[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33669-33683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-13526]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Invitation To Comment on Proposed Changes to UI Performs

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice and opportunity to comment on proposed changes to UI 
Performs.

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SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting 
comments concerning proposed changes to UI Performs, the Unemployment 
Insurance (UI) performance measurement system. An intensive review of 
the system was undertaken when the system had been operating for five 
years. Based on that review, ETA is proposing changes that will result 
in improved performance measurement and allow state UI managers to 
better focus attention on the most critical program areas.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
Addresses section below on or before August 16, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to: Cheryl Atkinson, 
Administrator, Unemployment Insurance Service, U.S. Department of 
Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Room S-4231, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Comments by e-mail are 
welcome. (See FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.)

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darlyne Bryant, Chief, Division of 
Performance Review, Unemployment Insurance Service, U.S. Department of 
Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20210, 202-693-2559, or Geri Oberloh, who can be 
contacted at the same address or at 202-693-3194. (These are not toll 
free numbers.) E-mail comments or questions should be directed to 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: Over the period 1993 to 1997 two joint federal-state 
workgroups designed a comprehensive performance management system for 
UI, and gave it the name UI Performs. Two kinds of measures emerged 
from this process: Tier I measures for which minimum national criteria 
were set, and Tier II measures for which criteria were not set. 
Planning and budget cycles at the state level are structured around 
State Quality Service Plans (SQSP) which include performance objectives 
referenced to Tier I and Tier II measures.
    The UI Performs design also called for a review of the system 
within five (5) years of implementation. This initial review and 
resulting recommendations are discussed below.
    The Review. The review of UI Performs, which began with a request 
to state UI agencies to identify issues relevant to the UI Performs 
system, addressed: (a) Performance measures; (b) criteria used to gauge 
success against the measures; and (c) the administration of UI 
Performs. Issues raised by states, a proposal by the National 
Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), and issues raised by 
Federal staff formed the basis for the review which was conducted in 
consultation with a NASWA workgroup. The consultative process clarified 
the issues and informed much of the proposed changes described below.

    In Washington, DC on June 9, 2004.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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[FR Doc. 04-13526 Filed 6-15-04; 8:45 am]
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