[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35053-35054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13749]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Evaluation of the Army Unemployment
Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX) Claimants Initiative
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), 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). This program helps to ensure that
required 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.
A copy of the proposed 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 12, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following
methods: Email: [email protected]; Mail or Courier: Janet Javar,
Chief Evaluation Office, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-2218, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Instructions: Please
submit one copy of your comments by only one method. All submissions
received must include the agency name and OMB Control Number identified
above for this information collection. Because we continue to
experience delays in receiving mail in the Washington, DC area,
commenters are strongly encouraged to transmit their comments
electronically via email or to submit them by mail early. Comments,
including any personal information provided, become a matter of public
record. They will also be summarized and/or included in the request for
OMB approval of the information collection request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Javar by telephone at 202-693-
5954 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Army Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Service
Members (UCX) Claimants' Initiative, funded by the U.S. Department of
Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA), provides grants to
four states to improve strategies for providing reemployment services
to Army UCX claimants and for leveraging assets and sharing data across
partners. The major goals of the initiative are to create a strong
collaborative partnership among the Unemployment Insurance (UI) system,
the public workforce system, and the three components of the Army
(active, National Guard, and Reserve) that will support the rapid
reemployment of UCX claimants; improve the sharing of UCX data that
will lead to improved outreach and better understanding of UCX
claimants and their service delivery needs; and increase outreach,
exposure to jobs, and reemployment strategies for UCX claimants that
fully leverage existing resources with new and innovative service
delivery strategies. The period of performance for the grants is from
July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2014.
The purpose of the evaluation, funded by the Chief Evaluation
Office, is to determine the extent to which the initiative's goals were
achieved by each of the four grantee states. The evaluation will
examine the services received by UCX claimants and how claimants'
employment outcomes changed over the course of the grant period.
Policymakers, program administrators, and service providers will gain
information about the relative effectiveness of various strategies
developed by states, ease of implementation, and suggestions for
replication.
This package requests clearance for semi-structured discussions
that will take place during a single round of two-day visits to each of
the sites in the winter of 2013-2014. The site visits will involve an
array of individuals that varies by state based on the projects that
each state has decided to implement. Conversations will take place with
grantee leaders, staff of an American Job Center, and representatives
of the UI system in each state. Other discussants will include a
suitable combination of representatives of the Army and other
participants in the initiative. The site visit will facilitate an
assessment of the progress of these efforts, information gathering, and
potential for the delivery of additional in-person technical
assistance.
II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Department of Labor
is soliciting comments concerning the above data collection for
Evaluation of the Army UCX Claimants Initiative. Comments are requested
to:
* 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;
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* Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
* Minimize the burden of the information collection on those who
are to respond, including 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: At this time, the Department of Labor is
requesting clearance for site visit data collection for the Evaluation
of the Army Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX)
Claimants Initiative.
Type of review: New information collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1205-0NEW.
Affected Public: Staff associated with implementing the Army UCX
Claimants Initiative in four states.
Frequency: Once.
Total Responses: 40.
Average Time per Response: 45 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 30 hours.
Total Burden Cost: $0.
Comments submitted in response to this request will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval; they will also become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this day of June 5, 2013.
James H. Moore, Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2013-13749 Filed 6-10-13; 8:45 am]
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