[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 164 (Thursday, August 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 43386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21436]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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. 
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed extension of the collection of the ETA 
203, Characteristics of the Insured Unemployed. A copy of the proposed 
information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the 
office listed below in the addressee section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before October 21, 1996. The Department 
of Labor 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 submissions of responses.

ADDRESSEE: Cynthia Ambler, Unemployment Insurance Service, Employment 
and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-4231, 200 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC, 20210; telephone number (202) 
219-9204; fax (202) 219-8506 (these are not toll free numbers).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    This report serves a variety of socio-economic needs at both the 
State and National offices because it provides the only demographic 
information on the insured unemployed. Among these needs are promoting 
employment opportunities, improving utilization of manpower resources, 
evaluation of the unemployment insurance program and projecting 
workloads and budgets. These areas can be tracked not just nationally 
but on a State by State basis. This report becomes particularly useful 
during economic downturns when interest in the composition of the 
insured unemployed is particularly high.

II. Current Actions

    This report continues to be needed as it is the only source of 
demographic information on the insured unemployed.
    Type of Review: Extension without change.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Characteristics of the Insured Unemployed.
    OMB Number: 1205-0009.
    Agency Number: ETA 203.
    Affected Public: State Government.
    Cite/Reference/Form/etc: ETA 203.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Total Responses: 636.
    Average Time per Response: .34 hours.
    Extimated Total Burden Hours: 212.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $4,240.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment request 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 16, 1996.
Mary Ann Wyrsch,
Director, Unemployment Insurance Service.
[FR Doc. 96-21436 Filed 8-21-96; 8:45 am]
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