[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40194-40195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15969]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Information Collection Request of the ETA 207,
Nonmonetary Determination Activities Report; Comment Request on
Extension Without Change (OMB 1205-0150)
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 collection
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. The current expiration date is
February 28, 2014.
A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) 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 September 3, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Edward Medlin, U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment and Training Administration, Office of Unemployment
Insurance, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Frances Perkins Bldg. Room S-
4524, Washington, DC 20210, telephone number (202)-693-3259 (this is
not a toll-free number) or by email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The ETA 207 Report, Nonmonetary Determination Activities, contains
state data on the number and types of issues that are adjudicated when
unemployment insurance (UI) claims are filed. It also has data on the
number of disqualifications that are issued for reasons associated with
a claimant's separation from employment and reasons related to a
claimant's continuing eligibility for benefits. These data are used by
the Office of
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Unemployment Insurance (OUI) to determine workload counts for
allocation of administrative funds, to analyze the ratio of
disqualifications to determinations, and to examine and evaluate the
program effect of nonmonetary activities.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed extension collection of the ETA 207,
Nonmonetary Determinations Activities Report. Comments are requested
to:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary to assess performance of the nonmonetary determination
function, 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 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 continued collection of the information contained on the ETA
207 report is necessary to enable the OUI to continue evaluating state
performance in the nonmonetary determination area and to continue using
the data as a key input to the administrative funding process.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Title: Nonmonetary Determination Activities Report
OMB Number: 1205-0150
Agency Number: ETA 207
Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies
Total Respondents: 53
Frequency: Quarterly
Total Responses: 53 respondents x 4 responses per year = 212
responses for the regular program, 53 respondents x 4 responses per
year = 212 responses for the Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008
program, 53 respondents x 4 responses per year = 212 responses for the
Federal-State extended benefit program for an estimated total of 636
responses.
Average Estimated Response Time: 4 hours per response
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 2,544 hours
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0
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 ICR; they will also become a matter of public record.
Signed in Washington, DC on this 17th Day of June, 2013.
Gerri Fiala,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-15969 Filed 7-2-13; 8:45 am]
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