Jobs for Veterans State Grants Reports

OMB Control No: 1293-0009	ICR Reference No: 200907-1293-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200502-1293-001
Agency/Subagency: DOL/ASVET	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Jobs for Veterans State Grants Reports
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 11/24/2009
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 07/31/2009
Terms of Clearance: OMB appreciates DOL's efforts to ease respondent burden through streamlining the forms and provision of spreadsheets with imbedded calculations.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2012	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2009
Responses	16,358	0	6,612
Time Burden (Hours)	32,650	0	25,918
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The DOL Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) administers funds for the multi-year Jobs for Veterans' State Grants (JVSG) to each State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on an annual basis on a fiscal year cycle. These forms are used to facilitate the identification of required programmatic and financial data provided by States requesting and expending funds and for monitoring the grants, making quarterly adjustments and reporting results to Congress. The use of program-specific standard formats helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in a uniform way, reporting burdens are minimized, the impact of collection requirements on respondents are properly assessed, collection instruments are clearly understood by respondents, and the information is easily consolidated for posting in accordance with statutory requirements.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 38 USC 31 Name of Law: Training and Rehabilitation for Veterans with Service Connected Disabilities    US Code: 38 USC 41 Name of Law: Job Counseling, Training, and Placement Service for Veterans    US Code: 38 USC 42 Name of Law: Employment and Training of Veterans    US Code: 10 USC 1144 Name of Law: Employment Assistance, Job Training Assistance, and other Transitional Services: Department of Labor    PL: Pub.L. 107 - 288 2 Name of Law: Job for Veterans Act of 2002

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	74 FR 15005	04/02/2009
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	74 FR 38232	07/31/2009
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 6

IC Title Form No. Form Name Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Chapter 31) Tracking Report VETS 201 Chapter 31 Tracking VETS Manager's Report Budget Information VETS 401 JVSG Budget Information Summary TAP Workshop Forecast VETS 601 TAP Workshop Forecast Staffing Directory VETS 501 JVSG Staffing Directory JVSG Expenditure Detail Report VETS 402A JVSG EDR

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	16,358	6,612	0	9,746	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	32,650	25,918	0	6,732	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Forms

Short Statement: The total burden hours for this ICR increased although the individual burden hours for the Manager’s Report on Services to Veterans decreased. The Manager’s Report was revised to eliminate the collection of information that does not change from quarter to quarter and an element was eliminated from this report and expanded in the VETS 201 Form. Even though the estimated number of respondents for the Manager’s Report increased, the number of hours per response decreased. The overall burden for the information collection increased because the burden hours for the VETS 201 more than offset the burden hour reduction for the Manager’s Report. The single-page VETS 401 will eliminate the need to submit two SF-424As resulting in a decrease in burden hours for the data submission. The VETS 402 will replace the VETS 300 that was used prior to passage of the Jobs for Veterans Act (JVA).

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,687,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Pamela Langley 202 693-4708 [email protected]

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:
		(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;
		(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;
		(c) It reduces burden on small entities;
		(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;
		(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;
		(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;
		(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:
			(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;
		(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.
		(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and
		(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.
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.
Certification Date: 07/31/2009

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