[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 72694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33534]
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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 evaluation of the year 2000 Summer
Youth Employment and Training Program. 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
addresses section below on or before February 28, 2000.
ADDRESSES: Greg Knorr, Employment and Training Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., room N-5637,
Washington, DC 20210; 202-219-5782 ext. 120 (this is not a toll-free
number); gknorr@doleta.gov; Fax: 202-219-5455 (this is not a toll-free
number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: .
I. Background
This evaluation will be a national study in summer 2000 of youth
employment programs and services under the Workforce Investment Act
(WIA). The last comprehensive national study of the summer program (the
Title IIB program under the Job Training Partnership Act) was conducted
in 1993. The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 is bringing about major
changes in the way employment and training services are delivered to
economically disadvantaged youth. It consolidates summer and year-round
services, calls for a minimum funding level for serving out-of-school
youth, mandates that certain types of services be made available to
youth, includes a more comprehensive emphasis on performance
accountability, and requires local Workforce Investment Boards to
establish active Youth Councils. This evaluation will examine the newly
integrated system of youth employment services and programs as they are
operated during the summer 2000, the first year of WIA implementation.
The project calls for a comprehensive report based on site visits to 28
local Workforce Investment Areas (WIAs) and a mail survey of all WIAs.
II. Review Focus
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.
III. Current Actions
The proposed study will (1) describe the summer program as it is
operating across the country, including activities of the Youth
Councils, provision of the newly mandated services, and linkages with
other agencies and organizations; (2) discuss how summer services are
being integrated with year-round services; (3) examine the quality of
the academic component in particular detail, describing academic
programs that WIAs believe are especially effective for their youth;
(4) describe how the WIAs devote attention/resources to reach and
provide services to out-of-school youth; (5) assess the extent to which
youth are engaged in work that needs to be done, complete the summer
component and plan to return to school; (6) highlight innovative and
adaptable practices; and (7) examine the data and information that WIAs
are collecting or will be able to collect regarding individual
progress, performance, and impacts of the program, including
exploration of the feasibility of a national impact study of summer
programs conducted under WIA.
Type of Review: New.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Evaluation of the Year 2000 Summer Youth Employment and
Training Program.
Affected Public: Individuals and State, Local or Tribal Government.
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Total Total Average time per
Cite/reference respondents Frequency responses responses Burden
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Survey of all WIAs............ 642 One-time......... 642 2 hours.......... 1,284 hours.
Site Visits to 28 WIAs........ 28 One-time......... 28 6 hours.......... 168 hours.
Totals.................. ........... ................. 670 ................. 1,452
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $30,000.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0--one-time only.
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: December 20, 1999.
Gerard F. Fiala,
Administrator, Office of Policy and Research.
[FR Doc. 99-33534 Filed 12-27-99; 8:45 am]
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