[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16633-16634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06782]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
Division of Federal Employees' Compensation Proposed Extension of
Existing Collection; Comment Request
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
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA95). 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, the Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs is soliciting comments concerning the proposed
collection: Claim for Continuance of Compensation (CA-12). A copy of
the proposed information collection request can be obtained by
contacting the office listed below in the addresses section of this
Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before June 5, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave. NW., Room S-3323, Washington, DC 20210, telephone/fax
(202) 354-9647, Email [email protected]. Please use only one method
of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or Email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs administers the
Federal Employees' Compensation Act, 5 U.S.C. 8133. Under the Act,
eligible dependents of deceased employees receive compensation benefits
on account of the employee's death. OWCP has to monitor death benefits
for current marital status, potential for dual benefits, and other
criteria for qualifying as a survivor under the law. The CA-12 is sent
annually to beneficiaries in death cases to verify that their status
has not changed and that they remain entitled to benefits. The
information collected is used by OWCP claims examiners to help ensure
that death benefits being paid are correct, and that payments are not
made to ineligible survivors. This information collection is currently
approved for use through July 31, 2017.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor 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,
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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
The Department of Labor seeks extension of approval to collect this
information collection in order to ensure that death benefits being
paid are correct.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
Title: Claim for Continuance of Compensation.
OMB Number: 1240-0015.
Agency Number: CA-12.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Total Respondents: 3,552.
Total Annual Responses: 3,552.
Average Time per Response: 5 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 295.
Frequency: Annually.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $1,847.
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 information collection request; they will also become a
matter of public record.
Dated: March 28, 2017.
Yoon Ferguson,
Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, US
Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2017-06782 Filed 4-4-17; 8:45 am]
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