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ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents

Type of instrument

Number of
responses per
respondent

Average
burden time
per response
(hours)

Estimated
burden hours

Key informant interview protocol: state and local administrator, staff, and
partners b ......................................................................................................
Survey: State and local staff and partners ......................................................
Program participant interview guide ................................................................

60
60
20

1
1
1

1
0.17
1

60
10
20

Total ..........................................................................................................

140

........................

........................

90

a The

study is scheduled to take three years.
b Assumes each visit will, on average, involve individual or group interviews with approximately 30 respondents. The team assumes the average burden time per response to be about 1 hour, although some meetings will be shorter and some will be longer.
Molly Irwin,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of
Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; National
Database of Childcare Costs
Submission for Review: National
Database of Childcare Costs
Women’s Bureau, DOL.
Notice of availability; request
for comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The U.S. Department of
Labor, Women’s Bureau (WB) is
soliciting comments concerning a
proposed information collection request
(ICR) titled, ‘‘National Database of
Childcare Costs’’. This comment request
is part of continuing Departmental
efforts to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA).

SUMMARY:

Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until February 25,
2019.

DATES:

A copy of this ICR with
applicable supporting documentation;
including a description of the likely
respondents, proposed frequency of
response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained without charge by
contacting the U.S. Department of
Labor, Women’s Bureau, Room S–3002,
200 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20210, (202)693–6710,
[email protected]. Comments in
response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov by selecting the
Docket ID number or via postal mail,
commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
Please note that comments submitted by
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the comment period will not be
accepted. Comments submitted by
postal mail or delivery should be
addressed to U.S. Department of Labor,
Women’s Bureau, Room S–3002, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20210.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, contact Sarah Miller by
telephone at (202)693–6716 (this is not
a toll-free number) or by email at
[email protected]. For technical
questions, contact: Liana Christin
Landivar by telephone at (202)693–6713
(this is not a toll-free number) or by
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOL,
as part of continuing efforts to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies an opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing collections of information
before submitting them to the OMB for
final approval. This program helps to
ensure requested data can be provided
in the desired format, reporting burden
(time and financial resources) is
minimized, collection instruments are
clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements can be properly
assessed. This proposed information
collection seeks to establish the
National Database of Childcare Costs.
State-administered Market Rate Surveys
are conducted by state human services
or workforce development offices as a
requirement to receive Child Care and
Development Block Grants (CCDBG).
The surveys establish a benchmark of
the local prices of various types of care
(e.g., center-based, home-based, familyprovided) by age of children (i.e.,
infants, preschool, and school-age
children). These surveys are used to
establish the maximum reimbursement
rates for childcare subsidies. Market
Rate Surveys sample all eligible centers
and care providers and obtain the full
market price of care. Because the state

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Market Rate Surveys establish the full
market price of care in local areas, these
data are ideal to examine local childcare
prices. However, these data are not
reported to the federal government and
they are retained by the states.
This information collection would
request Market Rate Survey data from
all states and reconcile measures for
uniformity across the states. Metrics
would be made comparable and
geography would be standardized to be
able to combine these data for analysis
with county characteristics available
from the American Community Survey.
The database would be evaluated to
protect respondent confidentiality,
implementing proper disclosure
avoidance techniques in counties with
small samples. The database would be
made available to the public as a
research tool to understand childcare
prices at the county level and changes
in childcare prices over time. Section 2
of Public Law 66–259 that established
the Women’s Bureau authorizes this
information collection. See 29 U.S.C. 13.
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless it is
approved by the OMB under the PRA
and displays a currently valid OMB
Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid Control Number. See 5
CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
Interested parties are encouraged to
provide comments to the contact shown
in the ADDRESSES section. Comments
must be written to receive
consideration, and they will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval of the final ICR. In
order to help ensure appropriate
consideration, comments should

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mention ICR Reference Number
201811–1290–002.
Submitted comments will also be a
matter of public record for this ICR and
posted on the internet, without
redaction. The DOL encourages
commenters not to include personally
identifiable information, confidential
business data, or other sensitive
statements/information in any
comments.
The DOL is particularly interested in
comments that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
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Analysis
Agency: DOL–WB.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Collection Title: National Database of
Childcare Costs.
ICR Reference Number: 201811–1290–
002.
Affected Public: State, Local, and
Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents: 51.
Annual Frequency: Once.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
51.
Estimated Average Time per
Response: 3 hours.
Total Annual Burden Time: 153
hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost
Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Dated: December 19, 2018.
Patricia G. Greene,
Director, Women’s Bureau.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information Collection Activities;
Comment Request
Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed reinstatement
of the ‘‘Current Population Survey (CPS)
Disability Supplement,’’ to be
conducted in July 2019. A copy of the
proposed information collection request
(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
individual listed below in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or
before February 25, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol
Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2
Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington,
DC 20212. Written comments may also
be transmitted by fax to 202–691–5111
(this is not a toll free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer,
202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free
number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Background
The July 2019 CPS Disability
Supplement will be conducted at the
request of the Department of Labor’s
Chief Evaluation Office. The Disability
Supplement will provide information
on the low labor force participation
rates for people with disabilities; the use
of and satisfaction with programs that
prepare people with disabilities for
employment; the work history, barriers
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accommodations reported by persons
with a disability; and the effect of
financial assistance programs on the
likelihood of working. Since the
supplement was last collected in 2012,
work patterns have changed, policies
have changed, and assistive
technologies have advanced. Having
updated information will be valuable in
determining how employment barriers
have changed for people with
disabilities.
Because the Disability Supplement is
part of the CPS, the same detailed
demographic information collected in
the CPS will be available about
respondents to the supplement. Thus,
comparisons will be possible across
respondent characteristics, including
sex, race, ethnicity, age, and educational
attainment. It will also be possible to
create estimates for those who are
employed, unemployed, and not in the
labor force. Because the CPS is a rich
source of information on the
employment status of the population, it
will be possible to examine in detail the
nature of various employment and
unemployment situations.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the CPS
Disability Supplement. These data are
necessary to provide information about
the labor market challenges facing
persons with a disability and will
contribute to improvements in policies
and programs designed to assist these
individuals.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility.
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.

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