80 FR 38234 - Comment Request for Information Collection for the American Apprenticeship Initiative Grants, New Collection

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 127 (July 2, 2015)

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 entailed by the American Apprenticeship Initiative Grants, which are designed to support grantees in providing education, training, and job placement assistance through registered apprenticeships in occupations and/or industries that have high-growth potential for which employers are using H-1B visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to support such education, training, and placement activities.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 127 (Thursday, July 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38234-38235]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16320]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection for the American 
Apprenticeship Initiative Grants, New Collection

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 entailed by the American Apprenticeship Initiative Grants, which 
are designed to support grantees in providing education, training, and 
job placement assistance through registered apprenticeships in 
occupations and/or industries that have high-growth potential for which 
employers are using H-1B visas to hire foreign workers, and the related 
activities necessary to support such education, training, and placement 
activities.

DATES: Submit written comments to the office listed in the addresses 
section below on or before August 31, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to John V. Ladd, Administrator, Office 
of Apprenticeship, Room N-5311, Employment and Training Administration, 
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20210. Telephone number: 202-693-2796 (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: 202-693-3799. Email: 
[email protected]. To obtain a copy of the proposed information 
collection request (ICR), please contact the person listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The Employment and Training Administration requires grantees to 
submit Quarterly Progress Reports on enrolled apprentices in Registered 
Apprenticeship programs and/or pre-apprenticeship program participants, 
along with a narrative summary of the partnership progress and 
implementation measures identified by the grantee in the project work 
plan. These reports help ETA gauge the effects of the AAI grants, 
identify grantees and programs that could serve as useful models, and 
target technical assistance appropriately. The reports can also be used 
to inform future evaluations.

 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;

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     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.
    Title: American Apprenticeship Initiative Grants.
    OMB Number: 1205--0NEW.
    Affected Public: Individuals/households, state/local/tribal 
governments, Federal government, private sector (businesses or other 
for-profits, and, not-for-profit institutions).
    Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 6,625.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 8,500.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 12,310.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: 0.
    We will summarize and respond to the comments received when we 
request OMB approval of this information collection. The comments 
themselves will also become a matter of public record.

Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2015-16320 Filed 7-1-15; 8:45 am]
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