Notice2025-15637
Information Collection; Workforce Development Participant Tracking
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Published
August 18, 2025
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentForest Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service (Agency) is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the renewal of a currently approved information collection request 0596-0247, titled Workforce Development Participant Tracking. This renewal will also provide a common form for use by other Federal agencies.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 157 (Monday, August 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40051-40052]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15637]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Workforce Development Participant
Tracking
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service (Agency) is seeking comments from all interested
individuals and organizations on the renewal of a currently approved
information collection request 0596-0247, titled Workforce Development
Participant Tracking. This renewal will also provide a common form for
use by other Federal agencies.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before October 17,
2025 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this notice may be sent to Amy
Firestone, Assistant Director (Acting)--Workforce Development
Partnerships, USDA Forest Service, 201 14th Street SW, 2CE, Washington,
DC 20250. Comments also may be submitted by email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#acffe182eaff82dbc8dcecd9dfc8cd82cbc3da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b7e4fa99f1e499c0d3c7f7c2c4d3d699d0d8c1">[email protected]</span></a>.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be available to
the public through relevant websites and upon request. For this reason,
please do not include in your comments information of a confidential
nature, such as sensitive personal information or proprietary
information. If you send an email comment, your email address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made available for public viewing.
Please note that comments containing any routine notice about the
confidentiality of the communication will be treated as public comments
that may be made available to the public notwithstanding the inclusion
of the routine notice.
The supporting documents for the information collection request
and/or any comments received are available for public inspection at the
Office of the Director, National Partnership Office, 2nd Floor Central,
Sidney R. Yates Federal Building, 201 14th Street SW, Washington, DC,
on business days between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Visitors are
encouraged to call ahead to (800) 832-1355 to facilitate entry to the
building. The public may request that an electronic copy of the
supporting documents for the information collection and/or any comments
received be sent via return email. Requests should be emailed to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5407197a12077a23302414212730357a333b22"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7526385b33265b02110535000611145b121a03">[email protected]</span></a>. The information collection request is posted online
at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Firestone, Assistant Director
(Acting)--Workforce Development Partnerships, by phone at (202) 317-
2807 or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c1928cef8792efb6a5b181b4b2a5a0efa6aeb7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9dced0b3dbceb3eaf9eddde8eef9fcb3faf2eb">[email protected]</span></a>. Individuals who are deaf, hard
of hearing, or have a speech disability may call 711 to reach the
Telecommunications Relay Service then provide the phone number of the
person named as a point of contact for further information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Workforce Development Participant Tracking.
OMB Number: 0596-0247.
Expiration Date of Approval: June 30, 2026.
Type of Review: Extension with non-substantive changes of a
currently approved information collection, with a new request for
common form.
Abstract: Federal land management and other agencies are authorized
to offer work and education programs for individuals in natural and
cultural resources careers. Some of the
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applicable statutes and regulations include special hiring authorities,
upon completion of certain requirements. This information collection
request will enable participating agencies to capture required and
other information that will aid in workforce development and job
training for young people, returning veterans, and others who are
unemployed or underemployed, and to monitor compliance with statutory
laws and associated hiring authorities. A primary, but not
exclusionary, authorizing source for the information collection is 16
U.S.C. 1702-1727, chapter 37--Youth Conservation Corps, Public Lands
Corps, Resource Assistants Program, and Indian Youth Service Corps. The
Public Lands Corps is a work and education program involving the
Nation's land management agencies, conservation and service corps, and
environmental organizations that contribute to the rehabilitation,
restoration, and repair of public land resources and infrastructures.
Public Lands Corps projects provide opportunities for community and
national public service, work experience and training for young people
who are unemployed or underemployed, students, recent graduates, and
others with an interest in natural and cultural resources careers.
The Workforce Development Participant Tracking form supports
effective management of the Public Lands Corps and other workforce
development programs hosted in partnership with public land management
agencies. Utilization of a common form will contribute to the
following: assist Federal agencies to uniformly collect information
regarding work accomplished; track and monitor participant engagement
to determine the completion of requirements for noncompetitive hiring
eligibility as defined in the Public Lands Corps Act; comply with
statutory reporting requirements; inform effective outreach; and
provide data about project activities that can be aggregated across
Federal agencies.
Information collected, such as participant demographic information
and project information, will allow the Forest Service, National Park
Service, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, and
other agencies to monitor the effectiveness of Federal efforts to meet
the intent of the authorizing statutes. This information collection
request will ensure that partners maintain a record of all workforce
development agreements, grants and contracts established, participant
demographics and education, project information and work hours, project
locations and dates, and status of special hiring eligibilities
conferred upon eligible participants.
Affected Public: Non-Profit Organizations and non-Federal
Government entities.
Estimated Annual Burden per Response: 2 hours.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 500.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; annually.
The application will be available for respondents to input data more
frequently if they choose.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,000 hours.
Comment is Invited: Comment is invited on (1) whether this
collection of information is necessary for the stated purposes and the
proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether
the information will have practical or scientific utility; (2) the
accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
All comments received in response to this notice, including names
and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record.
Comments will be summarized and included in the submission request for
Office of Management and Budget approval.
Beattra Wilson,
Associate Deputy Chief State, Private, and Tribal Forestry, National
Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2025-15637 Filed 8-15-25; 8:45 am]
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