[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 145 (Friday, July 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39159-39160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19054]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program; Availability of
Benefit Accuracy Measurement (Formerly Benefits Quality Control) Annual
Report Results
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the Unemployment Insurance Benefit
Accuracy Measurement (Formerly Benefits Quality Control) Annual Report
for Calendar Year 1995.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce the availability of
the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM)
(formerly Benefits Quality Control (BQC) 1995 Annual Report which
contains the results of each State's Benefit Accuracy Measurement
Program and how it may be obtained.
DATES: The Federal digest will be available after July 31, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Copies may be obtained by writing to Mary Ann Wyrsch,
Director, Unemployment Insurance Service, U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Room S-4231, Washington, D.C. 20210. The digest and this notice contain
a list of names and addresses of persons in each State who will provide
additional information regarding the individual State report and
clarifications upon request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Burman Skrable, Division of
Performance Review, Data Analysis and Data Validation Team, 202-219-
5922. (This is not a toll free number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each week, staff in each State's Employment
Security Agency investigate random samples of UI benefit payments and
record information based on interviews with claimants, employers, and
third parties to determine whether State law, policy, and procedure
were followed correctly in processing the sampled payment.
The Department of Labor is publishing results from the
investigations in a digest which includes information of the 52
jurisdictions participating in the UI BAM program. Five items are
reported for each State: Total UI benefit dollars paid to the
population of claimants, size of the BAM samples, and the percentages
of proper payments, overpayments, and underpayments in the population
estimated from the BAM investigations. Ninety-five percent confidence
intervals have been computed for each of the three percentages
presented (proper payments, overpayments, and underpayments). States
have been encouraged to provide narratives to further clarify the
meaning of the data based on their specific situations.
Since States' laws, policies, and procedures vary considerably, the
data cannot be used to draw comparisons among States.
Effective with calendar year 1995, States are no longer required to
publish their report data; however, persons wanting clarification or
additional information concerning a specific State's report are
encouraged to contact the individual identified in the following
mailing list.
Signed at Washington, D.C., on July 19, 1996.
Timothy Barnicle,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training.
UI BAM Annual Report CY 1995--State Contacts
Alabama
Bill Mauldin, QC Supervisor, Department of Industrial Relations,
649 Monroe Street, Room 321, Montgomery, AL 36131, (205) 242-8130
Alaska
Karen Van Dusseldorp, Q.C. Data Analyst, Alaska Department of
Labor, P.O. Box 21149, Juneau, AK 99802-1149, (907) 465-3000
Arizona
Dave Berggren, Employment Security Administration, Technical
Support Section, Department of Economic Security, P.O. Box 6123,
Suite 701B-4, Phoenix, AZ 85005, (602) 542-3771
Arkansas
Norma Madden, QC Supervisor, AR Employment Security Dept., P.O.
Box 2981, Little Rock, AR 72203, (501) 682-3087
California
Suzanne Schroeder, Office of Constituent Affairs, Employment
Development Dept., P.O. Box 826880, Sacramento, CA 94280-0001, (916)
654-9029
Colorado
Kay Gilbert, BQC Supervisor, CO Div. Employment & Training, UI
Division, 251 E 12th Ave., Denver, CO 80203, (303) 894-2272
Connecticut
Judy Barton, Director of Communications, Employment Security
Division, 200 Folly Brook Boulevard, Wethersfield, CT 06109, (860)
566-4374
Delaware
W. Thomas MacPherson, Director, Div. of Unemployment Insurance,
DE Department of Labor, P.O. Box 9950, Newark, DE 19714, (302) 761-
8350
District of Columbia
Roberta Bauer, Assistant Director, Compliance & Independant
Monitoring, DC Dept. of Employment Services, 500 C Street, Room 511,
NW, Washington, DC 20001, (202) 724-7492
Florida
Kenneth E. Holmes, UC Director, FL Dept. of Unemployment Comp.,
Caldwell Building, Room 201, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0209, (904) 921-
3889
Georgia
David Poythress, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Labor, 148
International Blvd., NE, Suite 600, Atlanta, GA 30303, (404) 656-
3011
Hawaii
Douglas Odo, UI Administrator, Dept. of Labor & Industrial
Relations, 830 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, (808) 586-9069
Idaho
Jane Perez, QC Supervisor, Idaho Department of Employment, 317
Main Street, Boise, ID 83735, (208) 334-6285
Illinois
Joseph Wojcik, Quality Control Supervisor, IL Dept. of
Employment Security, 401 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60605,
(312) 793-6231
Indiana
Sandy Jessee, QCI Supervisor, IN Dept. of Workforce Development,
10 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204, (317) 233-6676
Iowa
Larry Venenga, QC Supervisor, Iowa Dept. of Employment Services,
1000 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50319, (515) 281-8398
Kansas
Joseph Ybarra, QC Supervisor, Kansas Dept. of Human Resources,
401 SW Topeka Blvd., Topeka, KS 66603, (913) 296-4077
Kentucky
Ron Holland, Director, Div. of Unemployment Insurance, 275 East
Main Street, 2nd floor East, Frankfort, KY 40621, (502) 564-2900
Louisiana
Marianne Sullivan, UI Claims Coordinator, Louisiana Dept. of
Labor, P.O. Box
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94094-9094, Baton Rouge, LA 70804, (504) 342-7103
Maine
Gail Thayer, UI Director, Bureau of Employment Security, 20
Union Street, Augusta, ME 04330, (207) 287-2316
Maryland
Thomas Wendel, Executive Director, Unemployment Insurance
Division, Dept. of Labor and Licensing and Regulation, 1100 North
Eutaw Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, (410) 767-2464
Massachusetts
Rena Kottcamp, Dir. of Research, Division of Employment
Security, Charles F. Hurley ES Building, Boston, MA 02114, (617)
626-6556
Michigan
Manuel Mejia, Deputy Director, Customer Services, MI Employment
Security Agency, 7310 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202, (313) 876-
5906
Minnesota
Marti Huiras, QC Supervisor, MN Dept. of Economic Security, 390
North Robert Street, St. Paul, MN 55101, (612) 296-5347
Mississippi
Merrill Merkle, Quality Control Unit, (601) 961-7764
or
Don Ware, UI Technical Services, (601) 961-7752, both at: MS
Employment Security Comm., P.O. Box 1699, Jackson, MS 39205-1699
Missouri
Marilyn A. Hutcherson, Asst. Dir., Unemployment Insurance, MO
Division of Employment Security, P.O. Box 59, Jefferson City, MO
65104, (314) 751-3670
Montana
Rod Sager, Administrator, Dept. of Labor and Industry,
Unemployment Insurance Division, P.O. Box 1728, Helena, MT 59624,
(406) 444-2723
Nebraska
Will Sheehan, Administrator, UI Benefits
or
Don Gammill, Administrator, UI Program Evaluation, both at: P.O.
Box 94600, Lincoln, NE 68509-4600, (402) 471-9000
Nevada
Karen Rhodes, Public Information Officer, Department of
Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation, 500 E. Third Street,
Carson City, NV 89713, (702) 687-4620
New Hampshire
Carolyn Angle, QC Supervisor, Quality Control Unit, NH Dept. of
Employment Security, 10 West Street, Concord, NH 03301, (603) 228-
4073
New Jersey
Paulette Laubsch, Assistant Commissioner, New Jersey Department
of Labor, CN 110, Trenton, NJ 08625-0110, (609) 984-5666
New Mexico
Betty Campbell, BQC Supervisor, Quality Control Section, New
Mexico Department of Labor, 401 Broadway N.E., P.O. Box 1928,
Albuquerque, NM 87103, (505) 841-8499
New York
Ina Lawson, QC Manager, Division of Audit & Compliance, NY State
Department of Labor, State Campus-Building 12, Albany, NY 12240,
(518) 457-3638
North Carolina
W. Howard Phillips, Supervisor, UI Technical Support, Employment
Security Comm. of NC, P.O. Box 25903, Raleigh, NC 27611, (919) 733-
4893
North Dakota
Leo Jabonski, BAM Superviosr, Job Service North Dakota, P.O. Box
5507, Bismarck, ND 58506-5507, (701) 328-3355
Ohio
Carolyn Clayton, QC Chief, OH Bureau of Employment Services, 145
South Front Street, P.O. Box 1618, Columbus, OH 43216, (614) 466-
2681
Oklahoma
Terry W. McHale, QC Supervisor, OK Employment Security Comm.,
Will Rogers Memorial Office Bldg., Rm 102, Oklahoma City, OK 73105,
(405) 557-7206
Oregon
James Mosley, QC Supervisor, Oregon Employment Department, 875
Union Street N.E., Salem, OR 97311, (503) 373-7963
Pennsylvania
Pete Cope, Director, Bureau of Unemployment Compensation,
Benefits and Allowances Division, Department of Labor & Industry,
615 Labor and Industry Building, Harrisburg, PA 17121, (717) 787-
3547
Puerto Rico
Carmen Otero de McCulloch, Assistant Secretary, PR Dept. of
Labor and Human Resources, 505 Munoz Rivera Avenue, Hato Rey, PR
00918, (787) 754-2130
Rhode Island
Lawrence Fitch, Director, Dept. of Employment Security, 24 Mason
Street, Providence, RI 02903, (401) 277-3648
South Carolina
William H. Griffin, Deputy Exec. Dir., Unemployment Security
Comm., P.O. Box 995, Columbia, SC 29202, (803) 737-2400
South Dakota
Dennis Angerhofer, Unemployment Insurance Division, Department
of Labor, P.O. Box 4730, Aberdeen, SD 57402-4730, (605) 622-3089
Tennessee
Ann Ridings, BQC Supervisor, Quality Control Unit, TN Dept. of
Employment Security, 10th Floor, Volunteer Plaza, 500 James
Robertson Parkway, Nashville, TN 37245-0001, (615) 741-3190
Texas
Bert West, UI QC Supervisor, Texas Workforce Commission, TEC
Building, 101 E. 15th Street, Austin, TX 78778, (512) 463-2394
Utah
Robert Comfort, QC Supervisor, Dept. of Employment Security,
P.O. Box 778, Salt Lake City, UT 84110-0778, (801) 536-7605
Vermont
Robert Herbst, Quality Control Chief, Dept. of Employment &
Training, P.O. Box 488, Montpelier, VT 05602, (802) 828-4382
Virginia
F.W. Tucker, IV; Chief of Benefits, Unemployment Insurance
Services, Virginia Employment Commission, P. O. Box 1359, Richmond,
VA 23211, (804) 786-3032
Washington
Teressa Morris, Director, WA Employment Security Dept., Office
of Management Review, P.O. Box 90465, Olympia, WA 98507-9046, (206)
493-9511
West Virginia
Andrew N. Richardson, Commissioner, Bureau of Employment
Programs, 112 California Avenue, Charleston, WV 25305, (304) 558-
2629
Wisconsin
Chet Frederick, QC Director, WI Dept. of Workforce Development,
201 East Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 7905, Madison, WI 53707, (608)
266-82260
Wyoming
Beth Nelson, Administrator, UI Administration, P.O. Box 2760,
Casper, WY 82602, (307) 235-3254
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