81 FR 5485 - Change of Address for the National Prevailing Wage Center: Prevailing Wage Determination Requests for Use in the E-3, H-1B, H-1B1, H-2B, and Permanent/“Green Card” Visa Programs
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 21 (February 2, 2016)
Employment and Training Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 21 (February 2, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-01848 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 2, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 5485-5486] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-01848] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration Change of Address for the National Prevailing Wage Center: Prevailing Wage Determination Requests for Use in the E-3, H-1B, H-1B1, H-2B, and Permanent/``Green Card'' Visa Programs AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department) is providing notice that the Office of Foreign Labor Certification's National Prevailing Wage Center, responsible for the processing of prevailing wage determination requests for use in the E-3 (Australia), H-1B, H-1B1 (Chile/Singapore), H-2B, and the permanent/``green card'' visa programs is relocating within Washington, DC effective on January 11, 2016. DATES: Effective Date: This notice is effective on January 11, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William W. Thompson, II, Acting Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Box 12-200, Washington, DC 20210-0001; Telephone: (202) 513-7350 (this is not a toll-free number). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) assigns specific responsibilities to the U.S. Secretary of Labor for the administration of certain employment-based immigration programs that require a labor certification, a labor condition application, or a labor attestation (LCA). In the case of a labor [[Page 5486]] certification, these statutory responsibilities include, determining that there are not able, willing, qualified and available U.S. workers for a position and location for which certification is being requested, and that the employment of the foreign worker(s) will not have an adverse impact on similarly employed U.S. workers. Employers seeking to hire foreign workers in the D-1, E-3, H-1B, H- 1B1, H-2A, H-2B, or the permanent/``green card'' visa programs must first apply to the Secretary of Labor to obtain a labor certification or for the approval of a labor condition application, or a labor attestation. The Secretary has delegated the responsibilities for the administration of these programs to the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC). Before obtaining a certification from the Department, most employers must first obtain a Prevailing Wage Determination (PWD) for the appropriate occupation and area of intended employment from OFLC. Since January 1, 2010, the receipt and processing of PWD requests for use in the E-3, H-1B, H-1B1, H-2B, and the permanent/``green card'' programs has been centralized in OFLC's National Prevailing Wage Center (NPWC) in Washington, DC. The purpose of this Notice is to inform the public that the NPWC is relocating within Washington, DC and provide a new mailing address. II. NPWC Address Old Address: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, National Prevailing Wage Center, 1341 G Street, Suite 201, NW., Washington, DC 20005-3105; Telephone: (202) 693-8200; Facsimile (202) 693-8260. New Address: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, National Prevailing Wage Center, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.; Room N-5311, Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: (202) 693-8200; Facsimile (202) 693- 8260. The NPWC is fully operational at the new address on January 11, 2016. Affected stakeholders should direct any mailed correspondence addressed to the NPWC at the new address on and after January 11, 2015. Currently, the vast majority of PWD requests and related correspondence are submitted electronically to the NPWC. However, to ensure a smooth transition to the new address, the NPWC will rely on the standard United States Postal Service for mail forwarding from the old to the new address after the effective date of this Notice. III. NPWC Email Help Desk The change in the physical address for the NPWC will not affect the NPWC Email Help Desk. Members of the public who require technical assistance with PWD requests and/or related matters may continue to direct their inquiries to the National Prevailing Wage Center Help Desk at [email protected]. Portia Wu, Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration. [FR Doc. 2016-01848 Filed 2-1-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-FP-P
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DATES: Comments are encouraged and violence, dating violence and stalking 200 hours, that is 100 grantees
will be accepted for 60 days until April on campuses and enhances completing a tool once a year with an
4, 2016. collaboration among campuses, local estimated completion time for the form
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If law enforcement, and victim advocacy being 2 hours.
you have additional comments organizations. Eligible applicants are If additional information is required
especially on the estimated public institutions of higher education. The contact: Jerri Murray, Department
burden or associated response time, affected public includes the Clearance Officer, United States
suggestions, or need a copy of the approximately 100 institutions of higher Department of Justice, Justice
proposed information collection education currently funded through the Management Division, Policy and
instrument with instructions or Campus program. Planning Staff, Two Constitution
additional information, please contact The Grantee Needs and Progress Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405B,
Cathy Poston, Office on Violence Assessment Tool will be used to Washington, DC 20530.
Against Women, at 202–514–5430 or determine the training and technical
Dated: January 27, 2016.
Catherine.poston@usdoj.gov. assistance needs of Campus Program
Jerri Murray,
grantees—both new and continuation
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
grantees—throughout the life of the
comments and suggestions from the grant award as well measure the Department of Justice.
public and affected agencies concerning development of the capacity of grantees [FR Doc. 2016–01772 Filed 2–1–16; 8:45 am]
the proposed collection of information to respond and prevent violence against BILLING CODE 4410–FX–P
are encouraged. Your comments should women on their campuses. In addition,
address one or more of the following the tool will help campuses and OVW
four points: document the impact of their grant- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed funded work, promote sustainability of
collection of information is necessary important intervention and prevention Employment and Training
for the proper performance of the activities, and provide outcome-based Administration
functions of the agency, including information throughout the life of the
whether the information will have grant to help OVW-funded technical Change of Address for the National
practical utility; assistance providers and grantees make Prevailing Wage Center: Prevailing
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the changes to the goals and objectives Wage Determination Requests for Use
agency’s estimate of the burden of the necessary to achieve the statutory intent in the E–3, H–1B, H–1B1, H–2B, and
proposed collection of information, when Congress authorized the Campus Permanent/‘‘Green Card’’ Visa
including the validity of the Program. Programs
methodology and assumptions used; There is a need for a more effective AGENCY: Employment and Training
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and assessment tool that better achieves the Administration, Department of Labor.
clarity of the information to be following purposes: (1) Assess grantee
collected; and ACTION: Notice.
needs and resources related to achieving
(4) Minimize the burden of the the program’s core competencies that SUMMARY: The Department of Labor
collection of information on those who are central to the goals of the Campus (Department) is providing notice that
are to respond, including through the Program; (2) assess capacity building by the Office of Foreign Labor
use of appropriate automated, the grantees over the three year grant Certification’s National Prevailing Wage
electronic, mechanical, or other period which will help campuses and Center, responsible for the processing of
technological collection techniques or OVW document the impact of their prevailing wage determination requests
other forms of information technology, work and promote sustainability, (3) for use in the E–3 (Australia), H–1B, H–
e.g., permitting electronic submission of provide information throughout the 1B1 (Chile/Singapore), H–2B, and the
responses. grant cycle to help technical assistance permanent/‘‘green card’’ visa programs
Overview of This Information providers and campuses work together is relocating within Washington, DC
Collection to achieve key goals of the Campus effective on January 11, 2016.
Program. This data collection tool will
(1) Type of Information Collection: DATES: Effective Date: This notice is
promote matching the specific technical
New collection. assistance needs of each campus and effective on January 11, 2016.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: also reflection by the grantees on their FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Campus Program Grantee Needs and goals for the grant. The questions will be William W. Thompson, II, Acting
Progress Assessment Tool. given in an online survey platform. The Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor
(3) Agency form number, if any, and questions are mainly multiple choice. Certification, U.S. Department of Labor,
the applicable component of the The few narrative questions used are 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Box 12–
Department of Justice sponsoring the brief and require one or two sentence 200, Washington, DC 20210–0001;
collection: Form Number: 1122—NEW. answers. Telephone: (202) 513–7350 (this is not
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on (5) An estimate of the total number of a toll-free number).
Violence Against Women. respondents and the amount of time SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
(4) Affected public who will be asked estimated for an average respondent to
or required to respond, as well as a brief I. Background
respond/reply: It is estimated that it will
abstract: The affected public includes take the approximately 100 respondents The Immigration and Nationality Act
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current grantees under the Grants to (Campus Program grantees) (INA) assigns specific responsibilities to
Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic approximately 2 hours to complete an the U.S. Secretary of Labor for the
Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking online assessment tool. administration of certain employment-
on Campus Program. The Campus (6) An estimate of the total public based immigration programs that
Program strengthens the response of burden (in hours) associated with the require a labor certification, a labor
institutions of higher education to the collection: The total annual hour burden condition application, or a labor
crimes of sexual assault, domestic to complete the data collection forms is attestation (LCA). In the case of a labor
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certification, these statutory for mail forwarding from the old to the Administration, U.S. Department of
responsibilities include, determining new address after the effective date of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
that there are not able, willing, qualified this Notice. Washington, DC 20210. Telephone
and available U.S. workers for a position number: 202–693–3517 (this is not a
III. NPWC Email Help Desk
and location for which certification is toll-free number). Individuals with
being requested, and that the The change in the physical address hearing or speech impairments may
employment of the foreign worker(s) for the NPWC will not affect the NPWC access the telephone number above via
will not have an adverse impact on Email Help Desk. Members of the public TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
similarly employed U.S. workers. who require technical assistance with Information Relay Service at 1–877–
Employers seeking to hire foreign PWD requests and/or related matters 889–5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax: 202–693–
workers in the D–1, E–3, H–1B, H–1B1, may continue to direct their inquiries to 3585 Email: worden.susan@dol.gov. A
H–2A, H–2B, or the permanent/‘‘green the National Prevailing Wage Center copy of the proposed information
card’’ visa programs must first apply to Help Desk at FLC.PWD@dol.gov. collection request (ICR) can be obtained
the Secretary of Labor to obtain a labor Portia Wu, by contacting the office listed above.
certification or for the approval of a SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Assistant Secretary, Employment and
labor condition application, or a labor Training Administration.
attestation. The Secretary has delegated I. Background
[FR Doc. 2016–01848 Filed 2–1–16; 8:45 am]
the responsibilities for the The Department uses information
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administration of these programs to the from the Trade Activity Participant
Employment and Training Report Form completed by the states to
Administration’s (ETA) Office of establish state funding needs and
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC). evaluate the effectiveness of state
Before obtaining a certification from Employment and Training administration of the Trade Adjustment
the Department, most employers must Administration Assistance Program under the Trade
first obtain a Prevailing Wage Act. The Department is requesting a
Determination (PWD) for the Comment Request for Information three year extension of the currently
appropriate occupation and area of Collection for the Trade Activity approved collection in order to continue
intended employment from OFLC. Since Participant Report (TAPR), Extension to meet reporting requirements in
January 1, 2010, the receipt and Without Revisions sections 239 and 249B of the Trade Act,
processing of PWD requests for use in as amended.
the E–3, H–1B, H–1B1, H–2B, and the AGENCY: Employment and Training
permanent/‘‘green card’’ programs has Administration (ETA), Labor. II. Review Focus
been centralized in OFLC’s National ACTION: Notice.
The Department is particularly
Prevailing Wage Center (NPWC) in SUMMARY: The Department of Labor interested in comments which:
Washington, DC. (Department), as part of its continuing • Evaluate whether the proposed
The purpose of this Notice is to collection of information is necessary
effort to reduce paperwork and
inform the public that the NPWC is for the proper performance of the
respondent burden, conducts a
relocating within Washington, DC and functions of the agency, including
preclearance consultation program to
provide a new mailing address. whether the information will have
provide the public and Federal agencies
II. NPWC Address with an opportunity to comment on practical utility;
proposed and/or continuing collections • evaluate the accuracy of the
Old Address: U.S. Department of agency’s estimate of the burden of the
Labor, Employment and Training of information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 proposed collection of information,
Administration, Office of Foreign Labor including the validity of the
Certification, National Prevailing Wage U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program
helps ensure that requested data can be methodology and assumptions used;
Center, 1341 G Street, Suite 201, NW., • enhance the quality, utility, and
Washington, DC 20005–3105; provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial clarity of the information to be
Telephone: (202) 693–8200; Facsimile collected; and
(202) 693–8260. resources) is minimized, collection
instruments are clearly understood, and • minimize the burden of the
New Address: U.S. Department of collection of information on those who
Labor, Employment and Training the impact of collection requirements on
respondents can be properly assessed. are to respond, including through the
Administration, Office of Foreign Labor use of appropriate automated,
Certification, National Prevailing Wage Currently, ETA is soliciting comments
concerning the collection of data about electronic, mechanical, or other
Center, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.; technological collection techniques or
Room N–5311, Washington, DC 20210; the Trade Activity Participant Report
(OMB No. 1205–0392), which provides other forms of information technology,
Telephone: (202) 693–8200; Facsimile e.g., permitting electronic submissions
(202) 693–8260. information on participant activities and
performance outcomes for those served of responses.
The NPWC is fully operational at the
new address on January 11, 2016. under the Trade Adjustment Assistance III. Current Actions
Affected stakeholders should direct any Program, as authorized under the Trade
Type of Review: extension without
mailed correspondence addressed to the Act of 1974, as amended.
changes.
NPWC at the new address on and after DATES: Written comments must be Title: Trade Activity Participant
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January 11, 2015. Currently, the vast submitted to the office listed in the Report.
majority of PWD requests and related ADDRESSES section below on or before OMB Number: 1205–0392.
correspondence are submitted April 4, 2016. Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
electronically to the NPWC. However, to ADDRESSES: Submit written comments Governments.
ensure a smooth transition to the new to Susan Worden, Office of Trade Form(s): Trade Activity Participant
address, the NPWC will rely on the Adjustment Assistance Room N–5428, Report.
standard United States Postal Service Employment and Training Total Annual Respondents: 50.
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| Contact | William W. Thompson, II, Acting Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Box 12-200, Washington, DC 20210-0001; Telephone: (202) 513-7350 (this is not a toll-free number). | |
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