[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 170 (Friday, September 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 45742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21728]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics


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

ACTION: Corrected notice.

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SUMMARY: This corrected notice is being published to correct errors in 
notice document 95-20778 in the issue of Tuesday, August 22, 1995, 60 
FR 43614.
    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 31, 
1995.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Karin G. Kurz, BLS Clearance Officer, 
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 3255, 
2 Massachusetts Avenue N.E., 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 for 
each area 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 
occupations 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: 574.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 2 hours.
Total Burden Hours: 1148 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, D.C., this 28th day of August, 1995.
W. Stuart Rust, Jr.,
Acting Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor 
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 95-21728 Filed 8-31-95; 8:45 am]
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