# Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** August 28, 1997
- **Citation:** 62 FR 45689

## Text

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of
Personnel Management intends to submit to the Office of Management and
Budget a request for the clearance of an information collection. The
questions are intended to elicit from Federal contractors descriptions
of successes in hiring workers directly off the welfare rolls. The
submissions are entirely voluntary.

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received on or before
October 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to--Donna Beecher, Director, Office
of Contracting and Administrative Services, U.S. Office of Personnel
Management, 1900 E St., NW, Room 1340, Washington, DC 20415.
For information regarding administrative coordination, contact--
Kent Bailey, Publications Services Division, 202-606-2260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 8, 1997, the President called for
the Federal Government to support welfare reform by joining with other
employers in offering jobs to welfare recipients. On April 10, 1997,
the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Federal Procurement
Policy asked Federal Agencies to emphasize to their contractors the
importance of hiring people off the welfare rolls.
Federal agencies regularly report their welfare-to-work hires and
related experiences. They would like to include in their reports
success stories from their contractors. Success stories provide
examples that help to inform the public and encourage additional hiring
by other non-Federal employers.
This information collection is entirely voluntary and can be
submitted whenever the contractor chooses to do so. The information
requested and reporting instructions will be posted on the Acquisition
Reform Network home page on the Internet (www.arnet.gov) for a period
of approximately four (4) years. A listing of agency contacts will be
included in the posting. Government contractors will be invited to send
their responses directly, via Internet e-mail, to their primary agency
contact.
The information collection consists of a set of questions. Some of
the questions are narrative and some statistical. The purpose of the
statistical questions is not to gather statistically valid data but to
provide a context for narrative descriptions of success. The responses
should cover activity since March 8, 1997, and should apply to adults
and teen heads of household who immediately prior to hiring were
receiving assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
(TANF) program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), or
Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program administered by
an eligible Indian tribe.
The proposed information collection will consist of the following
questions:

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1. What is the success story you would like to submit?
2. How many former welfare recipients have you hired? Please
provide an estimate of the time period during which the hiring was
done.
3. What percent of these hires would you estimate were attributable
to Federal contracts?
4. What percent of these hires would you estimate were attributable
to this Department's or Agency's contracts?
5. Please share any comments on:

--Recruitment strategies
--Retention strategies
--Welfare to Work hiring with subcontractors
--Challenges overcome

This Success Story submitted by:

Company Name-----------------------------------------------------------
Company Address--------------------------------------------------------
Contact Person---------------------------------------------------------
Phone Number-----------------------------------------------------------
E-mail-----------------------------------------------------------------

Burden: We estimate that 10,000 responses will be submitted
annually, and that each response will take approximately 60 minutes to
prepare. The annual estimated burden is 10,000 hours.
Comments Requested: We are asking for comments in order to:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
Government, including whether the information will have practical
utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Janice R. Lachance,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 97-22868 Filed 8-27-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6325-01-M

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