Veterans Retraining Assistance Participant Outreach Reporting

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
NOTE TO REVIEWER.docx Supplementary Document	2013-04-15
SUPPORTING_STATEMENT_VRAP_ICR__Emergency_version final.docx Supporting Statement A	2013-04-15
Agency Head Emergency Processing Memo for VRAP.pdf Supplementary Document	2013-03-27
TEGL_8_12_ October 5, 2012.pdf Supplementary Document	2013-03-15

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
206172	State Agency Reports Instruction	New
206160	Participant Data, Participant Burden Other-data fields	New

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1205-0511	ICR Reference No: 201211-1205-004
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: DOL/ETA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Veterans Retraining Assistance Participant Outreach Reporting
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 04/26/2013
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 05/31/2013
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/15/2013
Terms of Clearance: This information collection request is approved for 6 months. DOL will immediately begin the process of obtaining public comment and resubmitting under the normal PRA processing procedures.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2013	6 Months From Approved
Responses	69,024	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	8,632	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

---

Abstract: The Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP), which is part of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (Pub. L.112-56), is a new training program for eligible veterans and is funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The program requires the Department of Labor (DOL) to offer employment placement services to each veteran who participated in the VRAP within 30 days of their completion or termination, The Department of Veterans Affairs, in collaboration with the DOL, must submit a report to Congress by July 1, 2014, on the outcomes of the program. The report requires the total number of eligible veterans who participated, the associates degrees or certificates awarded (or other similar evidence of the completion of the program of education or training earned), and data related to the employment status of eligible veterans who participated in the program. To ensure employment services are being offered and outcomes are being tracked for all participants, ETA wishes to collect quarterly reports from the states, with a 45-day reporting period following each quarter, on the outreach offered to VRAP participants. To do so, ETA would add two data fields to the participant report it sends to the states. The report will be in Microsoft Excel format and will include a

Emergency Justfication: This information collection request is needed for DOL to report to program stakeholders that VRAP exiters are being offered employment services and required by the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011. In order to provide updates to Congress and other stakeholders about the progress of the program, it is vital to be able to collect reports on a quarterly basis. This information will also be necessary in order to account for all VRAP participants in the mandated full report to Congress on VRAP by July 1, 2014. The VRAP program began on July 1, 2012 and VRAP participants have been exiting the program since that time, but the Department has lacked the approval to collect this data.

---

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 112 - 56 211 Name of Law: Vow to Hire Heroes Act of 2011
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: PL: Pub.L. 112 - 56 211 Name of Law: Vow to Hire Heroes Act of 2011

---

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

---

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	78 FR 8585	02/06/2013
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

---

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
State Agency Reports
Participant Data, Participant Burden

---

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	69,024	0	69,024	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	8,632	0	8,632	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to:

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a new information collection request.

---

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

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

---

Common Form ICR:  No

---

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: 04/15/2013

---