[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43614-43615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20778]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendations; Compensation 2000: Albuquerque, New Mexico 
and Allentown, Pennsylvania Test

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. 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 
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments concerning the 
proposed new collection, ``Compensation 2000: Albuquerque, New Mexico 
and Allentown, Pennsylvania Test.'' A copy of the proposed information 
collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the individual 
listed below in the address section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before October 23, 
1995.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Karin G. Kurz, BLS Clearance Officer, 
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 3255, 
2 Massachusetts Ave. NE., Washington, DC 20212. For further information 
contact Ms. Kurz at 202--606-7628 (this is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    This collection is a test of a new method of identifying and 
classifying occupations within an establishment. If successful, the new 
method could ultimately allow for joint collection of three separate 
statistical surveys of wage and benefit data; the Occupational 
Compensation Survey Program, the Employment Cost Index, and the 
Employee Benefits Survey. In addition to evaluating the results of the 
test for use in future surveys, BLS also will publish a bulletin 
containing the occupational earnings data collected.

II. Current Actions

    The test will include establishments in the Albuquerque, New Mexico 
and Allentown, Pennsylvania metropolitan statistical areas, both in 
private industry and in State, Local or Tribal Government. It will be 
conducted in early 1996. Once each occupation has been selected and 
classified using the test methodology, earnings data for the occupation 
will be collected. A new data entry system using laptop computers also 
will be tested as part of the collection.
    Type of Review: New.
    Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Title: Compensation 2000: Albuquerque, New Mexico and Allentown, 
Pennsylvania Test.
    Frequency: One time.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for profit 
institutions; and State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 298.

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    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 2 Hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 596 Hours.
    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 also will become a matter of public record.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th day of August, 1995.
Peter T. Spolarich,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 95-20778 Filed 8-21-95; 8:45 am]
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