Submission for OMB Emergency Review; Comment Requested

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Emergency Review; Comment Requested

January 14, 1997.

The Department of Labor has submitted the following (see below)

emergency processing public information collection request (ICR) to the

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter

35). OMB approval has been requested by January 22, 1997. A copy of

this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by

calling the Department of Labor Departmental Clearance Officer, Theresa

M. O'Malley ({202} 219-5096 ext. 166).

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Comments and questions about the ICR listed below should be

forwarded to Office Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk

Officer for the Employment and Training Administration, Office of

Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 ({202} 395-

7316).

The Office of Management and Budget is particularly interested in

comments which:

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;

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;

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and

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 submissions of response.

Agency: U.S. Department of Labor, ETA.

Title: Workforce Flexibility (work-flex) Partnership Demonstration

Program.

OMB Number: 1205-Onew.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Affected Public: States.

Number of Respondents: 20 potential.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 80 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 1,600.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $5,000.

Description: This request is related to the passage of P.L. 104-208

which permits States to submit requests to be considered as Workforce

Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Programs (see below):

Who: Up to six States, of which at least three States shall each

have populations not in excess of 3,500,000, with a preference given to

those States that have been designated Ed-Flex Partnership States.

What: Workforce Flexibility (work-flex) Partnership Demonstration

Program.

When: March 28, 1997.

Where: Submit an application to the Department of Labor.

Why: To obtain authority to waive any statutory or regulatory

requirement applicable to service delivery areas or substate areas

within the state under titles I-III of the Job Training Partnership Act

(except for requirements relating to wage and labor standards,

grievance procedures and judicial review, nondiscrimination, allotment

of funds and eligibility, and any of the statutory or regulatory

requirements of sections 8-10 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (except for

requirements relating to the provision of services to unemployment

insurance claimants and veterans, and to universal access to basic

labor exchange services without cost to job seekers), for a duration

not to exceed the waiver period authorized under section 311(e) of

Public Law 103-227, pursuant to a plan submitted by such states and

approved by the Secretary for the provision of workforce employment and

training activities in the States, which includes a description of the

process by which service delivery areas and substate areas may apply

for and have waivers approved by the State, the requirements of the

Wagner-Peyser Act to be waived, the outcomes to be achieved and other

measures to be taken to ensure appropriate accountability for federal

funds.

Theresa M. O'Malley,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

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