[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46924-46925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13396]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards 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 Standards Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed collection: Request for Employment 
Information (CA-1027). 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 on or before October 16, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone 
(202) 693-0418, fax (202) 693-1451, E-mail [email protected]. Please 
use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or e-
mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Payment of compensation for partial disability to injured Federal 
workers is required by 5 U.S.C. 8106. That section also requires the 
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) to obtain information 
regarding a claimant's earnings during a period of

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eligibility to compensation. The CA-1027, Request for Employment 
Information, is the form used to obtain information for an individual 
who is employed by a private employer. This information is used to 
determine the claimant's entitlement to compensation benefits. This 
information collection is currently approved for use through March 31, 
2007.

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 submissions of responses.

III. Current Actions

    The Department of Labor seeks extension of approval to collect this 
information in order to determine a claimant's eligibility for 
compensation benefits.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Request for Employment Information.
    OMB Number: 1215-0105.
    Agency Number: CA-1027.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Total Respondents: 500.
    Total Responses: 500.
    Time Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 125.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $200.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice 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: August 10, 2006.
Hazel Bell,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, 
Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration 
and Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
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