Tools for America's Job Seekers - Challenge

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
1205-0476 Justification for Non-Substantive Change.doc Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	2009-12-22

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
191256	Jobs for America's Jobseekers - Local Workforce Systems Other-mock ups of screen entries	Unchanged
191255	Jobs for America's Jobseekers Phase Two Individuals Other-mock ups of screen entries	Unchanged
191248	Jobs for America's Jobseekers - Challenge - Phase One - State, local governments Other-screen shot	Modified
191240	Jobs for America's Job Seekers - Challenge Phase One - Business Community Other-screen shot	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1205-0476	ICR Reference No: 200912-1205-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200911-1205-004
Agency/Subagency: DOL/ETA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Tools for America's Job Seekers - Challenge
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 11/23/2009
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 02/17/2010
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/24/2009
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2010	05/31/2010	05/31/2010
Responses	11,000	0	11,000
Time Burden (Hours)	1,833	0	1,833
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: DOL's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) seeks to identify the best on-line job search and job matching tools. Through an on-line Challenge and using Web 2.0 social media crowd sourcing techniques, ETA will identify several optimum tools based on online exploration, tool review, and ratings by members of the public, job seekers, One Stop Career Center staff, and our partners in the workforce development system. This challenge to identify these tools will consist of three phases. Phase 1 will run from November 30, 2009 to December 18, 2009. Tool creators and developers will submit information on their free online job search and job matching tools. They must be free to the job seeker, but can be licensed by the workforce system at the State or local level provided the companies offer a short-term demo or other platform that allows the tools to be accessed and reviewed free of charge. Tool submissions will be accepted from businesses, nonprofits, entrepreneurs, and state and local workforce agencies. Phase 2 will run from January 4 to January 15, 2010. Workforce system experts and job seekers will review and vote on the submitted job search and matching tools. Reviewers will be encouraged to consider a tool’s usability based on how effective the tool is in providing accurate results, how efficient it is in completing job search and matching tasks and the user's level of satisfaction. Phase 3 will begin on January 18, 2010. ETA and the White House will share the top tools in each category with the entire workforce development community and job seekers.

Emergency Justfication: Expedited approval of this data collection will enable the Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA), and the White House to respond aggressively to the record unemployment rates. Failure to do the collection would result in a waste of federal Recovery Act and state resources. Many states and local areas are individually searching for job matching and job search solutions to meet the significantly increased number of job seekers in need of assistance in One Stop Career Centers nationwide as a result of the historic downturn in the nation’s economy.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 29 USC Section 49 Name of Law: The Wagner-Peyser Act
  

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

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 4

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Jobs for America's Jobseekers - Local Workforce Systems
Jobs for America's Jobseekers Phase Two Individuals
Jobs for America's Jobseekers - Challenge - Phase One - State, local governments
Jobs for America's Job Seekers - Challenge Phase One - Business Community

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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	11,000	11,000	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,833	1,833	0	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The burden increase is due to the fact that this is a new collection of information.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $131,072

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)? Yes

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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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: 12/24/2009

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