Notice2023-26088
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request: Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report VETS-4212
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Published
November 28, 2023
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Labor DepartmentVeterans Employment and Training Service
Abstract
The Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on a collection of information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. In this notice, VETS is soliciting comments concerning the proposed information collection request for the VETS Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report VETS-4212.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83161-83162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26088]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Veterans' Employment and Training Service
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request:
Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report VETS-4212
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) is
announcing an opportunity for public comment on a collection of
information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice
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in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of
information and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the
notice. In this notice, VETS is soliciting comments concerning the
proposed information collection request for the VETS Federal Contractor
Veterans' Employment Report VETS-4212.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by January 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#65515754574823372b4857555756483320313625010a094b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="37030506051a7165791a050705041a617263647753585b19505841">[email protected]</span></a>. Include ``VETS-4212
Form'' in the subject line of the message.
<bullet> Fax: (202) 693-4755. Please send comments by fax only if
they are 10 pages or less.
<bullet> Mail: William E. Coughlin, Investigative Analyst,
Compliance and Investigations, VETS, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-
1325, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210.
<bullet> Receipt of submissions, whether by U.S. Mail, email, or
FAX transmittal, will not be acknowledged; however, the sender may
request confirmation that a submission has been received, by
telephoning VETS at (202) 693-4700 (VOICE) (this is not a toll-free
number) or (202) 693-4760 (TTY/TDD).
All comments received, including any personal information provided,
will be available for public inspection during normal business hours at
the above address. People needing assistance to review comments will be
provided with appropriate aids such as readers or print magnifiers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William E. Coughlin, Investigative
Analyst, Compliance and Investigations, VETS, U.S. Department of Labor,
who may be reached at (202) 693-4715 or by email at: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a49096959689e2f6ea899694969789f2e1f0f7e4c0cbc88ac3cbd2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ab9f999a9986edf9e586999b999886fdeefff8ebcfc4c785ccc4dd">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974
(``VEVRAA''), 38 U.S.C. 4212(d), requires Federal contractors and
subcontractors subject to the Act's affirmative action provisions in 38
U.S.C. 4212(a) to track and report annually to the Secretary of Labor
the number of employees in their workforces, by job category and hiring
location, who belong to the specified categories of protected veterans.
VETS maintains regulations to implement the reporting requirements
under VEVRAA, and uses the VETS-4212 form for providing the required
information on the employment of covered veterans.
The regulations in 41 CFR part 61-300 require contractors and
subcontractors with a covered Federal contract entered into or modified
in the amount of $150,000 or more to use the Federal Contractor
Veterans' Employment Report VETS-4212 form for reporting information on
their employment of covered veterans under VEVRAA.
The VETS-4212 Report is currently approved under OMB No. 1293-0005.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently VETS is soliciting comments concerning a request to
extend the currently approved information collection request. The
Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments which:
<bullet> Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
<bullet> Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
<bullet> Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
<bullet> Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions
The Department of Labor seeks approval of the extension of the
currently approved information collection request in order to carry out
its responsibilities to administer and enforce compliance with the
contractor reporting requirements under VEVRAA, as amended by the JVA.
In preparation of that request, the Department seeks public comments on
the information collection requirements.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Veterans' Employment and Training Service.
Title: Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report VETS-4212.
OMB Number: 1293-0005.
Affected Public: Private Sector--businesses or other for profits
and not-for-profit institutions.
Total Respondents: 21,000.
Average responses per Respondent: 18.
Total Annual Responses: 378,000.
Average Time per Response:
<bullet> Electronic Submission--20 minutes.
<bullet> Paper Submission--40 minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 129,200.
Frequency: Annually.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $735,000.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and 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.
Signed in Washington, DC, this 15th day of November 2023.
James D. Rodriguez,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training
Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-26088 Filed 11-27-23; 8:45 am]
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