[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55426-55427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28256]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, 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) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). 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 can be properly assessed.
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed reinstatement of the Job Training
Partnership Act (JTPA) Title III Biennial State Plan. 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 December 23, 1997. The Department
of Labor 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 responses.
ADDRESSES: Zenowia Choma, Office of Worker Retraining and Adjustment
Programs, Office of Work-Based Learning, Employment and Training
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-5426, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210, 202-219-5577 (this is not a toll-free
number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The collection of the information in the JTPA Title III Biennial
State Plan is necessary in order to satisfy the requirements of the
provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), as amended. The
provisions require that States must submit a biennial plan in order to
receive Title III funds.
II. Current Actions
This is a request for OMB approval of the reinstatement of a
collection of information previously approved by OMB. The reinstatement
will allow the Department to receive a general description of each
State's plans for the operation of the Title III program and its
utilization of JTPA funds for the next two years.
Type of Review: Reinstatement.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: JTPA Title III Biennial State Plan.
OMB Number: 1205-0273.
Affected Public: States, the District of Columbia and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Total Respondents: 52.
Frequency: Biennial.
Average Time per Response: 20 hours.
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Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1040.
Comments submitted in response to this comment 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.
Dated: October 20, 1997.
Peter E. Rell,
Acting Administrator, Office of Work-Based Learning, Employment and
Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-28256 Filed 10-23-97; 8:45 am]
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