Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) Reporting and Grant Application Package Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) Reporting and

Grant Application Package Proposed Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to

reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance

consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies

with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing

collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1955 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps to

ensure that requested data can be provide in the desired format,

reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized,

collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of

collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.

Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting

comments on the proposed extension of the Senor Community Service

Employment Program information request. A copy of the proposed

information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the

office listed below in the addressee section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the

addressee section below on or before November 30, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Mr. Erich W. (``Ric'') Larisch, Chief of the Division of

Older Worker Programs, N 4641, 200 Constitution Ave. NW Washington DC.

20210. The Telephone Number is (202) 219-5904 extension 118 (this is

not a toll-free number). The Internet address is L[email protected].

The fax number is (202) 501-2135.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The information collected for the Senior Community Service

Employment Program (SCSEP) is used to administer this $440 million

program which serves nearly 100,000 people each year. In addition, the

collected information is the basis for reports which are prepared to

inform the Congress and the public of the program's accomplishments.

II. Review Focus

The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments

that:

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 clarify 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 responses.

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III. Current Actions

The Department of Labor uses three reports and an annual grant

package to administer the SCSEP program. These reports are: a quarterly

report of program data, which is the Quarterly Progress Report (QPR), a

quarterly financial report which is Financial Status Report (FSR) and

an annual report of the distribution of program positions. Also, the

program regulations at 641.321(b)(2) require the placement of a poster

of allowable and unallowable political activites.

Type of Review: Reinstatement with change.

Agency: Employment and Training Administration.

Title: The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)

Reporting and Grant Application Package.

OMB No.: 1205-0040.

Record Keeping: Agencies maintain records for 3 years after the end

of the grant period. If there are audit exceptions, grantees may have

to keep records longer.

Affected Public: State government agencies and non-profit

organizations.

Total Respondents: 62.

Frequency: Annually or quarterly which is placed as needed.

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Average

Total Total time per Burden

Cite/reference Respond. Frequency responses response (hours)

(hours)

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Quarterly Progress Report (ETA 5140) 62 Quarterly............. 248 8 1984

Poster Placement.................... 62 N/A................... 62 1 62

Equitable Distribution Report (ETA- 62 Annually.............. 62 12 744

8705).

Grant Application Signature sheet 62 Annually.............. 62 1 62

(ETA-5163).

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Total ETA Activity.............. 62 /////................. 434 ///// 2852

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Financial Status Report (SF-269).... 62 Quarterly Plus Final.. 310 8 2480

Grant Planning (SF-424A & 424)...... 62 Annually.............. 62 40 2480

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Total SF Activity............... 62 /////................. 372 ///// *60

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* The Standard Form (SF) burden hours are separate from the other burden hours and are not counted towards ETA's

ICB.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.

Total Burden Cost (Operating/Maintaining): $1-2 million

Comments submitted in response to this request will be summarized

and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget

approval of the information collection request; they will also become a

matter of public record.

Dated: September 24, 1999.

Anna W. Goddard,

Director, Office of National Programs.

[FR Doc. 99-25570 Filed 9-30-99; 8:45 am]

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