2024-00278. Notice of Approved Agency Information Collection; Information Collection: Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is providing notice to the public that the WHD sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled “Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts” has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). WHD is notifying the public that the information collection has been approved and is effective immediately through January 31, 2027.

DATES:

The OMB approval of the new collection of information is effective immediately with an expiration date of January 31, 2027.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Waterman, Division of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation, Wage and Hour, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S–3502, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210; telephone: [phone] (this is not a toll-free number) or by sending an email to [e-mail]. Alternative formats are available upon request by calling 1–866–487–9243. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7–1–1 to access telecommunications relay services.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Department of Labor submitted a proposed new information collection titled Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts (OMB Control Number 1235–0NEW) in conjunction with a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on July 15, 2022 (87 FR 42552) and a final rule. On August 16, 2022, OMB filed comment and assigned OMB Control Number 1235–0033 to the proposed collection, directing the agency to address any comments received during the open comment period and resubmit for review at the time the final rule published. The final rule titled “Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts” published in the Federal Register on December 14, 2023 (88 FR 86736). OMB issued a Notice of Action (NOA) on January 3, 2024, approving the collection and providing the expiration of the collection as January 31, 2027, under OMB Control Number 1235–0033.

Section (k) of 5 CFR 1320.11, “Clearance of Collections of Information in Proposed Rules,” states: “After receipt of notification of OMB's approval, instruction to make a substantive or material change to, disapproval of a collection of information, or failure to act, the agency shall publish a notice in the Federal Register to inform the public of OMB's decision.” This notice fulfills the Department's obligation to notify the public of OMB's approval of the information collection request.

Amy Hunter,

Director, Division of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation.