60 day Federal Register notice

Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 169 / Monday, August 31, 2020 / Notices
education providers, and policymakers
to make informed choices about
education and employment—especially
for matching education and training
programs to in-demand jobs and the
skills needed to fill them.
• Modernize Candidate Recruitment
and Training Practices. Employers often
struggle to fill job vacancies, yet their
hiring practices may actually reduce the
pool of qualified job applicants. To
acquire a talented workforce, employers
must better identify the skills needed for
specific jobs and communicate those
needs to education providers, job
seekers, and students.
• Measure and Encourage Employerled Training Investments. The size,
scope, and impacts of education and
skills training investments are still not
fully understood. There is a lack of
consistent data on company balance
sheets and in federal statistics. Business
and policy makers need to know how
much is spent on training, the types of
workers receiving training, and the longterm value of the money and time spent
in classroom and on-the-job training.
Sabrina L. Montes,
Designated Federal Official, American
Workforce Policy Advisory Board, Bureau of
Economic Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2020–19087 Filed 8–28–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Annual Report From ForeignTrade Zones
International Trade
Administration, Commerce.

AGENCY:

Notice of Information
Collection, request for comment.

ACTION:

The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public

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comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before October 30, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments by
email to Christopher Kemp, Analyst,
Office of Foreign-Trade Zones,
[email protected] or
[email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0625–
0109 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to
Christopher Kemp, Analyst, Office of
Foreign-Trade Zones, (202) 482–0862,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Foreign-Trade Zone Annual
Report is the vehicle by which ForeignTrade Zone grantees report annually to
the Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
pursuant to the requirements of the
Foreign-Trade Zones Act (19 U.S.C.
81(p)). The annual reports submitted by
grantees are the only complete source of
compiled information on FTZs. The
data and information contained in the
reports relates to international trade
activity in FTZs. The reports are used by
the Congress and the Department to
determine the economic effect of the
FTZ program. The reports are also used
by the FTZ Board and other trade policy
officials to determine whether zone
activity is consistent with U.S.
international trade policy, and whether
it is in the public interest. The public
uses the information regarding activities
carried out in FTZs to evaluate their
effect on industry sectors. The
information contained in annual reports
also helps zone grantees in their
marketing efforts. This is a request for
a renewal of a currently approved
information collection.
II. Method of Collection
The Foreign-Trade Zone Annual
Report is collected from zone grantees
in a web-based, electronic format.
III. Data

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Form Number(s): ITA 359P.
Type of Review: Regular submission,
extension of a current information
collection.
Affected Public: State, local, tribal
governments, or not-for-profit
institutions that have been granted
foreign-trade zone authority.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
261.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 to 76
hours (depending on size and structure
of Foreign-Trade Zone).
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 5,979.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: 0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: 19 U.S.C. 81(p).
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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