[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 150 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40451-40452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19658]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

July 29, 1996.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public 
information collection requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Copies of 
these individual ICRs, with applicable supporting documentation, may be 
obtained by calling the Department of Labor Acting Departmental 
Clearance Officer, Theresa M. O'Malley ({202} 219-5095). Individuals 
who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY/TDD) may call 
{202} 219-4720 between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday 
through Friday.
    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 
({202} 395-7316), within 30 days from the date of this publication in 
the Federal Register.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:
     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.
    Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Title: Manual for Developing Local Area Unemployment Statistics.
    OMB Number: 1220-0017.
    Agency Number: BLS 3040, LAUS-2, LAUS-3.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 51.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 1.62 hours for LAUS-2, .11 hours for 
LAUS-3.
    Total Burden Hours: 120,755.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): 0.
    Description: Local area unemployment statistics are used as 
indicators of local economic conditions, as a mechanism to qualify 
areas for various economic conditions, and as an allocator for existing 
job training and economic assistance program funding.

    Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Title: Mass Layoff Statistics Program.
    OMB Number 1220-0090.
    Frequency: On occasion; Monthly; Quarterly.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Farms; Federal Government; State, Local or Tribal 
Government.

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                                                              Estimated time per                                
          Collection instrument             Respondents           respondent                 Total burden       
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Employer Contact Burden.................          15,600  30 minutes (one-time).....  7,800 hours.              
State Burden............................             832  78.25 (annually)..........  65,520.                   
Response Analysis Survey (RAS)..........             500  30 minutes (one-time).....  250 hours.                
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    Total Burden House: 73,570.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): 0.
    Description: Section 462(E) of the Job Training Partnership Act 
states that the Secretary of Labor must develop and maintain data on 
permanent mass layoffs and plant closings and publish a report 
annually.

    Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Title: Compensation 2000, Phase I.
    OMB Number: 122-0new.
    Agency Number: COMP2000.
    Frequency: Annually, with some quarterly testing.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 34,282.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 76.75 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 43,858.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): 0.
    Description: This collection is Phase I of the new COMP2000 program 
which will integrate three separate BLS programs, the Occupational 
Compensation Survey Program, Employment Cost Index, and Employee 
Benefits Survey. Data produced from this survey will be critical in 
determining pay increases for Federal workers, in determining monetary 
policy, and are widely used by compensation administrators and 
researchers outside the Federal sector.

    Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Title: State Unemployment Insurance (UI) Wage Records Quality 
Project.
    OMB Number: 122-0new.
    Agency Number: BLS-3025.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 53.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 3 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 159.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): 0.
    Description: This information collection has been developed to 
determine current State Unemployment Insurance (UI) procedures 
involving wage records and to verify the accuracy of State UI wage 
recordkeeping. It has been established, in conjunction with State 
agencies, to ensure basic quality and standardization of maintenance of 
State wage record files for the development of a national wage record 
database as a labor market information tool.
Theresa M. O'Malley,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
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