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BILLING CODE 4610-30-C DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment Standards Administration Proposed Collection; Comment Request ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance 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 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)].
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. Currently, the Employment Standards Administration is soliciting comments concerning the proposed collection: Labor Organization and Auxiliary Reports (LM-1, LM-2, LM-3, LM-4, LM-10, LM-15, LM-15A, LM-16, LM-20, LM-21, LM-30, and S-1).
A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section of this Notice. DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the addressee section below on or before August 7, 2006. ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
(202)693-0418, fax
(202)693-1451, e-mail *bell.hazel@dol.gov.* Please use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or e-mail). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION I. Background Congress enacted the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended (LMRDA), to provide for the disclosure of information on the financial transactions and administrative practices of labor organizations. The statute also provides, under certain circumstances, for reporting by labor organization officers and employees, employers, labor relations consultants, and surety companies. Section 208 of the LMRDA authorizes the Secretary to issue rules and regulations prescribing the form of the required reports. The reporting provisions were devised to implement a basic tenet of the LMRDA: The guarantee of democratic procedures and safeguards within labor organizations that are designed to protect the basic rights of union members. Section 205 of the LMRDA provides that the reports are public information. The Office of Labor-Management Standards
(OLMS)administers the reporting provisions of the LMRDA to the statute (29 U.S.C. 431 *et seq.* ) and the implementing and interpreting regulations (29 CFR Chapter IV). This information collection is currently approved for use through November 30, 2006. II. Review Focus The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments which: • 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 submissions of responses. III. Current Actions The Department of Labor
(DOL)seeks extension of the current approval to collect this information. An extension is necessary because the LMRDA explicitly requires the reporting and establishes the frequency of the required filings. The information collected by OLMS is used by union members to help self-govern their unions, by the general public, and as research material for both outside researchers and within the Department of Labor. The information is also used to assist DOL and other government agencies in detecting improper practices on the part of labor organizations, their officers and/or representatives, and others and is used by Congress in oversight and legislative functions. In addition to making Forms LM-2, LM-3, LM-4, LM-10, LM-20, LM-21, and LM-30 (from fiscal year 2000 to the present) available to the public online free of charge through its Internet Public Disclosure Room, ( *http://unionreports.dol.gov/olmsWeb/docs/lmrda.htm* ), OLMS receives and fulfills approximately 210 disclosure report requests per month. *Type of Review:* Extension. *Agency:* Employment Standards Administration. *Title:* Labor Organization and Auxiliary Reports. *OMB Number:* 1215-0188. *Agency Number:* LM-1, LM-2, LM-3, LM-4, LM-10, LM-15, LM-15A, LM-16, LM-20, LM-21, LM-30 and S-1. *Affected Public:* Individual or households; business or other for-profit; not-for-profit institutions. *Total Respondents:* 27,849. *Total Responses:* 27,849. *Time per Response (Reporting):* 1,175,450. *Time per Response (Recordkeeping):* 2,197,804. *Frequency:* Semi-annually and Annually. *Estimated Total Burden Hours:* 3,373,254. *Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):* $0. *Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance):* $0. Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden Hours Forms Responses Hours per respondent for reporting Reporting burden hours Hours per respondent for recordkeeping Recordkeeping burden hours Total hours LM-1 255 0.83 212 0.08 20 232 LM-2 3,827 146.00 558,742 390.00 1,492,530 2,051,272 LM-3 10,812 52.00 562,224 64.00 691,968 1,254,192 LM-4 6,355 8.00 50,840 2.00 12,710 63,550 LM-10 1,766 0.50 883 0.08 141 1,024 LM-15 354 1.50 531 0.33 117 648 LM-15A 68 0.33 22 0.03 2 24 LM-16 95 0.33 31 0.02 2 33 LM-20 90 0.33 30 0.03 3 33 LM-21 11 0.50 6 0.08 1 7 LM-30 3,494 0.50 1,747 0.08 280 2,027 S-1 179 0.50 90 0.08 14 104 SARF* 543 0.17 92 0.03 16 108 Total 27,849 1,175,450 2,197,804 3,373,254 Note: Some numbers may not add due to rounding. * Simplified Annual Report Format. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval of the information collection request; they will also become a matter of public record. Dated: June 1, 2006. Ruben L. Wiley, Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and Planning, Employment Standards Administration. [FR Doc. E6-8739 Filed 6-5-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-CR-P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Veterans' Employment and Training Service FY 2006 Stand Down Grant Requests AGENCY: Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS), Labor. ACTION: Initial announcement of available FY 2006 funds under the Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program to Support Local Stand Down Events. *Funding Opportunity No:* 17-805. SUMMARY: The Veterans' Employment and Training Service
(VETS)continues to support local Stand Down events that assist homeless veterans and is now accepting applications for Stand Down grant awards. A Stand Down is an event held in a local community where homeless veterans are provided a wide variety of social services. Under this FY 2006 announcement, VETS anticipates that up to $325,000 will be available for grant awards up to a maximum of $8,000 per event. However, if the event is held for one
(1)day, the maximum amount is $5,000. VETS expects to award approximately forty
(40)grants. Applications for Stand Down funds will be accepted from State Workforce Agencies and State and local Workforce Investment Boards, Veterans Service Organizations (VSO), local public agencies, and non-profit organizations, including community and faith-based organizations. VETS is not authorized to award these grant funds to organizations that are registered with Internal Revenue Service
(IRS)as a 501(c)(4) organization. DATES: All Stand Down grant requests must be received by the appropriate State Director for Veterans' Employment and Training
(DVET)who serves as the Grant Officer Technical Representative
(GOTR)no later than 60 days prior to the event and by no later than June 30, 2006, for events that occur on or prior to November 30, 2006. Events occurring after November 30, 2006, application will be accepted, and awarded as next year's federal appropriations or continuing resolution funding becomes available. ADDRESSES: Applications for Stand Down grant funding are to be submitted to the appropriate State DVET/GOTR. Address and contact information for each State DVET/GOTR can be found at: *http://www2.dol.gov/vets/aboutvets/contacts/main.htm.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Funding Opportunity Description *Stand Down* is a military term referring to an opportunity to achieve a brief respite from combat. Troops would assemble in a base camp to receive new clothing, hot food, and a relative degree of safety before returning to the front. Today more than 160 organizations across the country partner with local businesses, government agencies, and community- and faith-based service providers to hold Stand Down events for homeless veterans and their families in the local community. Each year, the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training awards Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program
(HVRP)grants to programs that enhance employment and training opportunities and/or promote self-sufficiency for homeless veterans. Residual HVRP funds can be awarded as grants to organizations sponsoring Stand Down events for homeless veterans. The critical services provided at a Stand Down are often the catalyst that enables homeless veterans to reenter mainstream society. Some of the services available at these events include temporary shelter, showers, haircuts, meals, clothing, hygiene kits, medical examinations, immunizations, legal advice, State identification cards, veterans benefit information, training program information, employment services, and referral to other supportive services. Stand Down grant funds must be used to enhance employment and training opportunities or to promote self-sufficiency for homeless veterans. The funds may be used to support activities such as: • The purchase of food, bottled water, clothing, sleeping bags and hygiene care kits; • Rental of facilities and/or tents; • Payment for special one-time electricity costs, equipment rentals, advertising, event posters, portable toilets, janitorial/kitchen supplies, and communications/internet access; • The hiring of security personnel; • Transportation of homeless veterans to and from Stand Down events; and • Other items and services as appropriate. Stand Down grant funds may not be used to purchase special monogrammed tee shirts, pen sets, specialty hats (unless for cold weather use), military and veteran type patches, and memento gifts for staff members/visitors/volunteers. II. Award Information The maximum amount that can be awarded to support a local Stand Down event is $8,000 per year, per event. If the event is held for one
(1)day, the maximum amount that can be awarded is $5,000. III. Eligibility Information 1. Eligible Applicants Eligible applicants will generally fall into one of the following categories: State and local Workforce Boards, Veteran Service Organizations, local public agencies, and non-profit organizations including community and faith-based organizations. Organizations registered with the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(4) organization are not eligible. 2. Cost Sharing or Matching Cost Sharing and matching funds are not required. However, we do encourage grantees to maximize the resources available to the Stand Down event and its participants. 3. Other Eligibility Requirements Applicant Registration Requirements A. All applicants for Federal funding are required to include a Dun and Bradstreet Number
(DUNS)with their application. Applicants can obtain a DUNS number through the following Web site *http://www.dunandbradstreet.com/* or by phone at 1-866-705-5711. B. After receiving a DUNS number, all grant applicants must also register as a vendor with the Central Contractor Registration through the following Web site: *http://www.ccr.gov* or by phone at 1-888-227-2423. CCR registration should become active within 24 hours of completion. If grant applicants have questions regarding registration, please contact the CCR Assistance Center at 1-888-227-2423. After registration, grant applicants will receive a confirmation number. Grantee listed Point of Contact will receive a Trader Partnership Identification Number
(TPIN)via mail. The TPIN is, and should remain, a confidential password. IV. Application Content All applications for Stand Down funding must include: 1. Applicant letter requesting Stand Down funds (original signed in blue ink); 2. Application for Federal Assistance, Standard Form 424 (original signed in blue ink); 3. SF-424A, Budget Information—Non-Construction Programs; SF-424 and SF-424A forms can be downloaded from the following Web site: *http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/grants_forms.html;* 4. Budget Narrative describing each planned expenditure listed on the SF 424A; 5. Demonstrate and document Stand Down Activities and develop a timeline for completion of activities. For Stand Down events that occur on or after July 1st, grant applicants must demonstrate and document planning activities prior to the end of the Fiscal Year (September 30th); 6. Original signed Assurances and Certifications Signature Page; 7. A copy of the Central Contractor Registration
(CCR)confirmation number. Please do not send the Trader Partnership Identification Number
(TPIN)(see Section A.2. above); 8. Letters of support, particularly from the local One-Stop Career Centers and/or Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program Specialists (DVOPs) and Local Veterans' Employment Representative
(LVER)staff, the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans' Service Organizations, State and local government agencies, local businesses, local non-profit organizations including community-based and faith-based organizations, etc; when applicable; and 9. A copy of the Internal Revenue Service documentation indicating approval of non-profit status (for example: 501(c)(3), 501(c)(19), etc.) as required to verify eligibility when claiming non-profit status. V. Award Administration Information Stand Down funding is a non-competitive grant awarded on a first come first serve basis until available residual funding is exhausted. Funding is subject to approval by the Grant Officer. If approved, the grantee will receive a grant award document and financial form to complete in order for USDOL Office of Financial Management to set up an account in the Health and Human Services, Payment Management System (HHS/PMS) to electronically draw down funds. If awarded funds, the grantee must submit the completed HHS/PMS financial forms directly to the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Division of Financial Management Operations in order to electronically draw down funds. The financial forms should be sent via FedEx, UPS, or other non-U.S. Postal Service provider to avoid processing delays. If grantee has previously set-up an electronic HHS/PMS account, additional awarded funds will be added into that existing bank account unless otherwise notified in writing. Questions or problems relating to the HHS/PMS paperwork or processes should be referred to the USDOL Office of Financial Management at
(202)693-4479. Upon receipt of grant award financial documents, HHS/PMS will forward a packet of instructions to the grantee on how to set up a payment account. After setting up the account, the grantee will be able to draw down funds to reimburse approved expenses already incurred and to cover approved expenses that will be paid within three
(3)days of the draw down. Funds requested for draw down through the HHS/PMS are directly deposited into the account within 24 hours of the request. Since grantees may draw funds down in more than one quarter, up to and after the date of the Stand Down event, grantees are required to complete a PSC Federal Cash Transaction Report (PS 272) no later than 45 days after the end of each quarter in which grantees receive all or part of their grant award (February 14th, May 15th, August 14th, and November 14th). Instructions for completing this requirement are provided in the HHS/PMS information packet. Grantees are to print hard copies of all PSC 272s submitted to provide with an Activity and Expenditure Report that will be submitted after the Stand Down event. VI. Required Post-Event Reporting No later than 45 calendar days after the Stand Down event, grantees must submit the Stand Down Activity and Expenditure Report to the appropriate DVET/GOTR and to the USDOL Procurement Services. If grantees experience any delay in submitting this report, they should immediately contact their DVET/GOTR and provide a justification to request an extension. The following documents will be needed to complete the Activity and Expenditure Report: • An original signed invoice or list of all items purchased with grant funding; • Original sales receipts for all expenditures; • Comparison of planned activities and expenditures versus actual activities and expenditures; • SF 269A, Financial Status Report (short form) (available for download at *http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/sf269a.pdf;* • The Stand Down After Action Report (provided by the DVET/GOTR); and • Copies of all PSC 272s submitted to HHS/PMS. To prevent processing delays and/or the need to recoup over payments, grantees are strongly encouraged to submit the Stand Down Activity and Expenditure Report to the appropriate DVET/GOTR prior to sending the originals to Procurement Services. The DVET/GOTR will review the report to ensure it is complete and accurate and that all expenditures were appropriate and allowable. After the DVET/GOTR review for completeness and accuracy, grantees are to distribute copies of the Activity and Expenditure Report as follows: • The original SF 269A, signed invoice or list of expenditures and the Stand Down After Action Report is mailed to: U.S. Department of Labor, Procurement Services Center, Room N-5416, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. • Original sales receipts for all Stand Down expenditures, a copy of the SF 269A, signed invoice or list of expenditures, and Stand Down After Action Report is to be submitted to the appropriate DVET/GOTR. If the DVET/GOTR does not recommend approval of a particular expenditure, he/she will notify the grantee in writing with an explanation for the disapproval and instruct grantee to electronically return the funds to the HHS/PMS account if already drawn down. All FY 2006 Stand Down awarded funds must be electronically drawn down by no later than November 30, 2006. Any grantee who fails to comply with guidance set forth in the Stand Down Special Grant Provisions and reporting requirements will be excluded from consideration of any future funding requests. VII. Agency Contacts Questions regarding this announcement should be directed to the Director for Veterans' Employment and Training /GOTR in your State. Contact information for each DVET/GOTR is located in the VETS Staff Directory at the following Web page *http://www2.dol.gov/vets/aboutvets/contacts/main.htm* or access the directory from the agency Web site at *http://www.dol.gov/vets.* VIII. Other Information Current competitive HVRP grantees are not eligible for a separate non-competitive Stand Down grant award as described in this announcement. Current competitive HVRP grantees are authorized to utilize existing funds for Stand Down purposes. Signed at Washington, DC, this 30th day of May, 2006. Eric Vogt, Grant Officer. *Appendices:* (Located on U.S. Department of Labor, Veterans' Employment and Training Service Web page *http://www.dol.gov/vets,* follow link for 2006 Stand Down Grants and Required Forms listed under announcements.) Appendix A: Application for Federal Assistance SF-424 Appendix B: Budget Information Sheet SF 424A Appendix C: Certifications and Assurances Signature Page Appendix D: Stand Down After Action Report [FR Doc. E6-8740 Filed 6-5-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-79-P NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY Sunshine Act Meetings Type: Quarterly meeting. Date and Time: July 25, 2006, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. EST. Location: Embassy Suites Hotel, 1300 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. Status: This meeting will be open to the public and free of charge. Agenda: Reports from the Chairperson and the Executive Director, Team Reports, Unfinished Business, New Business, Announcements, Adjournment. Type: Town Hall Meeting. Date and Time: July 26, 2006, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Location: National Press Club, Ballroom, 13th Floor, 529 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC. Status: This meeting will be open to the public and free of charge. Agenda: A national dialogue on the state of disability, keynote addresses, three consecutive panels discussing the goals of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and audience participation. Sunshine Act Meeting Contact: Mark S. Quigley, Director of Communications, NCD, 1331 F Street, NW., Suite 850, Washington, DC 20004; 202-272-2004 (voice), 202-272-2074 (TTY), 202-272-2022 (fax). Agency Mission: NCD is an independent Federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress to enhance the quality of life for all Americans with disabilities and their families. NCD is composed of 15 members appointed by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Accommodations: Those needing reasonable accommodations should notify NCD at least two weeks before these meetings. Language Translation: In accordance with E.O. 13166, Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency, those people with disabilities who are limited English proficient and seek translation services for these meetings should notify NCD at least two weeks before these events. Dated: June 1, 2006. Ethel D. Briggs, Executive Director. [FR Doc. 06-5194 Filed 6-2-06; 2:41 pm]
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