Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Workforce Information Grants to States (WIGS), 54644-54645 [2019-22186]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
54644
Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 197 / Thursday, October 10, 2019 / Notices
amounts of loans offered; (6) the
procedure for determining a reasonable
rate of interest; (7) types of collateral
that may secure a participant loan; and
(8) the events constituting default and
the steps that will be taken to preserve
plan assets in the event of such default.
The Department has received approval
from OMB for this ICR under OMB
Control No. 1210–0076. The current
approval is scheduled to expire on May
31, 2020.
Agency: Employee Benefits Security
Administration, Department of Labor.
Title: Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption 1985–68 to Permit Employee
Benefit Plans to Invest in Customer
Notes of Employers.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection of
information.
OMB Number: 1210–0094.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions, Businesses or other forprofits.
Respondents: 69.
Responses: 325.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1.
Estimated Total Burden Cost
(Operating and Maintenance): $0.
Description: This class exemption
describes the conditions under which a
plan is permitted to acquire customer
notes accepted by an employer of
employees covered by the plan in the
ordinary course of the employer’s
business activity and thus be exempt
from the prohibited transaction
restrictions, provided that the
conditions of the exemption are met.
The class exemption covers sales as well
as contributions of customer notes by an
employer to its plan. The customer
notes must have been accepted by the
employer in its primary business
activity as the seller of tangible personal
property that is being financed by the
notes, so that the exemption does not
apply to notes of an employer’s affiliate.
The Department has received approval
from OMB for this ICR under OMB
Control No. 1210–0094. The current
approval is scheduled to expire on May
31, 2020.
Agency: Employee Benefits Security
Administration, Department of Labor.
Title: Notice to Employees of
Coverage Options under Fair Labor
Standards Act Section 18B.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection of
information.
OMB Number: 1210–0149.
Affected Public: State, Local, and
Tribal Governments.
Respondents: 7,521,900.
Responses: 29,165,840.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
117,149.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
19:50 Oct 09, 2019
Jkt 250001
Estimated Total Burden Cost
(Operating and Maintenance):
$4,709,408.
Description: Section 18B of the Fair
Labor Standards Act (FLSA), as added
by section 1512 of the Affordable Care
Act, generally provides that, in
accordance with regulations
promulgated by the Secretary of Labor,
an applicable employer must provide
each employee at the time of hiring (or
with respect to current employees, not
later than March 1, 2013), a written
notice: (1) Informing the employee of
the existence of Exchanges including a
description of the services provided by
the Exchanges, and the manner in
which the employee may contact
Exchanges to request assistance; (2) If
the employer plan’s share of the total
allowed costs of benefits provided
under the plan is less than 60 percent
of such costs, that the employee may be
eligible for a premium tax credit under
section 36B of the Internal Revenue
Code (the Code) if the employee
purchases a qualified health plan
through an Exchange; and (3) If the
employee purchases a qualified health
plan through an Exchange, the
employee may lose the employer
contribution (if any) to any health
benefits plan offered by the employer
and that all or a portion of such
contribution may be excludable from
income for Federal income tax
purposes. The model notice is being
provided by the Department to facilitate
compliance with FLSA section 18B. The
Department has received approval from
OMB for this ICR under OMB Control
No. 1210–0149. The current approval is
scheduled to expire on May 31, 2020.
Agency: Employee Benefits Security
Administration, Department of Labor.
Title: Default Investment Alternatives
under Participant Directed Individual
Account Plans.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection of
information.
OMB Number: 1210–0132.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits, Not-for-profit institutions.
Respondents: 276,222.
Responses: 36,249,796.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
191,640.
Estimated Total Burden Cost
(Operating and Maintenance):
$9,959,269.
Description: The regulation offers
guidance on the types of investment
vehicles that plans may choose as their
‘‘qualified default investment
alternative’’ (QDIA). A QDIA must
either be managed by an investment
manager, plan trustee, plan sponsor or
PO 00000
Frm 00060
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
a committee comprised primarily of
employees of the plan sponsor that is a
named fiduciary, or be an investment
company registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940. The
regulation also outlines two types of
information collections. First, it
implements the statutory requirement
that plans provide annual notices to
participants and beneficiaries whose
account assets could be invested in a
QDIA. Second, the regulation requires
plans to pass any pertinent materials
they receive from a QDIA to those
participants and beneficiaries with
assets invested in the QDIA as well to
provide certain information on request.
The Department has received approval
from OMB for this ICR under OMB
Control No. 1210–0132. The current
approval is scheduled to expire on June
30, 2020.
Dated: October 4, 2019.
Joseph S. Piacentini,
Director, Office of Policy and Research,
Employee Benefits Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019–22126 Filed 10–9–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment And Training
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request;
Workforce Information Grants to
States (WIGS)
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Labor’s
(DOL’s), Employment and Training
Administration (ETA) is soliciting
comments concerning a proposed
revision for the authority to conduct the
information collection request (ICR)
titled, ‘‘Workforce Information Grants to
States (WIGS).’’ This comment request
is part of continuing Departmental
efforts to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA).
SUMMARY:
Consideration will be given to all
written comments received by
December 9, 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 by contacting
Donald Haughton by telephone at 202–
693–2784, TTY 877–889–5627, (these
are not toll-free numbers) or by email at
Haughton.Donald.W@dol.gov.
DATES:
E:\FR\FM\10OCN1.SGM
10OCN1
Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 197 / Thursday, October 10, 2019 / Notices
Submit written comments about, or
requests for a copy of, this ICR by mail
or courier to the U.S. Department of
Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Workforce
Investment, 200 Constitution Avenue
NW, Room C–4510, Washington DC,
20210; by email: Haughton.Donald.W@
dol.gov; or by Fax 202–693–3015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald Haughton by telephone at 202–
693–2784 (this is not a toll-free number)
or by email at Haughton.Donald.W@
dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOL, as
part of continuing efforts to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies an opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing collections of information
before submitting them to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for final
approval. This program helps to ensure
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 can be properly assessed.
WIOA Section 308 requires the
Secretary of Labor to oversee the
development, maintenance, and
continuous improvement of a
nationwide Workforce and Labor Market
Information System (workforce
information) system; and to evaluate the
performance of the system and
recommend needed improvements,
taking into consideration customer
consultation results, with particular
attention given to improvements needed
at the state, regional and local levels.
The WIGS information collection
ensures the Secretary of Labor meets
WIOA requirements, and the states
complete grant deliverables such as
state economic analyses or special
workforce information/economic
studies, and the annual performance
report.
The ETA makes use of the
information collected from WIGS
grantees primarily to serve four
customer groups: (1) The public
(including job seekers and employers);
(2) labor market intermediaries who
help individuals find a job or make
career decisions (such as employment
and school counselors, case managers at
American Job Centers, and communitybased organizations); (3) policymakers
and employment and economic program
planners and operators; and (4)
miscellaneous other customers,
including researchers, commercial data
providers, and the news media. The
VerDate Sep<11>2014
19:50 Oct 09, 2019
Jkt 250001
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
Act (WIOA) Section 308 (29 U.S.C. 491–
2), and 20 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) parts 651 and 652 authorizes this
information collection.
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 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.
Interested parties are encouraged to
provide comments to the contact shown
in the ADDRESSES section. Comments
must be written to receive
consideration, and they will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval of the final ICR. In
order to help ensure appropriate
consideration, comments should
mention Workforce Information Grants
to States (WIGS), OMB control number
1205–0417.
Submitted comments will also be a
matter of public record for this ICR and
posted on the internet, without
redaction. The DOL encourages
commenters not to include personally
identifiable information, confidential
business data, or other sensitive
statements/information in any
comments.
The DOL 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.
Type of Review: Revision.
PO 00000
Frm 00061
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
54645
Title of Collection: Workforce
Information Grants to States (WIGS).
Form: N/A.
OMB Control Number: 1205–0417.
Affected Public: State Workforce
Agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
54.
Frequency: Once.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
162.
Estimated Average Time per
Response: 578 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 31,228 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost
Burden: $0.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
John Pallasch,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training.
[FR Doc. 2019–22186 Filed 10–9–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice (19–061)]
NASA Advisory Council; Technology,
Innovation and Engineering
Committee; Meeting.
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended, the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA)
announces a meeting of the Technology,
Innovation and Engineering Committee
of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC).
This Committee reports to the NAC.
DATES: Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 8:30
a.m.–5:00 p.m., Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES: NASA Kennedy Space
Center, Headquarters Building,
Conference Room 6440, Kennedy Space
Center, Florida 32899.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Mike Green, Designated Federal Officer,
Space Technology Mission Directorate,
NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC
20546, (202) 358–4710, or g.m.green@
nasa.gov.
SUMMARY:
The
meeting will be open to the public up
to the seating capacity of the room. This
meeting will also be available
telephonically and by WebEx. You must
use a touch-tone phone to participate in
this meeting. Any interested person may
dial the toll-free access number 1–844–
467–6272 and enter the numeric
participant passcode 102421 followed
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
E:\FR\FM\10OCN1.SGM
10OCN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 197 (Thursday, October 10, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54644-54645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22186]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment And Training Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Workforce Information Grants to States (WIGS)
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor's (DOL's), Employment and Training
Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed
revision for the authority to conduct the information collection
request (ICR) titled, ``Workforce Information Grants to States
(WIGS).'' This comment request is part of continuing Departmental
efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).
DATES: Consideration will be given to all written comments received by
December 9, 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 by
contacting Donald Haughton by telephone at 202-693-2784, TTY 877-889-
5627, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by email at
[email protected].
[[Page 54645]]
Submit written comments about, or requests for a copy of, this ICR
by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and
Training Administration, Office of Workforce Investment, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Room C-4510, Washington DC, 20210; by email:
[email protected]; or by Fax 202-693-3015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald Haughton by telephone at 202-
693-2784 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOL, as part of continuing efforts to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public and Federal agencies an
opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of
information before submitting them to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for final approval. This program helps to ensure 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 can be properly
assessed.
WIOA Section 308 requires the Secretary of Labor to oversee the
development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of a nationwide
Workforce and Labor Market Information System (workforce information)
system; and to evaluate the performance of the system and recommend
needed improvements, taking into consideration customer consultation
results, with particular attention given to improvements needed at the
state, regional and local levels. The WIGS information collection
ensures the Secretary of Labor meets WIOA requirements, and the states
complete grant deliverables such as state economic analyses or special
workforce information/economic studies, and the annual performance
report.
The ETA makes use of the information collected from WIGS grantees
primarily to serve four customer groups: (1) The public (including job
seekers and employers); (2) labor market intermediaries who help
individuals find a job or make career decisions (such as employment and
school counselors, case managers at American Job Centers, and
community-based organizations); (3) policymakers and employment and
economic program planners and operators; and (4) miscellaneous other
customers, including researchers, commercial data providers, and the
news media. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Section
308 (29 U.S.C. 491-2), and 20 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts
651 and 652 authorizes this information collection.
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 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.
Interested parties are encouraged to provide comments to the
contact shown in the ADDRESSES section. Comments must be written to
receive consideration, and they will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval of the final ICR. In order to help ensure
appropriate consideration, comments should mention Workforce
Information Grants to States (WIGS), OMB control number 1205-0417.
Submitted comments will also be a matter of public record for this
ICR and posted on the internet, without redaction. The DOL encourages
commenters not to include personally identifiable information,
confidential business data, or other sensitive statements/information
in any comments.
The DOL 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.
Type of Review: Revision.
Title of Collection: Workforce Information Grants to States (WIGS).
Form: N/A.
OMB Control Number: 1205-0417.
Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 54.
Frequency: Once.
Total Estimated Annual Responses: 162.
Estimated Average Time per Response: 578 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 31,228 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
John Pallasch,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. 2019-22186 Filed 10-9-19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510-FN-P
