[Federal Register: December 5, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 233)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Proposed Information Collection Request for the ETA 586,
Interstate Arrangement for Combining Employment and Wages; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration.
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 pre-clearance
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 report for the
Interstate Arrangement for Combining Employment and Wages, Form ETA
586.
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 or by accessing: http://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm
.
DATES: Submit comments on or before February 4, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Keith P. Ribnick, Office of Workforce
Security, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room S-4516, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,
telephone number (202) 693-3223 (this is not a toll-free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith P. Ribnick, Office of Workforce
Security, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room S-4516, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,
telephone number (202) 693-3223 (this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: Section 3304(a)(9)(B), of the Internal Revenue Code
(IRC) of 1986, requires states to participate in an arrangement for
combining employment and wages covered under the different state laws
for the purpose of determining unemployed workers' entitlement to
unemployment compensation. The Interstate Arrangement for Combining
Employment and Wages for combined wage claims (CWC), promulgated at 20
CFR 616, requires the prompt transfer of all relevant and available
employment and wage data between states upon request. The Benefit
Payment Promptness Standard, 20 CFR part 640, requires the prompt
payment of unemployment compensation including benefits paid under the
CWC arrangement. The ETA 586 report provides the ETA/Office of
Workforce Security with information necessary to measure the scope and
effect of the CWC program and monitor the performance of each state in
responding to wage transfer data requests and the payment of benefits.
II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Department of Labor
is soliciting comments concerning the proposed extension of the report
for the Interstate Arrangement for Combining Employment and Wages, ETA
586. 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 CWC
program, 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.
A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting the office listed above in the addressee section
of this notice.
III. Current Actions: This information is necessary in order for
ETA to analyze program performance, know when corrective action plans
are needed and to target technical assistance resources. Without this
report, it would be impossible for the ETA to identify claims and
benefit activity under the CWC program and carry out the Secretary's
responsibility for program oversight.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Interstate Arrangement for Combining Employment and Wages.
OMB Number: 1205-0029.
Agency Number: ETA 586.
Recordkeeping: 3 years.
Affected Public: State Government.
Cite/Reference/Form: ETA Handbook No. 401, ETA 586.
Total Respondents: 53.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Responses: 212.
Average Time per Response: 4 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 848.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): N/A.
Total Burden Cost: $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; they will also
become a matter of public record.
Dated: November 28, 2007.
Cheryl Atkinson,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
[FR Doc. E7-23534 Filed 12-4-07; 8:45 am]
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