Workforce Investment Streamlined Performance Reporting (WISPR) System

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Supporting Statement - 1205-0469 - 1 24 2012.doc Supporting Statement A	2012-03-27
Note to Reviewer Reinstatment Request.docx Supplementary Document	2012-02-02
1205-0469 wispr 60 day FRN sept 2 2011.pdf Supplementary Document	2012-01-25
SS Attachment C - WISPR Data Preparation and Reporting Handbook - 9-25-2011.doc Supplementary Document	2012-01-25
SS Attachment B - WISPR Statutory Provisions.doc Supplementary Document	2012-01-24
SS Attachment A - List of Program Reports Replaced by WISPR.doc Supplementary Document	2012-01-24

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
182525	WISPR Other-WISRD Specifications	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1205-0469	ICR Reference No: 201110-1205-006
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200710-1205-003
Agency/Subagency: DOL/ETA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Workforce Investment Streamlined Performance Reporting (WISPR) System
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/04/2012
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/18/2012
Terms of Clearance: This information collection request is approved. DOL will update OMB periodically on implementation milestones (at least every six months - could be more frequently if appropriate.) Also, when submitting requests for approval for relevant stand-alone workforce development systems, DOL will address in those packages the extent to which they will or will not become a part of the WISPR collection.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2015	36 Months From Approved
Responses	216	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	968,438	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The WISPR System is meant to replace the reporting and recordkeeping requirements of 7 Employment and Training programs: ES, VETS, WIA Title IB Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth, and TAA, and NEG's. For those states choosing to implement this system, it replaces the following three OMB-approved information collections: 1205-0240, 1205-0420, and 1205-0392. THe goal is a system more clearly focused on results, which will help ensure that the system's job seeker and employer customers are effectively served. Common measures are integral to ETA's performance accountability system and are the key results that ETA programs strive to achieve for their customers and to measure with a uniform information collection system. This system has yet to be implemented by all the states due to costs involved and is currently used by three states.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 29 USC 49 Name of Law: Wagner-Peyser Act
   PL: Pub.L. 107 - 210 136, 172, 185, 189 Name of Law: Workforce Investment Act
   US Code: 19 USC 2271-2331 Name of Law: Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002
  

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
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	76 FR 54792	09/02/2011
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	77 FR 23278	04/18/2012
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
WISPR	ETA 9132, ETA 9133, ETA 9131	Employer Services Report ,   Workforce Investment Performance Report ,   Eligible Veterans and Transitioning Service Members Services Report

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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	216	0	0	216	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	968,438	0	0	968,438	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Reinstatement of the information collection accounts for the increase in burden. The difference between the previous approval for 816,017 hours and the current request for 968,438 hours is based on the fact that the number of individual records for each program has increased dramatically from the last approval. In fact, the WIA portion alone has nearly quadrupled. The increase in burden hours would have been much larger over the last approval as a result of the increase in the number of individuals exiting from the respective programs. However, ETA now requires integrated reporting which decreases the time spent working with each record. In addition, ETA is no longer mandating WISPR national-wide but rather is currently encouraging states to opt-in on their own. ETA anticipates that more states to implement WISPR over the 3 years covered by this proposed collection. In short, changes in the number of exiters and participants used in the calculations, changes in the amount of time spent per record (ETA is now mandating integrated reporting for all WISPR states/territories), along with changing the estimated salaries from $32.50 per hour in FY 2003 to $40.81 per hour in FY 2011 lead to changes in the burden costs. As ETA's new DRVS become operational, ETA will submit an Information Correction Worksheet to reduce burden accordingly for this system, as state burden associated with building the reports goes to 0.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $800,000

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]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

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: 04/18/2012

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