80_FR_25063 80 FR 24979 - Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA); Notice of Incentive Funding Availability Based on Program Year (PY) 2013 Performance

80 FR 24979 - Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA); Notice of Incentive Funding Availability Based on Program Year (PY) 2013 Performance

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 84 (May 1, 2015)

Page Range24979-24980
FR Document2015-10223

The Department of Labor (DOL), in collaboration with the Department of Education (ED), announces that three States are eligible to apply for WIA (Public Law 105-220, 29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) incentive grant awards authorized by section 503 of the WIA. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, signed into law on July 22, 2014, Public Law 113-128, eliminates incentive awards for state performance. PY 2013 is the last year that incentive grants will be awarded to states under WIA.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA); Notice of Incentive 
Funding Availability Based on Program Year (PY) 2013 Performance

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), in collaboration with the 
Department of Education (ED), announces that three States are eligible 
to apply for WIA (Public Law 105-220, 29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) incentive 
grant awards authorized by section 503 of the

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WIA. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, signed into law on 
July 22, 2014, Public Law 113-128, eliminates incentive awards for 
state performance. PY 2013 is the last year that incentive grants will 
be awarded to states under WIA.

DATES: The three eligible States must submit their applications for 
incentive funding to the address listed below by June 15, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit applications to the Employment and Training 
Administration, Office of Policy Development and Research, Division of 
Strategic Planning and Performance, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room 
N-5641, Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Caterra Castile and Luke 
Murren. Telephone number: 202-693-3733 (this is not a toll-free 
number). Fax: 202-693-2766. Email: [email protected] and 
[email protected]. Information may also be found at the ETA 
Performance Web site: http://www.doleta.gov/performance. Additional 
information on how to apply can be found in Training and Employment 
Guidance Letter 20-01 Change 13, which will be forthcoming.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luke Murren at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Three States (see Appendix) qualify to 
receive a share of the $9 million available for incentive grant awards 
under WIA section 503. These funds, which were contributed by ED from 
appropriations for the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act at WIA 
title II (AEFLA), are available for the eligible States to use through 
June 30, 2017, to support innovative workforce development and 
education activities that are authorized under WIA title IB (Workforce 
Investment Systems) or WIA title II (AEFLA), or under the Carl D. 
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins IV), 20 
U.S.C. 2301 et seq., as amended by Public Law 109-270. In order to 
qualify for a grant award, a State must have exceeded its performance 
levels for WIA title IB and WIA title II. (Perkins IV removed the 
requirement that funds be reserved to carry out section 503 of WIA 
which only referenced Public Law 105-332 (Perkins III); thus, DOL and 
ED do not consider States' performance levels under Perkins IV in 
determining eligibility for incentive grants under section 503 of WIA). 
The performance related goals used to determine a State's eligibility 
status include: (1) Employment after training and related services, as 
well as retention in employment, and (2) improvements in literacy 
levels, among other measures. After review of the performance data 
submitted by States to DOL and ED, each Department determined which 
States exceeded their performance levels for its respective program(s) 
(the Appendix at the bottom of this notice lists the eligibility of 
each State by program). These lists were compared, and States that 
exceeded their performance levels for both programs are eligible to 
apply for and receive an incentive grant award.
    The States eligible to apply for incentive grant awards and the 
amounts they are eligible to receive are listed in the following chart:

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                          State                             Total award
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Minnesota...............................................      $3,000,000
North Dakota............................................       3,000,000
Rhode Island............................................       3,000,000
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Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.

                                Appendix
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                                          Incentive grants program year
                                         2013 exceeded state performance
                                                     levels
                                       ---------------------------------
                 State                             AEFLA (WIA
                                        WIA title  title II--  WIA title
                                            IB        Adult    IB; AEFLA
                                                   education)
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Alabama...............................  .........  ..........  .........
Alaska................................         X   ..........  .........
Arizona...............................  .........  ..........  .........
Arkansas..............................  .........  ..........  .........
California............................  .........  ..........  .........
Colorado..............................         X   ..........  .........
Connecticut...........................  .........  ..........  .........
District of Columbia..................  .........  ..........  .........
Delaware..............................  .........  ..........  .........
Florida...............................  .........  ..........  .........
Georgia...............................  .........          X   .........
Hawaii................................  .........  ..........  .........
Idaho.................................  .........          X   .........
Illinois..............................  .........          X   .........
Indiana...............................         X   ..........  .........
Iowa..................................  .........          X   .........
Kansas................................         X   ..........  .........
Kentucky..............................  .........  ..........  .........
Louisiana.............................  .........  ..........  .........
Maine.................................  .........  ..........  .........
Maryland..............................         X   ..........  .........
Massachusetts.........................  .........          X   .........
Michigan..............................  .........  ..........  .........
Minnesota.............................         X           X          X
Mississippi...........................  .........  ..........  .........
Missouri..............................  .........          X   .........
Montana...............................  .........          X   .........
Nebraska..............................         X   ..........  .........
Nevada................................  .........  ..........  .........
New Hampshire.........................  .........          X   .........
New Jersey............................  .........  ..........  .........
New Mexico............................  .........  ..........  .........
New York..............................  .........          X   .........
North Carolina........................  .........  ..........  .........
North                                          X           X          X
 Dakota...............................
Ohio..................................         X   ..........  .........
Oklahoma..............................  .........  ..........  .........
Oregon................................  .........  ..........  .........
Pennsylvania..........................  .........          X   .........
Puerto Rico...........................  .........  ..........  .........
Rhode                                          X           X          X
 Island...............................
South Carolina........................         X   ..........  .........
South Dakota..........................  .........          X   .........
Tennessee.............................         X   ..........  .........
Texas.................................  .........          X   .........
Utah..................................         X   ..........  .........
Vermont...............................  .........  ..........  .........
Virginia..............................  .........  ..........  .........
Washington............................  .........  ..........  .........
West Virginia.........................         X   ..........  .........
Wisconsin.............................  .........  ..........  .........
Wyoming...............................  .........  ..........  .........
                                       ---------------------------------
    Total.............................        14          15          3
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* States in bold exceeded their performance levels for both WIA title IB
  and WIA title II programs.

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                                                     • System Error handling,                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            appropriate automated, electronic,
                                                     • End-user support mechanisms,                                                                             mechanical, or other technological
                                                                                                          I. Background
                                                     • Alternate access options and                                                                             collection techniques or other forms of
                                                  usability issues,                                          The information to be reported on the              information technology, e.g., permitting
                                                     • Policies and Procedures                            ETA 9166 report will be used by the                   electronic submissions of responses.
                                                  development and dissemination                           National and regional offices to validate
                                                     • Technical preparation,                             that states are positioned to successfully            III. Current Actions
                                                     • Call Center and Customer Service                   ‘‘go live’’ with a new system and to                     Type of Review: New collection.
                                                  operations,                                             provide any needed technical assistance                  Title: Unemployment Insurance (UI)
                                                     • Staffing and Staff Training on new                 as appropriate, in partnership with the               Information Technology (IT)
                                                  system operations,                                      Information Technology Support Center                 Modernization Pre-Implementation
                                                     • Help Desk support,                                 operated by the National Association of               Planning Checklist Report, ETA 9166.
                                                     • Management oversight,                              State Workforce Agencies, in support of                  OMB Number: 1205—0NEW.
                                                     • Vendor support and                                 successful implementation of UI IT                       Affected Public: State Government.
                                                     • Communications.                                    Modernization projects. This                             Estimated Total Annual Respondents:
                                                     The new ETA 9166 will be used by                     information will include the UI IT                    3–5.
                                                  the National and regional offices to                    Modernization project title (e.g. State                  Annual Frequency: One-time
                                                  ensure that states have plans to address                project or Consortium name) and the                   response.
                                                  critical issues prior to launching a new                associated Report on Pre-                                Estimated Total Annual Responses:
                                                  UI IT system and to identify areas where                Implementation Planning Checklist                     3–5.
                                                  SWAs may need technical assistance to                   results. For each sub-element identified                 Average Time per Response: 120
                                                  support successful implementation of                    in the checklist:                                     hours.
                                                  UI IT Modernization projects. This                         • Provide a brief report detailing the                Estimated Total Burden Hours: 360–
                                                  information will include the project title              status of the project as it relates to                600 hours per year.
                                                  and purpose, the project timeline and                   addressing the particular sub-element                    Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup):
                                                  milestones, and a narrative description                 issue(s);                                             $0.
                                                  of the project implementation status. It                   • provide a self-reported designation                 Total Burden Cost (Reporting*):
                                                  will also include explanations of plans                 of the implementation status;                         $18,979–$31,620.
                                                  or workarounds to address the areas of                     • provide/attach explanations of any                  * We envision the report will be
                                                  potential issues identified in the                      workarounds, if applicable, to be used                completed by some combination of an
                                                  implementation checklist, an                            in implementation;                                    IT Project Manager and the state’s UI
                                                  explanation of any portion of the project                  • provide/attach explanations of any               Director. Based on budget allocations, a
                                                  that will experience delays in                          portions of the project that will                     figure of $52.72 was derived for the
                                                  implementation, mitigation proposals                    experience delays in implementation;                  average hourly wage of state agency UI
                                                  for addressing problems and new                            • describe any mitigation proposals                Directors and IT staff for fiscal year
                                                  project timelines (if applicable), a self-              for addressing any problems;                          2015.
                                                  reported designation of the                                • describe new project timelines, if                  We will summarize and/or included
                                                  implementation status, and a discussion                 applicable; and                                       in the request for OMB approval of the
                                                  of identified technical assistance needs                   • describe any discussion of                       ICR, the comments received in response
                                                  for the successful completion of the                    identified technical assistance needs for             to this comment request; they will also
                                                  project.                                                the successful completion of the project              become a matter of public record.
                                                     ETA believes that the use of this                    or any sub-element of the project.
                                                                                                             The collection will enable ETA to                  Portia Wu,
                                                  checklist as a planning tool will help                                                                        Assistant Secretary for Employment and
                                                  states ensure the availability of mission               identify and provide appropriate
                                                                                                          technical assistance needs to a state on              Training, Labor.
                                                  critical functions as the state prepares                                                                      [FR Doc. 2015–10161 Filed 4–30–15; 8:45 am]
                                                  for the launch of a new system and                      issues in the checklist and ensure states
                                                  following the launch of a new system.                   have plans for addressing critical issues             BILLING CODE 4510–FW–P

                                                     Currently, ETA is soliciting comments                prior to launching a new UI IT system.
                                                  concerning a new collection of                          II. Review Focus                                      DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
                                                  information: ETA 9166, Unemployment
                                                                                                            The Department is particularly
                                                  Insurance (UI) Information Technology                                                                         Employment and Training
                                                                                                          interested in comments which:
                                                  (IT) Modernization Pre-Implementation                                                                         Administration
                                                                                                            * Evaluate whether the proposed
                                                  Planning Checklist Report.
                                                                                                          collection of information is necessary to             Workforce Investment Act of 1998
                                                  DATES: Written comments must be                         describe the status of the SWA’s new UI
                                                  submitted to the office listed in the                                                                         (WIA); Notice of Incentive Funding
                                                                                                          IT system activities, including whether               Availability Based on Program Year
                                                  addressee section below on or before                    the information will have practical
                                                  June 30, 2015.                                                                                                (PY) 2013 Performance
                                                                                                          utility;
                                                  ADDRESSES: Send comments to Paul                          * Evaluate the accuracy of the                      AGENCY: Employment and Training
                                                  Bankes, U.S. Department of Labor,                       agency’s estimate of the burden of the                Administration, Labor.
                                                  Employment and Training                                 proposed collection of information,                   ACTION: Notice.
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                                                  Administration, Office of                               including the validity of the
                                                  Unemployment Insurance, 200                             methodology and assumptions used;                     SUMMARY:   The Department of Labor
                                                  Constitution Avenue NW., Frances                          * Enhance the quality, utility, and                 (DOL), in collaboration with the
                                                  Perkins Bldg. Room S–4524,                              clarity of the information to be                      Department of Education (ED),
                                                  Washington, DC 20210, telephone                         collected; and                                        announces that three States are eligible
                                                  number (202) 693–3053 (this is not a                      * Minimize the burden of the                        to apply for WIA (Public Law 105–220,
                                                  toll-free number) or by email:                          collection of information on those who                29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) incentive grant
                                                  bankes.paul@dol.gov.                                    are to respond, including the use of                  awards authorized by section 503 of the


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                                                  WIA. The Workforce Innovation and                       DOL and ED, each Department                                                             APPENDIX—Continued
                                                  Opportunity Act, signed into law on                     determined which States exceeded their
                                                  July 22, 2014, Public Law 113–128,                      performance levels for its respective                                                                  Incentive grants
                                                  eliminates incentive awards for state                   program(s) (the Appendix at the bottom                                                          program year 2013 exceeded
                                                  performance. PY 2013 is the last year                                                                                                                     state performance levels
                                                                                                          of this notice lists the eligibility of each
                                                  that incentive grants will be awarded to                State by program). These lists were                                                                              AEFLA
                                                  states under WIA.                                                                                                                       State
                                                                                                          compared, and States that exceeded                                                                                 (WIA           WIA title
                                                  DATES: The three eligible States must                   their performance levels for both                                                               WIA title        title II—          IB;
                                                                                                                                                                                                            IB               Adult
                                                  submit their applications for incentive                 programs are eligible to apply for and                                                                              edu-          AEFLA
                                                  funding to the address listed below by                  receive an incentive grant award.                                                                                 cation)
                                                  June 15, 2015.                                            The States eligible to apply for
                                                  ADDRESSES: Submit applications to the                   incentive grant awards and the amounts                                     North Caro-
                                                  Employment and Training                                 they are eligible to receive are listed in                                   lina ...........   ..............   ..............   ..............
                                                                                                          the following chart:                                                       North
                                                  Administration, Office of Policy
                                                                                                                                                                                       Dakota ....              X                X                X
                                                  Development and Research, Division of                                                                                              Ohio ............          X          ..............   ..............
                                                  Strategic Planning and Performance, 200                                  State                             Total award
                                                                                                                                                                                     Oklahoma ...         ..............   ..............   ..............
                                                  Constitution Avenue NW., Room N–                                                                                                   Oregon ........      ..............   ..............   ..............
                                                  5641, Washington, DC 20210, Attention:                  Minnesota .............................               $3,000,000
                                                                                                                                                                                     Pennsylvania         ..............         X          ..............
                                                                                                          North Dakota ........................                  3,000,000
                                                  Caterra Castile and Luke Murren.                                                                                                   Puerto Rico          ..............   ..............   ..............
                                                                                                          Rhode Island ........................                  3,000,000
                                                  Telephone number: 202–693–3733 (this                                                                                               Rhode
                                                  is not a toll-free number). Fax: 202–693–                                                                                            Island ......           X                X                X
                                                  2766. Email: castile.caterra@dol.gov and                Portia Wu,                                                                 South Caro-
                                                  murren.luke@dol.gov. Information may                    Assistant Secretary for Employment and                                       lina ...........        X           ..............   ..............
                                                                                                          Training, Labor.                                                           South Da-
                                                  also be found at the ETA Performance
                                                                                                                                                                                       kota .........     ..............         X          ..............
                                                  Web site: http://www.doleta.gov/                                                                                                   Tennessee ..               X          ..............   ..............
                                                  performance. Additional information on                                           APPENDIX
                                                                                                                                                                                     Texas ..........     ..............         X          ..............
                                                  how to apply can be found in Training                                                                                              Utah ............          X          ..............   ..............
                                                  and Employment Guidance Letter 20–01                                                 Incentive grants
                                                                                                                                program year 2013 exceeded                           Vermont ......       ..............   ..............   ..............
                                                  Change 13, which will be forthcoming.                                           state performance levels                           Virginia ........    ..............   ..............   ..............
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                                                                                   Washington           ..............   ..............   ..............
                                                  Luke Murren at Murren.Luke@dol.gov.                                                               AEFLA                            West Virginia              X          ..............   ..............
                                                                                                                State                                 (WIA                           Wisconsin ...        ..............   ..............   ..............
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Three                                                                                  WIA title
                                                                                                                                WIA title           title II—                        Wyoming .....        ..............   ..............   ..............
                                                  States (see Appendix) qualify to receive                                                                            IB;
                                                                                                                                  IB                  Adult         AEFLA
                                                  a share of the $9 million available for                                                              edu-                                Total .....        14               15                3
                                                  incentive grant awards under WIA                                                                   cation)
                                                  section 503. These funds, which were                                                                                                 * States in bold exceeded their performance
                                                                                                          Alabama ......        ..............     ..............   ..............   levels for both WIA title IB and WIA title II
                                                  contributed by ED from appropriations                   Alaska .........            X            ..............   ..............   programs.
                                                  for the Adult Education and Family                      Arizona ........      ..............     ..............   ..............   [FR Doc. 2015–10223 Filed 4–30–15; 8:45 am]
                                                  Literacy Act at WIA title II (AEFLA), are               Arkansas .....        ..............     ..............   ..............
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                                                  available for the eligible States to use                California .....      ..............     ..............   ..............
                                                  through June 30, 2017, to support                       Colorado .....              X            ..............   ..............
                                                  innovative workforce development and                    Connecticut           ..............     ..............   ..............
                                                  education activities that are authorized                District of                                                                NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
                                                  under WIA title IB (Workforce                               Columbia          ..............     ..............   ..............   ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
                                                                                                          Delaware .....        ..............     ..............   ..............
                                                  Investment Systems) or WIA title II                     Florida .........     ..............     ..............   ..............
                                                  (AEFLA), or under the Carl D. Perkins                                                                                              Federal Council on the Arts and the
                                                                                                          Georgia .......       ..............           X          ..............
                                                  Career and Technical Education Act of                   Hawaii .........      ..............     ..............   ..............
                                                                                                                                                                                     Humanities; Arts and Artifacts
                                                  2006 (Perkins IV), 20 U.S.C. 2301 et                    Idaho ...........     ..............           X          ..............   Indemnity Panel Advisory Committee
                                                  seq., as amended by Public Law 109–                     Illinois ..........   ..............           X          ..............
                                                                                                                                                                                     AGENCY: National Endowment for the
                                                  270. In order to qualify for a grant                    Indiana ........            X            ..............   ..............
                                                                                                                                                                                     Humanities.
                                                  award, a State must have exceeded its                   Iowa ............     ..............           X          ..............
                                                                                                          Kansas ........             X            ..............   ..............   ACTION: Notice of meeting.
                                                  performance levels for WIA title IB and
                                                  WIA title II. (Perkins IV removed the                   Kentucky .....        ..............     ..............   ..............
                                                                                                          Louisiana ....        ..............     ..............   ..............   SUMMARY:   Pursuant to the Federal
                                                  requirement that funds be reserved to                   Maine ..........      ..............     ..............   ..............   Advisory Committee Act, notice is
                                                  carry out section 503 of WIA which only                 Maryland .....              X            ..............   ..............   hereby given that the Federal Council
                                                  referenced Public Law 105–332 (Perkins                  Massachu-                                                                  on the Arts and the Humanities will
                                                  III); thus, DOL and ED do not consider                      setts .........   ..............           X          ..............   hold two meetings of the Arts and
                                                  States’ performance levels under                        Michigan .....        ..............     ..............   ..............   Artifacts Indemnity Panel during May,
                                                  Perkins IV in determining eligibility for               Minnesota ..                X                  X                X
                                                                                                                                                                                     2015.
                                                  incentive grants under section 503 of                   Mississippi ..        ..............     ..............   ..............
                                                                                                          Missouri ......       ..............           X          ..............   DATES:  The meetings will be held on
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                                                  WIA). The performance related goals
                                                  used to determine a State’s eligibility                 Montana ......        ..............           X          ..............   Thursday, May 21, 2015, from 2:00 p.m.
                                                                                                          Nebraska ....               X            ..............   ..............   to 5:00 p.m. and on Thursday, May 28,
                                                  status include: (1) Employment after                    Nevada .......        ..............     ..............   ..............
                                                  training and related services, as well as                                                                                          2015 from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
                                                                                                          New Hamp-
                                                  retention in employment, and (2)                            shire ........    ..............           X          ..............   ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held
                                                  improvements in literacy levels, among                  New Jersey            ..............     ..............   ..............   by teleconference originating at the
                                                  other measures. After review of the                     New Mexico            ..............     ..............   ..............   National Endowment for the Arts,
                                                  performance data submitted by States to                 New York ....         ..............           X          ..............   Washington, DC 20506.


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DatesThe three eligible States must submit their applications for
ContactLuke Murren at [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 24979 

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