[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53982-53983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21872]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Information Collection Request of the ETA 207,
Nonmonetary Determination Activities Report; Comment Request on
Extension Without Change (OMB 1205-0150)
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 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. The current expiration date is
November 30, 2010.
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.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before November 1, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Ericka Parker, 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)-693-3208 (this is
not a toll-free number) or by e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The ETA 207 Report, Nonmonetary Determination
Activities, contains state data on the number and types of issues that
are adjudicated when unemployment insurance (UI) claims are filed. It
also has data on the number of disqualifications that are issued for
reasons associated with a claimant's separation from employment and
reasons related to a claimant's continuing eligibility for benefits.
These data are used by the Office of Unemployment Insurance (OUI) to
determine workload counts for allocation of administrative funds, to
analyze the ratio of disqualifications to determinations, and to
examine and evaluate the program effect of nonmonetary activities.
II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Employment and
Training Administration is soliciting comments concerning the proposed
extension collection of the ETA 207, Nonmonetary Determinations
Activities Report. Comments are requested to:
* Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary to assess performance of the nonmonetary determination
function, 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
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information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submissions of
responses.
III. Current Actions: The continued collection of the information
contained on the ETA 207 report is necessary to enable the OUI to
continue evaluating state performance in the nonmonetary determination
area and to continue using the data as a key input to the
administrative funding process.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration (ETA).
Title: Nonmonetary Determination Activities Report.
OMB Number: 1205-0150.
Agency Number: ETA 207.
Affected Public: State and Local Governments.
Total Respondents: 53.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Responses: 53 respondents x 4 responses per year = 212
responses for the regular program, 53 respondents x 4 responses per
year = 212 responses for the Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008
program, 53 respondents x 4 responses per year = 212 responses for the
Federal-State extended benefit program for an estimated total of 636
responses.
Average Estimated Response Time: 4 hours.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 2,544 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0.
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 ICR; they will also become a matter of public record.
Dated: August 27, 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-21872 Filed 9-1-10; 8:45 am]
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