[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 52 (Friday, March 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15278-15279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6605]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Collection; ETA 218, Benefit Rights and Experience; 
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 
218, Benefits Rights and Experience.
    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's section below on or before May 15, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Cynthia Ambler, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and 
Training Administration, Room S-4231, 200 Constitution Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20210. Phone number: 202-693-3177. (This is not a toll 
free number.) E-mail: [email protected]. Fax: 202-693-3229.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Attachment to the labor force, usually measured as amount of past 
wages earned, is used to determine eligibility for State unemployment 
compensation programs. The data in the ETA 218, Benefit Rights and 
Experience Report, includes numbers of individuals who were and were 
not monetarily eligible, those eligible for the maximum benefits, those 
eligible classified by potential duration categories, and exhaustees 
classified by actual duration categories. This data is used by the 
National Office in solvency studies, cost estimating and modeling, and 
to assess State benefit formulas.

II. Review Focus

    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 clarify 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.

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III. Current Actions

    We are requesting a simple extension of this clearance. If this 
data were not available, cost estimating and modeling would be far less 
accurate.
    Type of Review: Extension without change.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce 
Security.
    Title: Benefit Rights and Experience.
    OMB Number: 1205-0177.
    Agency Number: ETA 218.
    Recordkeeping: 3 year record retention.
    Affected Public: State Governments.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Responses: 216.
    Average Time per Response: \1/2\ hour.
    Estimated Burden Hours: 

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                                                                                   Average time
        Cite/reference               Total          Frequency          Total       per response     Burden  (in
                                  respondents                        responses      (in hours)        hours)
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ETA 218 Regular...............              53  Quarterly.......             212           \1/2\             106
ETA 218 Extended Benefits.....               2  Quarterly.......               4           \1/4\               1
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    Totals....................  ..............  ................             216  ..............             107
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    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $2,675.
    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: March 9, 2001.
Grace A. Kilbane,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
[FR Doc. 01-6605 Filed 3-15-01; 8:45 am]
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