[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 228 (Monday, November 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62602-62603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28501]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Comment Request for Proposed Information Collection for 
Occupational Code Assignment; Extension Without Revisions

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 
collections 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. 
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the collection of data about the Occupational Code 
Assignment Form (ETA 741), which expires on January 31, 2010. 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.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee's section below on or before January 29, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Lauren Fairley-Wright, Office of 
Workforce Investment, Employment and Training Administration, Mail Stop 
S-4231, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 
(202) 693-3731 (This is not a toll-free number), Fax: (202) 693-3015, 
or e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background: The Occupational Code 
Assignment form (ETA 741) was developed as a public service to the 
users of the Occupational Information Network (O*NET), in an effort to 
help them in obtaining occupational codes and titles for jobs that they 
were unable to locate in O*NET.
    The O*NET system classifies nearly all jobs in the United States 
economy. However, new specialties are constantly evolving and emerging. 
The use of the OCA is voluntary and is provided (1) As a uniform format 
to the public and private sector to submit information in order to 
receive assistance in identifying an occupational code, (2) to provide 
input to a database of alternative (lay) titles to facilitate searches 
for occupational information in the O*NET OnLine (http://online.onetcenter.org), O*NET Code Connector (http://www.onetcodeconnector.org), as well as America's Career InfoNet (http://www.acinet.org), and (3) to assist the O*NET system in identifying 
potential occupations that may need to be included in future O*NET data 
collection efforts. The OCA process is designed to help the 
occupational information user relate an occupational specialty or a job 
title to an occupational code and title within the framework of the 
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) based O*NET system. The 
O*NET-SOC system consists of a database that organizes the work done by 
individuals into approximately 1,000 occupational categories. In 
addition, O*NET occupations have associated data on the importance and 
level of a range of occupational characteristics and requirements, 
including Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Tasks, and Work Activities. 
Since the O*NET-SOC system is based on the 2000 SOC system, identifying 
an O*NET-SOC code and title also facilitates linkage to National, 
State, and local occupational employment and wage estimates.
    II. Review Focus:
    The Department of Labor 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,

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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 
submissions of responses.
    III. Current Actions:
    Type of Review: extension without changes.
    Title: Occupational Code Assignment.
    OMB Number: 1205-0137.
    Affected Public: Federal government, state and local government, 
business or other for-profit/non-profit institutions, and individuals.
    Form: ETA-741.
    Total Respondents: 30.
    Frequency: On occasion.

                          Summary of Annual Burden for the Occupational Code Assignment
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                                                                                                      Salary
                                                                                                    expenditure
                      Form                         Requests per   Hours/ request   Hours burden    used 3 (hours
                                                      year 1             2             used          x hourly
                                                                                                      income)
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OCA--Part A.....................................              30             .58           15.51         $653.75
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\1\ Estimate based on average for January 2007 through September 2009.
\2\ Estimates on OCA form--Part A = 30 minutes.
\3\ Salary based on America's Career InfoNet data for Human Resource Manager, median income = $42.15/hour.

    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 0.
    Average Time per Response: 30 minutes for the OCA Part A; 40 
minutes for the OCA Part A and OCA Request for Additional Information 
combined.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 15.51.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice request 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.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of November 2009.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-28501 Filed 11-27-09; 8:45 am]
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