Driven Grant Program Evaluation. A copy
of the proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) can be obtained by
contacting the office listed below in the addressee section of this
notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before September 11, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following
methods:
Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov; Mail or Courier: Megan Lizik,
Chief Evaluation Office, OASP, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-2312,
200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Instructions: Please
submit one copy of your comments by only one method. All submissions
received must include the agency name and OMB Control Number 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 email or to submit them by mail early. Comments,
including any personal information provided, become a matter of public
record. They will also be summarized and/or included in the request for
OMB approval of the information collection request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Megan Lizik by email at
ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) of the U.S.
Department of Labor (DOL) intends to design and conduct an evaluation
to assess the success of the America's Promise Job Driven Grant Program
(America's Promise). The goal of this project is to build knowledge
about the effectiveness and implementation of the program.
The evaluation will include two components, an implementation study
and an impact study. The goal of the impact evaluation is to understand
how programs and strategies funded under America's Promise affect the
outcomes of participants using an experimental or quasi-experimental
design in a subset of three sites. The goal of the implementation
evaluation is to understand program design and implementation for all
23 grantees, including more detailed focus on implementation in 12
grantees and a measurement of partnerships and systems change in six
grantees.
This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on
proposed data collection instruments that will be used in the
evaluation:
* Grantee survey. To understand early implementation experiences,
the project will field a web-based survey to all America's Promise
grantees promptly after the receipt of OMB clearance, likely in spring
2018. This survey will gather information about grantee
characteristics, services and operations, partner recruitment methods,
partners' characteristics, strategies for engaging employers, employer
participation by sector, and early implementation challenges.
* Partner network survey. To measure partnership development and
resulting systems change, the project will select up to six grantees to
participate in two rounds of a web-based partner network survey with up
to 25 primary partners. The survey will be fielded in spring 2018 and
early 2020.
* Baseline information forms (BIFs). In sites selected for the
impact study, applicants will complete a BIF prior to random
assignment. The BIF will collect demographics, education history, work
history, and contact information. Whenever possible, BIFs will be
collected electronically through the study's web-based random
assignment system (RAS).
* Study random assignment system (RAS). The study RAS will be a
web-based system used by program staff to enter an initial record for
each applicant and initiate the baseline information form for the
applicant to complete. The system will then conduct random assignment
and monitor the integrity of random assignment.
* Text survey. Between completion of the baseline information form
and a follow-up survey (which will be included in a future information
request), the evaluation will use texting to ask a short series of
questions of study participants who were part of random assignment.
Questions will include employment status, hours worked in the current
week, if any training has recently been completed or is ongoing, and
satisfaction with a training program or activity that was recently
completed by participants at that site.
A future information collection request will include site visit and
telephone interview protocols as well as a follow-up survey of members
of the treatment and control groups.
II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Department of Labor
is soliciting comments concerning the above data collection for the
Evaluation of Strategies Used in the America's Promise Job Driven Grant
Program Evaluation. DOL is particularly interested in comments that do
the following:
* Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
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* Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's burden estimate of the
proposed information collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions;
* 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--for example, permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions: At this time, the Department of Labor is
requesting clearance for the grantee survey, partner network survey,
baseline information forms, study random assignment system, and text
survey.
Type of Review: New information collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1290-0NEW.
Affected Public: America's Promise Job Driven Grant Program
Evaluation applicants, grantees, and partners.
Estimated Total Burden Hours
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Average
Total number Annual number Number of burden time Annual Estimated
Respondents respondents of responses per per response estimated total burden
respondents respondent (hours) burden (hours)
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Implementation Study
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Web-based survey of grantees............................ 23 7.67 1 .50 3.84 11.5
Web-based survey of partners............................ * 150 50 2 .33 33 100
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Impact Study
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Baseline Information Form............................... 3,000 1,000 1 0.25 250 750
Grantee staff RAS data entry............................ 3 1 1,000 .08 80 240
Text Survey............................................. \1\ 2,400 800 1 0.25 200 600
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Total............................................... \2\ 3,176 .............. .............. .............. 566.84 1,701.5
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* Assumes 25 partners per 6 grantees.
\1\ Assumes a sample of 3000 with an 80 percent response rate.
\2\ So as not to double-count participants who complete the baseline intake form and then also complete the text survey, this total only counts the 3000
from the baseline intake form. However, all hours are calculated for the total burden.
Comments submitted in response to this request will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a
matter of public record.
Dated: June 30, 2017.
Molly Irwin,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2017-14607 Filed 7-11-17; 8:45 am]
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