[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 146 (Friday, July 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41470-41471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19536]
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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
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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
extension of the collection of Employment Rates for the Youth
Opportunity Area Demonstration. 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's section below on or before September 28, 1999.
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
The Youth Opportunity Area Demonstration is an initiative designed
to improve the labor market prospects of out-of-school youth in a small
number of high poverty areas. Under this demonstration eleven
Opportunity Areas have been created to expand employment, education,
and training opportunities for out-of-school youth ages 16-24, with
priority given to high school dropouts. Each Opportunity Area consists
of an identified target area within a designated empowerment zone or
enterprise community with a population of between 10,000 and 20,000
persons and a poverty rate among the highest in the community. The
Opportunity Areas are in the cities of Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston,
New York, Boston, Detroit, Denver, Baltimore, Oakland, San Diego, and
in Kentucky's Lake County Area Development District.
An important part of determining whether these demonstrations are
successful is to measure the youth employment rate in the subject areas
before the program begins in each area and again after three years of
operation. The extension of this collection will allow for the
completion of these before and after comparisons. The OMB approved
survey that is currently being used is strongly based on the Current
Population Survey.
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
Continuing to collect the before and after youth employment rate
measures will allow for an evaluation of the effectiveness of the
demonstration's approach. Policy-makers in and out of government will
be able to use results from this study to better understand what sorts
of program initiatives are effective in increasing youth employment in
poverty areas.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Employment Rates for the Youth Opportunity Area
Demonstrations.
OMB Number: 1205-0373.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Cite/Reference/Form/etc: Youth Employment Survey.
Total Respondents: 9,600.
Frequency: One-time.
Total Responses: 9,600.
Average Time per Response: 0.25 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,400.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0, extension of an ongoing
project.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $3,600,000 contractor
support over three and one-half years
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: July 26, 1999.
Gerard F. Fiala,
Administrator, Office of Policy and Research.
[FR Doc. 99-19536 Filed 7-29-99; 8:45 am]
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