[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 18, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57595-57596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22933]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection for Unemployment 
Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX), Extension Without Revisions

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department), as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a 
preclearance consultation program to provide the 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 [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps 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, ETA is soliciting 
comments concerning the collection of data for the administration of 
the UCX program.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addresses section below on or before November 19, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Scott Gibbons, Office of 
Unemployment Insurance, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 
Telephone number: (202) 693-3008 (this is not a toll-free number). 
Individuals with hearing or speech impairments may access the telephone 
number above via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay 
Service at 1-877-889-5627 (TTY/TDD). Email: [email protected]. A 
copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be 
obtained by contacting Mr. Gibbons.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The UCX law (5 U.S.C. 8521-8525) requires State Workforce Agencies 
(SWAs) to administer the UCX program in accordance with the same terms 
and conditions of the paying state's unemployment insurance law which 
apply to unemployed claimants who worked in the private sector. Each 
state agency needs to obtain certain military service information on 
claimants filing for UCX benefits to enable the state to determine 
their eligibility for benefits. As needed, state agencies may record or 
obtain required UCX information on the form developed by the 
Department, ETA 843, Request for Military Document and Information. The 
use of this form is essential to the UCX claims process. Form ETA 841, 
Request for Determination of Federal Military Service and Wages, is no 
longer used by most states; it has become an optional form.
    Information pertaining to the UCX claimant can only be obtained 
from the individual's military discharge papers, maintained by the 
appropriate branch of military service or the Department of Veterans' 
Affairs (formerly the Veterans' Administration). Without the claimant's 
military information, the state cannot adequately determine potential 
UCX eligibility of ex-servicemembers and

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would not be able to properly administer the program.

II. Review Focus

    The Department 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

    Type of Review: Extension without changes.
    Title: Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers.
    OMB Number: 1205-0176.
    Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
    Form(s): ETA 841, ETA 843.
    Total Annual Respondents: 53.
    Annual Frequency: As needed.
    Estimated Annual Responses: 6,898 for the ETA 843, 260 for the ETA 
841.
    Average Time per Response: 1 minute.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 119.3 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: There are no costs for 
respondents.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be 
summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the ICR; 
they will also become a matter of public record.

    Dated: Signed in Washington, DC, on this 10th day of September, 
2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2012-22933 Filed 9-17-12; 8:45 am]
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