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provided to the Division of Adult
Services, Office of Workforce
Investment, Washington, DC, through
the appropriate Department of Labor
(DOL) regional offices via a quarterly
management report. The data obtained
from the administrative or processing
forms will be used for WOTC national
office program performance
management and outcome reporting.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Proposed Collection for the Work
Opportunity Tax Credit Program;
Comment Request
Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: 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 can be
properly assessed. Currently, the
Employment and Training
Administration is soliciting comments
concerning the consolidated Work
Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC)
Program.
A copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained
by contacting the office listed below in
the addressee section of this notice or by
accessing: http://www.doleta.gov/
OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee’s section below on or before
March 10, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to the Employment and Training
Administration, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,
Attention: Christine Ollis; Telephone
number: 202–693–3937 (this is not a
toll-free number). Fax: 202–693–3587.
E-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Background
Data on the consolidated WOTC
Program will be collected by the State
Workforce Agencies (SWAs) and

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
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
This is a request for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) to extend, with
revisions, the collection of information
and use of program materials for the
consolidated WOTC Program. On May
25, 2007 the President signed into law
the Small Business and Work
Opportunity Tax Act of 2007 (Pub. L.
110–28). Section 8211 of this Act
extended and modified the WOTC
Program for a continuing 44-month
period through August 31, 2011. The
new provisions & amendments to
certain target groups apply to new hires
that begin to work for an employer after
May 25. Another recent legislation, the
Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006
(Pub. L. 109–432) signed into law on

December 20, 2006 extended,
retroactively, the WOTC for two
additional years through December 31,
2007 and consolidated the program by
merging the Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit
into the WOTC. Section 105 of this Act
also made various amendments and
introduced new provisions that
streamline the program and make it
easier for the business sector to
participate. The statutory changes and
new provisions required that the
following program report, processing
and administrative forms, and materials
be revised and updated to reflect the
new changes and provisions: (1) ETA
Form 9058—Report 1; (2) ETA Forms
9057, 9059, 9061–9063, and 9065; (3)
ETA Handbook 408, Fourth Edition,
November 2007; and (4) the Technical
Assistance and Compliance Review
Guide.
Further, the Government Paperwork
Elimination Act (GPEA) of 1998 (Pub. L.
105–277) requires that, when feasible,
Federal agencies design and implement
the use of automated systems that
facilitate the electronic signature and
filing of forms (by participants) to
conduct official business with the
public by 2003. The Division of Adult
Services, Office of Workforce
Investment, complied with this
requirement by successfully
implementing an electronic reporting
system for the tax credit program and
the WOTC quarterly report. The
automated reporting system is known as
ETA’s Enterprise Business Support
System (EBSS) Tax Credit Reporting
System (TCRS). The EBSS/TCRS is a
Web-based system that allows states to
meet the reporting responsibilities in a
more efficient manner while reducing
the reporting burden on the state,
regional, and national levels. Through
this system, states can manually enter or
electronically upload the required
quarterly data report, ETA Form 9058—
Report 1.
Type of Review: Revision of Currently
Approved Collection.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration.
Title: Work Opportunity Tax Credit
Program.
OMB Number: 1205–0371.
Estimated Time per Respondent:

Requirement

Total
respondents

Frequency

Annual response

Average
response
time in hours

Annual burden
hours

....................................................................
Form 9058—Report 1 ................................
Employer/Job-seeker
Complete
Form
9061.

............................
52
990,000

..................................
Quarterly ..................
On occasion ............

............................
208
990,000

............................
1:00
.33

............................
208
326,700

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Total
respondents

Requirement

Average
response
time in hours

Annual response

Annual burden
hours

Form 9061 processed by SWAs ...............
Form 9062 .................................................
Form 9063 .................................................
Form 9065 .................................................
Record Keeping .........................................
Form 9057 .................................................
Form 9059 .................................................
Planning Guidance ....................................
Modification Planning Guidance ................

52
52
52
52
52
52
52
52
52

On occasion ............
On occasion ............
On occasion ............
Quarterly ..................
Annually ...................
Quarterly ..................
Quarterly ..................
One Time .................
One Time .................

990,000
40
440,000
208
52
208
208
52
52

.33
.33
.33
1:00
931
1.00
1.00
8:00
1:00

326,700
13
145,200
208
48,412
208
208
416
52

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

990,520

..................................

2,421,028

............................

848,325

Total Burden Hours: 848,325.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): 0.
Comments submitted in response to
this comment request 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: December 31, 2007.
Gay M. Gilbert,
Administrator, Office of Workforce
Investment, Employment and Training
Administration.
[FR Doc. E8–119 Filed 1–8–08; 8:45 am]

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice (08–002)]

NASA Advisory Council; Science
Committee; Astrophysics
Subcommittee; Meeting
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA)
announces a meeting of the
Astrophysics Subcommittee of the
NASA Advisory Council (NAC). This
Subcommittee reports to the Science
Committee of the NAC. The Meeting
will be held for the purpose of soliciting
from the scientific community and other
persons scientific and technical
information relevant to program
planning.

Monday, January 28, 2008, 8:30
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Tuesday, January
29, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time.
ADDRESSES: NASA Headquarters, 300 E
Street, SW., room 3H46, Washington,
DC 20546.
DATES:

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Ms.
Marian Norris, Science Mission
Directorate, NASA Headquarters,
Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358–4452,
fax (202) 358–4118, or
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

The
meeting will be open to the public up
to the capacity of the room. The agenda
for the meeting includes the following
topics:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

—Astrophysics Division Overview and
Program Status
—Keck Time Usage Discussion
—Beyond Einstein Program Assessment
Committee and Exoplanet Task Force
Reports Discussion

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Frequency

It is imperative that the meeting be
held on these dates to accommodate the
scheduling priorities of the key
participants. Attendees will be
requested to sign a register and to
comply with NASA security
requirements, including the
presentation of a valid picture ID, before
receiving an access badge. Foreign
nationals attending this meeting will be
required to provide the following
information no less than 5 working days
prior to the meeting: full name; gender;
date/place of birth; citizenship; visa/
green card information (number, type,
expiration date); passport information
(number, country, expiration date);
employer/affiliation information (name
of institution, address, country,
telephone); title/position of attendee. To
expedite admittance, attendees with
U.S. citizenship can provide identifying
information 5 working days in advance
by contacting Marian Norris via e-mail
at [email protected] or by telephone at
(202) 358–4452.
Dated: December 21, 2007.
P. Diane Rausch,
Advisory Committee Management Officer,
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice (08–001)]

NASA Advisory Council; Science
Committee; Planetary Protection
Subcommittee; Meeting
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA)
announces a meeting of the Planetary
Protection Subcommittee of the NASA
Advisory Council (NAC). This
Subcommittee reports to the Science
Committee of the NAC. The Meeting
will be held for the purpose of soliciting
from the scientific community and other
persons scientific and technical
information relevant to program
planning.

Monday, January 28, 2008, 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, January 29,
2008, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pacific Standard
Time.
ADDRESSES: Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Room 180–703C, 4800 Oak Grove Drive,
Pasadena, CA 91109.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Marian Norris, Science Mission
Directorate, NASA Headquarters,
Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358–4452,
fax (202) 358–4118, or
[email protected].
DATES:

The
meeting will be open to the public up
to the capacity of the room. The agenda
for the meeting includes the following
topics:
—Planetary Protection and the Ethics of
Planetary Exploration
—Mars Sample Return Mission Plans
—Planetary Protection for Mars
Exploration and Lunar Precursors
It is imperative that the meeting be
held on these dates to accommodate the
scheduling priorities of the key
participants. Attendees will be

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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