[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 214 (Wednesday, November 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 65705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26279]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Comment Request for Information Collection for the Senior
Community Service Employment Program Performance Measurement System;
Extension With Revisions
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to provide the 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 [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)] (PRA). The PRA helps ensure that
respondents can provide requested data in the desired format with
minimal reporting burden (time and financial resources), collection
instruments are clearly understood and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the collection of
data for program performance reports, including a customer satisfaction
survey, for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP).
The current expiration date for the Office of Management and Budget's
approval of these data collection forms is March 31, 2015.
DATES: Submit written comments to the office listed in the addresses
section below on or before January 5, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Jennifer Pirtle, Older Worker Unit,
Office of Workforce Investment, Room C4526, Employment and Training
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-3045 (this is not a
toll-free number). Individuals with hearing or speech impairments may
access the telephone number above via TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Information Relay Service at 1-877-889-5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax:
202-693-3015. Email: [email protected]. To obtain a copy of the
proposed information collection request (ICR), and for further
information, please contact the person listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Originally authorized by the Older Americans Act of 1965, the
Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) is funded for
approximately $434 million for PY 2014 and will provide over 44,000
positions in which nearly 69,000 low-income persons aged 55 or older
will be placed in community service employment.
A slight upward adjustment in burden hours is due to the recent
awarding of 14 new discretionary grants (of one year duration), for
which we are collecting additional information. We are also including
an estimated burden of 2 hours per quarter, per grant, for the
quarterly narrative report.
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 submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions
Type of Review: extension with revisions.
Title: Senior Community Service Employment Program Performance
Measurement System.
OMB Number: 1205-0040.
Affected Public: individuals/households, state/local/tribal
governments, and the private sector (businesses or other for-profits,
and not-for-profit institutions).
Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 72 grantees will respond to
grant reports and an additional 22,000 respondents are expected to
respond to the customer satisfaction surveys.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 232,520.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 32,922.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0.
We will summarize and/or include in the request for OMB approval of
the ICR, the comments received in response to this comment request;
they will also become a matter of public record.
Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2014-26279 Filed 11-4-14; 8:45 am]
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