83 FR 16128 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, Reentry Employment Opportunities Evaluation, New Collection
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 72 (April 13, 2018)
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 72 (April 13, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-07709 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 72 (Friday, April 13, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 16128-16129] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-07709] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, Reentry Employment Opportunities Evaluation, New Collection AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation Office, Department of Labor. ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to ensure that 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 is properly assessed. Currently, DOL is soliciting comments concerning the collection of data about the Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) Program. A copy of the proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office listed in the addressee section of this notice. DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the addressee's section below on or before June 12, 2018. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following methods: Email: [email protected]; Mail or Courier: Jessica Lohmann, Chief Evaluation Office, OASP, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-2312, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210. Instructions: Please submit one copy of your comments by only one method. All submissions received must include the agency name and OMB Control Number identified above for this information collection. Comments, including any personal information provided, become a matter of public record. They will also be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the information collection request. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Lohmann by email at [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background: The information collection activities described in this notice will provide data for the Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) program evaluation. As part of the REO program, DOL awarded $73 million in Reentry Project (RP) grants during 2017, $31 million in Reentry Demonstration Project grants during 2016, and $21 million in Training to Work grants during 2015 and 2016. DOL also is considering awarding grants during 2018. Although each grant program is distinctive, the overarching aim of the REO program is to improve employment outcomes and workforce readiness for people involved in the justice system by way of employment services, case management, and other supportive services. The REO program evaluation will involve grantees that received grants during 2016, 2017, and/or 2018. The evaluation will involve an implementation study and an impact study. The implementation study will address four main research questions: (1) How were programs implemented and what factors influenced implementation?; (2) What are the variations in the model, structure, partnerships, and services of the REO grants?; (3) How did implementation vary by organization type (such as an intermediary organization that operates in more than one state or a community-based organization) and target population?; and (4) What key program elements appear to be promising? Research questions for the impact study include: (1) What impact do grantees or strategies implemented by grantees have on participants' outcomes, such as employment and recidivism?; (2) Does program effectiveness vary by grantee characteristics, such as population served and services offered?; and (3) To what extent do impacts vary across selected subpopulations, such as age group and type of offense? This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on the following proposed REO evaluation data collection instruments: * Grantee survey. To obtain information about the REO grantees' approaches to project management, recruitment and outreach, and service [[Page 16129]] delivery, we will field an electronic survey to up to 96 grantees. This survey will include questions to lead to insights about variations across grantees and grant programs and contextualize the data from the impact and implementation studies. * Impact feasibility site visit protocols. The evaluation team will conduct up to 42 site visits with grantees and/or their subgrantees to explore the feasibility of their participating in the impact study; the visits will average no more than one day. * Baseline information form (BIF). In sites selected for the impact study, applicants will complete a BIF before random assignment. The BIF will take about 10 minutes to complete and will collect demographics; information about education, work history and other experiences; and contact information. Whenever possible, BIFs will be collected electronically through the study's web-based system for random assignment. Data entry for each BIF will take about 10 minutes to complete. The system will then randomly assign participants and monitor the integrity of the random assignment process. A future information collection request will include the impact study's follow-up survey, as well as phone interview protocols, site visit protocols, and virtual focus group protocols for the implementation study. II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, DOL is soliciting comments concerning the above data collection for the REO Evaluation. DOL is particularly interested in comments that do the following:Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency related to employer services, including whether the information will have practical utility; evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the ICR to survey and fieldwork respondents, including the validity of the study approach and assumptions used; enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology (e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses). III. Current Actions: At this time, DOL is requesting clearance for the implementation study grantee survey; site visit protocol for the impact study feasibility assessment; and BIF to be entered into the random assignment system. Type of Review: New information collection request. Title: Reentry Employment Opportunities Evaluation. OMB Control Number: 1290-0NEW. Affected Public: REO program staff, evaluation participants, and partner agencies. Estimated Burden Hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Total number Annual number Number of Average burden estimated Type of instrument of respondents of respondents responses per hour per burden hours \a\ respondent response \a\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grantee Survey \b\.............. 192 64 1 0.17 11 Impact Feasibility Site Visit 325 108 1.68 1 182 Protocols \c\.................. Baseline Information Form \d\... 3,780 1,260 1 0.17 210 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total....................... 4,327 1,442 .............. .............. 621 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \a\ All annual totals reflect a three year clearance and study data collection period. \b\ The number of respondents and average time per response for the grantee survey are based on an assumption that 96 grantees will take an average of 20 minutes to respond (involving 1 respondent for 10 minutes and a second respondent for 10 minutes). \c\ Assumes each visit will, on average, involve individual or group interviews with approximately 13 respondents (2 site administrators, 5 frontline staff, and 6 partners per site). The team anticipates completing up to 42 visits in total, with some sites being visited once and some being visited twice. The average burden time per response will be 1 hour, although some meetings will be shorter and some will be longer. To account for the fact that a subset of sites will receive two visits, the number of responses per respondent is calculated as 1.68. \d\ The total number of respondents is 3,780 participants who will complete the BIF. This assumes the baseline information forms (BIF) will take an average of 10 minutes for participants to complete. \e\ Study participants will respond to the BIF once. Each program staff will be responsible for data entering approximately 126 BIFs into the RAS. The total burden represents the sum of the participant burden across participants and program staff (3,780 participants * 1 response * .17 of an hour = 643 burden hours) + (30 program staff * 126 responses to data enter * .17 of an hour = 643 burden hours) for a grand total, with rounding,of 1,285 burden hours (which equates to approximately 428 annual burden hours per the three years of the study). 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 information collection request; they will also become a matter of public record. Dated: April 9, 2018. Molly Irwin, Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor. [FR Doc. 2018-07709 Filed 4-12-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-HX-P
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE (April 2018), entitled Aluminum Foil including any personal information
COMMISSION From China: Investigation Nos. 701–TA– provided, become a matter of public
570 and 731–TA–1346 (Final). record. They will also be summarized
[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–570 and 731–
TA–1346 (Final)] By order of the Commission. and/or included in the request for OMB
Issued: April 9, 2018. approval of the information collection
Aluminum Foil From China request.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Determinations
[FR Doc. 2018–07665 Filed 4–12–18; 8:45 am]
Jessica Lohmann by email at
On the basis of the record 1 developed ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov.
in the subject investigations, the United BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
States International Trade Commission I. Background: The information
(‘‘Commission’’) determines, pursuant collection activities described in this
to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’), DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
notice will provide data for the Reentry
that an industry in the United States is Employment Opportunities (REO)
materially injured by reason of imports Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB program evaluation. As part of the REO
of aluminum foil from China that have program, DOL awarded $73 million in
been found by the U.S. Department of Review; Comment Request, Reentry
Employment Opportunities Evaluation, Reentry Project (RP) grants during 2017,
Commerce (‘‘Commerce’’) to be sold in $31 million in Reentry Demonstration
the United States at less than fair value New Collection
Project grants during 2016, and $21
(‘‘LTFV’’) and to be subsidized by the AGENCY: Office of the Assistant million in Training to Work grants
government of China.2 Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation during 2015 and 2016. DOL also is
Background Office, Department of Labor. considering awarding grants during
ACTION: Notice of information collection; 2018. Although each grant program is
The Commission, pursuant to sections
request for comment. distinctive, the overarching aim of the
705(b) and 735(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
1671d(b) and 19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)), REO program is to improve employment
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor outcomes and workforce readiness for
instituted these investigations effective (DOL), as part of its continuing effort to
March 9, 2017, following receipt of a people involved in the justice system by
reduce paperwork and respondent way of employment services, case
petition filed with the Commission and burden, conducts a preclearance
Commerce by The Aluminum management, and other supportive
consultation program to provide the services.
Association Trade Enforcement Working general public and federal agencies with The REO program evaluation will
Group and its individual members. The an opportunity to comment on proposed involve grantees that received grants
final phase of the investigations was and/or continuing collections of during 2016, 2017, and/or 2018. The
scheduled by the Commission following information in accordance with the evaluation will involve an
notification of preliminary Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 implementation study and an impact
determinations by Commerce that (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This study. The implementation study will
imports of aluminum foil from China program helps to ensure that requested address four main research questions:
were subsidized within the meaning of data can be provided in the desired (1) How were programs implemented
section 703(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. format, reporting burden (time and and what factors influenced
1671b(b)) and sold at LTFV within the financial resources) is minimized, implementation?; (2) What are the
meaning of 733(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. collection instruments are clearly variations in the model, structure,
1673b(b)). Notice of the scheduling of understood, and the impact of collection partnerships, and services of the REO
the final phase of the Commission’s requirements on respondents is properly grants?; (3) How did implementation
investigations and of a public hearing to assessed. Currently, DOL is soliciting vary by organization type (such as an
be held in connection therewith was comments concerning the collection of intermediary organization that operates
given by posting copies of the notice in data about the Reentry Employment in more than one state or a community-
the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Opportunities (REO) Program. A copy of based organization) and target
International Trade Commission, the proposed Information Collection population?; and (4) What key program
Washington, DC, and by publishing the Request (ICR) can be obtained by elements appear to be promising?
notice in the Federal Register on contacting the office listed in the Research questions for the impact study
November 22, 2017 (82 FR 55633). The addressee section of this notice. include: (1) What impact do grantees or
hearing was held in Washington, DC, on DATES: Written comments must be strategies implemented by grantees have
February 8, 2018, and all persons who submitted to the office listed in the on participants’ outcomes, such as
requested the opportunity were addressee’s section below on or before employment and recidivism?; (2) Does
permitted to appear in person or by June 12, 2018. program effectiveness vary by grantee
counsel. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
The Commission made these characteristics, such as population
by either one of the following methods: served and services offered?; and (3) To
determinations pursuant to sections
Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov; what extent do impacts vary across
705(b) and 735(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
Mail or Courier: Jessica Lohmann, Chief selected subpopulations, such as age
1671d(b) and 19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)). It
Evaluation Office, OASP, U.S. group and type of offense?
completed and filed its determinations
Department of Labor, Room S–2312, 200 This Federal Register Notice provides
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in these investigations on April 9, 2018.
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, the opportunity to comment on the
The views of the Commission are
DC 20210. Instructions: Please submit following proposed REO evaluation data
contained in USITC Publication 4771
one copy of your comments by only one collection instruments:
1 The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the
method. All submissions received must * Grantee survey. To obtain
Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 include the agency name and OMB information about the REO grantees’
CFR 207.2(f)). Control Number identified above for approaches to project management,
2 83 FR 9274 and 83 FR 9282 (March 5, 2018). this information collection. Comments, recruitment and outreach, and service
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delivery, we will field an electronic system will then randomly assign • enhance the quality, utility, and
survey to up to 96 grantees. This survey participants and monitor the integrity of clarity of the information to be
will include questions to lead to the random assignment process. collected; and
insights about variations across grantees A future information collection • minimize the burden of the
and grant programs and contextualize request will include the impact study’s information collection on respondents,
the data from the impact and follow-up survey, as well as phone including the use of appropriate
implementation studies. interview protocols, site visit protocols, automated, electronic, mechanical, or
* Impact feasibility site visit protocols. and virtual focus group protocols for the other technological collection
The evaluation team will conduct up to implementation study. techniques or other forms of information
II. Desired Focus of Comments:
42 site visits with grantees and/or their technology (e.g., permitting electronic
Currently, DOL is soliciting comments
subgrantees to explore the feasibility of submission of responses).
concerning the above data collection for
their participating in the impact study; III. Current Actions: At this time, DOL
the REO Evaluation. DOL is particularly
the visits will average no more than one is requesting clearance for the
interested in comments that do the
day. following: implementation study grantee survey;
* Baseline information form (BIF). In • Evaluate whether the proposed site visit protocol for the impact study
sites selected for the impact study, collection of information is necessary feasibility assessment; and BIF to be
applicants will complete a BIF before for the proper performance of the entered into the random assignment
random assignment. The BIF will take functions of the agency related to system.
about 10 minutes to complete and will employer services, including whether Type of Review: New information
collect demographics; information about the information will have practical collection request.
education, work history and other utility; Title: Reentry Employment
experiences; and contact information. • evaluate the accuracy of the
Opportunities Evaluation.
Whenever possible, BIFs will be agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collected electronically through the ICR to survey and fieldwork OMB Control Number: 1290–0NEW.
study’s web-based system for random respondents, including the validity of Affected Public: REO program staff,
assignment. Data entry for each BIF will the study approach and assumptions evaluation participants, and partner
take about 10 minutes to complete. The used; agencies.
ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS
Annual Number of Average Annual
Total number
Type of instrument number of responses per burden hour estimated
of respondents respondents a respondent per response burden hours a
Grantee Survey b .................................................................. 192 64 1 0.17 11
Impact Feasibility Site Visit Protocols c ................................ 325 108 1.68 1 182
Baseline Information Form d ................................................ 3,780 1,260 1 0.17 210
Total .............................................................................. 4,327 1,442 ........................ ........................ 621
a Allannual totals reflect a three year clearance and study data collection period.
b The number of respondents and average time per response for the grantee survey are based on an assumption that 96 grantees will take an
average of 20 minutes to respond (involving 1 respondent for 10 minutes and a second respondent for 10 minutes).
c Assumes each visit will, on average, involve individual or group interviews with approximately 13 respondents (2 site administrators, 5 front-
line staff, and 6 partners per site). The team anticipates completing up to 42 visits in total, with some sites being visited once and some being
visited twice. The average burden time per response will be 1 hour, although some meetings will be shorter and some will be longer. To account
for the fact that a subset of sites will receive two visits, the number of responses per respondent is calculated as 1.68.
d The total number of respondents is 3,780 participants who will complete the BIF. This assumes the baseline information forms (BIF) will take
an average of 10 minutes for participants to complete.
e Study participants will respond to the BIF once. Each program staff will be responsible for data entering approximately 126 BIFs into the
RAS. The total burden represents the sum of the participant burden across participants and program staff (3,780 participants * 1 response * .17
of an hour = 643 burden hours) + (30 program staff * 126 responses to data enter * .17 of an hour = 643 burden hours) for a grand total, with
rounding,of 1,285 burden hours (which equates to approximately 428 annual burden hours per the three years of the study).
Comments submitted in response to OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND discretionary appropriations legislation
this comment request will be BUDGET with the discretionary caps. The report
summarized and/or included in the includes adjustments to the 2018 and
request for Office of Management and OMB Final Sequestration Report to the 2019 caps for changes in the Bipartisan
Budget approval of the information President and Congress for Fiscal Year Budget Act of 2018 and it finds that
collection request; they will also 2018 enacted appropriations are within those
become a matter of public record. discretionary caps for 2018. As a result,
AGENCY: Executive Office of the
a sequestration of discretionary budget
Dated: April 9, 2018. President, Office of Management and
authority is not required in 2018. The
Molly Irwin, Budget.
report also finds that enacted
ACTION: Notice of availability of the
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of supplemental appropriations for 2017
Labor. OMB Final Sequestration Report to the are within the 2017 caps.
[FR Doc. 2018–07709 Filed 4–12–18; 8:45 am]
President and Congress for FY 2018.
DATES:
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Sequestration Report to the President 254 of the Balanced Budget and
and Congress for FY 2018 to report on Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
compliance of enacted 2018 requires the Office of Management and
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