97-14045. Job Training Partnership Act: Indian and Native American Programs Under Title IV-A  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 103 (Thursday, May 29, 1997)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 29153-29154]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-14045]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
    
    Employment and Training Administration
    
    
    Job Training Partnership Act: Indian and Native American Programs 
    Under Title IV-A
    
    AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
    
    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 process 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 process helps to 
    ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, 
    reporting burdens are minimized, collection instruments are clearly 
    understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents 
    can be properly assessed. Currently, the Employment and Training 
    Administration (ETA), in consultation with the Native American 
    Employment and Training Council, is soliciting comments concerning the 
    proposed continuation of the current planning and reporting system for 
    Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) title IV-A, section 401 Indian and 
    Native American grantees for three more program years (July 1, 1997 to 
    June 30, 2000). A copy of the proposed information collection request 
    (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the 
    address section of this notice.
    
    DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
    addressee section below on or before July 28, 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 burden estimate for 
    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 the sue of appropriate automated, 
    electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
    other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
    submissions of responses.
    
    ADDRESSES: Thomas M. Dowd, Chief, Division of Indian and Native 
    American Programs, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. 
    Department of Labor, Room N-4641, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, 
    Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 219-8502 ext 119 (VOICE) or 
    (202) 219-6338 (FAX) (these are not toll-free numbers) or INTERNET: 
    [email protected]
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    I. Background
    
        The Employment and Training Administration of the Department of 
    Labor, in consultation with the Native American Employment and Training 
    Council, is continuing its currently-approved planning and reporting 
    system for Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) title IV-A, section 401 
    Indian and Native American grantees for three more program years (July 
    1, 1997 to June 30, 2000). In evaluating the last two years' planning 
    and reporting experience of the grantees who receive funding under 
    section 401, including title II-B Summer Youth funds, the Department 
    has decided that the system does not require any changes. This position 
    is reached in part because of pending new workforce legislation, which 
    would possibly require extensive revisions to the current planning and 
    reporting system.
    
    II. Current Actions
    
        The proposed ICR will be a continuation of an existing system 
    currently in place and used by approximately 170 section 401 grantees 
    as the primary planning and reporting vehicle for enrolled individuals, 
    their characteristics, training and services provided, outcomes, 
    including job placement and employability enhancements, as well as 
    detailed financial data on program expenditures. Grantees participating 
    in the demonstration under Public Law 102-477 will not be affected by 
    this continuation, and have not been included in the following burden 
    estimates.
        Type of Review: This is a request for the continuation of an 
    existing collection.
        Agency: Department of Labor, Employment and Training 
    Administration.
        Title: Planning and reporting system for JTPA title IV-A, section 
    401 Indian and Native American grantees.
        OMB Number: 1205-0308.
    
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        Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 17.251.
        Recordkeeping: Grantees shall retain supporting and other documents 
    necessary for the compilation and submission of the subject reports for 
    three years after submission of the final financial report for the 
    grant in question [29 CFR 97.42 and/or 29 CFR 95.53].
        Affected Public: Federally and State-recognized Indian tribes, 
    bands, and groups; Alaska Native entities; Hawaiian Native entities; 
    private non-profit organizations; State agencies; consortia of any and/
    or all of the above.
        Cite/Reference/Form/etc.: The collection instrument is the Indian 
    and Native American Planning and Reporting System and related 
    instructions. OMB-approved forms are provided for use in gathering 
    information at the grantee field office level.
        Total Respondents: 170.
        Frequency: Semi-annually and annually (title IV-A); annually (title 
    II-B).
        Total responses: [For title IV-A] 510 (170 times 2, plus 170 times 
    1) (there is one semi-annual submission per year, consisting of a 
    financial report and a program report, plus an annual submission 
    covering both areas for the entire program year).
        [For title II-B] 252 (126 times 2) (there is one financial report 
    and one program report due annually on the summer program's activity).
        In addition, there are required financial and program planning 
    forms which must be submitted annually with documents required to 
    receive annual title II-B or title IV-A funds. The minimum submission 
    requirements are as follows:
    
    Budget Information Summary (BIS): 170 (title IV-A); 126 (title II-B).
    Program Planning Summary (PPS): 170 (title IV-A); 126 (title II-B).
    
    Average Time per Response
    
    Budget Information Summary (BIS)--17.5 hours; [ETA 8600].
    Program Planning Summary (PPS)--17.5 hours; [ETA 8601].
    Financial Status Report (FSR)--7.75 hours; [ETA 8602]
    Program Status Summary (PSS)--9.67 hours; [ETA 8603]
    Annual Status Report (ASR)--22.5 hours. [ETA 8604]
    
        The individual time per response varies widely depending on the 
    degree of automation attained by individual grantees. Grantees also 
    vary according to the numbers of individuals served in each program 
    year. If the grantee has a fully-developed and automated MIS, the 
    response time is limited to one-time programming plus processing time 
    for each response. It is the Department's desire to see as many section 
    401 grantees as possible become computerized, so that response time for 
    planning and reporting will eventually sift down to an irreducible 
    minimum with an absolute minimum of human intervention.
        Estimated Total Burden Hours: (minimum) 1,354 responses times 
    various hours (average is approximately 15 hours--see above for 
    individual details) = 19,342 total hours per response cycle (one 
    program year).
        Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
        Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $290,130 (19,342 total 
    hours per response cycle times an estimated average wage of $15.00 per 
    grantee staff hour). As noted, these costs will vary widely among 
    grantees, from nearly no additional cost to some higher figure, 
    depending on the state of automation attained by each grantee and the 
    wages paid to the staff actually completing the various forms.
        All costs associated with the submission of these five forms, 
    whether for planning or reporting purposes, are allowable grant 
    expenses.
        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.
    
        Signed at Washington, DC, this 22nd day of May 1997.
    Anna W. Goddard,
    Director, Office of Special Targeted Programs.
    [FR Doc. 97-14045 Filed 5-28-97; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
05/29/1997
Department:
Employment and Training Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice.
Document Number:
97-14045
Dates:
Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
Pages:
29153-29154 (2 pages)
PDF File:
97-14045.pdf