The Employment and Training
Administration (ETA)manages the Trade Adjustment Assistance
Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant program. and
this ICR entails reports and data from the grantees. Grantees
submit Quarterly Progress Reports with a narrative summary linked
to their Statements of Work. Every fourth quarter, grantees submit
an Annual Performance Report with standardized outcome measures
that include aggregate data for program participants and, for Round
One grantees, a comparison cohort of participants for outcome
measures. These reports help ETA gauge the effects of the TAACCCT
grants, identify grantee projects that could serve as useful
models, and target technical assistance needs. Round Two grants are
now being awarded; in this round cohorts will not be used and fewer
questions will be asked.
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USC 2372a Name of Law: Trade and Globalization Adjustment
Assistance Act of 2009
Due to the additional award of
the Round 3 and 4 grantees, the burden has changed. The new totals
for all four rounds of grantees for this information collection are
848,032 responses and 66,390 burden 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.