[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 117 (Friday, June 18, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34767-34768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14707]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Information Collection Request of the Resource
Justification Model (RJM); Comment Request
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
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 required 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.
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: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before August 17, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Lauren C. Harrel, U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment and Training Administration, Office of Unemployment
Insurance, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Frances Perkins Bldg. Room S-
4531, Washington, DC 20210, telephone number (202) 693-2992 (this is
not a toll-free number). E-mail address is [email protected] and
fax number is (202) 693-2874 (this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The collection of actual Unemployment Insurance (UI) administrative
cost data from states' accounting records and projected expenditures
for upcoming years is accomplished through the RJM data collection
instrument. The data collected consists of the actual, most recently
completed fiscal year's program expenditures and hours broken out by
functional activity and two years of projected expenditures. The actual
cost data informs ETA's administrative funding allocation model so that
state UI program administration funds are allocated as equitably as
possible among states.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently, the Department of Labor is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of the RJM data collection. Comments
are requested to:
* 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
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* Minimize the burden of the information collection 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.
III. Current Actions
The data collected within the RJM state submissions are used as
input to the process of distributing UI program appropriated funds
among the states and inform ETA of the funding requirements states are
anticipating.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Resource Justification Model.
OMB Number: 1205-0430.
Affected Public: State Government.
Cite/Reference/Form/etc: Social Security Act, Section 303(a)(b).
Total Respondents: 53 State Workforce Agencies.
Frequency: Annually.
Total Responses: 53 respondents x 4 submittals = 212 responses.
Average Estimated Response Time: 123 hours.
Total Estimated Burden Hours: 6,519.
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Average time Total
Form/activity Total Frequency Total per response estimated
respondents responses (hours) burden (hours)
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Crosswalk.................... 53 Annually......... 53 108 5,724
ACCT SUM..................... 53 Annually......... 53 4 212
RJM 1-6...................... 53 Annually......... 53 3 159
Narrative.................... 53 Annually......... 53 8 424
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Totals................... .............. ................. 212 .............. 6,519
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0.
Comments submitted in response to this solicitation 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: June 11, 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-14707 Filed 6-17-10; 8:45 am]
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