81 FR 10664 - Comment Request for Information Collection for Post Enrollment Data Collection of Job Corps Participants, Revision With Changes

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 40 (March 1, 2016)

Page Range		10664-10666
FR Document		2016-04384

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 with an opportunity to comment on proposed revisions to the Post Enrollment Data Collection System (PEDCS) by the Office of Job Corps/ETA in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)] (PRA). Job Corps is revising the data collection system for post enrollment student outcomes to comply with the reporting provisions of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Currently, Job Corps is soliciting comments concerning the revision of data collection regarding the Post Enrollment Data Collection (PEDC) of Job Corps Participants, using post-center surveys of Job Corps graduates and former enrollees (OMB Control Number 1205-0426). The current OMB approval expires December 31, 2018. This Federal Register Notice helps ensure that requested 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 (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addresses section of this notice.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection for Post Enrollment 
Data Collection of Job Corps Participants, Revision With Changes

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 with an 
opportunity to comment on proposed revisions to the Post Enrollment 
Data Collection System (PEDCS) by the Office of Job Corps/ETA in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)] (PRA).
    Job Corps is revising the data collection system for post 
enrollment student outcomes to comply with the reporting provisions of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Currently, Job 
Corps is soliciting comments concerning the revision of data collection 
regarding the Post Enrollment Data Collection (PEDC) of Job Corps 
Participants, using post-center surveys of Job Corps graduates and 
former enrollees (OMB Control Number 1205-0426). The current OMB 
approval expires December 31, 2018.
    This Federal Register Notice helps ensure that requested 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 (ICR) can be 
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addresses section 
of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addresses section below on or before May 2, 2016.

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-2016-0001 
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 Lawrence Lyford by telephone at 
202-693-3121(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 877-889-5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax: 202-
693-3113.
    Mail and hand delivery/courier: Send written comments to Lawrence 
Lyford, Office of Job Corps, Room N-4507, 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 (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 
comments not include personal information such as 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

    Job Corps is an intensive, residential training program for at-risk 
youth ages 16 through 24. It addresses multiple barriers to employment 
faced by youth throughout the United States. Job Corps has been 
operating under the authorization of the Workforce Investment Act, 
which is now being replaced by Title I, Subtitle C, of the Workforce 
Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA). The WIOA, in Section 116, amends the 
performance accountability system to replace the current indicators of 
performance for Job Corps centers and programs with the same primary 
indicators of performance that are applicable to the youth formula 
programs.
    The program is principally carried out through a nationwide network 
of 126 Job Corps centers. The centers are located at facilities either 
owned or

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leased by the federal government. The Department has a direct role in 
the operation of Job Corps, and does not serve as a pass-through agency 
for this program. It is the Department's responsibility to establish 
Job Corps centers and to select operators for them. Of the 126 current 
centers, 27 are operated by the United States Department of 
Agriculture, through an interagency agreement. The remaining 99 centers 
are managed and operated by large and small corporations, and nonprofit 
organizations selected by the Department in accordance with the Federal 
Acquisition Regulations, and in most cases, through a competitive 
procurement process. Many of the current contractors manage and operate 
more than one center.

II. Review Focus

    The Department is particularly interested in comments which:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for an agency to properly perform its functions, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
     evaluate the agency's accuracy in estimating 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 information collection on those who 
respond--including information obtained through 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

    This submission requests comments on the data collection 
instruments that will be used to collect post-enrollment data about 
individuals who are no longer actively participating in Job Corps. 
These individuals either graduated from Job Corps, or demonstrated 
their commitment by either completing the Career Preparation Period 
(CPP) or participating in the program for at least 60 days (former 
enrollees).
    The data collection instrument for graduates and former enrollees 
is called the Post Enrollment Data Collection System (PEDCS). 
Administration of the PEDCS will facilitate the key data collection of 
post enrollment outcomes during the second and fourth quarters after 
exit. This submission also requests approval for two brief 
questionnaires (one for employers and one for schools or training 
institutions) that will be used to collect verification data about 
initial placement and effectiveness in serving employers.
    The current post-enrollment survey system contacts Job Corps 
graduates and former enrollees at 13 weeks after initial job placement, 
and graduates at 6 and 12 months after initial placement. In adherence 
to the new WIOA requirements, the proposed PEDCS will collect post-
enrollment outcomes from Job Corps graduates and former enrollees at 
the 2nd quarter and 4th quarter following exit. Job Corps will use the 
information collected through the proposed PEDCS to report the 
following five of the six primary WIOA performance metrics from Section 
116:
     The percentage of program participants who are in 
unsubsidized employment during the second quarter after exit from the 
program;
     the percentage of program participants who are in 
unsubsidized employment during the fourth quarter after exit from the 
program;
     the median earnings of program participants who are in 
unsubsidized employment during the second quarter after exit from the 
program;
     the percentage of program participants who obtain a 
recognized postsecondary credential, or a secondary school diploma or 
its recognized equivalent (and, for those with a secondary school 
diploma or its recognized equivalent, have obtained or retained 
employment or are in an education or training program leading to a 
recognized postsecondary credential), during participation in or within 
one year after exit from the program; and
     the indicator(s) of effectiveness in serving employers.
    Job Corps will also use the information collected from the proposed 
PEDCS to cover the following additional reporting requirements mandated 
by WIOA:
     The number of graduates who entered the Armed Forces;
     the number of graduates who entered apprenticeship 
programs;
     the number of graduates who received a regular secondary 
school diploma;
     the number of graduates who received a State recognized 
equivalent of a secondary school diploma;
     the number of graduates who entered unsubsidized 
employment related to the career and technical education and training 
received through the Job Corps program;
     the number of graduates who entered unsubsidized 
employment not related to the education and training received;
     the percentage and number of graduates who enter 
postsecondary education;
     the average wage of graduates who enter unsubsidized 
employment--
    (1) on the first day of such employment; and
    (2) on the day 6 months after such first day.
    To maximize the comparability of the data collected from the 
different subgroups of students, the second and fourth quarter data 
collection instrument will use modules with identical sets of questions 
on the same topics.
    Type of Review: Revision with changes.
    Title: Post Enrollment Data Collection of Job Corps Participants.
    OMB Number: 1205-0426.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households and for profit Business/
Education institutions.
    Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: N/A.

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                                                                                   Average time
    Data collection activity         Number of       Frequency         Total       per response    Burden hours
                                    respondents                      responses        (hours)
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Online survey of Former                   14,000               2          28,000            0.20           5,600
 Enrollees and Graduates during
 the second and fourth quarter
 after exit.....................
Telephone interview of Former             30,200               2          60,400            0.25          15,100
 Enrollees and Graduates during
 the second and fourth quarter
 after exit.....................
Employer/Institution Re-                   5,000               1           5,000            0.20           1,000
 verification...................
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    Total.......................          49,200  ..............          93,400  ..............          21,700
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    Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be 
summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and 
Budget approval of the ICR. They will also become a matter of public 
record.

Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
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leased by the federal government. The either completing the Career Preparation during participation in or within one
Department has a direct role in the Period (CPP) or participating in the year after exit from the program; and
operation of Job Corps, and does not program for at least 60 days (former • the indicator(s) of effectiveness in
serve as a pass-through agency for this enrollees). serving employers.
program. It is the Department’s The data collection instrument for Job Corps will also use the
responsibility to establish Job Corps graduates and former enrollees is called information collected from the proposed
centers and to select operators for them. the Post Enrollment Data Collection PEDCS to cover the following additional
Of the 126 current centers, 27 are System (PEDCS). Administration of the reporting requirements mandated by
operated by the United States PEDCS will facilitate the key data WIOA:
Department of Agriculture, through an collection of post enrollment outcomes • The number of graduates who
interagency agreement. The remaining during the second and fourth quarters entered the Armed Forces;
99 centers are managed and operated by after exit. This submission also requests • the number of graduates who
large and small corporations, and approval for two brief questionnaires entered apprenticeship programs;
nonprofit organizations selected by the (one for employers and one for schools • the number of graduates who
Department in accordance with the or training institutions) that will be used received a regular secondary school
Federal Acquisition Regulations, and in to collect verification data about initial diploma;
most cases, through a competitive placement and effectiveness in serving • the number of graduates who
procurement process. Many of the employers. received a State recognized equivalent
current contractors manage and operate The current post-enrollment survey of a secondary school diploma;
more than one center. system contacts Job Corps graduates and • the number of graduates who
former enrollees at 13 weeks after initial entered unsubsidized employment
II. Review Focus job placement, and graduates at 6 and related to the career and technical
The Department is particularly 12 months after initial placement. In education and training received through
interested in comments which: adherence to the new WIOA the Job Corps program;
• Evaluate whether the proposed requirements, the proposed PEDCS will • the number of graduates who
collection of information is necessary collect post-enrollment outcomes from entered unsubsidized employment not
for an agency to properly perform its Job Corps graduates and former related to the education and training
functions, including whether the enrollees at the 2nd quarter and 4th received;
information will have practical utility; quarter following exit. Job Corps will
• the percentage and number of
• evaluate the agency’s accuracy in use the information collected through
graduates who enter postsecondary
estimating the burden of the proposed the proposed PEDCS to report the
education;
collection of information, including the following five of the six primary WIOA
validity of the methodology and • the average wage of graduates who
performance metrics from Section 116:
assumptions used; • The percentage of program enter unsubsidized employment—
• enhance the quality, utility, and participants who are in unsubsidized (1) on the first day of such
clarity of the information to be employment during the second quarter employment; and
collected; and after exit from the program; (2) on the day 6 months after such
• minimize the burden of information • the percentage of program first day.
collection on those who respond— participants who are in unsubsidized To maximize the comparability of the
including information obtained through employment during the fourth quarter data collected from the different
appropriate automated, electronic, after exit from the program; subgroups of students, the second and
mechanical, or other technological • the median earnings of program fourth quarter data collection
collection techniques or other forms of participants who are in unsubsidized instrument will use modules with
information technology (e.g., permitting employment during the second quarter identical sets of questions on the same
electronic submissions of responses). after exit from the program; topics.
• the percentage of program Type of Review: Revision with
III. Current Actions participants who obtain a recognized changes.
This submission requests comments postsecondary credential, or a Title: Post Enrollment Data Collection
on the data collection instruments that secondary school diploma or its of Job Corps Participants.
will be used to collect post-enrollment recognized equivalent (and, for those OMB Number: 1205–0426.
data about individuals who are no with a secondary school diploma or its Affected Public: Individuals or
longer actively participating in Job recognized equivalent, have obtained or households and for profit Business/
Corps. These individuals either retained employment or are in an Education institutions.
graduated from Job Corps, or education or training program leading to Total Annual Burden Cost for
demonstrated their commitment by a recognized postsecondary credential), Respondents: N/A.

Average time
Number of Total
Data collection activity Frequency per response Burden hours
respondents responses (hours)

Online survey of Former Enrollees and Graduates during
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the second and fourth quarter after exit .......................... 14,000 2 28,000 0.20 5,600
Telephone interview of Former Enrollees and Graduates
during the second and fourth quarter after exit ............... 30,200 2 60,400 0.25 15,100
Employer/Institution Re-verification ..................................... 5,000 1 5,000 0.20 1,000

Total .............................................................................. 49,200 ........................ 93,400 ........................ 21,700

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Comments submitted in response to Departmental Information Compliance OMB authorization for an ICR cannot
this comment request will be Management Program, Room N1301, be for more than three (3) years without
summarized and/or included in the 200 Constitution Avenue NW., renewal, and the DOL seeks to extend
request for Office of Management and Washington, DC 20210; or by email: PRA authorization for this information
Budget approval of the ICR. They will DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. collection for three (3) more years,
also become a matter of public record. without any change to existing
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
requirements. The DOL notes that
Portia Wu, Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693–
existing information collection
Assistant Secretary for Employment and 4129, TTY 202–693–8064, (these are not
requirements submitted to the OMB
Training, Labor. toll-free numbers) or sending an email
receive a month-to-month extension
[FR Doc. 2016–04384 Filed 2–29–16; 8:45 am] to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
while they undergo review. For
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR additional substantive information
seeks to extend PRA authorization for about this ICR, see the related notice
the Pharmacy Billing Requirements published in the Federal Register on
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
information collection. The OWCP is August 19, 2015 (80 FR 50327).
Office of the Secretary the agency responsible for Interested parties are encouraged to
administration of the Federal send comments to the OMB, Office of
Agency Information Collection Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA), Information and Regulatory Affairs at
Activities; Submission for OMB 5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.; the Black Lung the address shown in the ADDRESSES
Review; Comment Request; Pharmacy Benefits Act (BLBA), 30 U.S.C. 901 et section within thirty (30) days of
Billing Requirements seq.; and the Energy Employees publication of this notice in the Federal
Occupational Illness Compensation Register. In order to help ensure
ACTION: Notice. Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA), 42 appropriate consideration, comments
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor U.S.C. 7384 et seq. All three of these should mention OMB Control Number
(DOL) is submitting the Office of statutes require the OWCP to pay for 1240–0050. The OMB is particularly
Workers’ Compensation Programs covered medical treatment provided to interested in comments that:
beneficiaries; this medical treatment can
(OWCP) sponsored information • Evaluate whether the proposed
collection request (ICR) titled, include medicinal drugs dispensed by
collection of information is necessary
‘‘Pharmacy Billing Requirements,’’ to pharmacies. In order to determine
for the proper performance of the
the Office of Management and Budget whether amounts billed for drugs are
functions of the agency, including
(OMB) for review and approval for appropriate, the OWCP must receive the
whether the information will have
continued use, without change, in required data elements—including the
practical utility;
accordance with the Paperwork name of the patient/beneficiary, the
National Drug Code number of each • Evaluate the accuracy of the
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
drug prescribed, the quantity provided, agency’s estimate of the burden of the
3501 et seq.). Public comments on the
the prescription number, and the date proposed collection of information,
ICR are invited.
the prescription was filled. The including the validity of the
DATES: The OMB will consider all
regulations implementing these statutes methodology and assumptions used;
written comments that agency receives
on or before March 31, 2016. require the collection of information • Enhance the quality, utility, and
needed to enable the OWCP to clarity of the information to be
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with
applicable supporting documentation; determine whether bills for drugs collected; and
including a description of the likely submitted directly by pharmacies or as • Minimize the burden of the
respondents, proposed frequency of reimbursement requests submitted by collection of information on those who
response, and estimated total burden claimants should be paid. See 20 CFR are to respond, including through the
may be obtained free of charge from the 10.801, 30.701, 725.701, and 725.705. use of appropriate automated,
RegInfo.gov Web site at http:// FECA section 9, BLBA section 413, and electronic, mechanical, or other
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ EEOICPA section 3629(c) authorize this technological collection techniques or
PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201601-1240-010 information collection. See 5 U.S.C. other forms of information technology,
or by contacting Michel Smyth by 8103, 30 U.S.C. 936, and 42 U.S.C. e.g., permitting electronic submission of
telephone at 202–693–4129, TTY 202– 7384t. responses.
693–8064, (these are not toll-free This information collection is subject Agency: DOL–OWCP.
numbers) or sending an email to DOL_ to the PRA. A Federal agency generally Title of Collection: Pharmacy Billing
PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. cannot conduct or sponsor a collection Requirements.
Submit comments about this request of information, and the public is
by mail or courier to the Office of generally not required to respond to an OMB Control Number: 1240–0050.
Information and Regulatory Affairs, information collection, unless it is Affected Public: Private Sector—
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL– approved by the OMB under the PRA businesses or other for-profits and not-
OWCP, Office of Management and and displays a currently valid OMB for-profit institutions.
Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street Control Number. In addition, Total Estimated Number of
NW., Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: notwithstanding any other provisions of Respondents: 4,344.
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202–395–5806 (this is not a toll-free law, no person shall generally be subject Total Estimated Number of
number); or by email: OIRA_ to penalty for failing to comply with a Responses: 1,453,300.
submission@omb.eop.gov. Commenters collection of information that does not
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
are encouraged, but not required, to display a valid Control Number. See 5
24,421 hours.
send a courtesy copy of any comments CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL
by mail or courier to the U.S. obtains OMB approval for this Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of information collection under Control Burden: $0.
the Chief Information Officer, Attn: Number 1240–0050. Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

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81 FR 10664 - Comment Request for Information Collection for Post Enrollment Data Collection of Job Corps Participants, Revision With Changes

DEPARTMENT OF LABOREmployment and Training Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 40 (March 1, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration