Notice2024-23527
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, Sectoral Strategies and Employer Engagement Portfolio, New Collection
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October 11, 2024
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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 Sectoral Strategies and Employer Engagement Portfolio. 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 198 (Friday, October 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82641-82643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23527]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, Sectoral Strategies and Employer Engagement
Portfolio, 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 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
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is properly assessed. Currently, the Department of Labor is soliciting
comments concerning the collection of data about the Sectoral
Strategies and Employer Engagement Portfolio. 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 10, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following
methods: Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b3f0dbdad6d5f6c5d2dfc6d2c7dadcddfcd5d5dad0d6f3d7dcdf9dd4dcc5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="46052e2f23200330272a3327322f29280920202f25230622292a68212930">[email protected]</span></a>; Mail or Courier: Evan
Murphy, 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: Evan Murphy by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fcbf9495999ab98a9d90899d88959392b39a9a959f99bc989390d29b938a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="edae8584888ba89b8c81988c99848283a28b8b848e88ad898281c38a829b">[email protected]</span></a> or by phone at (202) 693-0224.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) of the U.S.
Department of Labor (DOL) intends to design and conduct an evaluation
to document the implementation and assess the success of the three
grant programs within the Sectoral Strategies and Employer Engagement
Portfolio (SSEEP): Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant (BP),
Nursing Expansion Grant (NEG), and Critical Sectors Job Quality Grant
(Critical Sectors). The goal of this project is to build knowledge
about sector strategies. The SSEEP evaluation includes three
components: (1) an implementation evaluation to understand program
implementation, partnership development, and lessons for all 34 BP and
25 NEG grantees as well as all 5 Tier 2 Critical Sectors grantees; (2)
an impact and cost-benefit evaluability assessment of the Building
Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant (BP) and Nursing Expansion Grant
(NEG) programs to examine the feasibility of conducting a rigorous
evaluation with these grant programs, and; (3) a formative study to
identify effective strategies for reducing barriers to employment,
engaging and working in partnership with employers, and applying the
U.S. Department of Labor's Good Jobs Principles to critical sector
occupations.
This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on
proposed data collection instruments that will be used in the
implementation evaluation: a grantee survey for the BP and NEG
grantees, a grantee survey for CS grantees, a partner survey, an
employer survey, and semi-structured site visit discussion guides for
program staff, partners, employers, and participants.
1. Grantee Survey for BP and NEG Grantees. We will field a survey
to the 34 BP grantees and 25 NEG grantees. The grantee survey will
systematically collect information on program operations and the types
of activities and services provided across grantees. The grantee survey
will be designed to primarily elicit closed-ended responses to help
ensure comparability and completeness of responses and to allow for
statistical summaries and analysis. The survey will be modular such
that each topic and questions within that topic can be tailored to the
specific aspects of each grant program. The grantee survey will be
programmed and administered online using ConfirmIT or a similar survey
program.
2. Grantee Survey for CS grantees. We will field a survey to the
five Critical Sectors Tier 2 grantees. Similar to the survey for NEG
and BP grantees, this survey will systematically collect information on
program operations and the types of activities and services provided
across grantees. The grantee survey will be designed to primarily
elicit closed-ended responses to help ensure comparability and
completeness of responses and to facilitate analysis. The survey will
be modular such that each topic and questions within that topic can be
tailored to the specific aspects of each grant program. The grantee
survey will be programmed using ConfirmIT or a similar survey software,
and will be administered by study team members over the phone with
grantee representatives.
3. Partner Survey. We will field a survey to a subset of partners
identified by grantees in response to the grantee survey and from their
grant applications. The partner survey will contribute important
information about the nature of partnerships between partner
organizations and lead grantee organizations. The survey will be
modular such that each topic and questions within that topic can be
tailored to the specific aspects of each grant program. The partner
survey will be programmed and administered online using ConfirmIT and
fielded to partners of BP and NEG grantees.
4. Employer Survey. We will field a survey to employers identified
by grantees in response to the grantee survey. The employer survey will
contribute important data about employer engagement strategies,
employer roles in the sector strategies grant programs, and employer
perceptions of the program. The survey will be modular such that each
topic and questions within that topic can be tailored to the specific
aspects of each grant program. The employer survey will be programmed
through ConfirmIT and administered by evaluation team members over
phone/webinar to help obtain complete, clear responses.
5. Semi-structured discussion guides for program staff, partners,
employers, and participants. We will conduct site visits to
approximately 17 grantees across the BP, NEG, and Critical Sectors
programs. Site visits will document the program context, program
organization and staffing, program components including education/
training activities and support services, and other relevant aspects of
sector strategies programs. During the visits, site teams will
interview key grantee administrators, program staff, partners (e.g.,
training providers, support service providers), and employers using
discussion guides. During these site visits, we will also conduct semi-
structured interviews with program participants. The discussion guides
will also include guides for follow-up phone interviews. In the final
year of the grant, we will conduct semi-structured follow-up phone
calls with grantee staff to document changes that occurred after our
visits, lessons and sustainability plans.
II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Department of Labor
is soliciting comments concerning the above data collection for the
Sectoral Strategies and Employer Engagement Portfolio Program
Evaluation. DOL is particularly interested in comments that do the
following:
[cir] evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
[cir] evaluate the accuracy of the agency's burden estimate of the
proposed information collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions;
[cir] enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
[cir] minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who
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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 submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions: At this time, the Department of Labor is
requesting clearance for the grantee survey, partner survey, employer
survey, and semi-structured site visit discussion guides for grantee
staff, partners, employers, and participants.
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 burden
Type of instrument (form/ Number of Number of Total number time per Estimated
activity) respondents responses per of responses response burden hours
respondent (hours)
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Grantee survey for BP and NEG... \1\ 20 1 20 1.5 30
Grantee survey for CS........... \2\ 2 1 2 1.5 3
Partner survey.................. \3\ 98 1 98 .5 49
Employer survey................. \4\ 98 1 98 .5 49
Semi-structured site visit \5\ 34 1 34 1.5 51
discussion guide: grantee staff
Semi-structured site visit \6\ 17 1 17 1 17
discussion guide: partners.....
Semi-structured site visit \7\ 11 1 11 1 11
discussion guide: employers....
Semi-structured site visit \8\ 23 1 23 1 23
discussion guide: participants.
Semi-structured follow-up phone \9\ 8 1 8 1.5 12
interview guide................
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Total....................... 311 .............. 311 .............. 244
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\1\ Assumes 100% response rate from 59 grantees involved in the BP and NEG implementation study over the three-
year clearance period. This number is rounded up from 19.67.
\2\ Assumes 100% response rate from 5 grantees involved in the CS implementation study over the three-year
clearance period. This number is rounded up from 1.67.
\3\ Assumes approximately 5 partners per 59 grantees over the three-year clearance period. This number has been
rounded down from 98.33.
\4\ Assumes approximately 5 employers per 59 grantees over the three-year clearance period. This number has been
rounded up from 98.33.
\5\ Assumes approximately 6 staff per site visit grantee for approximately 17 site visits over the three-year
clearance period.
\6\ Assumes approximately 3 partners per site visit grantee for approximately 17 site visits over the three-year
clearance period.
\7\ Assumes approximately 2 employers per site visit grantee for approximately 17 site visits over the three-
year clearance period. This number has been rounded down from 11.33.
\8\ Assumes approximately 4 worker-participants per site visit grantee for approximately 17 site visits over the
three-year clearance period. This number has been rounded up from 22.67.
\9\ Assumes 2 staff members per 12 grantees (six each from BP & NEG) over the three-year clearance period.
Alix Gould-Werth,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2024-23527 Filed 10-10-24; 8:45 am]
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