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response on survey estimates and
ensure a sufficient number of units are
collected to calculate the Employment
Cost Index. The new sample size would
only take effect upon OMB approval.
For additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
June 11, 2020 (85 FR 35667).
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 authorization for this information
collection under OMB Control Number
1220–0164. The current approval is
scheduled to expire on May 31, 2024.
Agency: DOL–BLS.
Title of Collection: National
Compensation Survey.
OMB Control Number: 1220–0164.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit and not-for-profit institutions;
State, local, and tribal government.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 16,995.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 45,270.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
36,114 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Dated: November 1, 2021.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Evaluation
of the Pathway Home Grant Program,
New Collection
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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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
SUMMARY:
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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 the Evaluation of the Pathway
Home Grant Program. 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
January 3, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either one of the following methods:
Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov;
Mail or Courier: Jessica Lohmann, 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:
Jessica Lohmann by email at
ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov or by
phone at (202) 693–5087.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Chief Evaluation
Office (CEO) of the U.S. Department of
Labor (DOL) intends to conduct an
evaluation of the DOL-funded Pathway
Home grant program, which aims to
improve the ability of people in the
justice system to find meaningful
employment and avoid recidivism. The
goal of this four-year evaluation is to
build knowledge about the
implementation of the Pathway Home
grants and their effectiveness in
improving employment and recidivism
outcomes for adults reentering the
community after incarceration.
The overall study has two
components: (1) An implementation
evaluation of the Pathway Home grants
to describe program models and
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services, partnerships, and participant
characteristics; and (2) an impact
evaluation to examine the effectiveness
of the Pathway Home grants on
participants’ outcomes, such as
credential attainment, employment and
earnings, and ongoing criminal justice
involvement. DOL will submit
additional ICRs for future data
collection requests for this study.
This Federal Register Notice provides
the opportunity to comment on the
following proposed data collection
instruments that the evaluation will use:
1. Baseline survey of study
participants. Survey of 2,500 impact
study participants to collect basic
demographic information.
2. Survey of grant administrators.
Survey of approximately 67 grant
administrators to collect program
information.
3. Survey of correctional facility
administrators. Survey of approximately
128 correctional facility partner
administrators to collect information
about correctional facility
characteristics.
4. Semi-structured interview guides
for program and partner administrators
and frontline staff. Site visits to up to
16 Pathway Home grantee or subgrantee
sites. These visits will last three days
each. During these site visits, we will
conduct one-on-one or small-group,
semi-structured interviews with grant
program administrators, partner
administrators, and frontline staff.
5. Focus group guide for pre-release
program participants. In-person focus
group discussions with approximately 8
pre-release participants from each of
approximately 16 sites.
6. Semi-structured interview guide for
post-release program participants. Inperson and telephone semi-structured
interviews with approximately 8 postrelease participants from each of
approximately 16 sites
II. Desired Focus of Comments:
Currently, DOL is soliciting comments
on the above data collection for the
Pathway Home grant program. DOL is
particularly interested in comments that
do the following:
Æ Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have
practical utility;
Æ Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s
burden estimate of the proposed information
collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions;
Æ Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
Æ 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
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technological collection techniques or other
forms of information technology—for
example, permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
III. Current Actions: At this time, DOL
is requesting clearance for the baseline
survey of study participants, survey of
grantee administrators, survey of
correctional facility administrators,
interview guide for program and partner
administrators and staff, focus group
guide for program participants, and
interview guide for program
participants.
Type of Review: New information
collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1290–0–NEW.
Affected Public: Program
administrators and frontline staff,
program partners including correctional
facility administrators, and evaluation
participants.
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
Baseline survey of study participants ..................................
Survey of grantee administrators .........................................
Survey of correctional facility administrators .......................
Semi-structured interview guide: Grant administrators .......
Semi-structured interview guide: Partner administrators .....
Semi-structured interview guide: Frontline staff ..................
Focus group guide for program participants .......................
Semi-structured interview guide for program participants ...
1 833
Total ..............................................................................
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden time
per response
(hours)
Total number
of responses
Estimated
burden
hours
8 43
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
833
22
43
43
53
80
38
43
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.5
.33
1.5
1
1.5
1.5
1
208
11
14
65
53
120
57
43
1,155
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1,155
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571
2 22
3 43
4 43
5 53
6 80
7 38
1 Assumes
2,500 impact study participants over the three-year clearance period.
2 Assumes 67 grantee administrators over the three-year clearance period.
3 Assumes 128 correctional facility administrators over the three-year clearance period.
4 Assumes 112 direct grant administrators from six sites and 18 intermediary grant administrators from 16 sites over the three-year clearance
period.
5 Assumes 160 partner administrators from 16 sites over the three-year clearance period.
6 Assumes 240 frontline staff from 16 sites over the three-year clearance period.
7 Assumes 115 pre-release participants from 16 sites over the three-year clearance period.
8 Assumes 128 post-release participants from 16 sites over the three-year clearance period.
Christina Yancey,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of
Labor.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
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Melane Conyers-Ausbrooks,
Secretary of the Board.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Evaluation of the Pathway Home Grant Program,
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 the
Evaluation of the Pathway Home Grant Program. 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 January 3, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following
methods: Email: [email protected]; Mail or Courier: Jessica
Lohmann, 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: Jessica Lohmann by email at
[email protected] or by phone at (202) 693-5087.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) of the U.S.
Department of Labor (DOL) intends to conduct an evaluation of the DOL-
funded Pathway Home grant program, which aims to improve the ability of
people in the justice system to find meaningful employment and avoid
recidivism. The goal of this four-year evaluation is to build knowledge
about the implementation of the Pathway Home grants and their
effectiveness in improving employment and recidivism outcomes for
adults reentering the community after incarceration.
The overall study has two components: (1) An implementation
evaluation of the Pathway Home grants to describe program models and
services, partnerships, and participant characteristics; and (2) an
impact evaluation to examine the effectiveness of the Pathway Home
grants on participants' outcomes, such as credential attainment,
employment and earnings, and ongoing criminal justice involvement. DOL
will submit additional ICRs for future data collection requests for
this study.
This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on
the following proposed data collection instruments that the evaluation
will use:
1. Baseline survey of study participants. Survey of 2,500 impact
study participants to collect basic demographic information.
2. Survey of grant administrators. Survey of approximately 67 grant
administrators to collect program information.
3. Survey of correctional facility administrators. Survey of
approximately 128 correctional facility partner administrators to
collect information about correctional facility characteristics.
4. Semi-structured interview guides for program and partner
administrators and frontline staff. Site visits to up to 16 Pathway
Home grantee or subgrantee sites. These visits will last three days
each. During these site visits, we will conduct one-on-one or small-
group, semi-structured interviews with grant program administrators,
partner administrators, and frontline staff.
5. Focus group guide for pre-release program participants. In-
person focus group discussions with approximately 8 pre-release
participants from each of approximately 16 sites.
6. Semi-structured interview guide for post-release program
participants. In-person and telephone semi-structured interviews with
approximately 8 post-release participants from each of approximately 16
sites
II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, DOL is soliciting
comments on the above data collection for the Pathway Home grant
program. DOL is particularly interested in comments that do the
following:
[cir] Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
[cir] Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's burden estimate of
the proposed information collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions;
[cir] Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
[cir] 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
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technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology--for example, permitting electronic submissions of
responses.
III. Current Actions: At this time, DOL is requesting clearance for
the baseline survey of study participants, survey of grantee
administrators, survey of correctional facility administrators,
interview guide for program and partner administrators and staff, focus
group guide for program participants, and interview guide for program
participants.
Type of Review: New information collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1290-0-NEW.
Affected Public: Program administrators and frontline staff,
program partners including correctional facility administrators, and
evaluation participants.
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 burden
Type of instrument (form/ Number of Number of Total number time per Estimated
activity) respondents responses per of responses response burden hours
respondent (hours)
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Baseline survey of study \1\ 833 1 833 .25 208
participants...................
Survey of grantee administrators \2\ 22 1 22 .5 11
Survey of correctional facility \3\ 43 1 43 .33 14
administrators.................
Semi-structured interview guide: \4\ 43 1 43 1.5 65
Grant administrators...........
Semi-structured interview guide: \5\ 53 1 53 1 53
Partner administrators.........
Semi-structured interview guide: \6\ 80 1 80 1.5 120
Frontline staff................
Focus group guide for program \7\ 38 1 38 1.5 57
participants...................
Semi-structured interview guide \8\ 43 1 43 1 43
for program participants.......
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Total....................... 1,155 .............. 1,155 .............. 571
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\1\ Assumes 2,500 impact study participants over the three-year clearance period.
\2\ Assumes 67 grantee administrators over the three-year clearance period.
\3\ Assumes 128 correctional facility administrators over the three-year clearance period.
\4\ Assumes 112 direct grant administrators from six sites and 18 intermediary grant administrators from 16
sites over the three-year clearance period.
\5\ Assumes 160 partner administrators from 16 sites over the three-year clearance period.
\6\ Assumes 240 frontline staff from 16 sites over the three-year clearance period.
\7\ Assumes 115 pre-release participants from 16 sites over the three-year clearance period.
\8\ Assumes 128 post-release participants from 16 sites over the three-year clearance period.
Christina Yancey,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor.
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