80 FR 43474 - Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education; Rehabilitation Services Administration; Comment Request for Information Collection for the WIOA Performance Management, Information, and Reporting System (OMB Control No. 1205-0NEW), New Collection
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 140 (July 22, 2015)
Employment and Training Administration
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 140 (July 22, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-17888 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 140 (Wednesday, July 22, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 43474-43475] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-17888] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education; Rehabilitation Services Administration; Comment Request for Information Collection for the WIOA Performance Management, Information, and Reporting System (OMB Control No. 1205-0NEW), New Collection ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Departments of Labor and Education (the Departments), as part of their continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, are conducting a preclearance consultation to provide the public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on the proposed collection 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, the Departments are soliciting comments concerning the collection of data for the WIOA Performance Management, Information, and Reporting System (OMB Control No. 1205-0NEW). The data collections included in this reporting system fulfill requirements in WIOA Sec.116(d)(1) for the development of report templates for the State Performance Report for WIOA core programs, the Local Area Performance Report, and the Eligible Training Provider Report. Previously, a supporting statement was provided for this data collection under OMB Control No. 1205-0420, which was made public on April 16, 2015. The sole difference between the aforementioned supporting statement and the subject of this notice is that OMB Control No. 1205-0NEW does not include the non-WIOA related, currently cleared burden. DATES: Submit written comments to the office listed in the addresses section below on or before September 21, 2015. ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number ETA-2015-0007 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) with applicable supporting documentation, including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained free of charge from http://www.regulations.gov or by contacting Luke Murren by telephone at 202-693-3733 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at [email protected]. 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: 202-693-2766. Mail and hand delivery/courier: Send written comments to Luke Murren, Office of Policy Development and Research, Room N5641, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Due to security-related concerns, there may be a significant delay in the receipt of submissions by United States Mail. You must take this into consideration when preparing to meet the deadline for submitting comments. Comments submitted in response to this comment request will become a matter of public record and will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval of the information collection request. In addition, comments regardless of the delivery method, will be posted without change on the http://www.regulations.gov Web site; consequently, the Departments recommend commenters not include personal information such as a Social Security Number, personal address, telephone number, email address, or confidential business information that they do not want made public. It is the responsibility of the commenter to determine what to include in the public record. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background Section 116 of WIOA requires States that operate core programs of the publicly-funded workforce system to comply with common performance accountability requirements. As such, States that operate core programs must submit common performance data to demonstrate that specified performance levels are achieved. WIOA Sec. 116(d)(2)--``Contents of State Performance Reports''-- mandates that the Secretaries of Labor and Education develop a template for performance reports to be used by States, local boards, and eligible [[Page 43475]] providers of training services for reporting on outcomes achieved by the WIOA core programs (the Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs under Title I; the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act program under Title II; the Wagner-Peyser Act program amended by Title III; and the Vocational Rehabilitation Services program under Title IV). Required annual data for the core programs include those related to primary performance indicators, participant counts and costs, and barriers to employment. The WIOA Annual Local Area Performance Report Template is a subset of the WIOA Annual State Performance Report Template that, under section 116(d)(3) of WIOA, requires the collection of the same aforementioned counts and costs disaggregated by barriers to employment with respect to the primary indicators for the Title I Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker programs. WIOA Sec. 116(d)(4)--``Contents of Eligible Training Provider Report'' (in 20 CFR part 677 of the NPRM)--mandates the collection of specific information for each program of study for each eligible provider of training services under Title I Adult and Dislocated Worker programs. Required data must include those related to primary performance indicators, participant counts and costs, and barriers to employment. These templates have been designed to maximize the value of the reports for workers, jobseekers, employers, local elected officials, State officials, Federal policymakers, and other key stakeholders. At the same time they have been designed to reflect the specific requirements of the reports as described in WIOA section 116(d)(2) through (4). Once States, local areas, and eligible training providers submit the required data, it will be used by the Departments to assess the effectiveness of WIOA's core programs and to monitor and analyze the performance of their grantees. This data collection format permits the Departments to evaluate program effectiveness, monitor compliance with statutory requirements, and analyze participant activity, while complying with OMB efforts to streamline Federal performance reporting. Under this collection, participation will be measured based on the count of individuals who meet the proposed definition of a ``participant''--e.g., those who have received staff-level services within the program year, or have received vocational rehabilitation services under a signed individualized plan for employment. An individual will be considered to have exited after they have gone 90 days without service, and with no future services scheduled. Should they return for additional services after the 90 days--within the same program year and exit in that same program year--the individual's exit date will be changed to reflect only the last exit date in that program year. If the individual exits in a subsequent program year, they would be counted as a new participant for purposes of that subsequent program year. Counting unique individuals in this manner will allow an unduplicated count of participants in the accountability and reporting system. The Departments understand that this may affect quarterly reporting results and counts of services rendered early in the program year for those core programs that submit quarterly reports, particularly for core programs whose current reporting practices differ from what is described above. As such, we greatly encourage your comments on the potential impact on individual states and local areas of this and all other items discussed in this package as we continue to finalize the details of this information collection process. II. Review Focus The Department is particularly interested in comments that: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: New collection. Title: WIOA Performance Management, Information, and Reporting System. OMB Number: 1205-0NEW. Affected Public: State governments. Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 194. Estimated Total Annual Responses: 18,691,589. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,228,295. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 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. As mentioned above, this ICR is intended to cover the performance data collection and reporting requirements in section 116 of WIOA. The notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) implementing WIOA was published on April 16, 2015, at 80 FR 20573-20687. The comment period closed on June 15, 2015. Sec. 506(b)(1) of WIOA states that section 116 of WIOA will go into effect at the start of the second full program year after the date WIOA was enacted. WIOA was enacted on July 22, 2014. Therefore, section 116's performance accountability system will be effective on July 1, 2016. Approval of this information collection request is required so that the states, locals, and other entities can begin programming their management information systems in order to enable them to collect the necessary data to implement the data collection and reporting requirements of section 116 in accordance with the WIOA statute. If this information collection receives OMB approval, it may be finalized before the proposed regulations are finalized. If this occurs, the Departments will resubmit this ICR to OMB for its approval when the Final Rule is published, as required by 5 CFR 1320.11(h). However, the Departments plan to review and analyze any comments received on the NPRM that are relevant to this ICR, together with comments received on this ICR as we finalize this ICR. This is intended to enable the Departments to finalize this ICR before finalizing the proposed regulations, and to eliminate the need to make any substantive changes to the ICR when the Final Rule is published. Portia Wu, Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Department of Labor. Johan E. Uvin, Acting Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Department of Education. Michael K. Yudin, Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education. [FR Doc. 2015-17888 Filed 7-21-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-FN-P
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number]; Email: katherine.darke@ DEPARTMENT OF LABOR hand delivery. A copy of the proposed
usdoj.gov. information collection request (ICR)
Employment and Training with applicable supporting
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Administration documentation, including a description
meeting is being convened to brief the of the likely respondents, proposed
OJP Assistant Attorney General and the DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION frequency of response, and estimated
Board members on the progress of the total burden may be obtained free of
subcommittees, discuss any Office of Career, Technical, and Adult charge from http://www.regulations.gov
recommendations they may have for Education; Rehabilitation Services or by contacting Luke Murren by
consideration by the full Board, and Administration; Comment Request for telephone at 202–693–3733 (this is not
brief the Board on various OJP-related Information Collection for the WIOA a toll-free number) or by email at
projects and activities. The final agenda Performance Management, murren.luke@dol.gov. Individuals with
Information, and Reporting System hearing or speech impairments may
is subject to adjustment, but the meeting
(OMB Control No. 1205–0NEW), New access the telephone number above via
will likely include briefings of the
Collection TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
subcommittees’ activities and
discussion of future Board actions and Information Relay Service at 1–877–
ACTION: Notice. 889–5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax: 202–693–
priorities. This meeting is open to the
SUMMARY: The U.S. Departments of 2766.
public. Members of the public who wish Mail and hand delivery/courier: Send
to attend this meeting must register with Labor and Education (the Departments),
as part of their continuing effort to written comments to Luke Murren,
Katherine Darke at the above address at Office of Policy Development and
least seven (7) calendar days in advance reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, are conducting a preclearance Research, Room N5641, Employment
of the meeting. Registrations will be and Training Administration, U.S.
consultation to provide the public and
accepted on a space available basis. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Federal agencies with an opportunity to
Access to the meeting will not be Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.
comment on the proposed collection of
allowed without registration. Persons information in accordance with the Due to security-related concerns, there
interested in communicating with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 may be a significant delay in the receipt
Board should submit their written U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)] (PRA). The PRA of submissions by United States Mail.
comments to the DFO, as the time helps ensure that respondents can You must take this into consideration
available will not allow the public to provide requested data in the desired when preparing to meet the deadline for
directly address the Board at the format with minimal reporting burden submitting comments.
meeting. Anyone requiring special Comments submitted in response to
(time and financial resources),
accommodations should notify Ms. this comment request will become a
collection instruments are clearly
Darke at least seven (7) calendar days in matter of public record and will be
understood and the impact of collection
summarized and included in the request
advance of the meeting. requirements on respondents can be
for Office of Management and Budget
Renewal of Council Charter: In properly assessed.
approval of the information collection
addition to notifying the public about Currently, the Departments are
request. In addition, comments
the OJP Science Advisory Board soliciting comments concerning the
regardless of the delivery method, will
collection of data for the WIOA
meeting, this Federal Register Notice be posted without change on the http://
Performance Management, Information,
notifies the public that the Charter of www.regulations.gov Web site;
and Reporting System (OMB Control
the OJP Science Advisory Board has consequently, the Departments
No. 1205–0NEW). The data collections
been renewed in accordance with the recommend commenters not include
included in this reporting system fulfill
Federal Advisory Committee Act, personal information such as a Social
requirements in WIOA Sec.116(d)(1) for
Section 14(a)(1). The renewal Charter Security Number, personal address,
the development of report templates for
was signed by former U.S. Attorney telephone number, email address, or
the State Performance Report for WIOA confidential business information that
General Eric Holder on April 15, 2015. core programs, the Local Area
One can obtain a copy of the renewal they do not want made public. It is the
Performance Report, and the Eligible responsibility of the commenter to
Charter by accessing the Coordinating Training Provider Report. Previously, a
Council’s Web site at http://ojp.gov/ determine what to include in the public
supporting statement was provided for record.
sab.htm. this data collection under OMB Control
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
No. 1205–0420, which was made public
Katherine Darke,
on April 16, 2015. The sole difference I. Background
Science Policy Advisor and SAB DFO, Office between the aforementioned supporting
of the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Section 116 of WIOA requires States
statement and the subject of this notice that operate core programs of the
Justice Programs.
is that OMB Control No. 1205–0NEW publicly-funded workforce system to
[FR Doc. 2015–17886 Filed 7–21–15; 8:45 am]
does not include the non-WIOA related, comply with common performance
BILLING CODE 4410–18–P currently cleared burden. accountability requirements. As such,
DATES: Submit written comments to the States that operate core programs must
office listed in the addresses section submit common performance data to
below on or before September 21, 2015. demonstrate that specified performance
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ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in levels are achieved.
response to this notice should be WIOA Sec. 116(d)(2)—‘‘Contents of
submitted electronically through the State Performance Reports’’— mandates
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// that the Secretaries of Labor and
www.regulations.gov by selecting Education develop a template for
Docket ID number ETA–2015–0007 or performance reports to be used by
via postal mail, commercial delivery, or States, local boards, and eligible
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providers of training services for plan for employment. An individual Estimated Total Annual Responses:
reporting on outcomes achieved by the will be considered to have exited after 18,691,589.
WIOA core programs (the Adult, they have gone 90 days without service, Estimated Total Annual Burden
Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs and with no future services scheduled. Hours: 2,228,295.
under Title I; the Adult Education and Should they return for additional Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Family Literacy Act program under Title services after the 90 days—within the Burden: $0.
II; the Wagner-Peyser Act program same program year and exit in that same We will summarize and/or include in
amended by Title III; and the Vocational program year—the individual’s exit date the request for OMB approval of the
Rehabilitation Services program under will be changed to reflect only the last ICR, the comments received in response
Title IV). Required annual data for the exit date in that program year. If the to this comment request; they will also
core programs include those related to individual exits in a subsequent become a matter of public record.
primary performance indicators, program year, they would be counted as As mentioned above, this ICR is
participant counts and costs, and a new participant for purposes of that intended to cover the performance data
barriers to employment. subsequent program year. Counting collection and reporting requirements in
The WIOA Annual Local Area unique individuals in this manner will section 116 of WIOA. The notice of
Performance Report Template is a allow an unduplicated count of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
subset of the WIOA Annual State participants in the accountability and implementing WIOA was published on
Performance Report Template that, April 16, 2015, at 80 FR 20573–20687.
reporting system. The Departments
under section 116(d)(3) of WIOA, The comment period closed on June 15,
understand that this may affect
requires the collection of the same 2015.
quarterly reporting results and counts of Sec. 506(b)(1) of WIOA states that
aforementioned counts and costs services rendered early in the program
disaggregated by barriers to employment section 116 of WIOA will go into effect
year for those core programs that submit at the start of the second full program
with respect to the primary indicators quarterly reports, particularly for core
for the Title I Youth, Adult, and year after the date WIOA was enacted.
programs whose current reporting WIOA was enacted on July 22, 2014.
Dislocated Worker programs. practices differ from what is described
WIOA Sec. 116(d)(4)—‘‘Contents of Therefore, section 116’s performance
above. As such, we greatly encourage accountability system will be effective
Eligible Training Provider Report’’ (in your comments on the potential impact
20 CFR part 677 of the NPRM)— on July 1, 2016. Approval of this
on individual states and local areas of information collection request is
mandates the collection of specific this and all other items discussed in this
information for each program of study required so that the states, locals, and
package as we continue to finalize the other entities can begin programming
for each eligible provider of training details of this information collection
services under Title I Adult and their management information systems
process. in order to enable them to collect the
Dislocated Worker programs. Required
data must include those related to II. Review Focus necessary data to implement the data
primary performance indicators, collection and reporting requirements of
The Department is particularly
participant counts and costs, and section 116 in accordance with the
interested in comments that:
barriers to employment. WIOA statute.
• Evaluate whether the proposed
These templates have been designed If this information collection receives
collection of information is necessary
to maximize the value of the reports for OMB approval, it may be finalized
for the proper performance of the
workers, jobseekers, employers, local before the proposed regulations are
functions of the agency, including
elected officials, State officials, Federal finalized. If this occurs, the Departments
whether the information will have
policymakers, and other key will resubmit this ICR to OMB for its
practical utility;
stakeholders. At the same time they approval when the Final Rule is
• evaluate the accuracy of the
have been designed to reflect the published, as required by 5 CFR
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
specific requirements of the reports as 1320.11(h). However, the Departments
proposed collection of information,
described in WIOA section 116(d)(2) plan to review and analyze any
including the validity of the
through (4). comments received on the NPRM that
methodology and assumptions used;
Once States, local areas, and eligible • enhance the quality, utility, and are relevant to this ICR, together with
training providers submit the required clarity of the information to be comments received on this ICR as we
data, it will be used by the Departments collected; and finalize this ICR. This is intended to
to assess the effectiveness of WIOA’s • minimize the burden of the enable the Departments to finalize this
core programs and to monitor and collection of information on those who ICR before finalizing the proposed
analyze the performance of their are to respond, including through the regulations, and to eliminate the need to
grantees. This data collection format use of appropriate automated, make any substantive changes to the ICR
permits the Departments to evaluate electronic, mechanical, or other when the Final Rule is published.
program effectiveness, monitor technological collection techniques or Portia Wu,
compliance with statutory requirements, other forms of information technology Assistant Secretary for Employment and
and analyze participant activity, while (e.g., permitting electronic submissions Training, Department of Labor.
complying with OMB efforts to of responses).
streamline Federal performance Johan E. Uvin,
reporting. III. Current Actions Acting Assistant Secretary for Career,
Under this collection, participation Technical, and Adult Education, Department
Type of Review: New collection. of Education.
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will be measured based on the count of Title: WIOA Performance
individuals who meet the proposed Management, Information, and Michael K. Yudin,
definition of a ‘‘participant’’—e.g., those Reporting System. Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
who have received staff-level services OMB Number: 1205–0NEW. Rehabilitative Services, Department of
within the program year, or have Affected Public: State governments. Education.
received vocational rehabilitation Estimated Total Annual Respondents: [FR Doc. 2015–17888 Filed 7–21–15; 8:45 am]
services under a signed individualized 194. BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P
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