[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 175 (Friday, September 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55357-55359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22581]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Comment Request for Information Collection for the Benefits,
Timeliness, and Quality Data Collection System, Extension With
Revisions
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
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 collection of data about the proposed extension
of the Benefits Timeliness and Quality (BTQ) data collection system,
which is part of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Performs measurement
system (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.
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DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee's section below on or before November 9, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Unemployment Insurance, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room C4522, Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Delores
Mackall. Telephone number: 202-693-3183 (this is not a toll-free
number). Fax: 202-693-3975. E-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Secretary of Labor, under the Social Security Act, Title III,
Section 302 (42 U.S.C. 502), funds the necessary cost of proper and
efficient administration of each state UI law. The BTQ program collects
information and analyzes data. The BTQ data measure the timeliness and
quality of states' administrative actions and administrative decisions
related to UI benefit payments.
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, 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
Type of Review: Extension with revisions.
Title: Benefits, Timeliness, and Quality Review.
OMB Number: 1205-0359.
Affected Public: State governments.
Form(s): ETA-9050, ETA-9051, ETA-9052, ETA-9054, ETA-9055, ETA-
9056, ETA-9057.
Total Annual Respondents: 53 state agencies.
Annual Frequency: Monthly and Quarterly.
Total Annual Responses: 29,636.
Average Time per Response: 80 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 39,521 hours.
Monthly Universe Measures: State Staff Hours per Year
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Number of Reports per Total Hours per
ETA report Measure respondents year responses response Total hrs/year
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9050........................... First Payment Time Lapse, Core Measure. 53 12 636 .5 318
9050........................... First Payment Time Lapse, Partial/Part 53 12 636 .5 318
Total Claims, Management Information
Measure.
9050........................... First Payment Time Lapse, Workshare 53 12 636 .5 318
Claims, Management Information Measure.
9051........................... Continued Weeks Compensated Time Lapse, 53 12 636 .5 318
Management Information Measure.
9051........................... Continued Weeks Compensated Time Lapse, 53 12 636 .5 318
Partial Part/Total, Management
Information Measure.
9051........................... Continued Weeks Compensated Time Lapse, 53 12 636 .5 318
Workshare, Management Information
Measure.
9052........................... Nonmonetary Determinations Time Lapse, 53 12 636 1.0 636
Detection Date, Core Measure.
9054........................... Lower Authority Appeals Time Lapse, 53 12 636 .5 318
Management Information Measure.
9055........................... Lower Authority Appeals Case Aging, 53 12 636 1.0 636
Core Measure.
9054........................... Higher Authority Appeals Time Lapse, 53 12 636 .5 318
Management Information Measure.
9055........................... Higher Authority Appeals Case Aging, 53 12 636 1.0 636
Core Measure.
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Subtotal............................................................ .............. .............. .............. .............. 4,452
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Quarterly Sample Review Measures: State Staff Hours per Year
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Sampled cases Total cases
ETA report Measure Number of respondents reviewed per reviewed per Hours per Total hrs/year
year year response
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9056.................... Nonmonetary Determination 23 Small States............ 240 5,520 1 5,520
Quality, Core Measure.
9056.................... Nonmonetary Determination 30 Large States............ 400 12,000 1 12,000
Quality, Core Measure.
9057.................... Lower Authority Appeals Quality, 42 Small States............ 80 3,360 3.5 11,760
Core Measure.
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9057.................... Lower Authority Appeals Quality, 11 Large States............ 160 1,760 3.5 6,160
Core Measure.
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Subtotal.............................................. ........................... .............. .............. ............... 35,440
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Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: $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: Signed at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of September 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-22581 Filed 9-9-10; 8:45 am]
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