Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; DOL-Only Performance Accountability, Information, and Reporting System, 22459 [2020-08498]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
• Office of the Secretary

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 22459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08498]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; DOL-Only Performance Accountability, 
Information, and Reporting System

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment 
and Training Administration (ETA)-sponsored information collection 
request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval 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 May 22, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

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 request fulfills Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act reporting requirements regarding the collection of 
performance indicators described in Sec. 116(b)(2)(A). Requirements for 
state level collection of this data for the programs contained in this 
collection are based on WIOA requirements. As part of this ICR, the 
Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration 
(ETA) has made changes to the Participant Individual Record Layout 
(ETA-9172), (Program) Performance Report (ETA-9173-APPSHP) to 
facilitate State and grantee performance reporting. In particular, as 
part of DOL's effort to streamline program performance reporting for 
ETA grants with significant apprenticeship components as a primary goal 
of the program (Apprenticeship grants), DOL is adding the performance 
information collection requirements for Apprenticeship grants. DOL also 
is adding a new information collection requirement to this ICR: the 
Apprenticeship Outreach: Organization/Employer Record Layout. For 
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related 
notice published in the Federal Register on June 21, 2019 (84 FR 
29245).
    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 the OMB approves it 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 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-ETA.
    Title of Collection: DOL-Only Performance Accountability, 
Information, and Reporting System.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0521.
    Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments; Individuals 
or Household and Private Sector, Business or other for-profits and not 
for-profit institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 17,583,750.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 41,064,037.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 10,459,627 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $245,464,843.38.

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

    Dated: March 31, 2020.
Frederick Licari,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-08498 Filed 4-21-20; 8:45 am]
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