Notice2024-22432
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Older Workers Study Impact Evaluation, New Collection
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Published
October 1, 2024
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Labor Department
Abstract
The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance 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 (PRA95). 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 is properly assessed. Currently, the Department of Labor is soliciting comments concerning the collection of data about the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). A copy of the proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79963-79964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22432]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Older Workers Study Impact Evaluation, New
Collection
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing
effort to
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reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance
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 (PRA95). 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 is
properly assessed. Currently, the Department of Labor is soliciting
comments concerning the collection of data about the Senior Community
Service Employment Program (SCSEP). A copy of the proposed Information
Collection Request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office
listed below in the addressee section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before December 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following
methods: Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b7f4dfded2d1f2c1d6dbc2d6c3ded8d9f8d1d1ded4d2f7d3d8db99d0d8c1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e1a289888487a497808d948095888e8fae8787888284a1858e8dcf868e97">[email protected]</span></a>; Mail or Courier: Marie-
Ellen Ehounou, Chief Evaluation Office, OASP, U.S. Department of Labor,
Room S-2312, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Instructions: Please submit one copy of your comments by only one
method. All submissions received must include the agency name and OMB
Control Number identified above for this information collection.
Comments, including any personal information provided, become a matter
of public record. They will also be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval of the information collection request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marie-Ellen Ehounou by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dd9eb5b4b8bb98abbcb1a8bca9b4b2b392bbbbb4beb89db9b2b1f3bab2ab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2d6e4544484b685b4c41584c59444243624b4b444e486d494241034a425b">[email protected]</span></a> or by phone at (202) 693-5506.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) of the U.S.
Department of Labor (DOL) intends to design and conduct an impact study
of the Senior Community Service Employment Program Sector-based
Training Grants Demonstration for Low-income Older Workers. This impact
study is part of the larger Older Workers Study, which includes the
following components:
(1) A review of existing knowledge and data to inform evaluation
activities,
(2) An implementation evaluation design,
(3) An early implementation study and in-depth implementation study
of programs receiving the 2020 SCSEP grants,
(4) An impact evaluation that identifies an intervention for a
pilot and rigorously evaluates the impact of the intervention on older
workers' employment outcomes (primarily placement outcomes), and
(5) An evaluability assessment and potential future research
options that would address important gaps in the evidence base related
to employment services for older workers.
DOL's CEO contracted with Urban Institute and its partner Capital
Research Corporation to conduct the Older Workers Study.
This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on
the proposed data collection instrument that will be used in the
evaluation: the participant Baseline Information Form and informed
consent for the Impact Study.
DOL will submit additional requests for future data collection for
the overall study.
II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, DOL is soliciting
comments concerning the above data collection for the Older Workers
Impact Study. DOL is particularly interested in comments that do the
following:
<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.
<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- for example,
permitting electronic submission of responses.
III. Current Actions: At this time, DOL is requesting clearance for
a Baseline Information Form and informed consent form for participants
in the Older Workers Impact Study.
Type of Review: New information collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1290-0NEW.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Comments submitted in response to this request will be summarized
and/or 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.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours
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Average Average
Number of Number of Total number burden per Estimated hourly Annual
Type of instrument respondents responses per of responses response (in burden wage ($) burden
respondents hours) hours \1\ costs
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Informed Consent and Baseline Information From... 1,600 1 1,600 .25 400 \1\ 7.25 $2,900
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Total........................................ 1,600 1 1,600 .25 400 \1\ 7.25 2,900
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\1\ Hourly wage for participants is the minimum wage.
Alix Gould-Werth,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2024-22432 Filed 9-30-24; 8:45 am]
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