Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for Formative Data Collections for Research and Evaluation, New Collection, 13401 [2021-04685]
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Issued: March 2, 2021.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Generic
Clearance for Formative Data
Collections for Research and
Evaluation, New 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 for formative data collections for
SUMMARY:
research and evaluations. 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
May 7, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either one of the following methods:
Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@
dol.gov; Mail or Courier: Chayun Yi,
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:
Chayun Yi by email at
ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov or by
phone at (202) 693–5084.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Chief Evaluation
Office (CEO) of the U.S. Department of
Labor (DOL) intends to design and
conduct evaluations of DOL-funded
programs. Under this generic clearance,
DOL would engage in a variety of
formative data collections with
researchers, practitioners, TA providers,
service providers and potential
participants throughout the field to
fulfill the following goals: (1) Inform the
development of CEO research, (2)
maintain a research agenda that is
rigorous and relevant, (3) ensure that
research products are as current as
possible and (4) inform the provision of
technical assistance. CEO envisions
using a variety of techniques including
semi-structured discussions, focus
groups, surveys, and telephone or inperson interviews, in order to reach
these goals. Following standard OMB
requirements, DOL will submit a change
request for each individual data
collection activity under this generic
clearance. Each request will include the
individual instrument(s), a justification
specific to the individual information
collection, and any supplementary
documents. OMB should review
requests within 10 days of submission.
Type of Review: New information
collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1290–0NEW.
Affected Public: The populations to be
studied include key stakeholder groups
involved in DOL projects and programs,
state or local government officials,
service providers, participants in DOL
programs or similar comparison groups,
experts in fields pertaining to DOL
research and programs, or others
involved in conducting DOL research or
evaluation projects.
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
Average
burden time
per response
(hours)
Total number
of responses
Estimated
burden hours
Semi-structured discussions and focus groups ...................
Interviews .............................................................................
Questionnaires/surveys ........................................................
3,000
1,500
1,000
1
1
1
3,000
1,500
1,000
1
1
1
3,000
1,500
1,000
Total ..............................................................................
5,500
........................
5,500
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5,500
Christina Yancey,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of
Labor.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Request for Information: Science,
Technology, Engineering, Art, and
Mathematics at the Poles
National Science Foundation.
Request for information.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Science
Foundation’s (NSF) Office of Polar
Programs (OPP) and the Education and
Human Resources (EHR) Directorate
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the goals, values, and approaches for
managing the Antarctic Artist and
Writers (AAW) Program and possibly
expanding that program to include the
Arctic. In addition, OPP and EHR
request input into whether the NSF
program which selects and sends
educators to the Poles should be under
a common management structure. This
RFI will help inform NSF as it considers
potential avenues for managing and
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for Formative Data
Collections for Research and Evaluation, New 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 for formative
data collections for research and evaluations. 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 May 7, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following
methods:
Email: [email protected]; Mail or Courier: Chayun Yi,
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: Chayun Yi by email at
[email protected] or by phone at (202) 693-5084.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) of the U.S.
Department of Labor (DOL) intends to design and conduct evaluations of
DOL-funded programs. Under this generic clearance, DOL would engage in
a variety of formative data collections with researchers,
practitioners, TA providers, service providers and potential
participants throughout the field to fulfill the following goals: (1)
Inform the development of CEO research, (2) maintain a research agenda
that is rigorous and relevant, (3) ensure that research products are as
current as possible and (4) inform the provision of technical
assistance. CEO envisions using a variety of techniques including semi-
structured discussions, focus groups, surveys, and telephone or in-
person interviews, in order to reach these goals. Following standard
OMB requirements, DOL will submit a change request for each individual
data collection activity under this generic clearance. Each request
will include the individual instrument(s), a justification specific to
the individual information collection, and any supplementary documents.
OMB should review requests within 10 days of submission.
Type of Review: New information collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1290-0NEW.
Affected Public: The populations to be studied include key
stakeholder groups involved in DOL projects and programs, state or
local government officials, service providers, participants in DOL
programs or similar comparison groups, experts in fields pertaining to
DOL research and programs, or others involved in conducting DOL
research or evaluation projects.
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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Semi-structured discussions and 3,000 1 3,000 1 3,000
focus groups...................
Interviews...................... 1,500 1 1,500 1 1,500
Questionnaires/surveys.......... 1,000 1 1,000 1 1,000
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Total....................... 5,500 .............. 5,500 .............. 5,500
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Christina Yancey,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor.
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