[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8665-8666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5047]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendations; Employment Service Reporting System

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)).
    The Employment Service Program Reporting System provides data on 
State public employment service agency program activities and 
expenditures, including services to veterans, for use at the Federal 
level by the U.S. Employment Service and the Veterans Employment and 
Training Service in program administration and provides reports to the 
President and Congress. Currently, the Employment and Training 
Administration is soliciting comments concerning the proposed revision 
of information collection for the Employment Service Reporting System, 
on Form ETA 9002 A-C, ETA Quarterly Report; Form VET 200 A & B, VETS 
200 DVOP/LVER Quarterly Report; Form VETS 300, VETS 300 Cost Accounting 
Report; and the Manager's Report on Services to Veterans.
    Proposed revisions are: (1) To delete the line item reporting Non-
Personal Service and Administrative Overhead on the VETS 300 Cost 
Accounting Report--minimal burden reduction; and (2) to reduce burden 
hours by eliminating the need for reprogramming of information on the 
SMOCTA program; and (3) to incorporate the approved burden hours for 
the Manager's Report on Services to Veterans.
    A copy of the proposed information collection request can be 
obtained by contracting the employee listed below in the contact 
section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before May 6, 1996. 
Written comments should 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 submission of responses.

ADDRESSES: Pearl Wah, U.S. Employment Service, Employment and Training 
Administration, Department of Labor, Room N-4470, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210, 202-219-5185 (This is not a toll-
free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Information on basic labor exchange services is necessary to assure 
that States are complying with legal requirements of the Wagner-Peyser 
Act as amended by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Program data 
items are required from States reporting to the Department of Labor as 
part of other information in order to determine if States are complying 
with the basic labor exchange requirements.
    Information regarding employment and training services provided to 
veterans by State public employment service agencies must be collected 
by the Department of Labor to satisfy legislative requirements, as 
follows: (a) To report annually to Congress on specific services (38 
U.S.C. 2007(c) and 2012(c)); (b) to establish administrative controls 
(38 U.S.C. 2007(b)); and (c) for administrative purposes.

II. Current Actions

    This is a request for OMB approval under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) to revise the collection of 
information previously approved and assigned OMB Control No. 1205-0240. 
This package will incorporate the burden activity and hours previously 
approved and assigned OMB Control No. 1293-0007 for the Manager's 
Report on Services to Veterans.

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    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Titles: Employment Service Program Reporting System.
    Form Numbers: ETA 9002 Quarterly Report; VETS 200 LVER Quarterly 
Report; and VETS 300 Cost Accounting Report.
    Agency Number: 1205-1240.
    Estimated Burden Hours: 8249.

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                                                                                            Avg. time           
                        Reports                          Respondents  Frequency  Responses     per       Burden 
                                                                                             response           
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USES Rpt...............................................          54           4        216       2.75        594
VETS Rpt...............................................          54           4        216        .25         54
USES Rec...............................................          54           1         54      12.00        648
VETS 200A..............................................          54           4        216        .75        162
VETS 200B..............................................          54           4        216        .75        162
VETS 300...............................................          54           4        216       1.00        216
Mgt. Rpt...............................................       1,600           4      6,400        .83      5,333
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    Totals.............................................  ...........  .........      7,534  .........      8,249
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    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office Management and Budget 
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a 
matter of public record.

    Dated: February 23, 1996.
John M. Robinson,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employment Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-5047 Filed 3-4-96; 8:45 am]
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