[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 54 (Thursday, March 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15612-15614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06130]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Comment Request for Information Collection for OMB 1205-0452, ETA
9047 Reemployment of Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit Recipients
Report, Extension Without Revision
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
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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 proposed
extension for collection of data on the ETA 9047 Reemployment of UI
Benefit Recipients report (current expiration date is September 30,
2014).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before May 19, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Valerie Rodall, Office of
Unemployment Insurance, Employment and Training Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S-4519, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-3194 (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 the person listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Required by Congress under the Government Performance and Results
Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department's Strategic Plan is an integral part
of the budget process. Among the purposes of the GPRA are to improve
Federal program effectiveness and public accountability by focusing on
program results, service quality, and customer satisfaction.
Outcome Goal 1.3 in the Department's fiscal year (FY) 2011-2016
Strategic Plan--help workers who are in low-wage jobs or out of the
labor market find a path into middle-class jobs--focuses on improving
the operational performance and effectiveness of the Federal/state UI
program. This goal is supported in part by the performance measure:
Percent of UI claimants reemployed by the end of the first quarter
after the quarter in which they received their first payment.
ETA collects the data to measure the facilitation of reemployment
of UI benefit recipients through the ETA 9047 report. OMB approved the
Department's request to begin collecting UI reemployment data through
the ETA 9047 report on July 26, 2005. This data collection was renewed
in 2011 through September 30, 2014.
ETA has also included UI reemployment as a performance measure for
UI Performs, the Department's performance management system for the UI
program. Per UI Program Letter (UIPL) No. 17-08 (May 14, 2008),
Acceptable Levels of Performance (ALP)--the minimum performance
criteria for UI Performs Core Measures--are set annually for each
state. The ALPs take into account the state's total unemployment rate
and the percentage of UI claimants who are exempt from active work
search or Employment Service (ES) registration requirements because
they are job-attached. Analyses of the data indicate that UI
reemployment is strongly related to these two factors.
Data Collection
Each calendar quarter, states report on the ETA 9047 report
separate counts for individuals receiving their first UI payments who
are exempt from active work search or ES registration requirements, in
most cases because they are job-attached with definite recall dates,
and those not exempt from active work search or ES registration
requirements.
States also report on the ETA 9047 report the number of those first
payment recipients for whom intrastate or out-of-state employers
reported wages in the subsequent quarter. States obtain these counts by
crossmatching the Social Security Numbers (SSNs) of claimants who
received UI first payments with the UI wage records for the subsequent
calendar quarter. ETA issued instructions on obtaining out-of-state
reemployment data through matching the SSNs of UI first payment
recipients with UI wage records in the National Directory of New Hires
in UIPL No. 1-06, Change 1 (August 2, 2006).
UI Reemployment GPRA and UI Performs Measures
The UI reemployment GPRA and UI Performs measures are defined as
the percentage of all UI claimants receiving a first payment in a
calendar quarter who were paid wages in the following calendar quarter,
based on state UI wage records.
ETA believes that this measure encourages the state agencies that
administer UI--which share responsibility with all Workforce Investment
partners in facilitating the reemployment of UI beneficiaries--to be
innovative in the steps they take to facilitate these individuals'
reemployment.
The following table summarizes GPRA targets and performance for the
UI reemployment measure.
GPRA Targets and Performance
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FY 2012 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2013 FY 2014
Performance measure target actual target actual target
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Facilitate Reemployment:
Percent of UI claimants who were reemployed by 56.4 62.4 63.0 * 62.5 64.7
the end of the first quarter after the quarter
in which they received their first payment.....
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* UI reemployment for the period July 2012 to June 2013, which is the most recent data available.
ETA's analyses of the data show that state performance in the
reemployment of UI benefit recipients is significantly influenced by
forces outside the control of the agency administering the state UI
program, most notably by the economic conditions in the state, as
measured by the total unemployment rate, and the percent of UI benefit
recipients who are job-attached, as measured by the percent of
claimants who are not required to conduct active work search or
register with the state ES. State ALPs for the UI Performs Core Measure
reflect state-specific data for these two factors. State ALPs and
performance for the period January to December 2012 are available at
http://www.oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/pdf/Core_Measures.pdf. (Click the
``State ALP Table'' link in the Acceptable Levels of Performance column
in the Reemployment Measure section.)
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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 revision.
Title: ETA 9047 Reemployment of UI Benefit Recipients.
OMB Number: 1205-0452.
Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies (SWAs).
Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 53 SWAs.
Annual Frequency: Quarterly.
Estimate Total Annual Responses: 212 per year (53 SWAs x 4
quarterly reports per year).
Average Time per Response: 10 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,120 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0.
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: March 14, 2014.
Eric M. Seleznow,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
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