Job Training Partnership Training Act Indian and Native American Reporting Revisions for Program Year 1995

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Job Training Partnership Training Act Indian and Native American

Reporting Revisions for Program Year 1995

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor.

SUMMARY: The Director, Office of Information Resources Management

Policy, invites comments on the following proposed expedited review

information collection request as required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1980, as amended.

DATES: This expedited review is being requested in accordance with the

Act, since allowing for the normal review period would adversely affect

the public interest. Approval by the Office of Management and Budget

has been requested by August 31, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of

Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Dan Chenok, Desk Officer, 725 17th St., N.W., Room 10235,

New Executive Office Building, Wash., DC 20503. Requests for copies of

the proposed information collection request should be addressed to

Theresa M. O'Malley, Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., N.W.,

Room N-1301, Wash., DC 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Theresa M. O'Malley, (202) 219-5095. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY/TDY) may call (202) 219-

4720 between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through

Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3517 of the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1980 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 3517) requires that the Director of OMB

provide interested persons an early opportunity to comment on

information collection requests. OMB may amend or waive the requirement

for public consultation to the extent that public participation in the

approval process would defeat the purpose of the information

collection, violate State or Federal law, or substantially interfere

with the agency's ability to perform its statutory obligations.

The Director, Office of Information Resources Management Policy,

publishes this notice simultaneously with the submission of this

request to OMB. This notice contains the following information:

Type of Review: Expedited.

Title: JTPA Indian and Native American Reporting Revisions for

Program Year 1995.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit; State, Local or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 1,920.

Estimated Time per Response: ranges from 3 mins.-22 hours.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 38,032.

Respondents Obligation to Reply: Mandatory.

Description: In accordance with our partnership with the Native

American and Indian community, and in consultation with the statutorily

established Native American Employment and Training Council, the

Department has agreed not to proceed with the implementation of the

Standard Participant Information Reporting (SPIR) for Program Year

1995. For at least one more Program Year, the Department will continue

to pilot the SPIR approach with selected JTPA, Section 401 grantees and

to share feedback with the Council and the grantee community at large.

ETA will revisit the possible implementation of the SPIR for Program

Year 1996 in partnership with the Indian and Native American community.

In the interim, the streamlining of the current reporting forms is

consistent with transition to the SPIR approach. The Form 8604 (Annual

Status Report) is being modified to eliminate certain elements

consistent with the impact of the JTPA amendments, and to consolidate

and clarify others based on the experience and advice of the Council

and the grantee community. The Form 8603 (Program Status Summary) and

Form 8601 (Program Planning Summary) have been modified slightly to be

consistent with the changes in Form 8604. The Form 8600 (Budget

Information Summary) and Form 8602 (Financial Status Report) have only

been changed to reflect the amendments.

Together these forms will be used to manage the national programs

authorized under Section 401 of the JTPA. These documents are the

principal sources of program plans and performance data. They form the

basis for the aware of funds, Federal oversight and reports to

Congress.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 30th day of June 1995.

Cheryl A. Robinson,

Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 95-16623 Filed 7-5-95; 8:45 am]

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