[Federal Register: October 27, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 208)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Collection of the ETA 9048, Worker Profiling and
Reemployment Services Activity and the ETA 9049, Worker Profiling and
Reemployment Services Outcomes; 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) [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, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed extension of the collection of the ETA
9048, Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Activity, and the ETA
9049, Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Outcomes. A copy of
the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by
contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this
notice or by accessing: http://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm
.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before December 26, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Diane Wood, Office of Workforce Security, 200 Constitution
Ave. NW., Room S-4231, Washington, DC 20210; telephone 202-693-3212;
fax 202-693-3975 (these are not toll-free numbers) or e-mail
wood.diane@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services
(WPRS) program allows for the targeting of reemployment services to
those most in need of services. The ETA 9048 and ETA 9049 are the only
means of tracking the activities in the WPRS program. The ETA 9048
reports on the numbers and flows of claimants at the various stages of
the WPRS system from initial profiling through the completion of
specific reemployment services. This allows for evaluation and
monitoring of the program. The ETA 9049 gives a limited, but
inexpensive, look at the reemployment experience of profiled claimants
who were referred to services by examining the state's existing wage
record files to see in which quarter the referred individuals became
employed, what wages they earned and whether they have changed
industries.
II. Desired Focus of Comments: 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, 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: This collection continues to be needed to
evaluate and monitor the WPRS program.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Activity, and
Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Outcomes.
OMB Number: 1205-0353.
Agency Number: ETA 9048 and ETA 9049.
Affected Public: State Governments.
Total Respondents: 53.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Responses: 424.
Average Time per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 106 hours.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0.
Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and
Budget approval of the information collection request and will become a
matter of public record.
Dated: October 18, 2006.
Cheryl Atkinson,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
[FR Doc. E6-18030 Filed 10-26-06; 8:45 am]
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