[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2689-2690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1228]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Emergency Review; Comment Requested
January 14, 1997.
The Department of Labor has submitted the following (see below)
emergency processing public information collection request (ICR) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter
35). OMB approval has been requested by January 22, 1997. A copy of
this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by
calling the Department of Labor Departmental Clearance Officer, Theresa
M. O'Malley ({202} 219-5096 ext. 166).
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Comments and questions about the ICR listed below should be
forwarded to Office Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk
Officer for the Employment and Training Administration, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 ({202} 395-
7316).
The Office of Management and Budget is particularly interested in
comments which:
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 submissions of response.
Agency: U.S. Department of Labor, ETA.
Title: Workforce Flexibility (work-flex) Partnership Demonstration
Program.
OMB Number: 1205-Onew.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Affected Public: States.
Number of Respondents: 20 potential.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 80 hours.
Total Burden Hours: 1,600.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $5,000.
Description: This request is related to the passage of P.L. 104-208
which permits States to submit requests to be considered as Workforce
Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Programs (see below):
Who: Up to six States, of which at least three States shall each
have populations not in excess of 3,500,000, with a preference given to
those States that have been designated Ed-Flex Partnership States.
What: Workforce Flexibility (work-flex) Partnership Demonstration
Program.
When: March 28, 1997.
Where: Submit an application to the Department of Labor.
Why: To obtain authority to waive any statutory or regulatory
requirement applicable to service delivery areas or substate areas
within the state under titles I-III of the Job Training Partnership Act
(except for requirements relating to wage and labor standards,
grievance procedures and judicial review, nondiscrimination, allotment
of funds and eligibility, and any of the statutory or regulatory
requirements of sections 8-10 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (except for
requirements relating to the provision of services to unemployment
insurance claimants and veterans, and to universal access to basic
labor exchange services without cost to job seekers), for a duration
not to exceed the waiver period authorized under section 311(e) of
Public Law 103-227, pursuant to a plan submitted by such states and
approved by the Secretary for the provision of workforce employment and
training activities in the States, which includes a description of the
process by which service delivery areas and substate areas may apply
for and have waivers approved by the State, the requirements of the
Wagner-Peyser Act to be waived, the outcomes to be achieved and other
measures to be taken to ensure appropriate accountability for federal
funds.
Theresa M. O'Malley,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-1228 Filed 1-16-97; 8:45 am]
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