80 FR 62572 - Comment Request for Information Collection for the Self-Employment Training (SET) Demonstration Evaluation (SET Evaluation); Extension Request Without Change to an Existing Collection
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 200 (October 16, 2015)
Employment and Training Administration
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 200 (October 16, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 200 (Friday, October 16, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 62572-62574] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-26373] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration Comment Request for Information Collection for the Self- Employment Training (SET) Demonstration Evaluation (SET Evaluation); Extension Request Without Change to an Existing Collection AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA); Labor. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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 (PRA) [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. The Department notes that a Federal agency cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it is approved by the Office of Management [[Page 62573]] and Budget (OMB) under the PRA and displays a currently valid OMB control number, and the public is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Also, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall be subject to penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if the collection of information does not display a currently valid OMB control number (see 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6). This information collection request (ICR) is to obtain extended clearance for Mathematica Policy Research, under contract to ETA, to administer the follow-up survey for the SET Evaluation. A 20-month extension is requested to the data-collection period for the follow-up survey. DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the addressee section below on or before December 15, 2015. ADDRESSES: Send comments to Janet Javar, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-2312, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: (202) 693-5954 (this is not a toll-free number). Email address: javar.janet.o@dol.gov. Fax number: (202) 693-5961 (this is not a toll- free number). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: ETA seeks to implement and rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of innovative strategies for promoting employment based on the authority granted to the agency under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and, formerly, the Workforce Investment Act. The SET Demonstration focuses specifically on self-employment as a reemployment strategy for dislocated workers. The demonstration is premised on the hypotheses that: (1) Self-employment could be a viable strategy for dislocated workers to become reemployed; (2) starting a small business is difficult, especially for individuals who lack business expertise or access to start-up capital; and (3) dislocated workers might experience difficulties locating and accessing training and counseling services that could effectively prepare them for self- employment via the existing workforce infrastructure. The SET Demonstration will implement a new service delivery model that seeks to better connect dislocated workers to self-employment services. This approach differs from previous large-scale demonstration programs, which have provided mixed evidence on the effectiveness of self-employment services on earnings and employment, because the SET Demonstration will: (1) Rely on self-employment advisors to offer more intensive business development counseling services than prior demonstrations have offered; and (2) concentrate on dislocated workers who have fairly limited traditional employment prospects but are well- positioned to benefit from self-employment counseling and training. The SET Evaluation will assess the effectiveness of the SET Demonstration model. To achieve the study's target sample size, enrollment in the SET program began in July 2013 and will continue through December 2015. About 3,000 eligible applicants will be randomly assigned to either receive SET services or to a control group. All 3,000 applicants are asked to complete the 18-month follow-up survey. An initial clearance request for the SET Evaluation was approved by OMB in January 2013 (ICR reference number 201209-1205-001; OMB control number 1205-0505). Clearance covered the study's consent and application forms, the program participation records, the evaluation team's site visit and case study protocols, and the study participant follow-up survey. This data collection was approved with an expiration date of January 31, 2016 and an annualized total allowable burden of 5,344 hours. A subsequent non-substantive change request related to the follow- up survey (ICR reference number 201408-1205-005) was approved by OMB in October 2014. This non-substantive request sought to preserve the most critical outcome measures while shortening instrument length to reduce respondent burden. The non-substantive change did not affect any data collection efforts other than the follow-up survey. As with the originally approved OMB package, all 3,000 applicants would be asked to complete the survey, but the shortening of the instrument will reduce the total annualized burden across the entire study from 5,344 to 4,277 hours. This new request is to extend OMB clearance of the follow-up survey administration, which will expire on January 31, 2016, for an additional 20 months, to September 30, 2017. Given that study enrollment has proceeded more slowly than originally planned, an 18- month follow-up survey could be administered to only approximately 25 percent of the demonstration applicants by the current expiration date of January 31, 2016. Assuming an 80 percent response rate, this would result in approximately 630 respondents (= 3,000 respondents x 0.80 response rate x 0.25 of study participants). Extending the expiration date to September 30, 2017 will allow sufficient time to field the survey to all study applicants. This request does not cover any of the other elements of the OMB-approved data collection; no extension is required for the consent and application forms, the program participation records, or the evaluation team's site visit and case study protocols. The 18-month follow-up survey is administered 18 months after study participants apply to the SET program. It is the only source of information needed to evaluate the impact program on the six groups of study outcomes: (1) Current employment status; (2) receipt of self- employment assistance services; (3) business development activities; (4) self-employment experiences; (5) experiences in wage and salary employment; and (6) job satisfaction and program participation. These data will be used to determine the impacts of the SET Demonstration on participants' outcomes. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Department of Labor is soliciting comments concerning the above data collection. 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. Current Actions: At this time, the Department is requesting clearance for a 20-month extension of time allowed to complete the SET Evaluation's 18-month follow-up survey. Type of review: Extension without a change. Title of Collection: Self-Employment Training Demonstration Evaluation. OMB Control Number: 1205-0505. Affected Public: Dislocated workers who applied for services available through the SET Demonstration. Cite/Reference/Form/etc.: Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Section 172 [[Page 62574]] (Pub. L. 105-220) and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Section 169 (Pub. L. 113-128). Annual Burden Estimates for the Set Demonstration Evaluation 18-Month Follow-Up Survey Between February 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Total Activity respondents Responses per Average time per respondent \1\ respondent response burden (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18-Month Follow-Up Survey............. 1,770 1 20 minutes.............. 590 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Attempts will be made to complete interviews with all 3,000 eligible applicants who went through random assignment. Given the targeted response rate of 80 percent, interviews are expected to be completed with 2,400 sample members. The 18-Month follow-up survey will be fielded through September 30, 2017. Interviews with 630 sample members are expected to be completed by January 31, 2016, when the current OMB clearance expires. Another 1,770 interviews are expected to be completed between February 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017, the extension proposed in this request. This request includes no changes to the follow-up survey instrument, and therefore implies no change in total respondent burden. The study team expects to complete 2,400 interviews, as originally planned, for a response rate of 80 percent. A total of 210 burden hours ((= 630 responses x 20 minutes per response) / 60 minutes/hour) are anticipated for surveys completed prior to the expiration date. As seen in the table above, another 590 burden hours ((= 1,770 responses x 20 minutes/response) / 60 minutes/hour) would occur for surveys completed during the extension period, if granted. The total burden for the follow-up survey as a whole would remain unchanged at 800 hours, the amount originally approved by OMB. The extension would also reduce the average annualized burden hours because the survey fielding would occur over a longer period than originally planned. The original OMB clearance package assumed that the fielding period would last for 18 months, which implied an average annualized hour burden of 533 (= 800 total hours/1.5 years). Given study enrollment patterns, the follow-up survey began in early April 2015, and the fielding period will last until September 2017 if the extension is granted, for a total of 30 months. The longer fielding period implied a reduction in the average annualized hour burden of 320 (= 800 total hours/2.5 years). If granted, the extension would result in an average annualized dollar burden of $5,737 ((= 2,400 responses x 20 minutes/response) / (60 minutes/hour x $17.93 per hour/2.5 years)), which is lower than under the plan originally approved by OMB. 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: Portia Wu, Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor. [FR Doc. 2015-26373 Filed 10-15-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-FT-P
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enforcement agency builds its system to regarding the items contained in this (5) An estimate of the total number of
suit its own individual needs, including notice, especially the estimated public respondents and the amount of time
all of the information required for burden and associated response time, estimated for an average respondent to
administration and operation; then should be directed to Mr. Samuel respond: There are approximately
forwards only the data required by the Berhanu, Unit Chief, Federal Bureau of 18,415 law enforcement agency
NIBRS to participate in the FBI UCR Investigation, CJIS Division, Module E– respondents that submit monthly for a
Program. 3, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, total of 220,980 responses with an
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burden (in hours) associated with this 625–3566. Written comments and/or per response.
collection: There are approximately suggestions can also be directed to the (6) An estimate of the total public
154,080 hours, annual burden, Office of Management and Budget, burden (in hours) associated with this
associated with this information Office of Information and Regulatory collection: There are approximately
collection. The total number of Affairs, Attention Department of Justice 18,415 hours, annual burden, associated
respondents is 6,420 with a total annual Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503 or with this information collection.
hour burden of 24 hours, (6,420 × 24 = sent to OIRA_submissions@ If additional information is required
154,080 total annual hours). omb.eop.gov. contact: Jerri Murray, Department
If additional information is required SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning
contact: Jerri Murray, Department comments and suggestions from the Staff, Justice Management Division,
Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning public and affected agencies concerning United States Department of Justice,
Staff, Justice Management Division, the proposed collection of information Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street
United States Department of Justice, are encouraged. Comments should NE., Room 3E.405B, Washington, DC
Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street address one or more of the following 20530.
NE., Room 3E.405B, Washington, DC four points: Dated: October 13, 2015.
20530. (1) Evaluate whether the proposed Jerri Murray,
Dated: October 13, 2015. collection of information is necessary Department Clearance Officer for PRA,
Jerri Murray, for the proper performance of the United States Department of Justice.
Department Clearance Officer PRA, United functions of the agency, including [FR Doc. 2015–26356 Filed 10–15–15; 8:45 am]
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[FR Doc. 2015–26357 Filed 10–15–15; 8:45 am] practical utility;
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Investigation, Department of Justice.
other forms of information technology, Administration (ETA); Labor.
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e.g., permitting electronic submission of ACTION: Notice.
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Criminal Justice Information Services Collection effort to reduce paperwork and
(CJIS) Division will be submitting the
(1) Type of Information Collection: respondent burden, conducts a
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Request to the Office of Management
collection. provide the general public and Federal
and Budget (OMB) for review and
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clearance in accordance with the
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established review procedures of the
(3) The agency form number, if any, continuing collections of information in
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
and the applicable component of the accordance with the Paperwork
proposed information collection is
department sponsoring the collection: Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) [44 U.S.C.
published to obtain comments from the
Form Number: 1110–0048. Sponsor: 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to
public and affected agencies. This
Criminal Justice Information Services ensure that required data can be
proposed information collection was
Division, Federal Bureau of provided in the desired format,
previously published in the Federal
Investigation, Department of Justice. reporting burden (time and financial
Register at 80 FR 48574, on August 13, (4) Affected public who will be asked resources) is minimized, collection
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2015, allowing for a 60 day comment or required to respond, as well as a brief instruments are clearly understood, and
period. abstract: Primary: City, county, state, the impact of collection requirements on
DATES: Comments are encouraged and federal, and tribal law enforcement respondents can be properly assessed.
will be accepted for an additional 30 agencies. Abstract: This collection is The Department notes that a Federal
days until November 16, 2015. needed to collect information on cargo agency cannot conduct or sponsor a
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(Pub. L. 105–220) and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act,
Section 169 (Pub. L. 113–128).
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES FOR THE SET DEMONSTRATION EVALUATION 18-MONTH FOLLOW-UP SURVEY BETWEEN
FEBRUARY 1, 2016 AND SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
Responses Total respond-
Number of Average time per
Activity per ent burden
respondents 1 response
respondent (hours)
18-Month Follow-Up Survey ........................... 1,770 1 20 minutes ...................................................... 590
1 Attemptswill be made to complete interviews with all 3,000 eligible applicants who went through random assignment. Given the targeted re-
sponse rate of 80 percent, interviews are expected to be completed with 2,400 sample members. The 18-Month follow-up survey will be fielded
through September 30, 2017. Interviews with 630 sample members are expected to be completed by January 31, 2016, when the current OMB
clearance expires. Another 1,770 interviews are expected to be completed between February 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017, the extension
proposed in this request.
This request includes no changes to Signed: Dated: October 8, 2015.
the follow-up survey instrument, and Portia Wu, Lisette Voyatzis,
therefore implies no change in total Assistant Secretary for Employment and Committee Management Officer.
respondent burden. The study team Training, Labor. [FR Doc. 2015–26381 Filed 10–15–15; 8:45 am]
expects to complete 2,400 interviews, as [FR Doc. 2015–26373 Filed 10–15–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7536–01–P
originally planned, for a response rate of BILLING CODE 4510–FT–P
80 percent. A total of 210 burden hours
((= 630 responses × 20 minutes per NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
response) ÷ 60 minutes/hour) are ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
anticipated for surveys completed prior NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
to the expiration date. As seen in the ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES National Endowment for the
table above, another 590 burden hours Humanities
((= 1,770 responses × 20 minutes/ National Endowment for the
Humanities Meetings of Humanities Panel
response) ÷ 60 minutes/hour) would
occur for surveys completed during the Meetings of Humanities Panel; AGENCY: National Endowment for the
extension period, if granted. The total Correction Humanities, National Foundation on the
burden for the follow-up survey as a Arts and the Humanities.
whole would remain unchanged at 800 AGENCY: National Endowment for the ACTION: Notice of meetings.
hours, the amount originally approved Humanities, National Foundation on the
by OMB. Arts and the Humanities. SUMMARY: The National Endowment for
the Humanities will hold twenty-six
The extension would also reduce the ACTION: Notice of Meetings; correction. meetings of the Humanities Panel, a
average annualized burden hours federal advisory committee, during
because the survey fielding would occur SUMMARY: The National Endowment for November, 2015. The purpose of the
over a longer period than originally the Humanities published a document meetings is for panel review, discussion,
planned. The original OMB clearance in the Federal Register of September 16, evaluation, and recommendation of
package assumed that the fielding 2015, concerning notice of meetings of applications for financial assistance
period would last for 18 months, which the Humanities Panel during the month under the National Foundation on the
implied an average annualized hour of October, 2015. One meeting date has Arts and Humanities Act of 1965.
burden of 533 (= 800 total hours/1.5 changed. All other information in the DATES: See Supplementary Information
years). Given study enrollment patterns, notice remains the same. section for meeting dates.
the follow-up survey began in early FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
April 2015, and the fielding period will Lisette Voyatzis, Committee Constitution Center at 400 7th Street
last until September 2017 if the Management Officer; (202) 606–8322; SW., Washington, DC 20506. See
extension is granted, for a total of 30 evoyatzis@neh.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for meeting
months. The longer fielding period room numbers.
implied a reduction in the average Correction
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annualized hour burden of 320 (= 800 In the Federal Register of September Lisette Voyatzis, Committee
total hours/2.5 years). If granted, the 16, 2015, in FR Doc. 2015–23205, on Management Officer, 400 7th Street
extension would result in an average page 55650, in the first column, replace SW., Room 4060, Washington, DC
annualized dollar burden of $5,737 ((= item 16 with: 20506; (202) 606–8322; evoyatzis@
2,400 responses × 20 minutes/response) neh.gov. Hearing-impaired individuals
÷ (60 minutes/hour × $17.93 per hour/ 16. DATE: October 30, 2015.
who prefer to contact us by phone may
2.5 years)), which is lower than under TIME: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
use NEH’s TDD terminal at (202) 606–
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the plan originally approved by OMB. ROOM: Virtual Meeting. 8282.
Comments submitted in response to This meeting will discuss SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
this request will be summarized and/or applications on the subject of to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
included in the request for Office of Linguistics, for the Humanities Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
Management and Budget approval; they Collections and Reference Resources App.), notice is hereby given of the
will also become a matter of public grant program, submitted to the Division following meetings:
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