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of the Elementary and Secondary
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Student Succeeds Act of 2015, Public
Law (Pub. L.) 114–95.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
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whether the information shall have
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agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
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clarity of the information to be
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cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Longitudinal EmployerHousehold Dynamics (LEHD)
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
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public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on September
25, 2020 during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Longitudinal EmployerHousehold Dynamics (LEHD).
OMB Control Number: 0607–1001.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission,
Request for an Extension, without
Change, of a Currently Approved
Collection.
Number of Respondents: 54.
Average Hours per Response: No more
than 8 hours required to identify and
send/post required data sets.
Burden Hours: 1,728 hours.
Needs and Uses: The data products
developed by the LEHD program
provide statistics on employment,
earnings, and job flows at detailed levels
of geography and industry and for
different demographic groups. The
potential and realized uses of these data
products and their supporting
dissemination tools are far-reaching,
both for unraveling many important
questions in economic research and for
the provision of new statistical
products. Over the first five months of
2017, the Census Bureau received more
than 105,000 visits to its LEHD
dissemination tools. Just some examples
of novel use of LEHD data include:
• The New Jersey State Data Center
used OnTheMap for Emergency
Management to quickly learn the impact
of hurricane Sandy with regards to
identification of Federal Disaster
Declaration Areas and its effects on
communities (i.e., population and
workforce).
• The state of Nevada has used the
Job-to-Job Flows data product to
understand the migration of its
workforce that supports the hotel
industry.
• The Philadelphia Center City
District used LEHD data to understand
the details of the area’s workforce and
economy in order to monitor the
effectiveness of economic programs and
policy initiatives.
Additional examples of how the
LEHD data products and supporting
dissemination tools have been used can
be found at the LEHD website: https://
lehd.ces.census.gov/led_in_action/.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
government.
Frequency: Quarterly.
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Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary
via a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU).
Legal Authority: The authority to
conduct the LEHD program is 13 U.S.C.
Section 6. Confidentiality of all
collected data is assured by 13 U.S.C.
Section 9.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website 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 and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0607–1001.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Reporting
Process for Complaint of Employment
Discrimination Used by Permanent
Employees and Applicants for
Employment at DOC and Complaint of
Employment Discrimination for the
Decennial Census
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on October 1,
2020 during a 60-day comment period.
We received public comments. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days
for public comments.
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Office
of Civil Rights, Commerce.
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Title: Complaint of Employment
Discrimination against the Department
of Commerce.
OMB Control Number: 0690–0015.
Form Number(s): CD–498, 498–A.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 600.
Average Hours per Response: 30.
Burden Hours: 300.
Needs and Uses: The Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC) regulations at 29 CFR 1614.106
require that a Federal employee or
applicant for Federal employment
alleging discrimination based on race,
color, sex, national origin, religion, age,
disability, or reprisal for protected
activity must submit a signed statement
that is sufficiently precise to identify the
actions or practices that form the bases
of the complaint. The individual
completing the form is asked to identify
the bureau at which the alleged
discrimination took place, and whether
the individual worked at that bureau at
the time of the alleged discrimination.
The individual completing the form is
also asked to describe the alleged
discriminatory action(s) as clearly as
possible and include the date(s) and to
articulate the basis or bases of the
complaint (race, color, sex, etc.).
Further, the individual completing the
form is asked to identify the remedy(ies)
sought for the alleged discrimination.
Although complainants are not required
to use the proposed form to file their
complaints, the Office of Civil Rights
strongly encourages its use to ensure
efficient case processing and trend
analyses of complaint activity.
The notice requesting public
comment was published in the Federal
Register on October 1, 2020, 85 FR
61923. Public comment was received
from Lisa Schnall, Senior Attorney
Advisor, Office of Legal Counsel, Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission
on November 30, 2020.
With respect to the CD–498 and CD–
498A forms specifically, Ms. Schnall
recommended that the Department of
Commerce update information on Form
CD–498A regarding the processing of
sexual orientation discrimination
complaints and ensure that Forms CD–
498 and 498A include comprehensive
lists of the protected bases under federal
employment discrimination laws. Ms.
Schnall also suggested that the
Department of Commerce add the legal
citation for 42 U.S.C. 2000ff and
‘‘genetic information’’ (or ‘‘genetic
information (such as family medical
history’’) to the Privacy Act Statement.
Ms. Schnall also suggested that the
Department of Commerce (3) ensure that
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the disclosure provisions applicable to
Forms CD–498 and CD–498A are
consistent with the confidentiality
requirements of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation
Act) and Title II of the Genetic
Information Nondiscrimination Act
(GINA). Ms. Schnall further
recommended that the Department of
Commerce provide options for agency
applicants and employees to submit
employment discrimination complaint
forms and related information safely
and expeditiously during the pandemic.
In response to the public comment
received, the Department of Commerce
has updated information on Form CD–
498A regarding the processing of sexual
orientation discrimination complaints
and has included comprehensive lists of
the protected bases under federal
employment discrimination laws to
both forms CD–498 and CD–498A.
Additionally, the Department of
Commerce has added the legal citation
for 42 U.S.C. 2000ff and ‘‘genetic
information’’ (or ‘‘genetic information
(such as family medical history’’) to the
Privacy Act Statement in form CD–
498A. Further, the Department of
Commerce has added language to help
ensure that the disclosure provisions
applicable to Forms CD–498 and CD–
498A are consistent with the
confidentiality requirements of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended
(Rehabilitation Act) and Title II of the
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination
Act (GINA). Last, with respect to the
recommendation regarding the
Department of Commerce providing
options for agency applicants and
employees to submit employment
discrimination complaint forms and
related information safely and
expeditiously during the pandemic, the
Department of Commerce currently has
an effective procedure in place which
addresses this concern (i.e., the option
to submit complaint forms by email to
the Office of Civil Rights or to the
applicable Bureau EEO Officer is noted
on the Notice of Right to File which is
issued to complainants and which
accompanies the CD–498 or CD–498A).
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: 29 CFR 1614.106.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
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publication of this notice on the
following website 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 and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0690–0015.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 2108]
Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone
208 Under Alternative Site Framework;
New London, Connecticut
Pursuant to its authority under the
Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18,
1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u),
the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the
Board) adopts the following Order:
Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones
(FTZ) Act provides for ‘‘. . .the
establishment . . . of foreign-trade
zones in ports of entry of the United
States, to expedite and encourage
foreign commerce, and for other
purposes,’’ and authorizes the Board to
grant to qualified corporations the
privilege of establishing foreign-trade
zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs
and Border Protection ports of entry;
Whereas, the Board adopted the
alternative site framework (ASF) (15
CFR Sec. 400.2(c)) as an option for the
establishment or reorganization of
zones;
Whereas, the New London Foreign
Trade Zone Commission, grantee of
Foreign-Trade Zone 208, submitted an
application to the Board (FTZ Docket B–
44–2020, docketed July 13, 2020) for
authority to reorganize under the ASF
with a service area of New London
County, Connecticut, adjacent to the
New London Customs and Border
Protection port of entry, and FTZ 208’s
existing Site1 would be categorized as a
magnet site;
Whereas, notice inviting public
comment was given in the Federal
Register (85 FR 44040, July 21, 2020)
and the application has been processed
pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s
regulations; and,
Whereas, the Board adopts the
findings and recommendations of the
examiner’s report, and finds that the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Reporting Process for Complaint of Employment
Discrimination Used by Permanent Employees and Applicants for
Employment at DOC and Complaint of Employment Discrimination for the
Decennial Census
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on October 1, 2020 during a 60-day comment period. We
received public comments. This notice allows for an additional 30 days
for public comments.
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Office of Civil Rights, Commerce.
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Title: Complaint of Employment Discrimination against the
Department of Commerce.
OMB Control Number: 0690-0015.
Form Number(s): CD-498, 498-A.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 600.
Average Hours per Response: 30.
Burden Hours: 300.
Needs and Uses: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
regulations at 29 CFR 1614.106 require that a Federal employee or
applicant for Federal employment alleging discrimination based on race,
color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, or reprisal for
protected activity must submit a signed statement that is sufficiently
precise to identify the actions or practices that form the bases of the
complaint. The individual completing the form is asked to identify the
bureau at which the alleged discrimination took place, and whether the
individual worked at that bureau at the time of the alleged
discrimination. The individual completing the form is also asked to
describe the alleged discriminatory action(s) as clearly as possible
and include the date(s) and to articulate the basis or bases of the
complaint (race, color, sex, etc.). Further, the individual completing
the form is asked to identify the remedy(ies) sought for the alleged
discrimination. Although complainants are not required to use the
proposed form to file their complaints, the Office of Civil Rights
strongly encourages its use to ensure efficient case processing and
trend analyses of complaint activity.
The notice requesting public comment was published in the Federal
Register on October 1, 2020, 85 FR 61923. Public comment was received
from Lisa Schnall, Senior Attorney Advisor, Office of Legal Counsel,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on November 30, 2020.
With respect to the CD-498 and CD-498A forms specifically, Ms.
Schnall recommended that the Department of Commerce update information
on Form CD-498A regarding the processing of sexual orientation
discrimination complaints and ensure that Forms CD-498 and 498A include
comprehensive lists of the protected bases under federal employment
discrimination laws. Ms. Schnall also suggested that the Department of
Commerce add the legal citation for 42 U.S.C. 2000ff and ``genetic
information'' (or ``genetic information (such as family medical
history'') to the Privacy Act Statement. Ms. Schnall also suggested
that the Department of Commerce (3) ensure that the disclosure
provisions applicable to Forms CD-498 and CD-498A are consistent with
the confidentiality requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
amended (Rehabilitation Act) and Title II of the Genetic Information
Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). Ms. Schnall further recommended that the
Department of Commerce provide options for agency applicants and
employees to submit employment discrimination complaint forms and
related information safely and expeditiously during the pandemic.
In response to the public comment received, the Department of
Commerce has updated information on Form CD-498A regarding the
processing of sexual orientation discrimination complaints and has
included comprehensive lists of the protected bases under federal
employment discrimination laws to both forms CD-498 and CD-498A.
Additionally, the Department of Commerce has added the legal citation
for 42 U.S.C. 2000ff and ``genetic information'' (or ``genetic
information (such as family medical history'') to the Privacy Act
Statement in form CD-498A. Further, the Department of Commerce has
added language to help ensure that the disclosure provisions applicable
to Forms CD-498 and CD-498A are consistent with the confidentiality
requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended
(Rehabilitation Act) and Title II of the Genetic Information
Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). Last, with respect to the recommendation
regarding the Department of Commerce providing options for agency
applicants and employees to submit employment discrimination complaint
forms and related information safely and expeditiously during the
pandemic, the Department of Commerce currently has an effective
procedure in place which addresses this concern (i.e., the option to
submit complaint forms by email to the Office of Civil Rights or to the
applicable Bureau EEO Officer is noted on the Notice of Right to File
which is issued to complainants and which accompanies the CD-498 or CD-
498A).
Affected Public: Individuals and households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: 29 CFR 1614.106.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website 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 and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0690-0015.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-28171 Filed 12-21-20; 8:45 am]
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