Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Joint Quarterly Narrative Performance Report, 85655-85656 [2023-26919]
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are currently set to expire on June 30,
2024.
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 it is
approved by OMB under the PRA 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 Control Number. See 5 CFR
1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
Interested parties are encouraged to
provide comments to the contact shown
in the ADDRESSES section. Comments
must be written to receive
consideration, and they will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval of the final ICR. In
order to help ensure appropriate
consideration, comments should
mention OMB Control Number 1205–
0223.
Submitted comments will also be a
matter of public record for this ICR and
posted on the internet, without
redaction. DOL encourages commenters
not to include personally identifiable
information, confidential business data,
or other sensitive statements/
information in any comments.
DOL is particularly interested in
comments that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, 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 submission
of responses).
Agency: DOL–ETA.
Type of Review: Extension.
Title of Collection: Registration and
Equal Employment Opportunity in
Apprenticeship Programs.
Forms: ETA Form 671, ETA Form
9039, and ETA Form 9186.
OMB Control Number: 1205–0223.
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Affected Public: Individuals/
households, state/local/tribal
governments, Federal government,
private sector (businesses or other forprofits, and, not-for-profit institutions).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
704,577.
Frequency: Varies.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
1,066,917.
Estimated Average Time per
Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 522,623 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost
Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Laura P. Watson,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment
and Training, Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request;
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
Act Joint Quarterly Narrative
Performance Report
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Labor’s
(DOL) Employment and Training
Administration (ETA) is soliciting
comments concerning a proposed
extension for the authority to conduct
the information collection request (ICR)
titled, ‘‘Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act Joint Quarterly
Narrative Performance Report.’’ This
comment request is part of continuing
Departmental efforts to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
written comments received by February
6, 2024.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with
applicable supporting documentation,
including a description of the likely
respondents, proposed frequency of
response, and estimated total burden,
may be obtained free by contacting
Stephanie Pena by telephone at (202)
693–3153 (this is not a toll-free
number), TTY 1–877–889–5627 (this is
not a toll-free number), or by email at
Pena.Stephanie.L@dol.gov.
Submit written comments about, or
requests for a copy of, this ICR by mail
or courier to the U.S. Department of
Labor, Training and Employment
SUMMARY:
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Administration, Division of Youth
Services, Room NC–4526, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20210; by email: Pena.Stephanie.L@
dol.gov; or by fax (202) 693–3015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie Pena by telephone at (202)
693–3153 (this is not a toll-free number)
or by email at Pena.Stephanie.L@
dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOL, as
part of continuing efforts to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies an opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing collections of information
before submitting them to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for final
approval. This program helps to ensure
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 can be properly assessed.
The Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (WIOA) (29 U.S.C.
3101) authorizes this information
collection. This ICR allows ETA’s
Senior Community Service Employment
Program (SCSEP) to perform data
validation on data collected and
reported to ETA on program activities
and outcomes; and provides a
streamlined WIOA Joint Quarterly
Narrative Performance Report (Joint
QNR) for several grant programs. DOL
seeks a revision of this ICR to include
the following changes: ETA has added
the Dislocated Worker Demonstration
grants to the list of grant programs
which use the Joint QNR; minor edits
have been made to the Joint QNR for
streamlining and clarification purposes;
and for the SCSEP Data Validation, a
few non-substantive changes were
made.
The Joint QNR provides a detailed
account of program activities,
accomplishments, and progress toward
performance outcomes during the
quarter. It also provides information on
grant challenges and timeline progress,
as well as the opportunity to share
success stories. The continued use of a
standardized narrative report supports
WIOA implementation and the goal of
systems alignment and consistency of
reporting. This template also helps
ensure consistent identification of
technical assistance needs across the
discretionary grant programs that are
reporting on WIOA performance
indicators and contributes to improved
quality of performance information that
ETA receives.
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The National Farmworkers Job
Program and YouthBuild grants are
authorized under the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act of
2014, which identified performance
accountability requirements for these
grants. The WIOA performance
indicators and reporting requirements
also apply to the Dislocated Worker,
Dislocated Worker Demonstration, and
Reentry Employment Opportunities
Grants. While H–1B and the DOL Office
of Apprenticeship grants are not
authorized under WIOA, these programs
have adopted the WIOA performance
indicators and align with WIOA data
element definitions and reporting
templates to promote consistency across
these DOL-funded programs. The Senior
Community Service Employment
Program, authorized under the Older
Americans Act, as amended (Pub. L.
114–144), has also adopted some of the
WIOA performance measures and, for
this reason has adopted the WIOA Joint
QNR.
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 it is
approved by OMB under the PRA 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 Control Number. See 5 CFR
1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
Interested parties are encouraged to
provide comments to the contact shown
in the ADDRESSES section. Comments
must be written to receive
consideration, and they will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval of the final ICR. In
order to help ensure appropriate
consideration, comments should
mention OMB Control Number
1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
Submitted comments will also be a
matter of public record for this ICR and
posted on the internet, without
redaction. DOL encourages commenters
not to include personally identifiable
information, confidential business data,
or other sensitive statements/
information in any comments.
DOL is particularly interested in
comments that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
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• 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 submission
of responses).
Agency: DOL–ETA.
Type of Review: Revision.
Title of Collection: Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act Joint
Quarterly. Narrative Performance
Report.
Form: Quarterly Narrative
Performance Report Template (ETA–
9179).
OMB Control Number: 1205–0448.
Affected Public: State, Local, and
Tribal Governments, Private Sector.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,395.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
4,112.
Estimated Average Time per
Response: Joint QNR: 10 hours; SCSEP
Data Validation: 40.5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 64,951 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost
Burden: $2,166,271.46.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Laura Watson,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment
and Training, Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request;
Rehabilitation Plan and Award
Notice of availability; request
for comments.
ACTION:
The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting this Office of
Workers’ Compensation Programs
(OWCP)-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.
SUMMARY:
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The OMB will consider all
written comments that the agency
receives on or before January 8, 2024.
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:
Michelle Neary by telephone at 202–
693–6312, or by email at DOL_PRA_
PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Form
OWCP–16 is used by vocational
rehabilitation counselors to submit an
agreed upon rehabilitation plan to
OWCP for approval, and documents
OWCP’s award of payment for any
approved services. For additional
substantive information about this ICR,
see the related notice published in the
Federal Register on August 30, 2023 (88
FR 59941).
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
DATES:
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[FR Doc No: 2023-26919]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Joint Quarterly Narrative
Performance Report
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training
Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed
extension for the authority to conduct the information collection
request (ICR) titled, ``Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Joint
Quarterly Narrative Performance Report.'' This comment request is part
of continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).
DATES: Consideration will be given to all written comments received by
February 6, 2024.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation,
including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency
of response, and estimated total burden, may be obtained free by
contacting Stephanie Pena by telephone at (202) 693-3153 (this is not a
toll-free number), TTY 1-877-889-5627 (this is not a toll-free number),
or by email at [email protected].
Submit written comments about, or requests for a copy of, this ICR
by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor, Training and
Employment Administration, Division of Youth Services, Room NC-4526,
200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210; by email:
[email protected]; or by fax (202) 693-3015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Pena by telephone at (202)
693-3153 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOL, as part of continuing efforts to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public and Federal agencies an
opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of
information before submitting them to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for final approval. This program helps to ensure 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 can be properly
assessed.
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (29 U.S.C.
3101) authorizes this information collection. This ICR allows ETA's
Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) to perform data
validation on data collected and reported to ETA on program activities
and outcomes; and provides a streamlined WIOA Joint Quarterly Narrative
Performance Report (Joint QNR) for several grant programs. DOL seeks a
revision of this ICR to include the following changes: ETA has added
the Dislocated Worker Demonstration grants to the list of grant
programs which use the Joint QNR; minor edits have been made to the
Joint QNR for streamlining and clarification purposes; and for the
SCSEP Data Validation, a few non-substantive changes were made.
The Joint QNR provides a detailed account of program activities,
accomplishments, and progress toward performance outcomes during the
quarter. It also provides information on grant challenges and timeline
progress, as well as the opportunity to share success stories. The
continued use of a standardized narrative report supports WIOA
implementation and the goal of systems alignment and consistency of
reporting. This template also helps ensure consistent identification of
technical assistance needs across the discretionary grant programs that
are reporting on WIOA performance indicators and contributes to
improved quality of performance information that ETA receives.
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The National Farmworkers Job Program and YouthBuild grants are
authorized under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014,
which identified performance accountability requirements for these
grants. The WIOA performance indicators and reporting requirements also
apply to the Dislocated Worker, Dislocated Worker Demonstration, and
Reentry Employment Opportunities Grants. While H-1B and the DOL Office
of Apprenticeship grants are not authorized under WIOA, these programs
have adopted the WIOA performance indicators and align with WIOA data
element definitions and reporting templates to promote consistency
across these DOL-funded programs. The Senior Community Service
Employment Program, authorized under the Older Americans Act, as
amended (Pub. L. 114-144), has also adopted some of the WIOA
performance measures and, for this reason has adopted the WIOA Joint
QNR.
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 it is approved by OMB under the PRA 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 Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and
1320.6.
Interested parties are encouraged to provide comments to the
contact shown in the ADDRESSES section. Comments must be written to
receive consideration, and they will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval of the final ICR. In order to help ensure
appropriate consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number
1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
Submitted comments will also be a matter of public record for this
ICR and posted on the internet, without redaction. DOL encourages
commenters not to include personally identifiable information,
confidential business data, or other sensitive statements/information
in any comments.
DOL is particularly interested in comments that:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
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 submission of responses).
Agency: DOL-ETA.
Type of Review: Revision.
Title of Collection: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Joint
Quarterly. Narrative Performance Report.
Form: Quarterly Narrative Performance Report Template (ETA-9179).
OMB Control Number: 1205-0448.
Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments, Private
Sector.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,395.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Estimated Annual Responses: 4,112.
Estimated Average Time per Response: Joint QNR: 10 hours; SCSEP
Data Validation: 40.5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 64,951 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $2,166,271.46.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Laura Watson,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
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