# Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Post Separation Data Collection for Former Job Corps Participants
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed extension for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, “Post Separation Data Collection for Former Job Corps Participants.” 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).
**DATES:**
Consideration will be given to all written comments received by October 20, 2025.
**ADDRESSES:**
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 free by contacting *[email protected].* For persons with a hearing or speech disability who need assistance to use the telephone system, please dial 711 to access telecommunications relay services.
Submit written comments about, or requests for a copy of, this ICR by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training, Office of Job Corps, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, N-4459, Washington, DC 20210; or by email: *[email protected].*
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Michelle Mills at *[email protected].*
*Authority:* 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
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 Office of Management and Budget (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.
The 2014 Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) authorizes the collection of information and required the Office of Job Corps to collect and report specific post enrollment outcomes for eligible Job Corps participants beginning in Program Year (PY) 2016. The WIOA performance reporting requirements, which replaced those of the 1998 Workforce Investment Act (WIA), are designed to provide a common set of metrics to be reported by similar programs. WIOA substantially changed many outcome metrics for Job Corps compared to those required under WIA. To collect the necessary information to meet the WIOA reporting requirements, the Office of Job Corps revised its Post Enrollment Data Collection (PEDC) system in 2019, which primarily collects data through survey instruments, and obtained OMB approval under the PRA for this modified system.
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 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 mention OMB Control Number 1205-0426.
Submitted comments will also be a matter of public record for this ICR and posted on the internet, without redaction. DOL encourages commenters not to include personally identifiable information, confidential business data, or other sensitive statements/information in any comments.
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 responses).
*Agency:* DOL-ETA OJC.
*Type of Review:* Revision.
*Title of Collection:* Post Separation Data Collection for Job Corps Participants.
*Form:* Appendix A: Job Corps Participants at Quarter 2, Appendix B: Continued Engagement Survey, Appendix C: Job Corps Participants at Quarter 4, and Appendix D: Employer and Work-based Learning Partner Satisfaction Survey.
*OMB Control Number:* 1205-0426.
*Affected Public:* Individual.
*Estimated Number of Respondents:* 52,680.
*Frequency:*
• Appendix A: Once at Quarter 2
• Appendix B: Bi-Annually
• Appendix C: Once at Quarter 4
• Appendix D: Once
*Total Estimated Annual Responses:* 52,680.
*Estimated Average Time per Response:* Varies.
*Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:* 9,484 hours.
*Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden:* $0.
Susan Frazier,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.