[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 166 (Monday, August 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45059-45060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21575]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


ETA-9000 Report on Internal Fraud Activities: Comment Request

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as a part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearence 
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 a provision of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 at 44 U.S.C. 3506 (c)(2)(A). This 
program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the 
desired format. Reporting burdens (time and financial resources) are 
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 
solicitating comments concerning the proposed extension for collection 
information for the ETA-9000 Report on Internal Fraud Activities. A 
copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by 
contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this 
notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
ADDRESSES section below October 26, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Harry B. Minor, Office of Workforce Security, Employment and 
Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S4516, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone number, (202) 
693-3216 (this is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The ETA-9000 is the only data source available on instances of 
internal fraud activities within the Unemployment Insurance (UI) 
program and on the results of safeguards that have been implemented to 
deter and detect instances of internal fraud. The report categorizes 
the major areas susceptible to internal (employee) fraud and provides 
actual and ``estimated'' (predictability or cost avoidance measures) 
workload. The information from this report has been used and will be 
used to review Internal Security (IS) operations and obtain information 
on composite shifting patterns of nationwide activity, and 
effectiveness in the area of internal fraud identification and 
prevention. The Employment and Training Administration has used this 
report to assess the overall adequacy of IS procedures in State 
Employment Security Agency (SESA) UI program administration.

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 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 submission of responses.

III. Current Actions

    Continued collection of the ETA-9000 data will provide for a 
comprehensive evaluation of the UI IS program. The data is collected 
annually, and an analysis of the data received is formulated into a 
report summarizing the internal fraud cases uncovered by the 53 SESAs.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Report on Internal Fraud Activities.
    OMB Number: 1205-0187.
    Agency Number: ETA 9000.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Average Time per Response: 3 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 159 hours.

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    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 0.
    Comments received in response to this notice will be submitted 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: August 21, 2001.
Grace A. Kilbane,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
[FR Doc. 01-21575 Filed 8-24-01; 8:45 am]
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