Notice2023-25687
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Childcare Costs Database
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Published
November 21, 2023
Issuing agencies
Labor Department
Abstract
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Chief Evaluation Office (CEO)-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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 81104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25687]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; National Childcare Costs Database
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Chief
Evaluation Office (CEO)-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 December 21, 2023.
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.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202-
693-0213, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#de9a9192818e8c9f818e8b9c92979d9ebab1b2f0b9b1a8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b0f4fffcefe0e2f1efe0e5f2fcf9f3f0d4dfdc9ed7dfc6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Government provides States with
funding to offer financial assistance to low-income families to pay for
childcare. This funding is provided through the Child Care and
Development Fund (CCDF) childcare subsidy program. Subsidy payment
rates are determined by States, but payment rates are required to be
informed by childcare market prices. States are encouraged, but not
required, to set payment rates at the 75th percentile of the market
price. To obtain market prices, States are required to conduct a Market
Rate Survey (MRS) no more than two years prior to the submission of
States' Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan. The CCDF Plan
serves as the mandatory State application to receive Child Care and
Development Block Grant (CCDBG) funds. This reinstatement of the
National Database of Childcare Prices fills an important gap in data
and was first approved for collection by the Office of Management and
Budget in August 2019 and made available to the public in September
2022. For additional substantive information about this ICR, see the
related notice published in the Federal Register on July 6, 2023 (88 FR
43144).
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-CEO.
Title of Collection: National Childcare Costs Database.
OMB Control Number: 1290-0025.
Affected Public: State, local and Tribal governments.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 52.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 52.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 104 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Nicole Bouchet,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2023-25687 Filed 11-20-23; 8:45 am]
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