[Federal Register: May 6, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 88)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

 
Proposed Extension of the Approval of Information Collection 
Requirements

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 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 can be properly assessed. 
Currently, the Employment Standards Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed collection: Office of Federal Contract 
Compliance Programs Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements, Supply 
and Service. A copy of the proposed information collection request can 
be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addresses 
section of this Notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addresses section below on or before July 7, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone 
(202) 693-0418, fax (202) 693-1451, e-mail bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please 
use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or e-
mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    I. Background: The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs 
(OFCCP) is responsible for the administration of three equal 
opportunity programs prohibiting employment discrimination and 
requiring affirmative action. The OFCCP administers Executive Order 
11246, as amended; section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 
amended; and the affirmative action provisions of the Vietnam Era 
Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended (VEVRAA), 38 
U.S.C. 4212. The regulations implementing the Executive Order program 
are found at 41 CFR parts 60-1, 60-2, 60-3, 60-4, 60-20, 60-30, 60-40, 
and 60-50. The regulations implementing section 503 are published at 41 
CFR part 60-741. The regulations implementing VEVRAA are found at 41 
CFR part 60-250. These regulations require contractors to develop and 
maintain Affirmative Action Programs (AAP). OFCCP reviews these AAPs 
through its compliance evaluation process. The Supply and Service 
Scheduling Letter provides the contractor notice of its selection for a 
compliance evaluation and requests the submission of its Affirmative 
Action Programs and supporting documentation.
    OFCCP published a Final Rule on August 8, 2007, with an effective 
date of September 7, 2007, that adopts new regulations implementing the 
Jobs for Veterans Act amendments to the affirmative action provisions 
of VEVRAA. The new regulations are codified in a new 41 CFR part 60-
300.
    In addition, OFCCP published a Final Rule on June 22, 2005, with a 
July 22, 2005, effective date, revising the regulations implementing 
section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, to authorize 
the use of the compliance evaluation approach to determine a 
contractor's compliance with section 503. Neither Final Rule made any 
changes in burden hours associated with the Scheduling Letter. This 
information collection is currently approved for use through November 
30, 2008.
    II. Review Focus: The Department of Labor 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

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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 responses.
    III. Current Actions: OFCCP seeks a three-year extension on the 
approval of the Supply and Service Scheduling Letter in order to carry 
out its responsibility to ensure that contractors develop and maintain 
Affirmative Action Programs.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: OFCCP Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements, Supply and 
Service.
    OMB Number: 1215-0072.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Total Respondents: 99,028.
    Total Annual Responses: 99,028.
    Estimated Average Time per Response: 101 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 10,045,984.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $120,019.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice 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: May 1, 2008.
Steve Andoseh,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, 
Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration 
and Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
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