Construction Scheduling Letter; Proposed Approval of Information Collection Requirements; Comment Request, 84002-84003 [2020-28266]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Federal Contract Compliance
Programs
Construction Scheduling Letter;
Proposed Approval of Information
Collection Requirements; Comment
Request
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ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor
(DOL), as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, conducts a pre-clearance
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
(PRA). The program helps 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 can be
properly assessed. Currently, the Office
of Federal Contract Compliance
Programs (OFCCP) is soliciting
comments concerning its proposal to
obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for the
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proposed information collection that
covers OFCCP’s construction scheduling
letter. A copy of the proposed
information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the office listed
below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this notice or by
accessing it at www.regulations.gov.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before
February 22, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
Electronic comments: The federal
eRulemaking portal at
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions found on that website for
submitting comments.
Mail, Hand Delivery, Courier:
Addressed to Tina T. Williams, Director,
Division of Policy and Program
Development, Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW, Room C–3325,
Washington, DC 20210.
Instructions: Please submit one copy
of your comments by only one method.
For faster submission, we encourage
commenters to transmit their comment
electronically via the
www.regulations.gov website.
Comments that are mailed to the
address provided above must be
postmarked before the close of the
comment period. All submissions must
include OFCCP’s name for
identification. Comments submitted in
response to the notice, including any
personal information provided, become
a matter of public record and will be
posted on www.regulations.gov.
Comments will also be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB
approval of the information collection
request.
Tina
T. Williams, Director, Division of Policy
and Program Development, Office of
Federal Contract Compliance Programs,
Room C–3325, 200 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20210. Telephone:
(202) 693–0103 (voice) or (202) 693–
1337 (TTY) (these are not toll-free
numbers). Copies of this notice may be
obtained in alternative formats (large
print, braille, audio recording) upon
request by calling the numbers listed
above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
OFCCP administers and enforces
three equal employment opportunity
laws listed below.
• Executive Order 11246, as amended
(E.O. 11246)
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• Section 503 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, as amended (Section 503)
• Vietnam Era Veterans’
Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as
amended (VEVRAA)
These authorities prohibit
employment discrimination by covered
federal contractors and subcontractors
and require that they take affirmative
action to provide equal employment
opportunities regardless of race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, national origin, disability, or
status as a protected veteran.
Additionally, federal contractors and
subcontractors are prohibited from
discriminating against applicants and
employees for asking about, discussing,
or sharing information about their pay
or, in certain circumstances, the pay of
their co-workers.
E.O. 11246 applies to federal
contractors and subcontractors and to
federally assisted construction
contractors holding a government
contract in excess of $10,000, or
government contracts that have, or can
reasonably be expected to have, an
aggregate total value exceeding $10,000
in a 12-month period. E.O. 11246 also
applies to government bills of lading,
depositories of federal funds in any
amount, and financial institutions that
are issuing and paying agents for U.S.
savings bonds. Section 503 prohibits
employment discrimination against
applicants and employees because of
physical or mental disability and
requires contractors and subcontractors
to take affirmative action to employ and
advance in employment qualified
individuals with disabilities. Section
503 applies to federal contractors and
subcontractors with contracts in excess
of $15,000. VEVRAA requires
contractors to take affirmative action to
employ, and advance in employment,
qualified protected veterans. VEVRAA
applies to federal contractors and
subcontractors with contracts of
$150,000 or more.
This proposed information collection
request (ICR) seeks to implement a
construction scheduling letter for
construction contractors to notify them
that they have been selected for a
compliance review. This way of
scheduling construction contractors will
be similar to the way OFCCP currently
schedules supply and service
contractors, and will provide certainty
and consistency between the two types
of compliance evaluations. Like supply
and service evaluations, OFCCP will go
to the contractor’s establishment and
work sites for an onsite review only if
the agency needs to investigate further
after reviewing the information
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provided in response to the scheduling
letter.
Office of the Secretary
II. Review Focus
OFCCP is particularly interested in
comments that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the compliance assistance functions
of the agency that support the agency’s
compliance mission, 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 submissions
of responses.
III. Current Actions
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OFCCP seeks approval of this new
information collection in order to carry
out and enhance its responsibilities to
enforce the nondiscrimination and
affirmative action provisions of the
three legal authorities it administers.
Type of Review: Regular.
Agency: Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs.
Title: Construction Scheduling Letter.
OMB Number: 1250–New.
Agency Number: None.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit entities.
Total Respondents: 500 construction
contractors.
Total Annual Responses: 500
construction contractors.
Average Time per Response: 29 hours,
direct federal construction contractors;
16 hours, federally assisted construction
contractors.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 11,900
hours.
Frequency: Upon selection for a
compliance evaluation.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $4,358.
Tina Williams,
Director, Division of Policy and Program
Development, Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Alien
Claims Activities Report
Notice of availability; request
for comments.
ACTION:
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 January 22, 2021.
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:
Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202–
693–8538, or by email at DOL_PRA_
PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
1137(d) and (e) of the Social Security
Act (SSA) authorize this information
collection. This information collection
permits DOL to comply with its
responsibilities under the SSA to gather
information from state agencies
concerning alien claimant activities.
The ETA 9016 report allows DOL to
determine the number of aliens filing for
unemployment insurance (UI), the
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number of benefit issues detected, and
the numbers of denials resulting from
use of the USCIS SAVE system. From
these data, DOL can determine the
extent to which state agencies use the
system, and the overall effectiveness
and cost efficiency of the USCIS SAVE
verification system. For additional
substantive information about this ICR,
see the related notice published in the
Federal Register on May 12, 2020 (85
FR 28037).
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: Alien Claims
Activities Report.
OMB Control Number: 1205–0268.
Affected Public: State, Local, and
Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 53.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 212.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
212 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Dated: December 17, 2020.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
Construction Scheduling Letter; Proposed Approval of Information
Collection Requirements; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-
clearance 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 (PRA). The program helps 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
can be properly assessed. Currently, the Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is soliciting comments concerning its
proposal to obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for the proposed information collection that covers OFCCP's
construction scheduling letter. A copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed
below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice or
by accessing it at www.regulations.gov.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before February 22, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Electronic comments: The federal eRulemaking portal at
www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions found on that website for
submitting comments.
Mail, Hand Delivery, Courier: Addressed to Tina T. Williams,
Director, Division of Policy and Program Development, Office of Federal
Contract Compliance Programs, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room C-3325,
Washington, DC 20210.
Instructions: Please submit one copy of your comments by only one
method. For faster submission, we encourage commenters to transmit
their comment electronically via the www.regulations.gov website.
Comments that are mailed to the address provided above must be
postmarked before the close of the comment period. All submissions must
include OFCCP's name for identification. Comments submitted in response
to the notice, including any personal information provided, become a
matter of public record and will be posted on www.regulations.gov.
Comments will also be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB
approval of the information collection request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina T. Williams, Director, Division
of Policy and Program Development, Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs, Room C-3325, 200 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 693-0103 (voice) or (202) 693-
1337 (TTY) (these are not toll-free numbers). Copies of this notice may
be obtained in alternative formats (large print, braille, audio
recording) upon request by calling the numbers listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
OFCCP administers and enforces three equal employment opportunity
laws listed below.
Executive Order 11246, as amended (E.O. 11246)
Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended
(Section 503)
Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974,
as amended (VEVRAA)
These authorities prohibit employment discrimination by covered
federal contractors and subcontractors and require that they take
affirmative action to provide equal employment opportunities regardless
of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Additionally, federal contractors and subcontractors are prohibited
from discriminating against applicants and employees for asking about,
discussing, or sharing information about their pay or, in certain
circumstances, the pay of their co-workers.
E.O. 11246 applies to federal contractors and subcontractors and to
federally assisted construction contractors holding a government
contract in excess of $10,000, or government contracts that have, or
can reasonably be expected to have, an aggregate total value exceeding
$10,000 in a 12-month period. E.O. 11246 also applies to government
bills of lading, depositories of federal funds in any amount, and
financial institutions that are issuing and paying agents for U.S.
savings bonds. Section 503 prohibits employment discrimination against
applicants and employees because of physical or mental disability and
requires contractors and subcontractors to take affirmative action to
employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with
disabilities. Section 503 applies to federal contractors and
subcontractors with contracts in excess of $15,000. VEVRAA requires
contractors to take affirmative action to employ, and advance in
employment, qualified protected veterans. VEVRAA applies to federal
contractors and subcontractors with contracts of $150,000 or more.
This proposed information collection request (ICR) seeks to
implement a construction scheduling letter for construction contractors
to notify them that they have been selected for a compliance review.
This way of scheduling construction contractors will be similar to the
way OFCCP currently schedules supply and service contractors, and will
provide certainty and consistency between the two types of compliance
evaluations. Like supply and service evaluations, OFCCP will go to the
contractor's establishment and work sites for an onsite review only if
the agency needs to investigate further after reviewing the information
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provided in response to the scheduling letter.
II. Review Focus
OFCCP is particularly interested in comments that:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the compliance assistance functions of the agency that
support the agency's compliance mission, 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 submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions
OFCCP seeks approval of this new information collection in order to
carry out and enhance its responsibilities to enforce the
nondiscrimination and affirmative action provisions of the three legal
authorities it administers.
Type of Review: Regular.
Agency: Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
Title: Construction Scheduling Letter.
OMB Number: 1250-New.
Agency Number: None.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit entities.
Total Respondents: 500 construction contractors.
Total Annual Responses: 500 construction contractors.
Average Time per Response: 29 hours, direct federal construction
contractors; 16 hours, federally assisted construction contractors.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 11,900 hours.
Frequency: Upon selection for a compliance evaluation.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $4,358.
Tina Williams,
Director, Division of Policy and Program Development, Office of Federal
Contract Compliance Programs.
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