[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31639-31641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13454]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Comment Request for Information Collection for Enhanced
Transitional Jobs Demonstration, New Collection
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 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
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understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents
can be properly assessed. Currently, the Employment and Training
Administration is soliciting comments concerning the collection of data
to support the Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration project (ETJD).
A copy of the proposed information collection request 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 August 1, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Employment and Training
Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Suite N-4511, Washington,
DC 20210, Attention: Jenn Smith, Telephone number: (202) 693-3597 (this
is not a toll-free number). Fax: (202) 693-3113. E-mail:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In applying for the Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration
grants, grantees agree to submit participant data and quarterly
aggregate reports for individuals who receive services through ETJD
programs and their partnerships with One-Stop Career Centers, local
workforce investment boards, employment providers, the criminal justice
system, and child support enforcement agencies, among others. The
reports include aggregate data on demographic characteristics, types of
services received, placements, outcomes, and follow-up status.
Specifically, they summarize data on participants who received
subsidized employment and training, placement services, child support
assistance and family reunification services, mentoring, and other
services essential to successful unsubsidized employment of ex-offender
and non-custodial parent participants through ETJD programs.
This requests an approval for a new information collection to meet
the reporting and recordkeeping requirements of the Enhanced
Transitional Jobs Demonstration through an ETA-provided, Web-based
Management Information System (MIS). In addition to reporting
participant information and performance-related outcomes, ETJD grantees
will be part of an extensive random assignment evaluation to test the
effectiveness of a transitional jobs ``bump-up'' model that provides an
enhanced approach to the traditional transitional jobs model, in order
to demonstrate the effectiveness of transitional jobs in serving
specific hard-to-employ populations.
Five outcome measures are used to measure success in the ETJD
grants: Entered employment rate, employment retention rate, average
six-month post-program earnings, recidivism rate, and rate of child
support order modifications. Several of these conform to the common
performance measures implemented across Federal job training programs
as of July 1, 2005. By standardizing the reporting and performance
requirements of different programs, the common measures give ETA the
ability to compare across programs the core goals of the workforce
system--how many people entered jobs; how many stayed employed; and how
many successfully completed an educational program. Although the common
measures are an integral part of ETA's performance accountability
system, these measures provide only part of the information necessary
to effectively oversee the workforce investment system. ETA also
collects data from ETJD grantees on program activities, participants,
and outcomes that are necessary for program management and the random
assignment evaluation process and for conveying full and accurate
information on the performance of ETJD programs to policymakers and
stakeholders.
This information collection maintains a reporting and record-
keeping system for a minimum level of information collection that is
necessary to comply with Equal Opportunity requirements, to hold ETJD
grantees appropriately accountable for the Federal funds they receive,
including common performance measures, and to allow the Department to
fulfill its oversight and management responsibilities.
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
Type of Review: New collection.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration Reporting System.
OMB Number: 1205-0NEW.
Affected Public: Local workforce investment board, non-profit, or
faith-based organization grantees.
Total Respondents: 12 grantees.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Estimated Total Burden Hours
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Average Total
Total Total time per annual Total
Form/activity respondents Frequency annual response burden annual
response (hours) hours burden cost
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Participant Data Collection..................... 12 Continual......................... 3000 2.5 7,500 $107,775
Quarterly narrative progress report............. 12 Quarterly......................... 48 10 480 6,898
Quarterly performance report.................... 12 Quarterly......................... 48 20 960 13,795
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Totals...................................... 12 .................................. 1,296 32.5 8,940 128,468
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Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be
summarized in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval
of the information collection request and will become a matter of
public record.
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Dated: May 11, 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-13454 Filed 5-31-11; 8:45 am]
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