Approved as
amended by DOL's memos and revisions submitted to OMB on 1/14/98,
1/20/98, 1/23/98, 1/26/98, 2/10/98. In addition, DOL agrees to the
following: DOL will work with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA),
Indian Tribes covered by the BIA form for 477, and OMB in an effort
to incorporate key welfare to work data elements into the current
477 reporting instrument sponsored by BIA. (These data elements may
include: a) number of 477 welfare to work participants that entered
unsubsidized employment; b) number of 477 welfare to work
participants that maintained unsubsidized placement for 180 days;
c) number of 477 participants participating in welfare to work; and
d) types of welfare to work activities 477 participants are engaged
in.) If some level of welfare to work reporting is not included in
the BIA instrument, DOL will consult with BIA and the respondent
Indian Tribes and report to OMB in the regular submission of this
paperwork an alternative strategy for collecting this information
on 477 tribes in a manner that minimizes burden on the
grantees.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
09/30/1998
09/30/1998
1,040
0
0
9,360
0
0
0
0
0
Emergency approval of the report forms
and instructions to be sent to Indian and Native American
Welfare-to-Work (INA WtW) grantees is being requested. These
instructions and forms provide eligible tribal entities with
requirements for preparing and submitting financial expenditure and
activity reports to the Department so that they may be in
compliance with the reporting requirements of the INA WtW program.
This is a new program authorized under title V, section 5001(c), of
the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-33).
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.