[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 156 (Monday, August 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41901-41902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19998]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendations; Evaluation of Worker Profiling and 
Reemployment Services Systems; Survey of State Administrators

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 (PRA 95). This program helps to ensure that requested data 
can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden is minimized, 
reporting forms 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 new collection of the Survey of State 
Administrators for the Evaluation of Worker Profiling and Reemployment 
Services Systems. A copy of the proposed information collection request 
can be obtained by contacting the employee listed below in the contact 
section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before October 13, 
1995. If you anticipate that you will be submitting written comments, 
but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by 
this notice, you should request an extension from the contact listed 
below as soon as possible. An effort will be made to try to accommodate 
each request, unless otherwise justified.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Jon Messenger, U.S. Department of 
Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Unemployment Insurance 
Service, Room S-4519, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20210, (202) 219-5608.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training 
Administration (ETA), has undertaken a major initiative to help the 
State implement effective Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services 
Systems, as required by the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 
1993, Public Law (P.L.) 103-152. The major goal of the WPRS initiative 
is to assist those unemployment insurance (UI) claimants who are at 
greatest risk of becoming unemployed to become reemployed by quickly 
referring them to reemployment services tailored to their individual 
needs.
    ETA is conducting a comprehensive evaluation of the Worker 
Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) initiative. This effort is 
designed to provide both:
    (1) An evaluation of the operation and effectiveness of State WPRS 
systems, in accordance with P.L. 103-152, which mandates a report to 
the Congress by November 24, 1996, and
    (2) A longer-range evaluation to provide an assessment of the 
operation and effectiveness of more mature State WPRS systems.
    This Survey of State Administrators will obtain data for an 
implementation and process analysis of State WPRS systems. The survey 
will provide in-depth knowledge of each State's approach to 
implementing their WPRS system. This survey will also provide the data 
necessary for identifying distinct groupings or modes of States' 
operational approaches to Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services, 
which will be used in the effectiveness portion of the WPRS evaluation 
to compare the relative effectiveness different implementation 
approaches.

II. Current Actions

    ETA proposes to conduct a Survey of State Administrators involved 
in designing and implementing WPRS systems. This includes 
administrators from the Unemployment Insurance (UI), Employment Service 
(ES), and Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance (EDWAA) 
programs. Within basic Federal guidelines, individual States have great 


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latitude in designing their WPRS systems. This survey will 
systematically gather information about how States have designed their 
WPRS systems--the policies and procedures adopted, and the process by 
which this occurred--and their progress to date in implementing these 
systems.
    Written comments on the survey questionnaire should address the 
accuracy of the burden estimates and ways to minimize burden, including 
the use of automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of 
information technology.

Type of Review: New
Agency: Employment and Training Administration
Title: Survey of State Administrators
Frequency: Twice (once in Calendar Year 1996, once in Calendar Year 
1997)
Affected Public: State Government
Number of Respondents: 159 (53 States and jurisdictions times 3 
administrators each)
Estimated Time Per Respondent: For 106 of the respondents, the time 
burden will be 7 minutes each. For 53 respondents, the time burden will 
be 27 minutes each (those administrators responsible for coordinating 
the WPRS Initiative in the State or jurisdiction will need to complete 
a more comprehensive questionnaire)
Total Burden Hours: 72 (2 waves of surveys, 36 hours per wave)

    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 information collection request; they will also become a 
matter of public record.

    Signed at Washington, D.C., this 8th day of August, 1995.
Robert O. Deslongchamps,
Acting Director, Unemployment Insurance Service.
[FR Doc. 95-19998 Filed 8-11-95; 8:45 am]
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