[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 15 (Monday, January 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3927-3928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1248]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Proposed Information Collection Request for the ETA 218, Benefit 
Rights and Experience Report; Comment Request on Extension Without 
Change

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 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 
addresses section below on or before March 26, 2010.

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ADDRESSES: Send comments to Scott Gibbons, U.S. Department of Labor, 
Employment and Training Administration, Office of Unemployment 
Insurance, 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

    Attachment to the labor force, usually measured as amount of past 
wages earned, is used to determine eligibility for state unemployment 
compensation programs. The data in the ETA 218, Benefit Rights and 
Experience Report, includes numbers of individuals who were and were 
not monetarily eligible, those eligible for the maximum benefits, those 
eligible based on classification by potential duration categories, and 
those exhausting their full entitlement as classified by actual 
duration categories. These data are used by the National Office in 
solvency studies, cost estimating and modeling, and assessment of state 
benefit formulas.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

    Currently, the Department of Labor is soliciting comments 
concerning the proposed extension for the collection of the ETA 218, 
Benefit Rights and Experience report. Comments are requested that:
     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

    The continued collection of the information contained on the ETA 
218 report is necessary to enable the Office of Unemployment Insurance 
to continue evaluating state benefit formulas and the establishment of 
new benefit years.
    Type of Review: Extension without change.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration (ETA).
    Title: Benefit Rights and Experience.
    OMB Number: 1205-0177.
    Agency Number: ETA 218.
    Affected Public: State and Local Governments.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Responses: 580.
    Average Time per Response: 0.5 hours.

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                                     Total                           Total    Average time per
        Cite/Reference            respondents       Frequency      responses      response           Burden
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ETA 218 Regular...............              53  Quarterly........        212  .5 hour.........  106 hrs.
ETA 218 Extended Benefits.....              39  Quarterly........        156  .5 hour.........  78 hrs.
ETA 218 Emergency Unemployment              53  Quarterly........        212  .5 hour.........  106 hrs.
 Compensation.
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    Totals....................  ..............  .................        580  ................  290 hrs.
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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 290 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: January 19, 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-1248 Filed 1-22-10; 8:45 am]
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