[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 97 (Thursday, May 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23886-23887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11892]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Proposed Information Collection Request on Applications for UI 
Modernization Incentive Payments; 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 ADDRESSES 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 July 20, 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) 693-3008 (this is not a 
toll-free number) or by e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    I. Background: Section 2003(f) of the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides for Unemployment Insurance 
(UI) modernization incentive payments to be made from the Unemployment 
Trust Fund (UTF) to the states. The total amount available for all 
states is $7 billion dollars. To obtain its share, the state must make 
an application to the Department of Labor demonstrating that its UI law 
contains certain benefit eligibility provisions. The last date on which 
an incentive distribution may be made is September 30, 2011. When 
applying for a share of the UI modernization incentive payments, a 
state must document the provisions of its law that meet the 
requirements for obtaining an incentive payment. The state is also 
required to describe how it intends to use any incentive payment to 
improve or strengthen its UI program.
    II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Employment and 
Training Administration is soliciting comments concerning this data 
collection. Comments are requested that:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary to evaluate proposals, 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;
     Address the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Address 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

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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. 1205-0470.
    Type of Review: Extension without change.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Applications for Unemployment Insurance Modernization 
Incentive Payments.
    OMB Number: 1205-0470.
    Agency Number: N/A.
    Affected Public: State Government.
    Cite/Reference/Form/etc: N/A.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Frequency: One time collection.
    Total Responses: 53.
    Average Time per Response: 8 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 424 hours.
    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: Friday, May 15, 2009.
Cheryl Atkinson,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
[FR Doc. E9-11892 Filed 5-20-09; 8:45 am]
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