Notice2024-09705
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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May 3, 2024
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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
Abstract
The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled operates as the U.S. AbilityOne Commission (Commission). This notice announces the Commission's intent to submit the Information Collection Request ("ICR") described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval under applicable provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act. This notice provides an opportunity to interested members of the public and affected agencies to comment on a proposed Individual Employee Information form.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 87 (Friday, May 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36774-36775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09705]
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions,
and Approvals
AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or
Severely Disabled operates as the U.S. AbilityOne Commission
(Commission). This notice announces the Commission's intent to submit
the Information Collection Request (``ICR'') described below to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval under applicable
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act. This notice provides an
opportunity to interested members of the public and affected agencies
to comment on a proposed Individual Employee Information form.
DATES: Submit comments on or before July 1, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments through <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Stewart, Compliance and
Enforcement Attorney, Office of General Counsel, U.S. AbilityOne
Commission, 355 E Street SW, Suite 325, Washington, DC 20024;
telephone: (703) 254-6172; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3a59494e5f4d5b484e7a5b585356534e4355545f145d554c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f19282859486908385b19093989d9885889e9f94df969e87">[email protected]</span></a>. If you are
deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability and wish to access
telecommunications relay services, please dial 7-1-1.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Overview of ICR: This notice pertains to an ICR the Commission
intends to submit to OMB for approval of a form that an AbilityOne
participating nonprofit agency employer will fill out to document
relevant information for each of its employees whose work on an
AbilityOne Procurement List contract is counted by the NPA as direct
labor hours. These individuals are called ``Participating Employees.''
This ICR is consistent with OMB regulations at 5 CFR part 1320,
which implement provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These regulations require the Commission to
provide an opportunity to interested members of the public and affected
agencies to comment on information collection and recordkeeping
activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)) such as those proposed to be
implemented through this form.
The Commission is responsible for implementing the Javits-Wagner-
O'Day (JWOD) Act, 41 U.S.C. 8501-8506. In doing so, the Commission
oversees the AbilityOne Program, an employment program in which
individuals who are blind or have significant disabilities provide
products and services to Federal agencies, thereby creating employment
opportunities for such individuals. The Commission maintains a
Procurement List of mandatory source products and services provided by
approximately 413 qualified nonprofit agencies (NPAs).
This Participating Employee Information (PEI) form will collect
data from qualified NPAs regarding Participating Employees in order to
ensure the integrity and further the mission of the AbilityOne Program.
This form will provide data on matters such as employee wages, the
nature of Participating Employees' disabilities, what job supports and
accommodations the Participating Employees are receiving, and a
description of employee career development activities that are
available to Participating Employees, if an NPA is currently providing
such activities.
The form described in this ICR is the second of three forms
designed to modernize the Commission's information gathering efforts
and align it with the Commission's Strategic Plan for FY2022 to FY2026,
as well as with Commission regulations, including, inter alia, 41 CFR
51-4.3.
The Commission is also developing a new Policy 51.405 which will
set forth an NPA's responsibility to provide Participating Employees
with employee career development activities such as job
individualizations and employee career plans. Although the requirements
of Policy 51.405 will be implemented over time, this form will allow
those NPAs that are already providing such employee career development
activities to provide data on what they offer.
A draft version of the PEI form is available at <a href="http://www.abilityone.gov">www.abilityone.gov</a>.
The PEI form will be filled out and submitted annually for each
Participating Employee through an electronic system that will be
established by the Central Nonprofit Agency for the use of the NPAs.
The Commission estimates that it will take 45 minutes to complete
the form. Information regarding employee wages and hours worked is
currently maintained by each NPA in their payroll system. Information
on the accommodations and job supports an individual employee is
receiving is currently required by the predecessor form that is
currently completed by the NPA for each direct labor employee who is
blind or has a significant disability. The additional information
regarding whether third parties have paid for or reimbursed the NPA for
the provision of accommodations or job supports, or career development
support, was not previously collected. However, information regarding
the third-party provision of services and/or third party provision of
funding for an individual should accessible from the employee's
records, which the preparer will review to complete this form. In
addition, the listing of multiple-choice text boxes on the proposed
form is expected to streamline the process for providing this
information.
To calculate the burden for completion of the form in units of
hours, the Commission multiplied the estimated total number of annual
responses by 0.75. NPAs can assess the burden to their particular
organization by multiplying the time by their total number of
Participating Employees.
The cost burden is based upon national average pay data from the
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, using the May 2022 National
Occupational Employment and Wage Estimate of $30.88 as the median
hourly wage for a Human Resources Specialist (OC 13-1070). (<a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#11-0000">https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#11-0000</a>) The table below represents
the time and cost burden the Commission estimates this form will
necessitate. The Commission believes that collecting this critical data
will further the Program's mission and ultimately result in an
expansion in opportunities for the individuals employed through the
AbilityOne Program.
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Annual form burden
Number of NPAs Annual responses (minutes/employee) Total time burden Annual form cost
for this form (hour) for all employees burden (dollars)
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413............................................................... 36,377 .75 27,282.75 $842,491.32
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With respect to this collection of information via the proposed
form, the Commission welcomes comments on the following:
<bullet> The necessity to collect this information to support the
Commission's mission and oversight responsibilities.
<bullet> Methodology to improve the accuracy of the estimated time
burden, i.e., specific year-over-year employee turnover rates for NPAs
or number of additional employee hires above turnovers, expressed as a
percentage of the NPAs' total number of Participating Employees;
<bullet> Suggestions or methods to minimize the burdens associated
with collecting the information described in this ICR.
The proposed form is viewable at <a href="http://www.abilityone.gov">www.abilityone.gov</a>.
Michael R. Jurkowski,
Director, Business Operations.
[FR Doc. 2024-09705 Filed 5-2-24; 8:45 am]
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