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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 79 / Monday, April 25, 2016 / Notices
by email at Chief EvaluationOffice@
dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Comment Request for Information
Collection for the Ready to Work
Partnership Grants Evaluation, New
Collection
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a preclearance 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 1995
(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided 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 is properly
assessed.
A copy of the proposed Information
Collection Request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting the office listed
in the addressee section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee’s section below on or before
June 24, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either one of the following methods:
Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov;
Mail or Courier: Molly Irwin, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S–2312, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20210.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Molly Irwin by telephone at 202–693–
5091 (this is not a toll-free number) or
SUMMARY:

I. Background
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
is proposing a data collection activity as
part of the H–1B Ready to Work
Partnership Grants Evaluation Impact
Study. The goal of the evaluation is
determine the effectiveness of the H–1B
grant-funded program in improving the
labor market and other outcomes of
program participants. For selected
grantees, the impact study will
randomly assign individuals to a group
that can receive grant-funded programs
or to a group that cannot access these
services but who can participate in
other services available in the
community. The impact study will
compare the employment and earnings
and other outcomes of the groups to
determine effectiveness of the H1–B
Ready to Work training grants. The
evaluation also includes an
implementation study will describe
services participants receive through the
grantee programs, as well as provide
operational lessons.
Data collection efforts previously
approved for the H–1B Impact Study
under OMB Control Number 1205–0507
include: Data collection activities for the
implementation study, a study consent
form, and a baseline information form
for study participants. These collection
activities will continue under the
previously approved request.
This Federal Register Notice provides
the opportunity to comment on a
proposed new information collection
activity for the H–1B Ready to Work
Impact Study: A follow-up survey of
sample members in the H–1B Ready to
Work Impact Study, conducted
approximately eighteen months after
random assignment. The purposes of the
study are to understand and document

the: (1) Receipt of training and trainingrelated supports; (2) educational
attainment, including credential receipt;
(3) factors that affect the ability to work
(4) employment status, including job
characteristics; (5) household
composition; and (6) income and public
benefits receipt.
II. Review Focus
DOL is soliciting comments
concerning the above data collection for
the H–1B Ready to Work Partnership
Grants Evaluation. DOL is particularly
interested in comments that do the
following:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance functions of
the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s burden estimate of the
proposed information collection,
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
(for example, permitting electronic
submissions of responses).
III. Current Actions
DOL is requesting clearance for the
follow-up survey of sample members in
the H–1B Ready to Work Impact Study.
Type of Review: New collection.
Title: Ready to Work Partnership
Grants Evaluation.
OMB Number: OMB Control Number
1205–0NEW.

ESTIMATED TOTAL BURDEN HOURS
Total number
of
respondents

Activity

Annual
number of
respondents

Number of
responses per
respondent

Average
burden hours
per response

Total burden
hours

Annual burden
hours

18-month follow-up survey .......................

* 4,016

1339

1

.67

2691

897

Total ..................................................

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1339

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897

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* Assumes a sample of 5,020 with an 80 percent response rate.

Affected Public: Participants applying
for the Ready to Work Partnership Grant
programs.
Form(s): 18-Month Follow-Up Survey.
Total respondents: 4,016.
Annual Frequency: One time.
Comments submitted in response to
this comment request will be

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summarized and/or included in the
request for Office of Management and
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collection request; they will also
become a matter of public record.
Sharon Block,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Policy, U.S. Department of Labor.
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