A generic Solicitation for Grant
Application (SGA) form for information collection requirements for
SGAs that extend beyond what is collected on currently approved
standards forms.
The Department of Labor (DOL)
seeks Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to request
successful grant applicants to provide a redacted copy of portions
of the applications and to have the OMB increase the burden
allotment under the Departmental Solicitation of Grant Applications
(SGA) generic information collection. This request is made to
increase transparency in the grant award processwithout disclosing
any proprietary, confidential commercial/business, and personally
identifiable informationand because earlier estimates of DOL SGA
activity provided an insufficient burden ceiling. In order to
ensure that confidential information is properly protected from
disclosure when the DOL posts winning Technical Proposals to a Web
site, applicants whose technical proposals will be posted will be
asked to submit a second redacted version of their Technical
Proposal, with proprietary, confidential commercial/business, and
personally identifiable information redacted. All non-public
information about the applicant's staff should be removed as well.
This process will be expected to add one hour of burden to
successful applicants; however, given the ratio between grant
applicants and grant awards, the average per respondent burden is
expected to remain unchanged. With respect to the burden ceiling
aspect of this request, the current authorization for Control
Number 1225-0086 is scheduled to expire 11/30/2012; consequently,
we are roughly half-way through the authorization period. The DOL
has used approximately 85 percent of the current burden hour
allotment. The DOL seeks to increase the estimated number of
responses to 7500 (a change of 1750 responses), with a
corresponding burden hour increase to 150,000 (a change of 35,000
hours).
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.
SGA Model Transparency Language(20110817).doc
Generic_SGA_Data-Elements.pdf
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