Respondents are State governments.
Selected standardized information pertaining to participants in WIA
Title 1B programs is collected and reported for the purposes of
general program oversight, evaluation and performance
assessment.
There are large changes in the
burden estimates between the current renewal request and the
existing WIA collection. The existing collection had an estimate of
680,459 total burden hours while the renewal request estimates the
total burden to be 508,589 hours. There are a variety of reasons
for the reduced burden estimate. First, the revised WIASRD mirrors
the WISPR individual record layout and so relies on the previously
approved minutes per record estimates associated with the WISPR
individual record layout (OMB Control Number 1205-0469). Second,
the production of the quarterly and annual reports (ETA 9090 and
ETA 9091) has been streamlined significantly through the use of
E-DRVS (this system will be implemented in the first quarter of PY
2012). In addition, 44 states now have approved waivers for the
customer satisfaction reporting requirements in the annual reports.
This reduces the total customer satisfaction burden. Lastly, since
the annual WIASRD is no longer required (as it was subsumed by the
4 quarter WIASRD), reducing the burden.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.