[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 214 (Wednesday, November 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59889-59890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29208]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Extension 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 will be approximately 10 hours per annual response and
we anticipate 56 responses with no capital/start-up costs, 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 extension collection of the Planning Guidance
and Instructions for Submission of Annual State Plans for the Welfare-
to-Work Formula Grants.
A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES section
of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before January 5, 1998.
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: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, ATTENTION: Janice Davis, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Room S-5513, Washington, D.C. 20210, 202-219-0181 extension 155 (this
is not a toll free number) and/or via e-mail davisj@doleta.gov; fax
number is 202-219-0376.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997, signed by the President on August
5, 1997, authorized the U.S. Department of Labor to provide Welfare-to-
Work (WtW) Grants to States and local communities to provide
transitional employment assistance to move Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families (TANF) recipients with significant employment barriers
into unsubsidized jobs providing long-term employment opportunities. In
order to receive formula grant funds, the statute provides that the
State must submit a plan for the administration of the WtW grant. This
Planning Guidance and Instructions for Submission of Annual State Plans
addresses the information required from States which will enable them
to qualify for the formula grant funds. Separate guidance will be
issued for both the grants to the Indian tribes and the competitive
grants.
II. Current Actions
This request has currently been approved under an emergency
clearance not to exceed March 31, 1998, this extension is needed in
order to complete the collection of this information.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Planning Guidance and Instructions for Submission of Annual
State Plans for Welfare-to-Work Formula Grants.
OMB Number: 1205-0382.
Affected Public: State and local governments.
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Total Respondents: 56.
Frequency: Annually.
Total Responses: 56.
Average Time per Response: 10 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 560.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 0.
Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the request for the Office of Management
and Budget approval of the information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: October 30, 1997.
Peter E. Rell,
Director, Welfare-to-Work Grant Program Implementation Team.
[FR Doc. 97-29208 Filed 11-4-97; 8:45 am]
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