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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Required
Elements for Submission of the Unified
or Combined State Plan and Plan
Modifications Under the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act
Notice of availability; request
for comments.
ACTION:
The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting the Employment
and Training Administration (ETA)
sponsored information collection
request (ICR) revision titled, ‘‘Required
Elements for Submission of the Unified
or Combined State Plan and Plan
Modifications under the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act,’’ to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval for use
in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995. Public
comments on the ICR are invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that agency receives
on or before August 30, 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/PRAView
ICR?ref_nbr=201904-1205-002 (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 sending an email to DOL_
PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Submit comments about this request
by mail to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk
Officer for DOL–ETA, 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:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
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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:
DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frederick Licari by telephone at 202–
693–8073, TTY 202–693–8064, (these
are not toll-free numbers) or sending an
email to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR
seeks approval under the PRA for
revisions to the Required Elements for
Submission of the Unified or Combined
State Plan and Plan Modifications under
the Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (WIOA) information
collection. This ICR collects the
required information for the submission
of WIOA State Plans and Modifications.
The information covered includes the
State’s strategic focus for its public
workforce system and then several key
items for operationalizing the strategic
goals. Information in the WIOA State
Plan includes an overview of the State’s
governance structure, resources,
programs, career pathways, and sector
strategy initiatives. The ICR also covers
assurances that the WIOA program in
the State is compliant with statutory
and regulatory requirements. This ICR
submission is classified as a revision
because it seeks to make a number of
changes. More specifically, changes are
proposed to the data collection
instrument to remove references to dates
that have already passed, correct
typographical errors, provide an
optional data element, incorporate two
separate data elements into another
existing data element, and update
instructions for collection elements.
WOIA sections 102 and 103 authorize
this information collection. See 29
U.S.C. 3112 and 3113.
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
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Number 1205–0522. The current
approval is scheduled to expire on
September 30, 2019; however, the DOL
notes that existing information
collection requirements submitted to the
OMB will receive a month-to-month
extension while they undergo review.
New requirements would only take
effect upon OMB approval. For
additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
January 2, 2019 (84 FR 19).
The DOL submitted another ICR for
this same Control Number under ICR
reference Number 201906–1205–005.
That ICR was associated Wagner-Peyser
Act Staffing Flexibility proposed rule
originally published in the Federal
Register on June 24, 2019 (84 FR 29433).
Each ICR is a standalone request;
consequently, comments submitted to
OMB pursuant to this action should not
address the changes sought by the
rulemaking ICR. Similarly, comments
on the information collections proposed
to be changed by the rulemaking should
not be sent in response to the changes
proposed by this ICR.
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
1205–0522. 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: Required Elements
for Submission of the Unified or
Combined State Plan and Plan
Modifications under the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act.
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OMB Control Number: 1205–0522.
Affected Public: State, Local, and
Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 38.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 38.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
8,136 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Dated: July 25, 2019.
Frederick Licari,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019–16254 Filed 7–30–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection, Comment
Request
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance 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
can be properly assessed. The Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed
revision of the ‘‘Job Openings and Labor
Turnover Survey.’’ A copy of the
proposed information collection request
(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
individual listed below in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
SUMMARY:
ADDRESSES section below on or before
September 30, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Erin
Good, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2
Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington,
DC 20212, telephone number 202–691–
7628. (This is not a toll free number.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
Good, BLS Clearance Officer, telephone
number 202–691–7628. (See ADDRESSES
section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover
Survey (JOLTS) collects data on job
vacancies, labor hires, and labor
separations. As the monthly JOLTS time
series grow longer, their value in
assessing the business cycle, the
difficulty that employers have in hiring
workers, and the extent of the mismatch
between the unused supply of available
workers and the unmet demand for
labor by employers will increase. The
study of the complex relationship
between job openings and
unemployment is of particular interest
to researchers. While these two
measures are expected to move in
opposite directions over the course of
the business cycle, their relative levels
and movements depend on the
efficiency of the labor market in
matching workers and jobs.
Along with the job openings rate,
trends in hires and separations may
broadly identify which aggregate
industries face the tightest labor
markets. The quits rate, the number of
persons who quit during an entire
month as a percentage of total
employment, may provide clues about
workers’ views of the labor market or
their success in finding better jobs. In
addition, businesses will be able to
compare their own turnover rates to the
national, regional, and major industry
division rates.
The BLS uses the JOLTS form to
gather employment, job openings, hires,
and total separations from business
establishments. The information is
collected once a month at the BLS Data
Total
respondents
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Affected public
Frequency
Collection Center (DCC) in Atlanta,
Georgia. The information is collected
using Computer Assisted Telephone
Interviewing (CATI), Web, email, and
FAX. An establishment is in the sample
for 36 consecutive months.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the JOLTS.
The BLS is requesting a revision to the
existing clearance for the JOLTS. JOLTS
is extending time respondents remain in
the sample from 24 to 36 months. This
will cause an estimated 9.2% increase
in burden costs resulting from an
increase in the sample from 16,000 to
20,700 (30% increase).
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics 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.
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, 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.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Job Openings and Labor
Turnover Survey.
OMB Number: 1220–0170.
Affected Public: Federal Government;
State, Local, or Tribal governments;
Businesses or other for-profit; Not-forprofit institutions; Small businesses and
organizations.
Total
responses
Average time
per response
(min.)
Estimated
total burden
Private ..................................................................................
State, Local, & Tribal Gov’t .................................................
Federal Gov’t .......................................................................
9,637
1,512
532
Monthly ..........
Monthly ..........
Monthly ..........
115,643
18,149
6,379
10
10
10
19,274
3,025
1,063
Totals ............................................................................
11,681
Monthly ..........
140,171
10
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Required Elements for Submission of the
Unified or Combined State Plan and Plan Modifications Under the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employment and
Training Administration (ETA) sponsored information collection request
(ICR) revision titled, ``Required Elements for Submission of the
Unified or Combined State Plan and Plan Modifications under the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act,'' to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for use in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995. Public comments on the ICR are
invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives
on or before August 30, 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=201904-1205-002 (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 sending an email to
[email protected].
Submit comments about this request by mail to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-ETA,
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
sending an email to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks approval under the PRA for
revisions to the Required Elements for Submission of the Unified or
Combined State Plan and Plan Modifications under the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) information collection. This ICR
collects the required information for the submission of WIOA State
Plans and Modifications. The information covered includes the State's
strategic focus for its public workforce system and then several key
items for operationalizing the strategic goals. Information in the WIOA
State Plan includes an overview of the State's governance structure,
resources, programs, career pathways, and sector strategy initiatives.
The ICR also covers assurances that the WIOA program in the State is
compliant with statutory and regulatory requirements. This ICR
submission is classified as a revision because it seeks to make a
number of changes. More specifically, changes are proposed to the data
collection instrument to remove references to dates that have already
passed, correct typographical errors, provide an optional data element,
incorporate two separate data elements into another existing data
element, and update instructions for collection elements. WOIA sections
102 and 103 authorize this information collection. See 29 U.S.C. 3112
and 3113.
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 1205-0522. The current approval is scheduled to
expire on September 30, 2019; however, the DOL notes that existing
information collection requirements submitted to the OMB will receive a
month-to-month extension while they undergo review. New requirements
would only take effect upon OMB approval. For additional substantive
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the
Federal Register on January 2, 2019 (84 FR 19).
The DOL submitted another ICR for this same Control Number under
ICR reference Number 201906-1205-005. That ICR was associated Wagner-
Peyser Act Staffing Flexibility proposed rule originally published in
the Federal Register on June 24, 2019 (84 FR 29433). Each ICR is a
standalone request; consequently, comments submitted to OMB pursuant to
this action should not address the changes sought by the rulemaking
ICR. Similarly, comments on the information collections proposed to be
changed by the rulemaking should not be sent in response to the changes
proposed by this ICR.
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 1205-0522.
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: Required Elements for Submission of the
Unified or Combined State Plan and Plan Modifications under the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
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OMB Control Number: 1205-0522.
Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 38.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 38.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 8,136 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Dated: July 25, 2019.
Frederick Licari,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-16254 Filed 7-30-19; 8:45 am]
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