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 processÂwithout disclosing any proprietary, confidential commercial/business, and personally identifiable informationÂand 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.
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