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25 chiefs/department heads/
Commanders to spend 20 minutes
completing the telephone debriefing
about the mail screener (25 × 20 minutes
= 8.33 hours). NIJ expects the five
internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC)
investigators who are asked to complete
telephone interviews on specific cases
identified in the mail screener to spend
an average of 60 minutes of their time
which includes the debriefing about the
interview (5 × 60 minutes = 5 hours).
The total amount of time for the N–JOV4
pilot is 19.58 hours.
Burden Hours for N–JOV4 National
Study
A total of 2,689 local, county, state
and federal law enforcement agencies
are included in the national stratified
sample. All of these agencies except the
three federal agencies will receive a
mail screener, resulting a total of 2,686
non-federal agencies. NIJ estimates that
the time to complete the screener will
be five minutes for agencies with no
eligible cases and 10 minutes for
agencies with eligible cases, including
the time to read the accompanying
letter, identify eligible cases, and
answer the questions. NIJ estimates that
1,343 (50%) of the law enforcement
agencies will complete the screener by
mail. Of these, 35% are expected to
have at least one case; these agencies
will take approximately 10 minutes
each to complete the mail screener (470
× 10 = 78.33 hours). The remaining
agencies who complete the screener
survey by mail are expected to take
approximately 5 minutes each to
complete the mail screener (873 × 5 =
72.75 hours). This equals a total of
151.08 hours for completing the
screener by mail. NIJ estimates that 36
percent of the law enforcement agencies
will complete the screener by telephone.
NIJ estimates that, of these 967 agencies
who complete the screener by
telephone, 338 will have a case (338 ×
10 = 56.33 hours) and 629 will have no
cases (629 × 5 = 52.42 hours) for a total
of 108.75 hours for completing the mail
screener by phone. Based on power
analysis calculations, case-level
telephone interviews will be completed
for a sample of 2,000 eligible cases
identified in the mail screener. NIJ
estimates that the telephone surveys
will take an average of 45 minutes,
including 5 minutes for introductions
and study details, 3 minutes for data
retrieval, and 37 minutes for study
questions (2,000 × 45 = 1,500 hours).
The total amount of time for the N–JOV4
national study is 1,759.83 hours.
6. An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
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There are an estimated 1,779.41 total
burden hours associated with the N–
JOV4 pilot study and the national study.
If additional information is required
contact: Melody Braswell, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405A,
Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: December 21, 2020.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request;
Employment Navigator Data Collection
and Matching
Notice of availability; request
for comments.

ACTION:

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting this Veterans’
Employment and Training Service
(VETS)-sponsored information
collection request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are
invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that agency receives
on or before January 27, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) if the
information will be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimates of the burden and
cost of the collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (4)
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clarity of the information collection; and
(5) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anthony May by telephone at 202–693–
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or
by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Employment Navigator Data Collection
and Matching information collection
contains three forms:
• Employment Navigator Intake
Form: A data collection mechanism for
transitioning service members to
provide general characteristics and
background information as services are
received from Employment Navigators.
• Employment Navigator Partner
Form: Captures additional data that is
captured from government and nongovernment partners who will provide
the service member, veteran, or spouse
addition job seeker assistance after
Employment Navigator data entry is
complete. This form also includes any
employment-related outcomes (e.g. job
placement, job retention, hourly wages
earned) for each participant.
• Transition Assistance Program
(TAP) Partner Registration Form: A
registration and validation form that all
necessary partner entities must
complete in order to be considered for
partner status.
For additional substantive
information about this ICR, see the
related notice published in the Federal
Register on July 29, 2020 (85 FR 45701).
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 the OMB
approves it 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 OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this
information collection for three (3)
years. OMB authorization for an ICR
cannot be for more than three (3) years
without renewal. The DOL notes that
information collection requirements
submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL–VETS.
Title of Collection: Employment
Navigator Data Collection and Matching.
OMB Control Number: 1293–0NEW.

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Affected Public: Private Sector—
Businesses or other for-profits;
Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 22,550.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 22,550.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
6,885 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Dated: December 18, 2020.
Anthony May,
Management and Program Analyst.
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
CORPORATION
[MCC FR 20–10]

Report on the Selection of Eligible
Countries for Fiscal Year 2021
Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: This report is provided in
accordance with the Millennium
Challenge Act of 2003, as amended. The
report is set forth in full below.

Authority: Section 608(d)(2) of the
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as
amended, 22 U.S.C. 7707(d)(2) (the Act).
Dated: December 18, 2020.
Brian Finkelstein,
Acting VP/General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary.

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Report on the Selection of Eligible
Countries for Fiscal Year 2021
Summary
This report is provided in accordance
with section 608(d)(1) of the
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as
amended (the Act) (22 U.S.C.
7707(d)(1)).
The Act authorizes the provision of
assistance under section 605 of the Act
(22 U.S.C. 7704) to countries that enter
into compacts with the United States to
support policies and programs that
advance the progress of such countries
in achieving lasting poverty reduction
through economic growth, and are in
furtherance of the Act. The Act requires
the Millennium Challenge Corporation
(MCC) to determine the countries that
will be eligible to receive assistance for
the fiscal year, based on their
demonstrated commitment to just and
democratic governance, economic
freedom, and investing in their people,
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poverty through economic growth in the
country. The Act also requires the
submission of reports to appropriate
congressional committees and the
publication of notices in the Federal
Register that identify, among other
things:
1. The countries that are ‘‘candidate
countries’’ for assistance for fiscal year
(FY) 2021 based on their per-capita
income levels and their eligibility to
receive assistance under U.S. law, and
countries that would be candidate
countries, but for specified legal
prohibitions on assistance (section
608(a) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7707(a)));
2. The criteria and methodology that
the Board of Directors of MCC (the
Board) used to measure and evaluate the
policy performance of the ‘‘candidate
countries’’ consistent with the
requirements of section 607 of the Act
in order to determine ‘‘eligible
countries’’ from among the ‘‘candidate
countries’’ (section 608(b) of the Act (22
U.S.C. 7707(b))); and
3. The list of countries determined by
the Board to be ‘‘eligible countries’’ for
FY 2021, with justification for eligibility
determination and selection for compact
negotiation, including with which of the
eligible countries the Board will seek to
enter into compacts (section 608(d) of
the Act (22 U.S.C. 7707(d))).
This is the third of the abovedescribed reports by MCC for FY 2021.
It identifies countries determined by the
Board to be eligible under section 607
of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7706) for FY 2021
with which the MCC will seek to enter
into compacts under section 609 of the
Act (22 U.S.C. 7708), as well as the
justification for such decisions. The
report also identifies countries selected
by the Board to receive assistance under
MCC’s threshold program pursuant to
section 616 of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7715).
Eligible Countries
The Board met on December 15, 2020
to select those eligible countries with
which the United States, through MCC,
will seek to enter into a Millennium
Challenge Compact pursuant to section
607 of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7706). The
Board selected the following eligible
country for such assistance for FY 2021:
Sierra Leone. The Board also selected
the following previously selected
countries for compact assistance for FY
2021: Benin, Burkina Faso, Coˆte
d’Ivoire, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger,
Timor-Leste, and Tunisia.
Criteria
In accordance with the Act and with
the ‘‘Report on the Criteria and
Methodology for Determining the
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Millennium Challenge Account
Assistance in Fiscal Year 2021’’
formally submitted to Congress on
September 15, 2020, selection was based
primarily on a country’s overall
performance in three broad policy
categories: Ruling Justly, Encouraging
Economic Freedom, and Investing in
People. The Board relied, to the fullest
extent possible, upon transparent and
independent indicators to assess
countries’ policy performance and
demonstrated commitment in these
three broad policy areas. The Board
compared countries’ performance on the
indicators relative to their income-level
peers, evaluating them in comparison to
either the group of countries with a GNI
per capita equal to or less than $1,945,
or the group with a GNI per capita
between $1,946 and $4,045.
The criteria and methodology used to
assess countries on the annual
scorecards are outlined in the ‘‘Report
on the Criteria and Methodology for
Determining the Eligibility of Candidate
Countries for Millennium Challenge
Account Assistance for Fiscal Year
2021.’’ 1 Scorecards reflecting each
country’s performance on the indicators
are available on MCC’s website at
https://www.mcc.gov/who-we-select/
scorecards.
The Board also considered whether
any adjustments should be made for
data gaps, data lags, or recent events
since the indicators were published, as
well as strengths or weaknesses in
particular indicators. Where
appropriate, the Board took into account
additional quantitative and qualitative
information, such as evidence of a
country’s commitment to fighting
corruption, investments in human
development outcomes, or poverty rates.
In keeping with legislative directives,
the Board also considered the
opportunity to reduce poverty and
promote economic growth in a country,
in light of the overall information
available, as well as the availability of
appropriated funds.
The Board sees the selection decision
as an annual opportunity to determine
where MCC funds can be most
effectively used to support poverty
reduction through economic growth in
relatively well-governed, poor countries.
The Board carefully considers the
appropriate nature of each country
partnership—on a case-by-case basis—
based on factors related to poverty
reduction through economic growth, the
sustainability of MCC’s investments,
and the country’s ability to attract and
1 Available at https://www.mcc.gov/resources/
doc/report-selection-criteria-methodology-fy21.

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