As required by Sections 13,
101(a)(10), 106 and 626 of the Rehabilitation Act, the data are
submitted annually by State Vocational Rehabilitation agencies. The
data contain personal and program-related characteristics,
including economic outcomes of persons with disabilities whose
service records are closed. The information is used to compute
agency performance on standards and indicators mandated by section
106 of the Act as well as to assess agency performance on other
evaluative measures used in monitoring of Vocational Rehabilitation
(VR) grantees and for other program and research purposes.
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.