80 FR 47001 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Employer Perceptions Study for the Evaluation of Round 4 of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career Training (TAACCCT) Grants Program

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 151 (August 6, 2015)

Page Range		47001-47002
FR Document		2015-19270

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) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. 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 Information Collection Request can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section of this notice.

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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Employer Perceptions Study for the Evaluation 
of Round 4 of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career 
Training (TAACCCT) Grants Program

AGENCY: Chief Evaluation Office, Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Policy, Labor.

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) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. 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 Information Collection Request 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 October 5, 2015.

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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following 
methods: Email: [email protected]; Mail or Courier: Megan 
Lizik, Chief Evaluation Office, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-2312, 
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: Contact Megan Lizik by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    I. Background: The fourth round of the Trade Adjustment Assistance 
Community College Career Training (TAACCCT) grants program continues to 
provide community colleges and other eligible institutions of higher 
education with funds to expand and improve their ability to deliver 
education and career training programs that can be completed in two 
years or less and are suited for workers who are eligible for training 
under the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers program. In this 
round of grants, the solicitation of grant applications highlighted 
sector strategies and employer engagement as a core element of the 
TAACCCT grant activities.
    The evaluation of Round 4 funded by the Department of Labor will 
include a study about employers' perceptions of and involvement with 
the workforce system and TAACCCT grant program. The study will involve 
the collection of data through a web-based survey and in-depth phone 
interviews with targeted employers identified as partners by TAACCCT 
grantees and other employers in selected grantee states or neighboring 
areas. This study will inform current and future efforts to encourage 
and support more effective employer engagement by the workforce system 
under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and in other 
Department-sponsored grant programs, such as TAACCCT.
    II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Department of Labor 
is soliciting comments concerning the above data collection as part of 
the national evaluation of the TAACCCT grants program. 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;
    * 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 data collection for the employer perceptions 
study as part of the evaluation of Round 4 TAACCCT grants program via 
collection of employer perceptions of the workforce system through an 
online survey and phone interviews.
    Type of review: New information collection request.
    OMB Control Number: 1290-0NEW.
    Affected Public: Private sector-businesses or other for profits and 
not for profit institutions (employers involved with TAACCCT grants and 
other employers in selected grantee states or neighboring areas)

                                             Estimated Burden Hours
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                                   Estimated                                       Average time      Estimated
         Form/activity               total          Frequency          Total       per response    total burden
                                  respondents                        responses        (hours)          hours
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Employer survey...............             310  Once............             250             0.5             125
In-depth interviews...........              30  Once............              25               1              25
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    Totals....................             340  ................             275  ..............             150
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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 31st day of July, 2015.
Mary Beth Maxwell,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of 
Labor.
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day following publication of this notice) Control Number. In addition, OMB Control Number: 1219–0040.
or by contacting Michel Smyth by notwithstanding any other provisions of Affected Public: Private Sector—
telephone at 202–693–4129, TTY 202– law, no person shall generally be subject businesses or other for-profits.
693–8064, (these are not toll-free to penalty for failing to comply with a
Total Estimated Number of
numbers) or by email at collection of information that does not
Respondents: 13,683.
DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. display a valid Control Number. See 5
Submit comments about this request CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL Total Estimated Number of
by mail or courier to the Office of obtains OMB approval for this Responses: 104,919.
Information and Regulatory Affairs, information collection under Control Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL– Number 1219–0040. 9,539 hours.
MSHA, Office of Management and OMB authorization for an ICR cannot Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street be for more than three (3) years without Burden: $576.
NW., Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: renewal, and the current approval for
202–395–5806 (this is not a toll-free this collection is scheduled to expire on Dated: July 31, 2015.
number); or by email: August 31, 2015. The DOL seeks to Michel Smyth,
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. extend PRA authorization for this Departmental Clearance Officer.
Commenters are encouraged, but not information collection for three (3) more [FR Doc. 2015–19291 Filed 8–5–15; 8:45 am]
required, to send a courtesy copy of any years, without any change to existing BILLING CODE 4510–43–P
comments by mail or courier to the U.S. requirements. The DOL notes that
Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of existing information collection
the Chief Information Officer, Attn: requirements submitted to the OMB DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Departmental Information Compliance receive a month-to-month extension
Management Program, Room N1301, while they undergo review. For Office of the Secretary
200 Constitution Avenue NW., additional substantive information
Agency Information Collection
Washington, DC 20210; or by email: about this ICR, see the related notice
DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. published in the Federal Register on Activities; Submission for OMB
May 11, 2015 (80 FR 26953). Review; Comment Request; Employer
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Perceptions Study for the Evaluation
Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693– Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the OMB, Office of of Round 4 of the Trade Adjustment
4129, TTY 202–693–8064, (these are not Assistance Community College Career
toll-free numbers) or by email at Information and Regulatory Affairs at
the address shown in the ADDRESSES Training (TAACCCT) Grants Program
DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
section within thirty (30) days of
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D). AGENCY: Chief Evaluation Office, Office
publication of this notice in the Federal
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR of the Assistant Secretary for Policy,
Register. In order to help ensure
seeks to extend PRA authority for the Labor.
appropriate consideration, comments
Independent Contractor Registration should mention OMB Control Number ACTION: Notice.
and Identification information 1219–0040. The OMB is particularly
collection requirements codified in interested in comments that: SUMMARY: The Department of Labor
regulation 30 CFR 45.3(a) and 45.4(a) • Evaluate whether the proposed (DOL), as part of its continuing effort to
and (b). Regulations 30 CFR part 45, collection of information is necessary reduce paperwork and respondent
Independent Contractors, sets forth for the proper performance of the burden, conducts a preclearance
information requirements and functions of the agency, including consultation program to provide the
procedures for independent contractors whether the information will have general public and Federal agencies
to obtain a MSHA identification number practical utility; with an opportunity to comment on
and procedures for service of documents • Evaluate the accuracy of the proposed and/or continuing collections
upon independent contractors. The agency’s estimate of the burden of the of information in accordance with the
subject information collections support proposed collection of information, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
the appropriate assessment of fines for including the validity of the (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This
violations by independent contractors methodology and assumptions used; program helps to ensure that required
and the deterrent effect of MSHA • Enhance the quality, utility, and data can be provided in the desired
enforcement actions on independent clarity of the information to be format, reporting burden (time and
contractors. A contractor may use Form collected; and financial resources) is minimized,
MSHA–7000–52 to register. Federal • Minimize the burden of the collection instruments are clearly
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 collection of information on those who understood, and the impact of collection
sections 101(a) and 103(h) authorize this are to respond, including through the requirements on respondents can be
information collection. See 30 U.S.C. use of appropriate automated, properly assessed.
811(a), 813(h). electronic, mechanical, or other
This information collection is subject A copy of the proposed Information
technological collection techniques or Collection Request can be obtained by
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally other forms of information technology,
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection contacting the office listed below in the
e.g., permitting electronic submission of addressee section of this notice.
of information, and the public is responses.
generally not required to respond to an Agency: DOL–MSHA. DATES: Written comments must be
information collection, unless it is Title of Collection: Independent submitted to the office listed in the
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approved by the OMB under the PRA Contractor Registration and addressee section below on or before
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80 FR 47001 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Employer Perceptions Study for the Evaluation of Round 4 of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career Training (TAACCCT) Grants Program

DEPARTMENT OF LABOROffice of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 151 (August 6, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary