[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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