Notice2025-11347
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Fidelity Bonding Issuance
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Published
June 20, 2025
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Labor DepartmentEmployment and Training Administration
Abstract
The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed revision for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, "Fidelity Bonding Issuance." This comment request is part of continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 117 (Friday, June 20, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26328-26329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11347]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Fidelity Bonding Issuance
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training
Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed
revision for the authority to conduct the information collection
request (ICR) titled, ``Fidelity Bonding Issuance.'' This comment
request is part of continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork
and respondent
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burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).
DATES: Consideration will be given to all written comments received by
August 19, 2025.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation,
including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency
of response, and estimated total burden, may be obtained free of charge
by contacting Mallery V. Johnson by telephone at 202-693-3497 (this is
not a toll-free number). For persons with a hearing or speech
disability who need assistance to use the telephone system, please dial
711 to access telecommunications relay services.
Submit written comments about, or requests for a copy of, this ICR
by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and
Training Administration, Reentry Employment Opportunities; by email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#81cbeee9eff2eeefcce0edede4f3f8c1e5eeedafe6eef7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3e745156504d5150735f52525b4c477e5a515210595148">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mallery V. Johnson by telephone at
202-693-3497 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6a2005020419050444270b06060f18132a0e0506440d051c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="276d484f49544849096a464b4b42555e6743484b09404851">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOL, as part of continuing efforts to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public and Federal agencies an
opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of
information before submitting them to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for final approval. This program helps to ensure 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 can be properly
assessed.
The Fidelity Bonding program protects employers who hire
individuals with criminal records and other job applicants from theft,
forgery, or embezzlement by the employee. Although the bonds have
mainly been used for hires of individuals with criminal records, any
job applicant is eligible for bonding services, including recovering
substance abusers (alcohol or drugs) and persons having poor financial
credit, youth and adults who lack a work history, individuals
dishonorably discharged from the military, and others. The Fidelity
Bonds Program served 1,450 individuals in 2024. The large amounts of
responses, respondents and the burden have decreased since the last
approval due to the Federal Bonding Demonstration Grants that ended in
FY2024. Under this program, states provide fidelity bonds to employers
hiring individuals with criminal records and any at-risk applicant. To
put the bonding agreement into effect, the Fidelity Bonding Issuance
Form will identify the name and address of the insured employer, the
name and address of the individual being hired, the effective date of
the bond, and the amount of coverage. The form also identifies the
occupation, hourly wage, and hours per week of the job being provided;
the employer type, industry, and number of employees of the firm; and
the sex, race, and ethnicity of the individual being hired. This
information is necessary to provide the Department and the public with
an understanding of the types of jobs in which individuals are placed.
This program is authorized under section 169 of Title 1 of the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Section 185 of the
WIOA broadly addresses reports, recordkeeping, and investigations
across programs authorized under Title 1 of WIOA.
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 it is approved by OMB under the PRA 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 Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and
1320.6.
Interested parties are encouraged to provide comments to the
contact shown in the ADDRESSES section. Comments must be written to
receive consideration, and they will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval of the final ICR. In order to help ensure
appropriate consideration, comments should mention OMB 1205-0541.
Submitted comments will also be a matter of public record for this
ICR and posted on the internet, without redaction. DOL encourages
commenters not to include personally identifiable information,
confidential business data, or other sensitive statements/information
in any comments.
DOL is particularly interested in comments that:
<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 submission of responses).
Agency: DOL-ETA.
Type of Review: Revision.
Title of Collection: Fidelity Bonding Issuance.
Form: Fidelity Bonding Issuance Form.
OMB Control Number: 1205-0541.
Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies, local American Job
Center staff, private employers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1500.
Frequency: Once.
Total Estimated Annual Responses: 4,500.
Estimated Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 405 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Suzan Frazier,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2025-11347 Filed 6-18-25; 8:45 am]
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