[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 244 (Thursday, December 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77062-77063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29960]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Proposed Information Collection Request on the ETA 203, 
Characteristics of the Insured Unemployed; Comment Request for 
Extension Without Change

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration.

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 collection 
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.

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    A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be 
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee 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 
addressee section below on or before February 17, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Scott Gibbons, U.S. Department of Labor, 
Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce Security, 
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Frances Perkins Bldg. Room S-4531, 
Washington, DC 20210, telephone number (202) 693-3308 (this is not a 
toll-free number) or by e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    I. Background: The ETA 203, Characteristics of the Insured 
Unemployed, is a once a month snapshot of the demographic composition 
of the claimant population. It is based on those who file a claim in 
the week containing the 19th of the month which reflects unemployment 
during the week containing the 12th. This corresponds with the BLS 
total unemployment sample week. This report serves a variety of socio-
economic needs because it provides aggregate data reflecting 
unemployment insurance claimants' sex, race/ethnic group, age, 
industry, and occupation.
    II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Employment and 
Training Administration is soliciting comments concerning the proposed 
extension without change of the ETA 203, Characteristics of the Insured 
Unemployed. Comments are requested to:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary to assess performance of the nonmonetary determination 
function, 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 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 is a request for OMB approval under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) for 
continuing an existing collection of information previously approved 
and assigned OMB Control No. 1205-0009.
    Type of Review: Extension without change.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Characteristics of the Insured Unemployed.
    OMB Number: 1205-0009.
    Agency Number: ETA 203.
    Affected Public: State Governments.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Total Responses: 636.
    Average Time per Response: .33 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 212 hours per year.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $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: December 11, 2008.
Cheryl Atkinson,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
 [FR Doc. E8-29960 Filed 12-17-08; 8:45 am]
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