Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; H-1B Technical Skills Training and Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge Grants, 30244 [2019-13511]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
• Office of the Secretary

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 30244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13511]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; H-1B Technical Skills Training and Jobs and 
Innovation Accelerator Challenge Grants

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employment and 
Training (ETA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, 
``H-1B Technical Skills Training and Jobs and Innovation Accelerator 
Challenge Grants,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval for continued use, without change, in accordance 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the 
ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before July 26, 2019.

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 free of charge 
from the RegInfo.gov website at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201905-1205-003. (this link will only become active 
on the day following publication of this notice) or by contacting 
Frederick Licari by telephone at 202-693-8073, TTY 202-693-8064, (these 
are not toll-free numbers) or by email at [email protected].
    Submit comments about this request by mail to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-ETA, 
OWCP Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202-395-5806 (this is not a toll-free 
number); or by email: [email protected]. Commenters are 
encouraged, but not required, to send a courtesy copy of any comments 
by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of the 
Chief Information Officer, Attn: Departmental Information Compliance 
Management Program, Room N1301, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20210; or by email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frederick Licari by telephone at 202-
693-8073, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks to extend PRA authority for 
the H-1B Technical Skills Training and Jobs and Innovation Accelerator 
Challenge Grants information collection.
    In applying for the H-1B TST, JAIC, and RTW grant programs, 
grantees agreed to submit participant-level data quarterly for 
individuals who receive services through these programs. The reports 
include aggregate data on demographic characteristics, types of 
services received, placements, outcomes, and follow-up status. 
Specifically, grantees summarize data on employment and training 
services, placement services, and other services essential to 
successful unsubsidized employment through H-1B programs. This 
reporting structure features standardized data collection on program 
participants and quarterly narrative, performance, and Management 
Information System report formats. All data collection and reporting 
will be done by grantee organizations (state or local government, not-
for-profit, or faith-based and community organizations) or their sub-
grantees 29 U.S.C. 414c authorizes this information collection. See 29 
U.S.C. 3224a (7).
    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 that 
does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 
1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval for this information collection 
under Control Number 1205-0507.
    OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three (3) 
years without renewal, and the current approval for this collection is 
scheduled to expire on 6/30/2019. The DOL seeks to extend PRA 
authorization for this information collection for three (3) more years, 
without any change to existing requirements. The DOL notes that 
existing information collection requirements submitted to the OMB 
receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review. For 
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related 
notice published in the Federal Register on 12/28/2018 (83 FR 67356).
    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 thirty (30) days of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate 
consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number 1205-0507. 
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: DOL-ETA.
    Title of Collection: H-1B Technical Skills Training and Jobs and 
Innovation Accelerator Challenge Grants.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0507.
    Affected Public: Private Sector, Not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 14,814.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 14,958.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 21,550 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

    Authority:  44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

     Dated: June 19, 2019.
Frederick Licari,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-13511 Filed 6-25-19; 8:45 am]
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