[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 148 (Monday, August 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41297-41298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20617]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program: Availability of 
Benefit Accuracy Measurement Program Results

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Unemployment Insurance Benefit 
Accuracy Measurement Program Data for Calendar Year (CY) 1997.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce the availability of 
the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) 
Program Data for CY 1997, which contains the results of each State's 
BAM program, and information on how copies may be obtained. The BAM 
Annual Report data are published as part of a UI PERFORMS report, which 
also includes data from the Benefit Timeliness and Quality and Tax 
Performance System programs. UI PERFORMS is the Department's management 
system for promoting continuous improvement in UI performance.

DATES: The Report will be available after August 31, 1998.

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: Andrew Spisak, 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 
measures 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 BAM program 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, DC, on July 28, 1998.
Raymond J. Uhalde,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training.

Unemployment Insurance Benefit Accuracy Measurement State Contacts

Alabama

Bill Mauldin, Quality Assurance 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, SC 701B-4, 
Phoenix, AZ 85005, (602) 542-3771

Arkansas

Fred Trowell, UI Administrator, (501) 682-3200
      Or
Norma Madden, BAM Supervisor, (501) 682-3087

    Both at:

Arkansas Employment Security Dept., PO 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 Divison Employment & Training, 
UI Division, 1120 Lincoln St., Suite 1490, Denver, CO 80203, (303) 
894-2272

Connecticut

Robert Obie, Director of Communications, State of Connecticut, 
Department of Labor, 200 Folly Brook Boulevard, Wethersfield, CT 
06109, (860) 566-4375

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, NW, 
Room 511, Washington, DC 20001, (202) 724-7492

Florida

Kenneth E. Holmes, UC Director, Division of Unemployment 
Compensation, Caldwell Building, Room 201, 107 East Madison St., 
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0209, (850) 921-3889

Georgia

Paul Crawford, Chief, Quality Assurance, Georgia Department of 
Labor, Room 822, 148 International Blvd., NE., Atlanta, GA 30305-
1751, (404) 656-7242

Hawaii

Douglas Odo, UI Administrator, Department of Labor & Industrial 
Relations, 830 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, (808) 586-9069

Idaho

Jane Perez, QC Supervisor, Idaho Department of Employment, 317 Main 
Street, Boise, ID 83735, (208) 334-6285

Illinois

Matthew Dix, QC Supervisor. Illinois Department of Employment 
Security, 401 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60605, (312) 793-6222

Indiana

Sandy Jessee, QC Supervisor, Indiana Dept. of Workforce Development, 
10 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204, (317) 233-6676

Iowa

LeLoie Dutemple, Supervisor, Iowa Workforce Development, 
Unemployment Insurance Services Division, 1000 East Grand Avenue, 
Des Moines, IA 50319-0209, (515) 281-8386

Kansas

Joseph Ybarra, Department of Human Resources, 401 Topeka Blvd., 
Topeka, KS 66603, (785) 296-6313

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Kentucky

Ron Holland, Director, Div. of Unemployment Insurance, 2nd floor 
East, 275 East Main Street, Frankfort, KY 40621, (502) 564-2900

Louisiana

Marianne Sullivan, Program Compliance Manager, Louisiana Department 
of Labor, PO Box 94094-9094, Baton Rouge, LA 70804, (504) 342-7103

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, Division of Employment 
Security, Charles F. Hurley ES Building, Boston, MA 02114, (617) 
626-6556

Michigan

Manuel Mejia, Director, Bureau of Audits and Investigations, 
Michigan Unemployment Agency, 7310 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 
48202, (313) 876-5906

Minnesota

Barbara Vickers, QC Supervisor, Minnesota Department of Economic 
Security, 390 North Robert Street, St. Paul, MN 55101, (612) 296-
5863

Mississippi

Gary Harthcock, QC Supervisor, Quality Control Unit, Mississippi 
Employment Security Comm., PO Box 23088, Jackson, MS 39225-3088 
(601) 961-7764

Missouri

Marilyn A. Hutcherson, Acting Deputy Dir., Missouri Division of 
Employment Security, PO Box 59, Jefferson City, MO 65104, (573) 751-
3670

Montana

Ken Stephens, Dept. of Labor and Industry Unemployment Insurance 
Division, P.O. Box 1728, Helena, MT 59624, (406) 444-2679

Nebraska

Will Sheehan, Administrator, UI Benefits
    Or
Don Gammill, Administrator, UI Program Evaluation

    Both at:

PO 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 
89713, (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., PO 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 Jr., Supervisor, UI Customer Services and 
Technical Support, Employment Security Commission of NC, PO Box 
25903, Raleigh, NC 27611, (919) 733-4893

North Dakota

Bill Steckler, Job Service North Dakota, PO Box 5507, Bismarck, ND 
58506-5507, (701) 328-3355

Ohio

William Anderson, Chief, Benefit Payment Control, Ohio Bureau of 
Employment Services, 145 South Front Street, PO Box 1618, Columbus, 
OH 43216, (614) 466-2148

Oklahoma

Terry W. McHale, QC Supervisor, OK Employment Security Commission, 
715 S. Service Road, Moore, OK 73160, (405) 793-7286

Oregon

James Mosley, QC Supervisor, Oregon Employment Department, 875 Union 
Street NE., Salem, OR 97311, (503) 373-7963

Pennsylavnia

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 Otero de 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

Leleand H. Teal, Director, UI Quality Performance Assurance, PO Box 
8117, Columbia, SC 29202, (803) 737-3048

South Dakota

Dennis Angerhofer, Unemployment Insurance Division, Department of 
Labor, PO Box 4730, Aberdeen, SD, 57402-4730, (605) 626-2005

Tennessee

Ann Ridings, Supervisor, UI Benefit Accuracy Measurement Unit, TN 
Department of Employment Security, Davy Crockett Tower, 10th Floor, 
500 James Robertson Parkway, Nashville, TN 37245-2700, (615) 741-
3190

Texas

Gerald Smart, UI QC Supervisor, Texas Workforce Commission, 101 East 
15th Street, Room 362, Austin, TX 78778-0001, (512) 475-1719

Utah

Robert Comfort, Dept. of Employment Security, PO Box 778, Salt Lake 
City, UT 84110-0778, (801) 533-9954

Vermont

Robert Herbst, Quality Control Chief, Dept. of Employment & 
Training, PO 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 1358, Richmond, VA 23211, 
(804) 786-3032

Washington

Teresa Morris, Director, WA Employment Security Dept., Office of 
Management Review, PO Box 90465, Olympia, WA 98507-9046, (360) 493-
9511

West Virginia

Dennis D. Redden, Bureau of Employment Programs, 112 California 
Avenue, Charleston, WV 25305, (304) 558-2256

Wisconsin

Chet Frederick, QC Director, WI Dept. of Workforce Development, 201 
East Washington Avenue, PO Box 7905, Madison, WI 53707, (608) 266-
8260

Wyoming

Marian Sisneros, UI Administration, PO Box 2760, Casper, WY 82602, 
(307) 235-3691

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