[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 147 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41083-41084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20105]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program: Availability of
Benefit Accuracy Measurement Annual Report Results
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the Unemployment Insurance Benefit
Accuracy Measurement Annual Report for Calendar Year 1996.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce the availability of
the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) 1996
Annual Report, which contains the results of each State's BAM program,
and information on how copies may be obtained. The BAM Annual Report is
one of three UI PERFORMS reports to be issued this year. UI PERFORMS is
the name of the Department's closed-loop management system for
promoting continuous improvement in UI performance.
DATES: The Report will be available after July 31, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Report may be obtained by writing to Ms. Grace
A. Kilbane, Director, Unemployment Insurance Service, U.S. Department
of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room S-4231, Washington, DC 20210. The Report and this
notice contain a list of names and addresses of persons in each State
who will provide additional information and clarifications regarding
the individual State reports upon request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Burman Skrable, Division of Performance Review, Data Analysis and Data
Validation Team, 202-219-5223, extension 157. (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 on the 52
jurisdictions participating in the UI BAM program. Five items are
reported for each State: the amount of UI benefits paid to the
population of claimants, the 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 are presented for each of the three percentages as
measure of the precision of the estimates. 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 the release of calendar year 1995 data, States were
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 23, 1997.
Raymond J. Uhalde,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training.
State Contacts for 1996 Unemployment Insurance Benefit Accuracy
Measurement Annual Report
Alabama
Bill Mauldin, QC Supervisor, Department of Industrial Relations, 649
Monroe Street, Room 321, Montgomery, AL 36131, (334) 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, Site 701B-
4, Phoenix, AZ 85005, (602) 542-3771
Arkansas
Hugh Havens, UI Administrator, (501) 682-3200, or
Norma Madden, BAM Supervisor, (501) 682-3087
both at:
Arkansas Employment Security Dept., P.O. Box 2981, Little Rock, AR
72203-2981,
California
Suzanne Schroeder, Office of Constituent Affairs, Employment
Development Department, P.O. Box 826880, Sacramento, CA 94280-0001,,
(916) 654-9029
Colorado
Kay Gilbert, BQC Supervisor, Colorado Division Employment &
Training, UI Division, 251 E 12th Ave, Denver, CO 80203, (303) 894-
2272
Connecticut
Rie Roirier, Director of Marketing, State of Connecticut, Department
of labor, 200 Folly Brook Boulevard, Wethersfield, CT 06109, (860)
566-2479
Delaware
W. Thomas MacPherson, Director, Division of Unemployment Insurance,
Department of Labor, P.O. Box 9950, Wilmington, DE 19809, (302) 761-
8350
District of Columbia
Roberta Bauer, Assistant Director, Compliance & Independent
Monitoring, DC Department of Employment Services, 500 C Street,
N.W., Room 511, Washington, DC 20001, (202) 724-7492
Florida
Kenneth E. Holmes, UC Director, Florida Dept., of Unemployment
Compensation, 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, Department of Labor & Industrial
Relations, 830 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, (808) 586-9069
Idaho
Jane Perez, QC Supervisory, Idaho Department of Employment , 317
Main Street, Boise, ID 83735, (208) 334-6285
Illinois
Charlene McLaughlin, Quality Control Supervisory, Illinois
Department of Employment Security, 401 South State Street, Chicago,
IL 60605, (312) 793-6231
Indiana
Sandy Jessee, QC Supervisor, Indiana Dept. of Workforce Development,
10 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204, (317) 233-6676
Iowa
LeLoie Dutemple, Acting Supervisor, Iowa Workforce Development
Unemployment Insurance Services Divisin, 1000 East Grand Avenue, Des
Moines, IA 50319-0209, (515) 281-8386
Kansas
Joseph Ybarra, Department of Human Resources, 401 SW Topeka Bldg.,
Topeka, KS 66603, (913) 296-6313
Kentucky
Ron Holland, Director, Div. of Unemployment Insurance, 275 East Main
Street, 2nd floor East, Frankfort, KY 40621, (502) 564-2900
Louisiana
Marianne Sullivan, Program Compliance Manager, Louisiana Department
of Labor, P.O. Box 94094-9094, Baton Rouge, La 70804, (504) 342-7103
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Maine
Gail Thayer, UI Director, Bureau of Employment Security, 20 Union
Street, Augusta, ME 04330, (207) 287-2316
Maryland
Thomas S. Wendel, Exec. Director, Unemployment Insurance Division,
Dept. of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, 1100 North Eutaw Street,
Baltimore, MD 21201, (410) 767-2464
Massachusetts
Rena Kottcamp, Director of Research, Divisin of Employment Security,
Charles F. Hurley ES Building, Boston, MA 02114, (617) 626-6556
Michigan
Manuel Mejia, Deputy Director, Bureau of Audits and Investigations,
Michigan Employment Security Agency, 7310 Woodward Avenue, Detroit,
MI48202, (313) 876-5906
Minnesota
Marti Hiras, QC Supervisor, Minnesota Department 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:
Mississippi Employment Security Comm., P.O. Box 1699, Jackson, MS
39205-1699
Missouri
Marilyn A. Hutcherson, Asst. Dir., Unemployment Insurance, Missouri
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
897113, (702) 687-4620
New Hampshire
Carolyn Angle, QC Supervisor, Quality Control Unit, NH Department 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 NE., P.O. Box 1928, Albuquerque,
NM 87103, (505) 841-8499
New York
Ina Lawson, QC Manager, Division of Audit & Compliance, New York
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 Commission of NC, P.O. Box 25903, Raleigh, NC 27611, (919)
733-4893
North Dakota
Leo Jablonski, BAM Supervisor, Job Service North Dakota, P.O. Box
5507, Bismarck, ND 58506-5507, (701) 328-3355
Ohio
Carolyn Clayton, QC Chief, Ohio 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 Commission,
Will Rogers Memorial Office Bldg., 5th floor, 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 O. 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, Department of Employment Security, 24
Mason Street, Providence, RI 02903, (401) 277-3648
South Carolina
William H. Griffin, Deputy Exec. Dir. Unemployment Insurance, SC
Employment Security Commission, 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 Department of
Employment Security, 10th Floor, Volunteer Plaza, 500 James
Robertson Parkway, Nashville, TN 37245-0001, (615) 741-3190
Texas
Gerald Smart, UI QC Supervisor, Texas Workforce Commission, TWC
Building, 101 E. 15th Street, Austin, TX 78778-0001, (512) 475-1719
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
Teresa Morris, Director, WA Employment Security Dept., Office of
Management Review, P.O. Box 90465, Olympia, WA 98507-9046, (206)
493-9511
West Virginia
Dennis D. Redden, Bureau of Employnment Programs, 112 California
Avenue, Charleston, WV 25305, (304) 558-2256
Wisconsin
Chet Frederick, QC Director, WI Dept. of Workforce Development, 201
East Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 7905, Madison, WI 53707, (608) 266-
8260
Wyoming
Beth Nelson, Administrator, U I Administration, P.O. Box 2760,
Casper, WY 82602, (307) 235-3254
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