Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,

[Federal Register: December 17, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 242)]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Agency Record Keeping/Reporting Requirements Under Emergency Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

December 14, 1998.

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 December 23, 1998. A copy of this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling the Department of Labor Departmental Clearance Officer, Todd Owen ({202} 219-5096, x.143). 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: Employment and Training Administration.

Title: Planning Guidance and Instructions For Submission of the Strategic Five-Year State Plan For Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (Workforce Investment Systems) and the Wagner-Peyser Act.

OMB Number: 1205-0NEW.

Frequency: One time--5 Year Strategic Plan Required.

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Affected Public: State and Local Governments.

Number of Respondents: 59.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 50 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 2950.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 0.

Description: Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-220, August 7, 1998), Fund Management. Section 112(a) of the Workforce Investment Act requires the Governor of the State to submit a single State Plan to the Secretary to be eligible to receive an allocation under Section 127 or 132 or to receive financial assistance under the Wagner-Peyser Act. The State outlines a 5-year strategy for the statewide workforce investment system of the State that meets the requirements of Section 111 and 112 of the Act. Todd Owen, Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 98-33408Filed12-16-98; 8:45 am]

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