[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66679-66680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29863]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[OMB 1205-0353]


Comment Request for the Proposed Extension of the Collection of 
Information With the ETA 9048, Worker Profiling and Reemployment 
Services Activity, and the ETA 9049, Worker Profiling and Reemployment 
Services Outcomes, Extension Without Revisions

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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, State, 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 on ETA 9048 and ETA 9049.
    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.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee's section below on or before February 16, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Diane Wood, Office of Workforce 
Security, 200 Constitution Ave. NW., Room S-4231, Washington, DC 20210; 
telephone 202-693-3212; fax 202-693-3975 (these are not toll-free 
numbers) or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

[[Page 66680]]

I. Background

    The Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) program 
allows for the targeting of reemployment services to those most likely 
to exhaust their benefits. The ETA 9048 and ETA 9049 are the only means 
of tracking the activities in the WPRS program. The ETA 9048 reports on 
the numbers and flows of claimants at the various stages of the WPRS 
system from initial profiling through the completion of specific 
reemployment services. This allows for evaluation and monitoring of the 
program. The ETA 9049 gives a limited, but inexpensive, look at the 
reemployment experience of profiled claimants who were referred to 
services by examining the State's existing wage record files to 
identify the subsequent quarter in which the referred individuals 
became employed, what wages they earned and whether they have changed 
industries.

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, 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: ETA 9048, Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services 
Activity and the ETA 9049, Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services 
Outcomes.
    OMB Number: 1205-0353.
    Affected Public: State governments.
    Forms: ETA-9048 and ETA 9049.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Annual Responses: 424.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 0.
    Average Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 106 hours.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment 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.

    Dated: December 9, 2009.
Jane Oates
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-29863 Filed 12-15-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510-FN-P