80 FR 52798 - Comment Request for Information Collection for the Workforce Performance Accountability, Information, and Reporting System (OMB Control No. 1205-3NEW), New Collection
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 169 (September 1, 2015)
Employment and Training Administration
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 169 (September 1, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 1, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 52798-52800] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-21607] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration Comment Request for Information Collection for the Workforce Performance Accountability, Information, and Reporting System (OMB Control No. 1205-3NEW), New Collection AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department or DOL), ETA as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts 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 Department is soliciting comments concerning the collection of data for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Workforce Performance Accountability, Information, and Reporting System (OMB Control No. 1205-3NEW). The following programs will be required to report through this system: WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth, Wagner Peyser Employment Service, National Farmworker Jobs, Trade Adjustment Assistance, YouthBuild, Indian and Native American, and the Jobs for Veterans' State Grants. Requiring all of these programs to use a standard set of data elements, definitions, and specifications at all levels of the workforce system helps improve the quality of the performance information that is received by DOL. While H1-B grants and the Reintegration of Ex-Offenders program are not authorized under WIOA, these programs will be utilizing the data element definitions and reporting templates proposed in this Information Collection Request (ICR). The accuracy, reliability, and comparability of program reports submitted by states and grantees using Federal funds are fundamental elements of good public administration, and are necessary tools for maintaining and demonstrating system integrity. This new ICR is expected to take the place of several currently existing ICRs, including: 1205-0420 Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Management Information and Reporting System, 1205-0240 Wagner Peyser Labor Exchange Reporting System, 1205-0464 YouthBuild Reporting System, 1205-0422 Reporting and Performance Standards for WIA Indian and Native American Programs, 1205-0425 Reporting and Performance Standards System for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Programs Under Title I, Section 167 of the Workforce Investment Act, and the 1205-0392 Trade Act Participant Report. These ICRs will be rescinded once the last reporting requirements for WIA reporting are satisfied. As such, DOL will request to remove those from active status once the separate reporting requirements are no longer needed. DATES: Submit written comments to the office listed in the addresses section below on or before November 2, 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-2015-0008 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. A copy of the proposed 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 [[Page 52799]] 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 (OMB) 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 Department recommends 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)(1) mandates that the Secretaries of Labor and Education develop a template for the annual performance reports to be used by States, local boards, and eligible providers of training services for reporting on outcomes achieved by the WIOA core programs. Pursuant to WIOA sec. 116(d)(2), required annual data for the core programs include, among others, those related to primary performance indicators, participant counts and costs, and barriers to employment. This notice includes several documents--the ETA (Program) Performance Scorecard, the WIOA Pay-for-Performance Scorecard, the Participant Individual Record Layout (PIRL), the WIOA Data Element Specifications, and the Job Openings Report. The Department requires states to certify and submit the ETA (Program) Performance Scorecard to ETA on a quarterly basis; the pay-for-performance report(s) and Job Openings report will also be collected quarterly when applicable. ETA will aggregate the information the States submit through the PIRL to populate the ETA (Program) Performance Scorecard, the WIOA Pay-for- Performance Report, and the Job Openings Report, which ETA will then send to the States to confirm their accuracy. Each program included in this ICR will generate its own quarterly Performance Scorecard. The ETA (Program) Performance Scorecard and WIOA Pay-for- Performance Scorecard 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. The PIRL has been designed to reflect the specific requirements of the annual reports as described in WIOA section 116(d)(2) through (4). ETA will use the data to track total participants, characteristics, services, training strategies and outcomes for employed, unemployed and long-term unemployed participants. This data collection format permits program offices to evaluate program effectiveness, monitor compliance with statutory requirements, and analyze participant activity and grantee performance while complying with OMB efforts to streamline Federal performance reporting. Under WIOA section 116(d)(6), the Secretary of Labor is required to annually make available (including by electronic means), in an easily understandable format, (a) the State Annual Performance Reports containing the information described in WIOA section 116 (d)(2) and (b) a summary of the reports, and the reports required under WIOA section 116 (d)(6) (the State Performance, Local Area, and Eligible Training Provider Reports), to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. The reports and other analyses of the data will be made available to the public through publication and other appropriate methods and to the appropriate congressional committees through copies of such reports. In addition, information obtained through the Workforce Performance Accountability, Information, and Reporting System will be used at the national level during budget and allocation hearings for DOL compliance with the Government Performance and Results Act and other legislative requirements, and during legislative authorization proceedings. 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. 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 Department understands that this may affect quarterly reporting results and counts of services rendered early in the program year, particularly for 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; can further help to create an integrated data element layout between ETA-funded programs; 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: Workforce Performance Accountability, Information, and Reporting System. OMB Number: 1205-3NEW. Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments; Individuals or Households; and Private Sector--businesses or other for-profits and not-for-profit institutions. [[Page 52800]] Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 815. Estimated Total Annual Responses: 17,261,405. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,026,441. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $17,100,000. 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 covers the construction of an integrated ETA quarterly performance reporting template, drafted according to the 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. The NPRM comment period closed on June 15, 2015. Reporting templates were not yet available at that time; therefore, the DOL is providing the public this additional opportunity in order to receive comments on the specific requirements. 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. This ICR may receive OMB approval before Final Rules implementing WIOA are published. If this occurs, the Department will submit another ICR for this collection to OMB to incorporate the Final Rule citations, as required by 5 CFR 1320.11(h). Those citations currently do not exist and, therefore, cannot be included at this time. The Department plans to review and analyze any comments received on the NPRM that are relevant to this ICR together with comments we receive in response to this Federal Register Notice in order to finalize the substantive information collection requirements to the extent legally possible. Portia Wu, Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Department of Labor. [FR Doc. 2015-21607 Filed 8-31-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-FN-P
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OMA software in real-time, as well Dated: August 21, 2015. reliability, and comparability of
as those that require post- Nancy Rodriguez, program reports submitted by states and
processing; Director, National Institute of Justice. grantees using Federal funds are
• Underlying statistical approach [FR Doc. 2015–21564 Filed 8–31–15; 8:45 am] fundamental elements of good public
used to produce product (e.g., BILLING CODE 4410–18–P
administration, and are necessary tools
cluster analysis, autocorrelation for maintaining and demonstrating
analysis, others) system integrity.
f. Ability/need to export output files This new ICR is expected to take the
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
to other applications for further place of several currently existing ICRs,
analyses Employment and Training including: 1205–0420 Workforce
g. Output file formats produced by the Administration Investment Act (WIA) Management
analytics software (e.g., .kml, .shp, Information and Reporting System,
.csv) Comment Request for Information 1205–0240 Wagner Peyser Labor
h. Method for maintaining cyber- Collection for the Workforce Exchange Reporting System, 1205–0464
security of the data and analysis Performance Accountability, YouthBuild Reporting System, 1205–
products Information, and Reporting System 0422 Reporting and Performance
i. Method for protecting (OMB Control No. 1205–3NEW), New Standards for WIA Indian and Native
confidentiality of personally- Collection American Programs, 1205–0425
identifiable information Reporting and Performance Standards
j. Types of available reports and the AGENCY: Employment and Training System for Migrant and Seasonal
extent to which they are Administration (ETA), Labor. Farmworker Programs Under Title I,
customizable ACTION: Notice. Section 167 of the Workforce
k. Standard dashboard configurations Investment Act, and the 1205–0392
provided by the product SUMMARY: The Department of Labor
(Department or DOL), ETA as part of its Trade Act Participant Report. These
6. Requirements for Host Agency ICRs will be rescinded once the last
Computing Systems: continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, conducts a reporting requirements for WIA
a. Computer operating systems reporting are satisfied. As such, DOL
capable of running the product preclearance consultation to provide the
public and Federal agencies with an will request to remove those from active
b. Minimum amount of RAM (GB), status once the separate reporting
hard disk space (GB), and speed opportunity to comment on the
proposed collection of information in requirements are no longer needed.
(MHz) required to install and run
accordance with the Paperwork DATES: Submit written comments to the
the OMA product on each type of
Reduction Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C. office listed in the addresses section
operating system
c. Minimum graphics board (e.g., 3506(c)(2)(A)] (PRA). The PRA helps below on or before November 2, 2015.
must support OpenGL 1.0) and ensure that respondents can provide ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
display (e.g., size, resolution, color requested data in the desired format response to this notice should be
levels) requirements for each type with minimal reporting burden (time submitted electronically through the
of operating system and financial resources), collection Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
d. Approximate amount of time taken instruments are clearly understood and www.regulations.gov by selecting
to provide the principal analysis the impact of collection requirements on Docket ID number ETA–2015–0008 or
products on computers configured respondents can be properly assessed. via postal mail, commercial delivery, or
to meet these minimum Currently, the Department is soliciting hand delivery. A copy of the proposed
requirements comments concerning the collection of ICR with applicable supporting
e. Whether the product must be used data for the Workforce Innovation and documentation, including a description
with a particular vendor’s offender Opportunity Act (WIOA) Workforce of the likely respondents, proposed
monitoring technology or is vendor- Performance Accountability, frequency of response, and estimated
agnostic Information, and Reporting System total burden may be obtained free of
7. Operator/Analyst Training (OMB Control No. 1205–3NEW). The charge from http://www.regulations.gov
Requirements: following programs will be required to or by contacting Luke Murren by
a. Minimum education level/ report through this system: WIOA telephone at 202–693–3733 (this is not
experience needed to set-up and Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth, a toll-free number) or by email at
operate the software (e.g., high- Wagner Peyser Employment Service, murren.luke@dol.gov. Individuals with
school level knowledge of National Farmworker Jobs, Trade hearing or speech impairments may
computers; college-level statistics to Adjustment Assistance, YouthBuild, access the telephone number above via
create required input files and Indian and Native American, and the TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
select appropriate options) Jobs for Veterans’ State Grants. Information Relay Service at 1–877–
b. Minimum education/experience Requiring all of these programs to use a 889–5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax: 202–693–
needed to interpret the output standard set of data elements, 2766.
results definitions, and specifications at all Mail and hand delivery/courier: Send
c. Number of training hours necessary levels of the workforce system helps written comments to Luke Murren,
to set-up/operate the product improve the quality of the performance Office of Policy Development and
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d. Types of available documentation information that is received by DOL. Research, Room N5641, Employment
and training aids (e.g., embedded While H1–B grants and the and Training Administration, U.S.
help files, accessible help desk, user Reintegration of Ex-Offenders program Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
manuals, on-line instruction videos, are not authorized under WIOA, these Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.
screen shots; sample data; training programs will be utilizing the data Due to security-related concerns, there
classes) element definitions and reporting may be a significant delay in the receipt
e. Support programs the user must be templates proposed in this Information of submissions by United States Mail.
familiar with to use the tool. Collection Request (ICR). The accuracy, You must take this into consideration
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Estimated Total Annual Respondents: OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND regulations.gov, you may contact the
815. BUDGET Office of the U.S. Intellectual Property
Estimated Total Annual Responses: Enforcement Coordinator at
17,261,405. Request of the U.S. Intellectual intellectualproperty@omb.eop.gov using
Estimated Total Annual Burden Property Enforcement Coordinator for the subject line ‘‘Development of 2016
Hours: 2,026,441. Public Comments: Development of the Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement’’ or (202) 395–
Burden: $17,100,000. Property Enforcement 1808 to arrange for an alternate method
We will summarize and/or include in of transmission. The regulations.gov
the request for OMB approval of the AGENCY: Office of the U.S. Intellectual
Property Enforcement Coordinator, Web site is a Federal e-Government Web
ICR, the comments received in response site that allows the public to find,
to this comment request; they will also Executive Office of the President, Office
of Management and Budget (OMB). review and submit comments on
become a matter of public record. documents that are published in the
As mentioned above, this ICR covers ACTION: Request for written submissions
Federal Register and that are open for
the construction of an integrated ETA from the public. comment. Submissions filed via the
quarterly performance reporting SUMMARY: The U.S. Government is regulations.gov Web site will be
template, drafted according to the data developing its third Joint Strategic Plan available to the public for review and
collection and reporting requirements in on Intellectual Property Enforcement inspection. For this reason, please do
section 116 of WIOA. The notice of (‘‘Joint Strategic Plan’’), which will not include in your comments
proposed rulemaking (NPRM) cover the 3-year period of 2016–2019. In information of a confidential nature,
implementing WIOA was published on this request for comments, the U.S. such as sensitive personal information
April 16, 2015, at 80 FR 20573. The Government, through the Office of the or proprietary business information.
NPRM comment period closed on June U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
15, 2015. Reporting templates were not Coordinator (‘‘IPEC’’), invites public Office of the U.S. Intellectual Property
yet available at that time; therefore, the input and participation in shaping the Enforcement Coordinator, at
DOL is providing the public this Federal Government’s intellectual intellectualproperty@omb.eop.gov or
additional opportunity in order to property enforcement strategy for 2016– (202) 395–1808. The 2010 and 2013
receive comments on the specific 2019. By committing to common goals, Joint Strategic Plans, as well as other
requirements. the U.S. Government will more information about IPEC, can be found at
Sec. 506(b)(1) of WIOA states that effectively and efficiently be able to http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
section 116 of WIOA will go into effect combat intellectual property intellectualproperty.
at the start of the second full program infringement. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As set
year after the date WIOA was enacted. IPEC was established by title III of the
WIOA was enacted on July 22, 2014. forth by the PRO IP Act (15 U.S.C.
Prioritizing Resources and Organization 8113), the objectives of the Joint
Therefore, section 116’s performance for Intellectual Property Act of 2008,
accountability system will be effective Strategic Plan include:
Public Law 110–403 (the ‘‘PRO IP Act’’; • Reducing the supply of infringing
on July 1, 2016. Approval of this see 15 U.S.C. 8111–8116). Pursuant to goods, domestically and internationally;
information collection request is the PRO IP Act, IPEC is charged with • Identifying weaknesses, duplication
required so that the states, locals, and developing, with certain Federal of efforts, waste, and other unjustified
other entities can begin programming departments and agencies, a Joint impediments to effective enforcement
their management information systems Strategic Plan for submission to actions;
in order to enable them to collect the Congress every three years (15 U.S.C. • Promoting information sharing
necessary data to implement the data 8113). In carrying out this mandate, between participating agencies to the
collection and reporting requirements of IPEC chairs two interagency extent permissible by law;
section 116 in accordance with the committees: (1) The Intellectual • Disrupting and eliminating
WIOA statute. Property Enforcement Advisory infringement networks in the U.S. and
This ICR may receive OMB approval Committee and (2) the Senior in other countries;
before Final Rules implementing WIOA Intellectual Property Enforcement • Strengthening the capacity of other
are published. If this occurs, the Advisory Committee. See 15 U.S.C. countries to protect and enforce
Department will submit another ICR for 8111(b)(3); Executive Order 13565 of intellectual property rights;
this collection to OMB to incorporate February 8, 2011 (‘‘Establishment of the • Reducing the number of countries
the Final Rule citations, as required by Intellectual Property Enforcement that fail to enforce intellectual property
5 CFR 1320.11(h). Those citations Advisory Committees’’). rights effectively;
currently do not exist and, therefore, The prior 3-year Joint Strategic Plans • Assisting other countries to more
cannot be included at this time. The were issued in 2010 and 2013. To assist effectively enforce intellectual property
Department plans to review and analyze the IPEC and Federal agencies in our rights;
any comments received on the NPRM preparation of the third 3-year plan (for • Protecting intellectual property
that are relevant to this ICR together 2016–2019), IPEC requests input and rights in other countries by:
with comments we receive in response recommendations from the public for Æ Working with other countries to
to this Federal Register Notice in order improving the U.S. Government’s reduce intellectual property crimes in
to finalize the substantive information intellectual property enforcement other countries;
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collection requirements to the extent efforts. Æ Improving information sharing
legally possible. between U.S. and foreign law
DATES: Submissions must be received on enforcement agencies; and
Portia Wu, or before October 16, 2015. Æ Establishing procedures for
Assistant Secretary for Employment and ADDRESSES: All submissions should be consulting with interested groups
Training, Department of Labor. electronically submitted to http:// within other countries;
[FR Doc. 2015–21607 Filed 8–31–15; 8:45 am] www.regulations.gov. If you are unable • Establishing effective and efficient
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