[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 29 (Monday, February 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7578-7579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1948]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

February 7, 2006.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public 
information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of 
this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by 
contacting the Department of Labor (DOL). To obtain documentation, 
contact Darrin King on 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or 
e-mail: [email protected].

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    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
(BLS), Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, 202-395-7316 (this is not a toll-free number), within 30 days 
from the date of this publication in the Federal Register.
    The OMB 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.
    Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS).
    OMB Number: 1220-0170.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Type of Response: Reporting.
    Affected Public: Business and other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government; and State, local, or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 16,400.
    Number of Annual Responses: 132,840.
    Estimated Average Response: 10 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 22,140.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) 
will collect data on job vacancies, labor hires, and labor separations. 
The data are used as demand-side indicators of labor shortages. These 
indicators of labor shortages at the national level greatly enhance 
policy makers' understanding of imbalances between the demand and 
supply of labor. Presently there is no other economic indicator of 
labor demand with which to assess the presence of labor shortages in 
the U.S. labor market. The availability of unfilled jobs is an 
important measure of tightness of job markets, symmetrical to 
unemployment measures.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-1948 Filed 2-10-06; 8:45 am]
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