The overall burden has incresed
from the previously approved 46,146 hours to the current request
for 53,546 hours due to added ARRA funding, which gave
opportunities for additional participants to be included in the
program, and to estimated burden for a volunteer form, ETA 9156, to
contain a few added questions in response to comments submitted
during a previous regulatory proceeding. A significantly higher
number of customer satisfaction surveys to the three identified
groups must be distributed and accounted for in burden hours. Also
a computation error was corrected in ROCIS for the suvey burden.
The reason this increase is not larger is that 1) the response data
for the SPARQ (specifically, ETA-9122, which measures unsubsidized
employment achievement in the program)and Customer Satisfaction
Forms have been adjusted downward based on PY 2008 usage
statistics, 2)the SPARQ forms ETA 9121 and ETA 9122 in the
previously approved submission were inadvertently pegged at 11
minutes per form instead of 6 minutes per form, which is the stated
estimated public burden for completing the form, and 3) the hour
burden for biennial grant plans was recalculated at an annualized
203 hour burden rather than the biennial estimation of 406 burden
hours. Lastly, the federal cost burden increased to $83,434 due in
part to federal wage updates and because of the added program
participants. In addition, note that ROCIS now also reflects
$2,900,000 in annual contractor costs (not included in ROCIS in the
previous submission), for a total of $2,983,434.
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.