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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 37 / Friday, February 23, 2018 / Notices
Dated: February 16, 2018.
Molly Irwin,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of
Labor.
AGENCY:
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. 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:
Janet Javar by email at
ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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, DOL is soliciting comments
concerning the collection of survey data
for a study of the implementation of the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
Act (WIOA). 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
April 24, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either one of the following methods:
Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@
dol.gov; Mail or Courier: Janet Javar,
Chief Evaluation Office, OASP, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S–2312, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
I. Background
WIOA, signed into law on July 22,
2014, authorized and amended a series
of employment and educational
programs under five titles. DOL seeks to
understand how the implementation of
WIOA is changing the core workforce
programs authorized under Title I
(Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth
programs) and the Employment Service
program authorized under the WagnerPeyser Act and amended by Title III, as
well as how the implementation is
contributing to more integration with
stakeholders in programs authorized
under Titles II (Adult Education and
Literacy) and IV (Vocational
Rehabilitation).
DOL is funding a study to document
and describe how critical state-level
activities under WIOA are being
implemented and identify possible areas
for which further technical assistance,
guidance, or policies might be needed in
order to help implement the law. The
study’s major research questions are: (1)
How are the critical reforms under
WIOA related to the core workforce
programs for Title I and III being
implemented? (2) to what extent is
WIOA’s vision for an integrated
workforce system being achieved
through state- and local-level synergies
between Titles I and III and Titles II and
IV stakeholders? and (3) what changes
or supplemental technical assistance,
guidance, or policy would be helpful to
states administering the core programs
and in providing guidance and oversight
to the local level to improve service
quality and management?
This Federal Register Notice provides
the opportunity to comment on the
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
Implementation Study
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
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proposed data collection instrument for
a national survey on Titles I and III
workforce programs to support the
implementation study. The online, selfadministered survey will be conducted
in all 50 states plus the District of
Columbia. The state program staff who
will be included in the survey sample
are staff responsible for implementation
of Titles I and III. Each state will
complete one survey, although multiple
state staff may contribute to a state’s
response. An earlier information
collection request (82 Federal Register
56845) was posted on November 30,
2017 to solicit comments on semistructured interviews for site visit data
collection to support the
implementation study.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently, DOL is soliciting comments
concerning the above data collection for
the WIOA implementation study. DOL
is particularly interested in comments
that do the following:
• 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.
• 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 technologyfor example, permitting electronic
submission of responses.
III. Current Actions
At this time, DOL is requesting
clearance for a national survey of state
workforce administrators.
Type of Review: New information
collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1290—0NEW
Affected Public: State program staff
involved in WIOA implementation.
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ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS
Type of instrument
Total number
respondents
Annual
number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden time
per response
(hours)
Annual
estimated
burden
(hours)
Survey of Title I and Title III workforce programs ...............
51
17
1
3.0
51.0
Total ..............................................................................
51
17
........................
........................
51.0
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: February 16, 2018.
Molly Irwin,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of
Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2013–0012]
Proposed Modification to the List of
Appropriate NRTL Program Test
Standards and the Scopes of
Recognition of Several NRTLs
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In this notice, OSHA proposes
to: (1) Delete a test standard from the
NRTL Program’s list of appropriate test
standards; and (2) update the scopes of
recognition of several NRTLs.
DATES: Submit comments, information,
and documents in response to this
notice, or requests for an extension of
time to make a submission, on or before
March 26, 2018. All submissions must
bear a postmark or provide other
evidence of the submission date.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit
comments and attachments
electronically at: https://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the
instructions online for submitting
comments.
Facsimile: If your comments,
including attachments, are not longer
than 10 pages, you may fax them to the
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648.
Mail, hand delivery, express mail,
messenger, or courier service: When
using this method, you must submit a
copy of your comments and attachments
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to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No.
OSHA–2013–0012, Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N–3653,
200 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries
(hand, express mail, messenger, and
courier service) are accepted during the
Department of Labor’s and Docket
Office’s normal business hours, 10:00
a.m. to 3:00 p.m., E.T.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and OSHA
docket number (OSHA–2013–0012) for
the Information Collection Request
(ICR). All comments, including any
personal information you provide, are
placed in the public docket without
change, and may be made available
online at https://www.regulations.gov.
For further information on submitting
comments, see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ heading in the section of
this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
Docket: To read or download
comments or other material in the
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov
or the OSHA Docket Office at the above
address. All documents in the docket
(including this Federal Register notice)
are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index; however,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through the website.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
You may also contact Kevin Robinson at
the address below to obtain a copy of
the ICR.
Extension of comment period: Submit
requests for an extension of the
comment period on or before March 26,
2018 to the Office of Technical
Programs and Coordination Activities,
Directorate of Technical Support and
Emergency Management, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW, Room N–3653,
Washington, DC 20210, or by fax to
(202) 693–1644.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information regarding this notice is
available from the following sources:
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Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank
Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of
Communications, U.S. Department of
Labor by phone (202) 693–1999; email:
meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
General and technical information:
Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, NRTL
Program, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department
of Labor by phone (202) 693–2110.
OSHA’s web page includes information
about the NRTL Program (see https://
www.osha.gov).
Copies of this Federal Register
notice: Electronic copies of this Federal
Register notice are available at https://
www.regulations.gov. This Federal
Register notice, as well as other relevant
information, is also available on OSHA’s
web page at https://www.osha.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The NRTL Program recognizes
organizations that provide product
safety testing and certification services
to manufacturers. These organizations
perform testing and certification, for
purposes of the Program, to U.S.
consensus-based product safety test
standards. The products covered by the
NRTL Program consist of those items for
which OSHA safety standards require
‘‘certification’’ by a NRTL. The
requirements affect electrical products
and 38 other types of products. OSHA
does not develop or issue these test
standards, but generally relies on
standards development organizations
(SDOs) which develop and maintain the
standards using a method that provides
input and consideration of views of
industry groups, experts, users,
consumers, governmental authorities
and others having broad experience in
the safety field involved.
Removal of Test Standards From the
NRTL List of Appropriate Test
Standards
OSHA may propose to remove a test
standard from the NRTL list of
appropriate test standards based on an
internal review in which NRTL Program
staff review the NRTL list of appropriate
test standards to determine if the test
standard conforms to the definition of
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
(WIOA) Implementation Study
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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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, DOL is soliciting comments concerning the collection of
survey data for a study of the implementation of the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). 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 April 24, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following
methods:
Email: [email protected]; Mail or Courier: Janet Javar,
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. 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: Janet Javar by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
WIOA, signed into law on July 22, 2014, authorized and amended a
series of employment and educational programs under five titles. DOL
seeks to understand how the implementation of WIOA is changing the core
workforce programs authorized under Title I (Adult, Dislocated Worker,
and Youth programs) and the Employment Service program authorized under
the Wagner-Peyser Act and amended by Title III, as well as how the
implementation is contributing to more integration with stakeholders in
programs authorized under Titles II (Adult Education and Literacy) and
IV (Vocational Rehabilitation).
DOL is funding a study to document and describe how critical state-
level activities under WIOA are being implemented and identify possible
areas for which further technical assistance, guidance, or policies
might be needed in order to help implement the law. The study's major
research questions are: (1) How are the critical reforms under WIOA
related to the core workforce programs for Title I and III being
implemented? (2) to what extent is WIOA's vision for an integrated
workforce system being achieved through state- and local-level
synergies between Titles I and III and Titles II and IV stakeholders?
and (3) what changes or supplemental technical assistance, guidance, or
policy would be helpful to states administering the core programs and
in providing guidance and oversight to the local level to improve
service quality and management?
This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on
the proposed data collection instrument for a national survey on Titles
I and III workforce programs to support the implementation study. The
online, self-administered survey will be conducted in all 50 states
plus the District of Columbia. The state program staff who will be
included in the survey sample are staff responsible for implementation
of Titles I and III. Each state will complete one survey, although
multiple state staff may contribute to a state's response. An earlier
information collection request (82 Federal Register 56845) was posted
on November 30, 2017 to solicit comments on semi-structured interviews
for site visit data collection to support the implementation study.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently, DOL is soliciting comments concerning the above data
collection for the WIOA implementation study. DOL is particularly
interested in comments that do the following:
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.
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 submission of responses.
III. Current Actions
At this time, DOL is requesting clearance for a national survey of
state workforce administrators.
Type of Review: New information collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1290--0NEW
Affected Public: State program staff involved in WIOA
implementation.
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Estimated Burden Hours
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Average burden
Total number Annual number Number of time per Annual
Type of instrument respondents of respondents responses per response estimated
respondent (hours) burden (hours)
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Survey of Title I and Title III workforce programs................. 51 17 1 3.0 51.0
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Total.......................................................... 51 17 ............... ............... 51.0
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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: February 16, 2018.
Molly Irwin,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor.
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