[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 58 (Friday, March 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13475-13476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6774]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

March 20, 2009.
    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 Mary Beth Smith-
Toomey on 202-693-4223 (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 
Department of Labor--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
     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 of Collection: Experience Rating Report.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0164.
    Agency Form Numbers: ETA 204.
    Affected Public: State Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 13.
    Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden (excludes wage/hour costs): $0.
    Description: The ETA-204 provides data to ETA for the study of 
seasonality, employment or payroll fluctuations, and stabilization, 
expansion or contraction in operations on employment experience. The 
data are used to provide an indication of whether solvency problems 
exist in the State's Trust Fund accounts and in analyzing factors that 
give rise to solvency problems. The data are also used to complete the 
Experience Rating Index. For additional information, see related notice 
published at Volume 73 FR 67207 on November 13, 2008.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Title of Collection: Tax Performance System.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0332.
    Agency Form Numbers: N/A.
    Affected Public: State Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 52.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 90,428.
    Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden (excludes wage/hour costs): $0.
    Description: The Tax Performance System (TPS) gathers and 
disseminates information on the timeliness and accuracy of state 
unemployment insurance tax operations. The Department is required to 
review the timeliness, accuracy, and completeness of certain tax 
collections of states using the Tax Performance System. Handbook 407 
prescribes the operation of this program. TPS data now are an integral 
part of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) PERFORMS, the performance 
management system for the UI program. UI PERFORMS incorporates a 
strategic planning process of identifying priorities; ongoing 
collection and monitoring of valid data to measure performance; 
identification of areas of potential improvement; and development of 
specific action steps to improve performance, followed by use of 
available data to determine whether the action steps are successful. 
For additional information, see related notice published at Volume 73 
FR 48243 on August 18, 2008.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Title of Collection: Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment 
Program.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0456.
    Agency Form Numbers: ETA 9128 and ETA 9129.
    Affected Public: State Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 18.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 36.
    Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden (excludes wage/hour costs): $0.
    Description: The Social Security Act (U.S.C. 42, section 503) 
authorizes DOL to prescribe standard definitions, methods and 
procedures, and reporting requirements for the collection of 
information on benefit payment accuracy and the reemployment of UI 
benefit recipients to ensure the verification of these data. The ETA 
9060 report provides a count of the claimants who were referred to 
Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) program and a count of 
those who completed the services. The ETA 9061 report provides for the 
subsequent collection of outcome data, which assists in monitoring the 
success of the REA program. For additional information, see related 
notice

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published at Volume 73 FR 73957 on December 4, 2008.

Darrin A. King,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-6774 Filed 3-26-09; 8:45 am]
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