[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34713-34714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16923]


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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 
9048, Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Activity, and the ETA 
9049, Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Outcomes. 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 August 26, 1997.
    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,

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e.g., permitting electronic submissions of responses.
    The Department proposes to discontinue the count of one item, 
Appeals Filed on Refusal of Referral Issue. The counts reported was 
extremely small so it is felt that this breakout from all appeals is 
not needed.

ADDRESSES: Diane Wood, Unemployment Insurance Service, 200 Constitution 
Ave. N.W., Room S-4321, Washington, DC 20210; telephone 202-219-5340 
x181; fax 202-219-8506 (these are not toll-free numbers).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) program 
allows for the targeting of reemployment services to those most in 
need. The ETA 9048 and ETA 9049 are the only means of tracking the 
activities in the WPRS program. The ETA 9048 reports on the flows of 
claimants through the various stages of the WPRS system from initial 
profiling through to completion of various types of services allowing 
for evaluation and monitoring of the program. The ETA 9049 gives a 
limited, but inexpensive, look at the reemployment experience of 
profiled claimants who were referred to services by examining the 
State's existing wage record files to see in what quarter the referred 
individuals show up in employment, what wages they are earning and if 
they have changed industries.

II. Current Actions

    As the only continuous source of information on the WPRS program, 
the data is required to monitor and evaluate that program. No revisions 
are being requested. Because of a late start in the collection for the 
ETA 9049 report, there is no data to evaluate at this time. When 
several years of data are available for that report, it will be 
evaluated as to its continuing use and worth and decisions will be made 
as to whether to continue and/or change the data collected.
    Type of Review: Extension with one minor change eliminating the 
requirement of one data element.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Activity, and 
Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Outcomes.
    OMB Number: 1205-0353.
    Agency Number: ETA 9048 and ETA 9049.
    Affected Public: State Governments.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Responses: 424.
    Average Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 106 hours.

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                                                                                            Average             
                Report                    Total             Frequency            Total     time per     Burden  
                                       respondents                             responses   response             
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ETA 9048.............................           53  Quarterly...............         212  .25 (hour)          53
                                                                                                        (hours).
ETA 9049.............................           53  Quarterly...............         212  .25 (hour)          53
                                                                                                        (hours).
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    Totals...........................          106  ........................         424  ..........    106 hrs.
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    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): At approximately $20 per 
hour average State salary, the State burden is estimated at $2,120 per 
year.
    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: June 23, 1997.
David Henson,
Deputy Director, Unemployment Insurance Service, Employment and 
Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-16923 Filed 6-26-97; 8:45 am]
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