[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 71 (Thursday, April 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22001-22003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8724]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Collection of Follow-up Survey Information for Green
Jobs and Health Care Impact Evaluation of American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA)-Funded Grants; New Collection
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department or DOL), 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
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Reduction Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)(A)]. The 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 the
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
The proposed follow-up survey information collection is for an
evaluation of the impact of the Green Jobs and Health Care ARRA-funded
training grants. This evaluation is sponsored by ETA to understand the
processes surrounding the design and implementation of these grants.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before June 11, 2012.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this proposed information collection request may
be obtained by contacting Savi Swick at 202-693-3382 (this is not a
toll-free number) or email: [email protected]. Comments are to be
submitted to Department of Labor/Employment and Training
Administration, Attn: Savi Swick, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room N-
5641, Washington, DC 20210. Written comments may be transmitted by
facsimile to 202-693-2766 (this is not a toll-free number) or emailed
to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The proposed follow-up survey information collection is for an
evaluation of the impacts of the Green Jobs and Health Care (GJHC)
training grants. This evaluation is sponsored by ETA for worker
training and placement in high growth and emerging industries through
training grants.
In February 2009, President Obama signed the ARRA into law in an
effort to preserve and create jobs, promote economic growth, and assist
those impacted by the recession. The ARRA included funding for four
Solicitations for Grant Applications (SGAs) with the goal of training
workers in the skills required to be employed in specific high-growth
and emerging industries including health care, energy efficiency, and
renewable energy. This study focuses on the following two SGAs:
Pathways Out of Poverty (POP) ($150 million for 38
projects).
Health Care and Other High Growth Emerging Industries
(HHG) ($225 million for 55 projects).
The overall aim of this evaluation is to determine the extent to
which enrollees achieve increases in employment, earnings, and career
advancement because of their participation in the training provided by
POP and HHG grantees and to identify promising best practices and
strategies for replication. Individuals enrolling in the GJHC training
programs have a 50/50 chance of receiving these services. Those
individuals not receiving the training services receive the existing
services offered by the grantee. Education, employment, and other
outcomes of the two groups will be compared over time to evaluate the
GJHC training grant impact. The evaluation will estimate the success in
providing educational and occupational skills training that fosters
entry into job fields that are innovative and/or experiencing high
growth, as in the health care industry.
II. Review Focus
The Department 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 submission of responses.
III. Current Actions
This proposed information collection will involve collecting data
from recipients of four DOL/ETA grants that provide funding to train
unemployed, underemployed, dislocated, and incumbent workers for
employment and to create career pathways in health care and other
growing industries.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Title of Collection: Follow-up Survey Information for Green Jobs
and Health Care Impact Evaluation of ARRA-funded Grants.
OMB Control Number: 1205-0NEW.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; State, local, and
Tribal Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,024.
Frequency: Once at 18 months and once at 36 months.
Total Estimated Annual Responses: 4,024.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,426.
Total Annualized Capital and Startup Costs: $0.
Total Annualized Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Total Estimated Annual Cost Burden: $85,953.
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Total
Data collection activity Number of Total burden Average hourly annualized
respondents hours wage rate cost
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Follow-up Surveys:
a. 18-month................................. 4,024 2,213 $19.42 $42,976.5
b. 36-month................................. 4,024 2,213 19.42 42,976.5
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TOTAL................................... 4,024 4,426 n/a 85,953
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Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and may be included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the final information collection request. The comments will
become a matter of public record.
Dated: Signed at Washington, DC on this 3rd day of April, 2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-8724 Filed 4-11-12; 8:45 am]
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