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Frederick Licari,
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, Cascades
Job Corps College and Career
Academy Pilot Evaluation, Continuing
Collection
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
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 Cascades Job Corps
College and Career Academy Pilot
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
December 23, 2019.
SUMMARY:
You may submit comments
by either one of the following methods:
Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov;
Deborah Martierrez, 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:
Deborah Martierrez by email at
ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov or by
phone at (202) 693–5091.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Chief Evaluation
Office (CEO), U.S. Department of Labor
(DOL), was approved under OMB
number 1290–0012 for a data collection
activity as part of the Cascades Job
Corps College and Career Academy
Evaluation Pilot Evaluation. The goal of
the evaluation is to determine the
effectiveness of the Pilot program in
improving employment and educational
outcomes for youth ages 21 and under.
The impact study randomly assigns
individuals to receive program services
or to a group that cannot access these
services but who can participate in
other similar programs. The impact
study will compare the employment and
educational outcomes of the groups to
determine the effectiveness of the pilot
program. The evaluation also includes
an implementation study that will
describe the services participants
receive through the pilot program as
well as provide operational lessons.
This Federal Register Notice provides
the opportunity to comment on two
proposed changes to information
collection activities for the Cascades Job
Corps College and Career Academy
Evaluation Pilot Evaluation:
1. Extension of data collection
through the follow-up tracking form;
and
ADDRESSES:
2. A modest increase in burden for the
implementation site visits.
The extension of the follow-up data
collection and additional burden for the
implementation site visits will provide
vital data for the evaluation.
II. Desired Focus of Comments:
Currently, the Department of Labor is
soliciting comments concerning the
above data collection for the Cascades
Job Corps College and Career Academy
Evaluation Pilot Evaluation. DOL is
particularly interested in comments that
do the following:
Æ 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;
Æ evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s burden estimate of the
proposed information collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions;
Æ enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
Æ 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 extending ongoing tracking
of participants, and an expansion of site
visits.
Type of Review: Continuing
information collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1290–0012.
Affected Public: Cascades Job Corps
College and Career Academy Evaluation
Pilot Evaluation grantees, partners and
participants.
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.
ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Type of instrument
(form/activity)
Number of
respondents
Interview Protocol—Center Director (Center Overview) ......
Interview Protocol—Community Culture, Student Support
Systems, Student Rewards & Recognitions, and Disciplinary Policies ...............................................................
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Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden
time per
response
(hours)
Total
number of
responses
Estimated
Burden Hours
11
1
1
1
1
11
1
1
1
1
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ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS—Continued
Type of instrument
(form/activity)
Number of
respondents
Interview Protocol—Education & Training Services Overview ..................................................................................
Interview Protocol—Education & Training Planning &
Counseling Services Overview ........................................
Interview Protocol—High School, High School Equivalency, Basic Education, and Education & Training Support Services Overview ....................................................
Interview Protocol—Trade/Pathway Managers or Supervisors (IT and Healthcare Trade/Pathway Overview) ......
Interview Protocol—College Services Overview .................
Interview Protocol—Non-Cognitive Social and Workplace
Skills Development Services Overview ............................
Interview Protocol—Recruitment, Admissions, and Intake
Services Overview ............................................................
Interview Protocol—Career Transition Readiness, Career
Transition Services, Internship, and/or other Placement
Services Overview ............................................................
Interview Protocol—Employer/Service Provider Partners ...
Interview Protocol—Traditional Center Student Focus
Groups ..............................................................................
Follow-up Tracking Form .....................................................
Total ..............................................................................
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden
time per
response
(hours)
Total
number of
responses
Estimated
Burden Hours
11
1
1
1
1
11
1
1
1
1
11
1
1
1
1
22
11
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
11
1
1
1
1
11
1
1
1
1
33
1
1
3
2
1
0.5
3
1
6 207
1
1.5
20
310
1
0.1
20
31
242
........................
345
........................
65
42
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1 Assumes
1 interview at CCCA and 1 interview at each of 2 different Traditional JC Centers (for a total of 3 interviews) of one hour each, over
the three-year clearance period.
2 Assumes approximately 2 interviews at CCCA and 2 interviews at 2 different Traditional JC Centers (for a total of 6 interviews) of one hour
each, over the three-year clearance period.
3 Assumes approximately 3 interviews at CCCA and 3 interviews at 2 different Traditional JC Centers (for a total of 9 interviews) of one hour
each, over the three-year clearance period.
4 Assumes approximately 2 interviews at CCCA and 2 interviews at 2 different Traditional JC Centers (for a total of 6 interviews) of a half-hour
each, over the three-year clearance period.
5 Assumes 10 students per focus group, with 2 focus groups (one group of 10 for Health track and one group of 10 for IT track) at each of 3
sites (CCCA and 2 different Traditional JC Centers) for a total of 60 students over the three-year clearance period.
6 Total sample size for follow-up tracking is 620 study participants over the three-year clearance period.
Christina Yancey,
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; TechHire
and Strengthening Working Families
Initiative Grant Programs Evaluation—
18-Month Follow-Up Survey
Office of the Secretary,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Policy, Chief
Evaluation Office (CEO) sponsored
information collection request (ICR)
proposal titled, ‘‘TechHire and
Strengthening Working Families
Initiative Grant Programs Evaluation—
18-Month Follow-Up,’’ to the Office of
SUMMARY:
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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 November 22, 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=201905-1290-001
(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, (this is not a toll-free
number) or by email at 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–CEO, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235,
PO 00000
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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.
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 by email at
DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR
seeks PRA authority for the TechHire
and Strengthening Working Families
Initiative Grant Programs Evaluation—
18-Month Follow-Up Survey
information collection. The U.S.
Department of Labor’s Chief Evaluation
Office (CEO) is undertaking the
Evaluation of Strategies Used in the
TechHire and Strengthening Working
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, Cascades Job Corps College and Career Academy
Pilot Evaluation, Continuing Collection
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, the Department of Labor is
soliciting comments concerning the collection of data about the
Cascades Job Corps College and Career Academy Pilot 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 December 23, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following
methods: Email: [email protected]; Deborah Martierrez,
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: Deborah Martierrez by email at
[email protected] or by phone at (202) 693-5091.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Chief Evaluation Office (CEO), U.S. Department
of Labor (DOL), was approved under OMB number 1290-0012 for a data
collection activity as part of the Cascades Job Corps College and
Career Academy Evaluation Pilot Evaluation. The goal of the evaluation
is to determine the effectiveness of the Pilot program in improving
employment and educational outcomes for youth ages 21 and under. The
impact study randomly assigns individuals to receive program services
or to a group that cannot access these services but who can participate
in other similar programs. The impact study will compare the employment
and educational outcomes of the groups to determine the effectiveness
of the pilot program. The evaluation also includes an implementation
study that will describe the services participants receive through the
pilot program as well as provide operational lessons.
This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on
two proposed changes to information collection activities for the
Cascades Job Corps College and Career Academy Evaluation Pilot
Evaluation:
1. Extension of data collection through the follow-up tracking
form; and
2. A modest increase in burden for the implementation site visits.
The extension of the follow-up data collection and additional
burden for the implementation site visits will provide vital data for
the evaluation.
II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Department of Labor
is soliciting comments concerning the above data collection for the
Cascades Job Corps College and Career Academy Evaluation Pilot
Evaluation. DOL is particularly interested in comments that do the
following:
[cir] 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;
[cir] evaluate the accuracy of the agency's burden estimate of the
proposed information collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions;
[cir] enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
[cir] 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 extending ongoing tracking of participants,
and an expansion of site visits.
Type of Review: Continuing information collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1290-0012.
Affected Public: Cascades Job Corps College and Career Academy
Evaluation Pilot Evaluation grantees, partners and participants.
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.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours
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Average
Type of instrument (form/ Number of Number of Total number burden time Estimated
activity) respondents responses per of responses per response Burden Hours
respondent (hours)
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Interview Protocol--Center \1\ 1 1 1 1 1
Director (Center Overview).....
Interview Protocol--Community \1\ 1 1 1 1 1
Culture, Student Support
Systems, Student Rewards &
Recognitions, and Disciplinary
Policies.......................
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Interview Protocol--Education & \1\ 1 1 1 1 1
Training Services Overview.....
Interview Protocol--Education & \1\ 1 1 1 1 1
Training Planning & Counseling
Services Overview..............
Interview Protocol--High School, \1\ 1 1 1 1 1
High School Equivalency, Basic
Education, and Education &
Training Support Services
Overview.......................
Interview Protocol--Trade/ \2\ 2 1 2 1 2
Pathway Managers or Supervisors
(IT and Healthcare Trade/
Pathway Overview)..............
Interview Protocol--College \1\ 1 1 1 1 1
Services Overview..............
Interview Protocol--Non- \1\ 1 1 1 1 1
Cognitive Social and Workplace
Skills Development Services
Overview.......................
Interview Protocol--Recruitment, \1\ 1 1 1 1 1
Admissions, and Intake Services
Overview.......................
Interview Protocol--Career \3\ 3 1 3 1 3
Transition Readiness, Career
Transition Services,
Internship, and/or other
Placement Services Overview....
Interview Protocol--Employer/ \4\ 2 1 2 0.5 1
Service Provider Partners......
Interview Protocol--Traditional \5\ 20 1 20 1 20
Center Student Focus Groups....
Follow-up Tracking Form......... \6\ 207 1.5 310 0.1 31
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Total....................... 242 .............. 345 .............. 65
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\1\ Assumes 1 interview at CCCA and 1 interview at each of 2 different Traditional JC Centers (for a total of 3
interviews) of one hour each, over the three-year clearance period.
\2\ Assumes approximately 2 interviews at CCCA and 2 interviews at 2 different Traditional JC Centers (for a
total of 6 interviews) of one hour each, over the three-year clearance period.
\3\ Assumes approximately 3 interviews at CCCA and 3 interviews at 2 different Traditional JC Centers (for a
total of 9 interviews) of one hour each, over the three-year clearance period.
\4\ Assumes approximately 2 interviews at CCCA and 2 interviews at 2 different Traditional JC Centers (for a
total of 6 interviews) of a half-hour each, over the three-year clearance period.
\5\ Assumes 10 students per focus group, with 2 focus groups (one group of 10 for Health track and one group of
10 for IT track) at each of 3 sites (CCCA and 2 different Traditional JC Centers) for a total of 60 students
over the three-year clearance period.
\6\ Total sample size for follow-up tracking is 620 study participants over the three-year clearance period.
Christina Yancey,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor.
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