[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34791-34792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13648]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

June 11, 2008.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) hereby announces the submission of 
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). A copy of each ICR, 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].
    Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the 
Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Office of Management and 
Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 202-395-7316 / 
Fax: 202-395-6974 (these are not 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 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

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     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: Employment and Training Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Title: Unemployment Insurance Data Validation Program.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0431.
    Form Number: Handbook 361.
    Affected Public: State Governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 29,150.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden: $0.
    Description: This program requires States to operate a system for 
ascertaining the validity (adherence to Federal reporting requirements) 
of specified unemployment insurance (UI) data they submit to ETA on 
certain reports they are required to submit monthly or quarterly. Some 
of these data are used to assess performance, including for the 
Government Performance and Results Act, or determine States' grants for 
UI administration. For additional information, see related notice 
published at 73 FR 8066 on February 12, 2008.

    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Title: Non Production Questionnaire.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0447.
    Form Number: ETA-9118.
    Affected Public: Private Sector--Business or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 555.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,943.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden: $0.
    Description: Information on the Form ETA-9118 is required in order 
to make a determination on Trade Adjustment Assistance petitions filed 
on behalf of service workers in accordance with Section 223 of the 
Trade Adjustment Assistance Act of 2002. For additional information, 
see related notice published at 73 FR 13922 on March 14, 2008.

    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Title: Unemployment Insurance (UI) Facilitation of Claimant 
Reemployment
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0452.
    Form Number: ETA-9047.
    Affected Public: State Governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,120.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden: $0.
    Description: This information is collected at the state level to 
determine the percentage of individuals who become reemployed in the 
calendar quarter subsequent to the quarter in which they received their 
first UI payment. The data will be used to measure performance for the 
Department's Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 with the 
goal of facilitating the reemployment of UI claimants. For additional 
information, see related notice published at 73 FR 13013 on March 11, 
2008.

    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Type of Review: New (Request for a new OMB Control Number).
    Title: Workforce Investment Streamlined Performance Reporting 
(WISPR) System.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0NEW.
    Form Numbers: WISRD-1; ETA-9131; ETA-9132; and ETA-9133.
    Affected Public: State Governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 54.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 816,071.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden: $0.
    Description: The WISPR System replaces the reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements of 7 Employment and Training programs. The 
goal is to ensure that the workforce system is clearly focused on 
results, which will help ensure that the system's jobseeker and 
employer customers are effectively served. The Office of Management and 
Budget and other Federal agencies developed a set of common performance 
measures; these common measures are integral to ETA's performance 
accountability system and are the key results that ETA programs strive 
to achieve for their customers and to measure with a uniform 
information collection system. For additional information, see related 
notices published at 69 FR 42777 on July 16, 2004 and 71 FR 65000 on 
November 6, 2006.

Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
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