Notice2023-15668
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
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July 25, 2023
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Labor DepartmentVeterans Employment and Training Service
Abstract
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance 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. 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 can be properly assessed. The Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) is soliciting comments concerning the proposed revision of the Competitive Grant Program Reporting information collection. A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47918-47920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15668]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Veterans' Employment and Training Service
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance
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. 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 can be
properly assessed. The Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS)
is soliciting comments concerning the proposed revision of the
Competitive Grant Program Reporting information collection. A copy of
the proposed information collection request can be obtained by
contacting the individual listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this
notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
Addresses section of this notice on or before September 25, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to Kate McCord, Management and Program
Analyst, DOL-VETS via email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#89e1fffbf9c9ede6e5a7eee6ff"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="026a74707242666d6e2c656d74">[email protected]</span></a>, subject line ``2023 HVRP
1293-0014 ICR Comment.'' Written comments also may be transmitted by
email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#51151e1d0e0103100e0104131d181211353e3d7f363e27"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a5e1eae9faf5f7e4faf5f0e7e9ece6e5c1cac98bc2cad3">[email protected]</span></a>, identified by OMB Control Number 1293-
0014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate McCord, Management and Program
Analyst, DOL-VETS, at (503) 806-4241 (this is not a toll-free number)
or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cca4babebc8ca8a3a0e2aba3ba"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dfb7a9adaf9fbbb0b3f1b8b0a9">[email protected]</span></a>, subject line ``2023 HVRP 1293-0014 ICR
Information.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor's VETS administers funds for the Homeless
Veterans' Reintegration Program (HVRP) grant on an annual basis. These
competitive grants are codified under 38 U.S.C. 2021, 2021A, and 2023.
VETS provides funds to grantees through annual Funding Opportunity
Announcements and incremental funding throughout the grant's three-year
(12 quarters) period of performance. The total number of grantees
varies from year to year based on the amount of available funds,
awarded in grants up to $500,000 each year or up to $1.5 million in
total.
The Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training
monitors and supervises the distribution and use of those funds as
required by 38 U.S.C. 2021(b) and 38 U.S.C. 2021A. Additionally, and in
accordance with 38 U.S.C. 2021(e), the Secretary reviews performance
and provides an annual report to Congress on the program, including an
evaluation of the services furnished to veterans and an analysis of the
information we have collected.
The forms and reports collect required programmatic and financial
data from applicants and grantees. The continued use of standardized
formats for collecting this information helps to ensure that requested
data is provided in a uniform way, reporting burdens are minimized, the
impact of collection requirements on respondents are properly assessed,
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instruments are clearly understood by respondents, and the information
is easily consolidated for posting in accordance with statutory
requirements.
II. Current Action
VETS is requesting approval for a revision of the Competitive Grant
Program Reporting information collection. An Emergency OMB Clearance
approved the collection of six (6) new questions in the VETS-701
Technical Performance Report (TPR) for through October 31, 2023. These
questions were added to comply with 38 U.S.C. 2021 (as amended by
Public Law 117-328 on December 23, 2022), which requires grant
recipients to collect the period of military service, employment
history, and housing status from participants enrolled in the program.
Continued collection of this information ensures all veterans served by
HVRP grant recipients are represented in the data aggregation and
analysis used to assess the effectiveness of grant programs and submit
reports to Congress.
<bullet> VETS-701 Technical Performance Report: On the Participant
Info tab, VETS proposes to add one question that identifies the era
that best represents when the participant served in the Armed Forces.
VETS proposes to add two questions that record the participant's
housing situation at enrollment and at program exit. VETS proposes to
add three questions that capture the participant's employment history
at enrollment, specifically: the number of weeks (0 to 26) the
participant was unemployed within the past six months, the living wage
(hourly rate) of the participant's service delivery county, and the
number of weeks (0 to 26) the participant was earning an hourly wage
below the living wage for the participant's service delivery county
within the past six months. VETS also proposes to add five of the six
new questions to the optional new enrollment completion tool embedded
within the TPR form (New Enrollment Entry tab). Housing status at exit
is omitted as that question cannot be answered at the time of
participant enrollment.
There are no proposed changes to the other five forms in this
information collection: VETS-700 Planned Goals Chart, VETS-702
Technical Performance Narrative (TPN), VETS-703 Stand Down After Action
Report (SDAAR), VETS-704 Abstract, or VETS-705 Chart of Past
Performance.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
VETS is particularly interested in comments that:
<bullet> Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the program,
including whether the information will have practical utility.
<bullet> Evaluate 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.
<bullet> Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information collection.
<bullet> 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, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
IV. Estimated Burden
The Department's estimated burden total for the collection with the
proposed changes are shown in the chart below. Overall, the proposed
changes have increased the burden by 174 hours, from 11,006 to 11,180.
The burden hour increase is limited to the VETS-701 TPR form, which
increased from 7,404 hours to 7,578 hours. There is no change to the
number of respondents or the frequency of responses per respondent.
There are no proposed changes to the VETS-700, VETS-702, VETS-703,
VETS-704, or VETS-705.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours
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Average
Number of burden time Estimated
Form Total responses Total per burden
respondents per responses response hours
respondent (hours)
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VETS-700 Planned Goals (Applicants)............ 147 1 147 1.0 147
VETS-701 TPR (Quarters 1-4; Year 1 Grantees)... 57 4 228 14.25 3,249
VETS-701 TPR (Quarters 1-4; Year 2 and Year 3 117 4 468 7.25 3,393
Grantees).....................................
VETS-701 TPR (Quarters 5-8; Year 1 Grantees)... 0 0 0 0 0
VETS-701 TPR (Quarters 5-8; Year 2 and Year 3 117 4 468 2.0 936
Grantees).....................................
VETS-702 TPN (Quarters 1-4; All Grantees Years 174 4 700 4.0 2,784
1-3)..........................................
VETS-702 TPN (Quarters 5-8; Year 2 and Year 3 117 4 468 1.0 468
Grantees).....................................
VETS-703 SDARR................................. 35 1 35 0.75 26
VETS-704 Abstract (Applicants)................. 147 1 116 1.0 116
VETS-705 Past Performance Chart(Applicants).... 59 1 59 0.5 26
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Totals..................................... 970 N/A 2,716 N/A 11,180
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The DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for
three (3) years.
Agency: DOL-VETS.
Type of Review: Revision.
Title of Collection: VETS' Competitive Grant Program Reporting.
OMB Control Number: 1293-0014.
Affected Public: State, local, and Tribal governments; Private
sector--businesses or other for-profits and not-for-profit
institutions.
Forms:
1. VETS-700, Competitive Grants (CG) Planned Goals Chart;
2. VETS-701, CG Technical Performance Report (TPR);
3. VETS-702, CG Technical Performance Narrative (TPN);
4. VETS-703, Stand Down After Action Report (SDAAR);
5. VETS-704, Abstract and;
6. VETS-705, Past Performance Chart.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).)
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the
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information collection request; they also will become a matter of
public record.
James D. Rodriguez,
Assistant Secretary, Veterans' Employment and Training Service, U.S.
Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2023-15668 Filed 7-24-23; 8:45 am]
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