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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 189 (Thursday, October 1, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 62465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-20167]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; DOC-Census Workforce Development Collection

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on June 12, 2026, during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.
    Title: DOC-Census Workforce Development Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, New Information Collection 
Request.
    Number of Respondents: 230. This includes 100 Manufacturing USA 
Institutes and/or its affiliated training providers (public/private 
sector), 60 grant recipients under the Recompete program and/or their 
affiliated training providers, and 70 grant recipients under the Good 
Jobs Challenge 2 program and/or their affiliated training providers.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 hour annually for the Recompete and 
Good Jobs Challenge 2 programs, up to 2 hours annually for the 100 
Manufacturing USA Institutes programs.
    Burden Hours: 330 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The information acquired from this collection will 
be used to obtain data on individuals who participate in workforce 
development training programs sponsored by the National Institutes of 
Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Economic Development 
Administration (EDA) within the Department of Commerce. Respondents, 
who include Manufacturing USA Institutes, grant recipients under EDA's 
Recompete and Good Jobs Challenge 2 programs, will be asked to provide 
data on participants. The collected data will be linked to Census 
Bureau data sets--including demographic, household, and jobs data--to 
produce measurable metrics that inform workforce training program 
outcomes and support evidence-based decision-making for future 
investments. This data collection and subsequent analysis will enable 
NIST and EDA to evaluate the long-term performance and impact of 
sponsored workforce programs.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; Not-
for-profit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal government.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: NIST's authority for the collection of this 
information is provided under the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology Organic Act, 15 U.S.C. 272(b) and (c). EDA's authority for 
this collection is the Stevenson Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 
1980 (Stevenson Wydler), 15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq. and 42 U.S.C. 3121 et 
seq. The U.S. Census Bureau is conducting this survey on behalf of EDA 
and NIST under the authority of 13 U.S.C. 8(b). Confidentiality of the 
information is assured by 13 U.S.C. 9.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering the title of the collection.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2026-20167 Filed 9-30-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-07-P


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