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Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Veterans’ Employment and Training
Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request: VETS’
Competitive Grant Program Reporting
Notice of availability; request
for comments.
ACTION:
VETS is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed revision of certain information
the agency collects from grant
recipients. Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal
agencies are required to publish a notice
in the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information and
to allow 60 days for public comment in
response to the notice.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
written comments received February 21,
2023.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this Information
Collection Request (ICR) with applicable
supporting documentation, including a
description of the likely respondents,
proposed frequency of response, and
estimated total burden, may be obtained
for free by contacting Kate McCord by
telephone at (503) 806–4241 (this is not
a toll-free number) or by email at hvrp@
dol.gov.
Submit written comments about this
ICR to: hvrp@dol.gov. Include ‘‘HVRP
1293–0014 ICR Comments’’ in the
subject line.
Electronic submission: You may
submit comments and attachments
electronically at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@
dol.gov, identified by OMB Control
Number 1293–0014.
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
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automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate
McCord by telephone at (503) 806–4241
(this is not a toll-free number) or by
email at hvrp@dol.gov. Include ‘‘HVRP
1293–0014 ICR Information’’ in the
subject line.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Labor’s VETS
administers funds for the Homeless
Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP)
grant on an annual basis. These
competitive grants are codified under 38
U.S.C. 2021, 2021A, and 2023.
VETS provides funds to grantees
through annual Funding Opportunity
Announcements and incremental
funding throughout the grant’s threeyear (12 quarters) period of
performance. The total number of
grantees varies from year to year based
on the amount of available funds,
awarded in grants up to $500,000 each
year or up to $1.5 million in total.
The Assistant Secretary for Veterans’
Employment and Training monitors and
supervises the distribution and use of
those funds as required by 38 U.S.C.
2021 (b) and 38 U.S.C. 2021A.
Additionally, and in accordance with 38
U.S.C. 2021 (e), the Secretary reviews
performance and provides an annual
report to Congress on the program,
including an evaluation of the services
furnished to veterans and an analysis of
the information we have collected.
VETS is requesting continued
approval for this information collection
that streamlines the funding application
process for applicants, reports the use of
grantee funds in sufficient detail to
allow interim adjustments that ensure
all appropriated funding is expended
properly, and provides data needed for
VETS’ Annual Report to Congress.
The forms and reports collect required
programmatic and financial data from
applicants and grantees. The continued
use of standardized formats for
collecting this information helps to
ensure that requested data is provided
in a uniform way, reporting burdens are
minimized, the impact of collection
requirements on respondents are
properly assessed, collection
instruments are clearly understood by
respondents, and the information is
easily consolidated for posting in
accordance with statutory requirements.
VETS is proposing the following
additions to the form collection:
• VETS–705 Past Performance Chart.
VETS intends to add a new form to this
collection, the VETS–705 Past
Performance Chart, to provide a
standardized template for grant
applicants without a previous HVRP
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award to submit performance outcomes
from completed projects.
VETS is proposing the following
revisions to the forms:
• VETS–704 Applicant Synopsis/
Abstract. VETS proposes to rename this
form to ‘‘Abstract’’ to better align with
the terminology used in the HVRP
Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) definitions and terms.
• VETS–700 Planned Goals Chart.
VETS has historically requested that
applicants submit up to 24 planned
goals and a list of service delivery area
counties. VETS proposes removing the
requirement to enter geographic location
information and goals for participant
subgroups, training, and expenditures,
which results in 16 fewer measures on
the form. The authoritative source for a
grant’s service delivery area is the
VETS–704 Abstract form; requiring
county-level details to be entered into
the VETS–700 is unnecessary. VETS no
longer needs goals for participant
subgroups and expenditures as they are
not relevant at the application stage and
training subgoals are redundant as there
is only one standard training goal and
it is a single benchmark that applies to
all grantees. In addition, the formatting
of the VETS–700 Planned Goals Chart
only supports data entry for the first
four quarters of a performance measure.
VETS recommends changing the
formatting to allow data entry for all 12
quarters of the grant’s period of
performance. This allows applicants the
flexibility to submit quarter and/or
program year-specific goals and displays
a final set of goals that encompass the
grant’s full three-year period of
performance. Lastly, this form is now
included as a separate tab in the VETS–
704 Abstract and in the VETS–701 TPR.
The Planned Goals Chart is completed
once at application; the data is then
pasted into the Planned Goals Chart
• VETS–701 Technical Performance
Report (TPR). On the Planned Goals tab,
VETS proposes grantees enter the goals
shown on the VETS–700 Planned Goals
Chart and add three entries for planned
expenditures related to participant
services, indirect costs, and direct costs.
On the Tech Perf Report tab, VETS
proposes removing the requirement to
enter the number of eligibility
assessments conducted each quarter as
VETS no longer needs to collect this
information. On the Participant Info tab,
VETS proposes removing two services
provided entries: Transitional or
Permanent Housing and the Work
Attire/Tools/Equipment; the former is a
data point VETS no longer requires, and
the latter is redundant with another
service (Employment Adjustment
Services) and will be incorporated into
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those selections. Continuing the
Participant Info tab, VETS proposes
replacing the free text Participant ID
field with a form-generated, unique
within the TPR-identification code
based on existing participant data
entries. VETS proposes to add service
delivery area (SDA) fields to record the
participant’s state, county, city, and zip
code of residence at the time of
enrollment. This will allow VETS to
map HVRP services at the county level
and compare grantees’ proposed service
delivery areas to the locations of the
participants being served. VETS intends
to add an LGBTQIA+ field to ensure
equity in services to lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex,
and other sexual and gender-diverse
communities. VETS intends to add a
field to record a participant’s military
discharge status and modify the age at
enrollment field to date of birth. VETS
proposes to add fields to capture the
number of training hours provided for
each of the training type categories and
modify the services last provided entries
for each of the service type categories
from a ninety-day selection window
(quarters) to the date last provided.
VETS intends to add occupation type
selection fields to the placement, second
quarter after exit, and fourth quarter
after exit questions in the participant
follow-up tracking section. Lastly, VETS
has added a new tab titled, New
Enrollment Entry; it serves as optional
new enrollment data input form that
assists in populating the Participant Info
tab.
• VETS–702 Technical Performance
Narrative (TPN). VETS proposes to
remove the question pertaining to
‘‘Cumulative Percentage of Participants
Receiving Training Services,’’ as the
result of that measure will now be
addressed in the existing failed and/or
minimal performance narratives. VETS
is also removing two financial review
questions related to the status of the SF–
425 as finalized for closeout. VETS
proposes adding one additional
question to the failed and minimal
performance narratives that asks grant
recipients to specify when an indicator’s
underperformance is related to a
continuing issue from prior quarters and
explain what remedies have been taken
to address and improve performance
over time. VETS has modified the
Quarters 5–8 section of the TPN from
one field that provided narrative
explanations for both failed and
minimal performance outcomes to two
separate fields, with one text box
dedicated to failed performance and one
text box dedicated to minimal
performance. The overall number of
questions in the TPN remains
unchanged.
• VETS–703 Stand Down After Action
Review (SDARR). Currently, grant
recipients have no way to explain why
a required service for a Stand Down
event as stated in the FOA was not
available. By adding a comment box
field to the form, grantees will be able
to provide narrative justification
regarding the services provided to Stand
Down participants. This new field only
applies if the grant recipient did not
provide certain required services at the
Stand Down event.
The Department’s estimated burden
total for the collection with the
proposed changes are shown in the
chart below. Overall, the proposed
changes have increased the burden by
two hours, from 11,004 to 11,006. The
overall estimated number of
respondents decreased by 186 from
1,078 to 892, specifically for the VETS–
700, VETS–703, and VETS–704. The
total estimated annual responses
increased by two from 2,662 to 2,664.
The average time burden by response
increased for the VETS–701 and VETS–
702 but decreased for the VETS–700 and
VETS–703, with no changes to the
VETS–704.
ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
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Type of Instrument (form/activity)
VETS–700 Planned Goals ...................................................
VETS–701 TPR (Quarters 1–4; Year 1 Grantees) ..............
VETS–701 TPR (Quarters 1–4; Year 2 and Year 3 Grantees) ...................................................................................
VETS–701 TPR (Quarters 5–8; Year 1 Grantees) ..............
VETS–701 TPR (Quarters 5–8; Year 2 and Year 3 Grantees) ...................................................................................
VETS–702 TPN (Quarters 1–4; All Grantees Years 1–3) ...
VETS–702 TPN (Quarters 5–8; Year 2 and Year 3 Grantees) ...................................................................................
VETS–703 SDARR ..............................................................
VETS–704 Abstract .............................................................
VETS–705 Past Performance Chart ....................................
Unduplicated Total ........................................................
This information collection is subject
to the Paperwork Reduction Act (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
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Number of
responses per
respondent
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Average
burden time
per response
(hours)
Estimated
burden hours
116
58
1
4
116
232
1.0
14.0
116
3,248
117
0
4
0
468
0
7.0
0
3,276
0
117
175
4
4
468
700
2.0
4.0
936
2,800
117
30
116
46
4
1
1
1
468
30
116
46
1.0
0.75
1.0
0.5
468
23
116
23
892
28
2,644
4.2
11,006
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.
The DOL seeks PRA authorization for
this information collection for three (3)
years. OMB authorization for an
Information Collection Review cannot
be for more than three (3) years without
renewal. The DOL notes that currently
approved information collection
requirements submitted to the OMB
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receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL–VETS.
Type of Review: Revision.
Title of Collection: VETS’ Competitive
Grant Program Reporting.
Forms:
1. VETS–700, Competitive Grants
(CG) Planned Goals Chart;
2. VETS–701, CG Technical
Performance Report (TPR);
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3. VETS–702, CG Technical
Performance Narrative (TPN);
4. VETS–703, Stand Down After
Action Report (SDAAR);
5. VETS–704, Abstract and;
6. VETS–705, Past Performance Chart.
OMB Control Number: 1293–0014
Affected Public: State, Local, and
Tribal Governments; Private Sector—
businesses or other for-profits and notfor-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
892.
Frequency: Varies.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
2,644.
Estimated Average Time per
Response: 4.2 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 11,006 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost
Burden: $0.
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app 2) and
implementing regulations at 41 CFR
102–3. The Committee will discuss
matters relating to the classified
national security information program
for State, local, Tribal, and private
sector entities.
Procedures: Please submit the name,
email address, and telephone number of
people planning to attend to Heather
Harris Paga´n at SLTPS_PAC@nara.gov
(contact information above) no later
than January 2, 2023. We will provide
meeting access information to those
who register.
Tasha Ford,
Committee Management Officer.
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James D. Rodriguez,
Assistant Secretary, Veterans’ Employment
and Training Service, U.S. Department of
Labor.
[NRC–2022–0102]
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Information Collection: Generic
Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency
Service Delivery
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
ADMINISTRATION
AGENCY:
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[NARA–2022–014]
State, Local, Tribal, and Private Sector
Policy Advisory Committee (SLTPS–
PAC); Meeting
Information Security Oversight
Office (ISOO), National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA).
ACTION: Notice of Federal advisory
committee meeting.
AGENCY:
We are announcing an
upcoming meeting of the State, Local,
Tribal, and Private Sector Policy
Advisory Committee (SLTPS–PAC) in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act and implementing
regulations.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be on January
4, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (EST).
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be a
hybrid meeting of in-person and virtual
meeting. We will send instructions on
how to access the meeting to those who
register according to the instructions
below.
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DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Heather Harris Pagan, ISOO Senior
Program Analyst, at SLTPS_PAC@
nara.gov or (202) 357–5351. Contact
ISOO at ISOO@nara.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
meeting is open to the public in
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Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission to the
Office of Management and Budget;
request for comment.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has recently
submitted a request for renewal of an
existing collection of information to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review. The information
collection is entitled, ‘‘Generic
Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery.’’
DATES: Submit comments by January 19,
2023. Comments received after this date
will be considered if it is practical to do
so, but the Commission is able to ensure
consideration only for comments
received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under Review—
Open for Public Comments’’ or by using
the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
SUMMARY:
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301–415–2084; email:
Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2022–
0102 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publicly
available information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2022–0102.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly
available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, select
‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For
problems with ADAMS, please contact
the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR)
reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737, or by email to
PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The supporting
statement is available in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML22347A317.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents,
by appointment, at the NRC’s PDR,
Room P1 B35, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please
send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov
or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–
4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern
time (ET), Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
• NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of
the collection of information and related
instructions may be obtained without
charge by contacting the NRC’s
Clearance Officer, David C. Cullison,
Office of the Chief Information Officer,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–2084; email:
Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.
B. Submitting Comments
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under Review—
Open for Public Comments’’ or by using
the search function.
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information in
comment submissions that you do not
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Veterans' Employment and Training Service
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request: VETS'
Competitive Grant Program Reporting
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: VETS is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the
proposed revision of certain information the agency collects from grant
recipients. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal
agencies are required to publish a notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information and to allow 60 days
for public comment in response to the notice.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all written comments received
February 21, 2023.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this Information Collection Request (ICR) with
applicable supporting documentation, including a description of the
likely respondents, proposed frequency of response, and estimated total
burden, may be obtained for free by contacting Kate McCord by telephone
at (503) 806-4241 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at
[email protected].
Submit written comments about this ICR to: [email protected]. Include
``HVRP 1293-0014 ICR Comments'' in the subject line.
Electronic submission: You may submit comments and attachments
electronically at [email protected], identified by OMB Control
Number 1293-0014.
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: Kate McCord by telephone at (503) 806-
4241 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at [email protected].
Include ``HVRP 1293-0014 ICR Information'' in the subject line.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Labor's VETS administers
funds for the Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program (HVRP) grant on
an annual basis. These competitive grants are codified under 38 U.S.C.
2021, 2021A, and 2023.
VETS provides funds to grantees through annual Funding Opportunity
Announcements and incremental funding throughout the grant's three-year
(12 quarters) period of performance. The total number of grantees
varies from year to year based on the amount of available funds,
awarded in grants up to $500,000 each year or up to $1.5 million in
total.
The Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training
monitors and supervises the distribution and use of those funds as
required by 38 U.S.C. 2021 (b) and 38 U.S.C. 2021A. Additionally, and
in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 2021 (e), the Secretary reviews
performance and provides an annual report to Congress on the program,
including an evaluation of the services furnished to veterans and an
analysis of the information we have collected.
VETS is requesting continued approval for this information
collection that streamlines the funding application process for
applicants, reports the use of grantee funds in sufficient detail to
allow interim adjustments that ensure all appropriated funding is
expended properly, and provides data needed for VETS' Annual Report to
Congress.
The forms and reports collect required programmatic and financial
data from applicants and grantees. The continued use of standardized
formats for collecting this information helps to ensure that requested
data is provided in a uniform way, reporting burdens are minimized, the
impact of collection requirements on respondents are properly assessed,
collection instruments are clearly understood by respondents, and the
information is easily consolidated for posting in accordance with
statutory requirements.
VETS is proposing the following additions to the form collection:
VETS-705 Past Performance Chart. VETS intends to add a new
form to this collection, the VETS-705 Past Performance Chart, to
provide a standardized template for grant applicants without a previous
HVRP award to submit performance outcomes from completed projects.
VETS is proposing the following revisions to the forms:
VETS-704 Applicant Synopsis/Abstract. VETS proposes to
rename this form to ``Abstract'' to better align with the terminology
used in the HVRP Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) definitions and
terms.
VETS-700 Planned Goals Chart. VETS has historically
requested that applicants submit up to 24 planned goals and a list of
service delivery area counties. VETS proposes removing the requirement
to enter geographic location information and goals for participant
subgroups, training, and expenditures, which results in 16 fewer
measures on the form. The authoritative source for a grant's service
delivery area is the VETS-704 Abstract form; requiring county-level
details to be entered into the VETS-700 is unnecessary. VETS no longer
needs goals for participant subgroups and expenditures as they are not
relevant at the application stage and training subgoals are redundant
as there is only one standard training goal and it is a single
benchmark that applies to all grantees. In addition, the formatting of
the VETS-700 Planned Goals Chart only supports data entry for the first
four quarters of a performance measure. VETS recommends changing the
formatting to allow data entry for all 12 quarters of the grant's
period of performance. This allows applicants the flexibility to submit
quarter and/or program year-specific goals and displays a final set of
goals that encompass the grant's full three-year period of performance.
Lastly, this form is now included as a separate tab in the VETS-704
Abstract and in the VETS-701 TPR. The Planned Goals Chart is completed
once at application; the data is then pasted into the Planned Goals
Chart
VETS-701 Technical Performance Report (TPR). On the
Planned Goals tab, VETS proposes grantees enter the goals shown on the
VETS-700 Planned Goals Chart and add three entries for planned
expenditures related to participant services, indirect costs, and
direct costs. On the Tech Perf Report tab, VETS proposes removing the
requirement to enter the number of eligibility assessments conducted
each quarter as VETS no longer needs to collect this information. On
the Participant Info tab, VETS proposes removing two services provided
entries: Transitional or Permanent Housing and the Work Attire/Tools/
Equipment; the former is a data point VETS no longer requires, and the
latter is redundant with another service (Employment Adjustment
Services) and will be incorporated into
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those selections. Continuing the Participant Info tab, VETS proposes
replacing the free text Participant ID field with a form-generated,
unique within the TPR-identification code based on existing participant
data entries. VETS proposes to add service delivery area (SDA) fields
to record the participant's state, county, city, and zip code of
residence at the time of enrollment. This will allow VETS to map HVRP
services at the county level and compare grantees' proposed service
delivery areas to the locations of the participants being served. VETS
intends to add an LGBTQIA+ field to ensure equity in services to
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and other sexual
and gender-diverse communities. VETS intends to add a field to record a
participant's military discharge status and modify the age at
enrollment field to date of birth. VETS proposes to add fields to
capture the number of training hours provided for each of the training
type categories and modify the services last provided entries for each
of the service type categories from a ninety-day selection window
(quarters) to the date last provided. VETS intends to add occupation
type selection fields to the placement, second quarter after exit, and
fourth quarter after exit questions in the participant follow-up
tracking section. Lastly, VETS has added a new tab titled, New
Enrollment Entry; it serves as optional new enrollment data input form
that assists in populating the Participant Info tab.
VETS-702 Technical Performance Narrative (TPN). VETS
proposes to remove the question pertaining to ``Cumulative Percentage
of Participants Receiving Training Services,'' as the result of that
measure will now be addressed in the existing failed and/or minimal
performance narratives. VETS is also removing two financial review
questions related to the status of the SF-425 as finalized for
closeout. VETS proposes adding one additional question to the failed
and minimal performance narratives that asks grant recipients to
specify when an indicator's underperformance is related to a continuing
issue from prior quarters and explain what remedies have been taken to
address and improve performance over time. VETS has modified the
Quarters 5-8 section of the TPN from one field that provided narrative
explanations for both failed and minimal performance outcomes to two
separate fields, with one text box dedicated to failed performance and
one text box dedicated to minimal performance. The overall number of
questions in the TPN remains unchanged.
VETS-703 Stand Down After Action Review (SDARR).
Currently, grant recipients have no way to explain why a required
service for a Stand Down event as stated in the FOA was not available.
By adding a comment box field to the form, grantees will be able to
provide narrative justification regarding the services provided to
Stand Down participants. This new field only applies if the grant
recipient did not provide certain required services at the Stand Down
event.
The Department's estimated burden total for the collection with the
proposed changes are shown in the chart below. Overall, the proposed
changes have increased the burden by two hours, from 11,004 to 11,006.
The overall estimated number of respondents decreased by 186 from 1,078
to 892, specifically for the VETS-700, VETS-703, and VETS-704. The
total estimated annual responses increased by two from 2,662 to 2,664.
The average time burden by response increased for the VETS-701 and
VETS-702 but decreased for the VETS-700 and VETS-703, with no changes
to the VETS-704.
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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VETS-700 Planned Goals.......... 116 1 116 1.0 116
VETS-701 TPR (Quarters 1-4; Year 58 4 232 14.0 3,248
1 Grantees)....................
VETS-701 TPR (Quarters 1-4; Year 117 4 468 7.0 3,276
2 and Year 3 Grantees).........
VETS-701 TPR (Quarters 5-8; Year 0 0 0 0 0
1 Grantees)....................
VETS-701 TPR (Quarters 5-8; Year 117 4 468 2.0 936
2 and Year 3 Grantees).........
VETS-702 TPN (Quarters 1-4; All 175 4 700 4.0 2,800
Grantees Years 1-3)............
VETS-702 TPN (Quarters 5-8; Year 117 4 468 1.0 468
2 and Year 3 Grantees).........
VETS-703 SDARR.................. 30 1 30 0.75 23
VETS-704 Abstract............... 116 1 116 1.0 116
VETS-705 Past Performance Chart. 46 1 46 0.5 23
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Unduplicated Total.......... 892 28 2,644 4.2 11,006
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This information collection is subject to the Paperwork Reduction
Act (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.
The DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an Information Collection Review
cannot be for more than three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes
that currently approved information collection requirements submitted
to the OMB receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo
review.
Agency: DOL-VETS.
Type of Review: Revision.
Title of Collection: VETS' Competitive Grant Program Reporting.
Forms:
1. VETS-700, Competitive Grants (CG) Planned Goals Chart;
2. VETS-701, CG Technical Performance Report (TPR);
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3. VETS-702, CG Technical Performance Narrative (TPN);
4. VETS-703, Stand Down After Action Report (SDAAR);
5. VETS-704, Abstract and;
6. VETS-705, Past Performance Chart.
OMB Control Number: 1293-0014
Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments; Private
Sector--businesses or other for-profits and not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 892.
Frequency: Varies.
Total Estimated Annual Responses: 2,644.
Estimated Average Time per Response: 4.2 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,006 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
James D. Rodriguez,
Assistant Secretary, Veterans' Employment and Training Service, U.S.
Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2022-27515 Filed 12-19-22; 8:45 am]
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