[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 11229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-04164]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Comment Request for Information Collection for OMB 1205-0010, ETA
5159, Claims and Payment Activities Report; Extension Without Change
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), 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.
Currently, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the proposed
extension, without change on the Claims and Payments Activities, Form
ETA 5159.
DATES: Submit written comments to the office listed in the addressee
section below on or before May 1, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Thomas Stengle, 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) 693-2991 (this is
not a toll-free number). Individuals with hearing or speech impairment
may access the telephone number above via TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Information relay Service at 1-877-889-56-27 (TTY/TDD). Email:
[email protected]. To obtain a copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR), please contact the person above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The ETA 5159 report contains information on claims activities
including the number of initial claims, first payments, weeks claimed,
weeks compensated, benefit payments and final payments. These data are
used in budgetary and administrative planning, program evaluation,
actuarial and program research, and reports to Congress and the public.
II. Review Focus
The Department is particularly interested in comments which:
* Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary to describe claims and payment activities, 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.
II. Current Actions
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Title: Claims and Payment Activities.
OMB Number: 1205-0010.
Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 53.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 636.
Average Time per Response: 2 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,272 hours per year.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the ICR; they will
also become a matter of public record.
Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-04164 Filed 2-27-15; 8:45 am]
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