[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 11380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5673]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Information Collection Request on the ETA 5159, Claims 
and Payment Activities; Comment Request for Extension Without Change

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

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.
    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 May 18, 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 5159 report contains information on claims activities 
including the number of initial claims, first payments, weeks claimed, 
weeks compensated, benefit payments and final payments.
    These data are used in budgetary and administrative planning, 
program evaluation, actuarial and program research, and reports to 
Congress and the public.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

    Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed extension of the ETA 5159, Claims and 
Payment Activites report. Comments are requested to:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary to describe claims and payment activities, 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. 1205-0010.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration
    Title: Claims and Payment Activities.
    OMB Number: 1205-0010.
    Agency Number: ETA 5159.
    Affected Public: State Government.
    Cite/Reference/Form/etc: ETA 5159.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Total Responses: 636.
    Average Time per Response: 2 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1272 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: March 11, 2009.
Cheryl Atkinson,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
[FR Doc. E9-5673 Filed 3-16-09; 8:45 am]
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