Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Vocational Rehabilitation Financial Report (RSA-17), 33148-33149 [2020-11700]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 105 (Monday, June 1, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33148-33149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11700]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2020-SCC-0026]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Vocational Rehabilitation Financial Report (RSA-17)

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 
(OSERS), Department of Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 
proposing a revision of an existing information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
July 1, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed 
information collection requests should be sent within 30 days of 
publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find 
this particular information collection request by selecting 
``Department of Education'' under ``Currently Under Review,'' then 
check ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact David Steele, 202-245-6520.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with 
an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing 
collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact 
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's 
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in 
the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed 
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The 
Department of Education is especially interested in public comment 
addressing the following issues: (1) Is this collection necessary to 
the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be 
processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden 
accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the 
Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, 
including through the use of information technology. Please note that 
written comments received in response to this notice will be considered 
public records.
    Title of Collection: Vocational Rehabilitation Financial Report 
(RSA-17)
    OMB Control Number: 1820-0017
    Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 312
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 10,193
    Abstract: The Vocational Rehabilitation Financial Report (RSA-17) 
collects data on the State Vocational Rehabilitation Services (VR) 
program activities for agencies funded under the Rehabilitation Act of 
1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act). The RSA-2 captures the Federal 
and non-Federal administrative expenditures for the VR program; 
Services to Groups Federal and non-Federal expenditures; American Job 
Center Infrastructure Federal and non-Federal expenditures; receipt, 
use and/or transfer of VR program income; financial data necessary to 
ensure Federal award requirements are met (e.g., match, maintenance of 
effort, and pre-employment transition services reservation of funds); 
and obligations and disbursements that occurred during the period of 
the award. The basic data comprising the RSA-17 are mandated by the 
Rehabilitation Act as specified in Section 101(a)(10)(D). Section 13 of 
the Rehabilitation Act requires the Commissioner of RSA to collect and 
report information to the Congress and the President through an Annual 
Report.
    The substantive revisions to the form were necessary to: Add data 
elements in order to implement amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of 
1973 (Rehabilitation Act) made by title IV of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (e.g., those related to services to groups 
and pre-employment transition services); add data elements necessitated 
by the VR program's role as a core program in the one stop service 
delivery system and the jointly administered requirements of title I of 
WIOA (e.g., those related to one-stop center infrastructure costs and 
reporting periods); incorporate VR program-specific financial data 
elements, previously reported on the SF-425, necessary to ensure VR 
agencies comply with program requirements (e.g., match and maintenance 
of effort); and remove RSA-2 data elements that duplicated data 
collected in the RSA-911 Case Service Report. As a result of the 
revisions to this form, VR agencies will no longer be required to 
submit SF-425 reports for the VR program beginning with the FFY 2021 
grant awards. Difference noted above does not include the reduced 
burden resulting from VR agencies no longer having to submit these 
forms.
    RSA changed the numbering of the form to the RSA-17. This will 
assist VR agencies in making a clear distinction between the previous 
RSA-2 form submitted annually and the RSA-17 form that is submitted 
quarterly. Additionally, this will make the numbering of the form 
consistent with RSA's numbering of other forms using the last digits of 
the Office of Management and Budget's Control Number, which is 17.


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    Dated: May 27, 2020.
Kate Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and 
Strategy Division Office of Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-11700 Filed 5-29-20; 8:45 am]
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