[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46665-46666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16405]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

August 15, 2007.
    The Department of Labor has submitted the following public 
information collection requests (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). Copies of 
each ICR announced herein with applicable supporting documentation 
including among other things a description of the likely respondents, 
proposed frequency of response, and estimated total burden may be 
obtained from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or by contacting Darrin King on 202-693-4129 (this is 
not a toll-free number)/e-mail: [email protected].
    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer for the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (BLS), Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th 
Street, NW., Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 202-395-4816/
Fax: 202-395-6974 (these are not a toll-free numbers), E-mail: [email protected] within 30 days from the date of this publication 
in the Federal Register. In order to ensure the appropriate 
consideration, comments should reference the applicable OMB Control 
Number (see below).
    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: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Title: Annual Refiling Survey (ARS) forms.
    OMB Control Number: 1220-0032.
    Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 1,379,661.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 138,235.
    Affected Public: Private sector: Business or other for-profit; Not-
for-profit institutions; and Farms.
    Description: The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) 
program is a Federal/State cooperative effort which compiles monthly 
employment data, quarterly wages data, and business identification 
information from employers subject to State Unemployment Insurance (UI) 
laws. These data are collected from State Quarterly Contribution 
Reports (QCRs) submitted to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). The States 
send micro-level employment and wages data, supplemented with the 
names, addresses, and business identification information of these 
employers, to the BLS. The State data are used to create the BLS 
sampling frame, known as the longitudinal QCEW data.
    To ensure the continued accuracy of these data, the information 
supplied by employers must be periodically verified and updated. For 
this purpose, the Annual Refiling Survey (ARS) is used in conjunction 
with the UI tax reporting system in each State. The information 
collected on the ARS is used to review the existing industry code 
assigned to each establishment as well as the physical location of the 
business establishment. As a result, changes in the industrial and 
geographical compositions of our economy are captured in a timely 
manner and reflected in the BLS statistical programs.
    The ARS also asks employers to identify new locations in the State. 
If these employers meet QCEW program reporting criteria, then a 
Multiple Worksite Report (MWR) is mailed to the employer requesting 
employment and wages for each worksite each quarter. Thus, the ARS is 
also used to identify new potential MWR-eligible employers.
    Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.

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    Title: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979.
    OMB Control Number: 1220-0109.
    Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 11,265.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,044.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Description: The information obtained in this survey will be used 
by the Department of Labor, other government agencies, academic 
researchers, the news media, and the general public to understand the 
employment experiences and life-cycle transitions of men and women born 
in the years 1957 to 1964 and living in the United States when the 
survey began in 1979.

Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
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