[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 85 (Friday, May 2, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23499-23500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10862]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Collection; 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 ETA 191, Statement of 
Expenditures and Financial Adjustments of Federal Funds for 
Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees and Ex-Servicemembers. 
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 section below on or before July 1, 2003. The Department of 
Labor is particularly interested in comments which:
    [sbull] 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;
    [sbull] 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;

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    [sbull] Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    [sbull] 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: Sharon L. Jones, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of 
Workforce Security, Room S4231, 200 Constitution Ave, NW., Washington, 
DC, 20210; telephone number (202) 693-3006 (this is not a toll-free 
number); fax (202) 693-2874.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Public Law 97-362, Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1982, amended the 
Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX) law (5 U.S.C. 
8509), and Public Law 96-499, Omnibus Reconciliation Act, amended the 
Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) law (5 U.S.C. 
8501, et. seq.) requiring each Federal employing agency to pay the 
costs of regular and extended UCFE/UCX benefits paid to its employees 
by the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). The ETA 191 report submitted 
quarterly by each SWA shows the amount of benefits that should be 
charged to each Federal employing agency. The Office of Workforce 
Security uses this information to aggregate the SWA quarterly charges 
and submit one official bill to each Federal agency being charged. 
Federal agencies then reimburse the Federal Employees Compensation 
(FEC) Account maintained by the U.S. Treasury.

II. Current Actions

    This collection continues to be needed to assure that the 
provisions of law are met regarding the requirement for each Federal 
agency to meet its obligations for paying for its unemployment 
compensation costs and to assure that SWAs are reimbursed properly for 
their expenditures of UCFE and UCX benefits on behalf of the Federal 
agencies.
    Type of Review: Extension (without change).
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: ETA 191, Statement of Expenditures and Adjustments of 
Federal Funds for Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees and 
Ex-Servicemembers (UCFE/UCX).
    OMB Number: 1205-0162.
    Agency Number: ETA 191.
    Affected Public: State Governments.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Responses: 212.
    Average Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 212.
    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 28, 2003.
Cheryl Atkinson,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
[FR Doc. 03-10862 Filed 5-1-03; 8:45 am]
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