Notice2021-26306
Information Collection: Workforce Development Participant Tracking Form Formerly Public Lands Corps Tracking Sheet
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Published
December 3, 2021
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentForest Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the USDA Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the renewal of a currently approved information collection, currently titled the Public Lands Corps Tracking Sheet and proposed to change to Workforce Development Participant Tracking Form.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 230 (Friday, December 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68625-68626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26306]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection: Workforce Development Participant
Tracking Form Formerly Public Lands Corps Tracking Sheet
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
USDA Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals
and organizations on the renewal of a currently approved information
collection, currently titled the Public Lands Corps Tracking Sheet and
proposed to change to Workforce Development Participant Tracking Form.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before February 1,
2022 to be assured of consideration. Comments received after that date
will be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods;
email is encouraged:
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7042413323333016035e1615145e0503"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7240433121313214015c1417165c0701">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Mail: Merlene Mazyck, Civilian Climate Corps Coordinator,
USDA Forest Service, Attn: Recreation, Heritage and Volunteer
Resources, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Mailstop Code: 1125, Washington,
DC 20250-1125.
<bullet> Hand Delivery/Courier: USDA Forest Service, Attn:
Recreation, Heritage and Volunteer Resources, 1400 Independence Ave.
SW, Mailstop Code: 1125, Washington, DC 20250-1125.
The public may inspect comments received at the Office of the
Director, Recreation, Heritage and Volunteer Resources, 5th Floor South
West, Sidney R. Yates Federal Building, 201 14th Street SW, Washington,
DC, during normal business hours. Visitors are encouraged to call ahead
to 202-205-0560 to facilitate entry to the building.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Title: Workforce Development Participant Tracking Form.
OMB Number: 0596-0247.
Expiration Date of Approval: February 28, 2022.
Type of Request: Extension with revisions of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: Federal land management and other agencies are authorized
to offer work and education programs for individuals in natural and
cultural resources careers and experiences in partnership with
conservation and service corps, and environmental and other
organizations that contribute to the rehabilitation, restoration, and
repair of public lands resources and infrastructure and climate
adaptation and mitigation. Some of the applicable statutes and
regulations include special hiring authorities, upon completion of
certain requirements. This information collection request will enable
participating agencies to capture required and other information that
will aid in workforce development and job training for young people,
returning veterans and others who are unemployed or underemployed, and
to monitor compliance with statutory laws and associated hiring
authorities. A primary, but not exclusionary, authorizing source for
the information collection is 16 U.S.C. 1702-1727, chapter 37--Youth
Conservation Corps, Public Lands Corps, Resource Assistants Program,
and Indian Youth Service Corps. The Public Lands Corps is a work and
education program involving the nation's land management agencies,
conservation and service corps, and environmental organizations that
contribute to the rehabilitation, restoration, and repair of public
lands resources and infrastructures. Public Lands Corps projects
provide opportunities for community and national public service, work
experience and training for young people who are unemployed or
underemployed persons, students, recent graduates, and others with an
interest in natural and cultural resources careers.
The Workforce Development Participant Tracking Form supports the
effective management of the Public Lands Corps and other workforce
development programs hosted in partnership with public lands agencies.
The utilization of a common form will: Assist federal agencies to
uniformly collect information regarding work accomplished; track and
monitor participant engagement to determine the completion of
requirements for non-competitive hiring eligibility as defined in the
Act; comply with statutory reporting requirements; inform effective
outreach strategies to underrepresented populations and marginalized
communities consistent with efforts to promote inclusion priorities;
and provide data about project activities that can be aggregated across
federal agencies.
Information collected, such as participant demographic information,
and project information, will allow the Forest Service and other
agencies to monitor the effectiveness of federal efforts to meet the
intent of the authorizing statutes, including the Public Lands Corps
Act and the Administration's Civilian Climate Corps Initiative. It will
allow the Forest Service and other agencies to engage under-represented
populations in natural and cultural resource conservation jobs,
development and scientific research work, and education on public
lands. This information collection request will ensure that partners
maintain a record of all workforce development agreements, grants and
contracts established, participant demographics and education, project
information and work hours, project locations and dates, and status of
special hiring eligibilities conferred upon eligible participants.
Proposed Changes to Information Collection: Changes to the
information collected will help monitor workforce development
partnerships, training and performance outcomes grounded in justice,
equity, diversity, and inclusion principles. These changes will also
position agencies to begin monitoring Civilian Climate Change
engagement pursuant to climate change and diversity objectives as
defined in the Build Back Better Act of 2021. Land management and other
federal agencies are working across boundaries to improve access for
partners and reduce burden, streamline, and standardize reporting and
collect data to inform evidence-based decision making and improvements
by all parties. Changes to the form will be integrated with a web-based
application for data entry and will include expanded demographics
reported about veteran and special ability status genders, vocational
and technical certifications, and education; enhanced project and type
of work data; and better systems integration, interagency standards and
checks and balances that improve integrity of systems and security of
Personal Identifiable Information and program information.
Type of Respondents: Non-profit Organizations and Non-Federal
Governmental entities.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 500.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 2; twice
annually required. The application will be available for respondents to
input data more frequently if they choose.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 500.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours per response.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,000 hours.
Comment is Invited: Comment is invited on: (1) Whether this
collection of information is necessary for the stated purposes and the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information will have practical or scientific utility; (2) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 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 to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
methods or forms of information technology.
All comments received in response to this notice, including names
and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record.
Comments will be summarized and included in the submission of the
information collection request to Office of Management and Budget.
Christopher French,
Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2021-26306 Filed 12-2-21; 8:45 am]
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