[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 68 (Thursday, April 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 17461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9379]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


ETA-9016 Report on Alien Claimant Activity; 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 [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 collection of the ETA-9016 Report on 
Alien Claims Activity. A copy of the proposed information collection 
request 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 June 8, 1998. 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.

ADDRESSES: Bob Whiting, Unemployment Insurance Service, Employment and 
Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-4522, 200 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210, telephone number 
(202) 219-5211, ext. 143 (this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The ETA-9016 report is used by the Department of Labor to assess 
whether (and the extent to which ) the requirements of the Immigration 
and Naturalization Service (INS), Systematic Alien Verification for 
Entitlement (SAVE) verification system required by the Immigration 
Reform and Control Act (IRCA) are cost-effective and other-wise 
appropriate for the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program and whether a 
waiver should be applied to State Employment Security Agency (SESA) 
participation. In addition, data from the Alien Claims Activity Report 
is being used to assist the Secretary of Labor in determining whether a 
SESA's administrative costs associated with the verification program 
are reasonable and reimbursable. There is no other report or system 
available for collecting this required information. The report allows 
the Department of Labor to determine the number of aliens filing for 
UI, the number of benefit issues detected, the denials resulting from 
the INS SAVE system, the extent to which SESAs use the system, and the 
overall effectiveness and cost efficiency of the INS SAVE verification 
system. If SESAs are not required to submit the information on the 
Alien Claims Activity Report, the Department of Labor and Secretary of 
Labor would not be able to fulfill their responsibilities under IRCA. 
It is only through the collection of this basic information that the 
Department of Labor can make an assessment of the over-all 
effectiveness and cost efficiency of the INS SAVE program and whether a 
State's participation in the system should be waived. Finally, the 
absence of this information would greatly limit the ability of the 
Department of Labor to make sound policy decisions involving the 
verification program.

II. Current Actions

    Continued collection of the ETA-9016 data will provide for a 
comprehensive evaluation of alien claimant activities. The data is 
collected quarterly, and an analysis of the data received is formulated 
into a report summarizing the alien claimant activity occurring in the 
53 SESAs.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Report on Alien Claims Activity.
    OMB Number: 1205-0268.
    Agency Number: ETA-9016.
    Affected Public: State and Local Governments.
    Total Respondents: 53
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Responses: 212.
    Average Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 212 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 0.
    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: April 3, 1998.
Grace A. Kilbane,
Director, Unemployment Insurance Service.
[FR Doc. 98-9379 Filed 4-8-98; 8:45 am]
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