97-15259. Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 31845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15259]


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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 pre-clearance 
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 revised collection of the Summer Youth 
Employment Program.
    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 August 11, 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: James Wiggins, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; Telephone [phone] ext. 164 
(this is not a toll-free number); internet [e-mail]; fax number [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Under the Job Training Partnership Act Program, title IIB, the 
Department of Labor has established the Summer Youth Employment and 
Training Program to: (1) Enhance the basic education skills of youth; 
(2) encourage school completion or enrollment in supplementary or 
alternative school programs; provide eligible youth with exposure to 
the world of work; and (3) enhance the citizenship skills of youth. The 
Department of Labor is responsible for overseeing these programs. In 
order to carry out that responsibility, the Department will be revising 
the reporting instructions and monitoring instruments.

II. Current Actions

    The changes being proposed will be consistent with the current 
emergency request which has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget. The Department is requesting reporting at three points 
during the summer program--plan, mid and final. This information will 
permit the Department to fulfill requests from the U.S. Congress, the 
Administration, the media and the public.
    Type or Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of 
Labor.
    Title: Summer Youth Employment and Training Program.
    OMB Number: 1205-XXXX.
    Recordkeeping: Retention for three years.
    Affected Public: States.
    Cite/Reference/Form/etc: Summer Reporting (Plan/Mid/Final) and 
Regional Monitoring.
    Total Respondents: 56.
    Frequency: Plan, Mid-Summer and End of Summer.
    Total Responses: 168.
    Average Time per Response: Two hours per report each report.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6717.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $750.00.
    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: June 5, 1997.
Charles L. Atkinson,
Deputy Administrator, Office of Job Training Programs.
[FR Doc. 97-15259 Filed 6-10-97; 8:45 am]
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