[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 208 (Friday, October 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 63037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18030]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Collection of the ETA 9048, Worker Profiling and 
Reemployment Services Activity and the ETA 9049, Worker Profiling and 
Reemployment Services Outcomes; 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 collection of the ETA 
9048, Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Activity, and the ETA 
9049, Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Outcomes. A copy of 
the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by 
contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this 
notice or by accessing: http://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
ADDRESSES section below on or before December 26, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Diane Wood, Office of Workforce Security, 200 Constitution 
Ave. NW., Room S-4231, Washington, DC 20210; telephone 202-693-3212; 
fax 202-693-3975 (these are not toll-free numbers) or e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    I. Background: The Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services 
(WPRS) program allows for the targeting of reemployment services to 
those most in need of services. The ETA 9048 and ETA 9049 are the only 
means of tracking the activities in the WPRS program. The ETA 9048 
reports on the numbers and flows of claimants at the various stages of 
the WPRS system from initial profiling through the completion of 
specific reemployment services. This allows for evaluation and 
monitoring of the program. The ETA 9049 gives a limited, but 
inexpensive, look at the reemployment experience of profiled claimants 
who were referred to services by examining the state's existing wage 
record files to see in which quarter the referred individuals became 
employed, what wages they earned and whether they have changed 
industries.
    II. Desired Focus of Comments: 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: This collection continues to be needed to 
evaluate and monitor the WPRS program.
    Type of Review: Extension without change.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Activity, and 
Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Outcomes.
    OMB Number: 1205-0353.
    Agency Number: ETA 9048 and ETA 9049.
    Affected Public: State Governments.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Responses: 424.
    Average Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 106 hours.
    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 and will become a 
matter of public record.

    Dated: October 18, 2006.
Cheryl Atkinson,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
 [FR Doc. E6-18030 Filed 10-26-06; 8:45 am]
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