[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 155 (Friday, August 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 41657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20376]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendations; Annual Plans for State Employment Service 
Activities

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)). This program helps to 
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, 
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, 
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of 
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
    Section 8 of the amended Wagner-Peyser Act required that States 
desiring to receive the benefits of the Act submit to the Secretary of 
Labor detailed plans for carrying out the provisions of the Act. 
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the extension of information collection for Annual 
Plans for State Employment Service Activities. A copy of the proposed 
information collection request can be obtained by contacting the 
employee listed below in the contact section of this notice

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before October 8, 1996. 
Written comments should 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.

ADDRESSES: Gene Tichenor, 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

    Under Section 652.6 and 652.7 of the regulation, State Employment 
Security Agencies are required to develop and submit to the Secretary 
of Labor an annual plan for providing services and activities within 
the State as authorized by Section 7(a) of the Wagner-Peyser Act. These 
plans are used by the Department to determine if the annual State 
activities meet the requirements of the Law. The plan should include 
overall goals and objectives of the State agency, documentation of the 
State's plan for meeting the requirements of a basic labor exchange 
system, and a provision for the promotion and development of employment 
opportunities and job counseling.

II. Current Actions

    This is a request to extend OMB approval under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) for the collection of 
information previously approved and assigned OMB Control No. 1205-0209.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Titles: Annual Plans for State Employment Service Activities.
    OMB Number: 1205-0209.
    Affected Public: Government/State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Total Respondents: 54.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Total Responses: 54.
    Average Time Per Response: 90 hours.
    Estimated Burden Hours: 4,860.
    Estimated Total Burden Cost: $22,000 to $65,000.
    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 information collection request; they will also become a 
matter of public record.

    Dated: August 2, 1996.
John R. Beverly,
Director, U.S. Employment Service.
[FR Doc. 96-20376 Filed 8-8-96; 8:45 am]
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