Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Post Enrollment Data Collection for Job Corps Participants

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-24175]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Post Enrollment Data Collection for Job Corps 
Participants

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment 
and Training Administration (ETA)-sponsored information collection 
request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency 
receives on or before February 2, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Howell by telephone at 202-
693-6782, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#397d767566696b7866696c7b75707a795d5655175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="88ccc7c4d7d8dac9d7d8ddcac4c1cbc8ece7e4a6efe7fe">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2014 Workforce Innovation Opportunity 
Act (WIOA) required the Office of Job Corps to collect and report 
specific post enrollment outcomes for eligible Job Corps participants 
beginning in Program Year (PY) 2016. The WIOA performance reporting 
requirements, which replaced those of the 1998 Workforce Investment Act 
(WIA), are designed to provide a common set of metrics to be reported 
by similar programs. WIOA substantially changed many outcome metrics 
for Job Corps compared to those required under WIA and provided new 
guidance on the definition of high performing and low performing 
centers. In order to collect the necessary information to meet the new 
WIOA reporting requirements, the Office of Job Corps revised its post 
enrollment data collection system (PEDC) in 2019, which primarily 
collects data through survey instruments. For additional substantive 
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the 
Federal Register on August 21, 2025 (90 FR 40862).
    Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid 
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions 
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to 
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-ETA.
    Title of Collection: Post Enrollment Data Collection for Job Corps 
Participants.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0426.
    Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Government.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 52,679.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 52,679.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 9,484 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))

Michael Howell,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2025-24175 Filed 12-31-25; 8:45 am]
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