[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 117 (Friday, June 18, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34767-34768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14707]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Information Collection Request of the Resource 
Justification Model (RJM); Comment Request

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), 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 
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 required 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 addressee 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 August 17, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Lauren C. Harrel, 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) 693-2992 (this is 
not a toll-free number). E-mail address is [email protected] and 
fax number is (202) 693-2874 (this is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The collection of actual Unemployment Insurance (UI) administrative 
cost data from states' accounting records and projected expenditures 
for upcoming years is accomplished through the RJM data collection 
instrument. The data collected consists of the actual, most recently 
completed fiscal year's program expenditures and hours broken out by 
functional activity and two years of projected expenditures. The actual 
cost data informs ETA's administrative funding allocation model so that 
state UI program administration funds are allocated as equitably as 
possible among states.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

    Currently, the Department of Labor is soliciting comments 
concerning the proposed extension of the RJM data collection. Comments 
are requested to:
    * 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

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    * Minimize the burden of the information collection on those who 
are to respond, including 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 data collected within the RJM state submissions are used as 
input to the process of distributing UI program appropriated funds 
among the states and inform ETA of the funding requirements states are 
anticipating.
    Type of Review: Extension without change.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Resource Justification Model.
    OMB Number: 1205-0430.
    Affected Public: State Government.
    Cite/Reference/Form/etc: Social Security Act, Section 303(a)(b).
    Total Respondents: 53 State Workforce Agencies.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Total Responses: 53 respondents x 4 submittals = 212 responses.
    Average Estimated Response Time: 123 hours.
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 6,519.

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                                                                                   Average time        Total
        Form/activity               Total          Frequency           Total       per response      estimated
                                 respondents                         responses        (hours)     burden (hours)
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Crosswalk....................              53  Annually.........              53             108           5,724
ACCT SUM.....................              53  Annually.........              53               4             212
RJM 1-6......................              53  Annually.........              53               3             159
Narrative....................              53  Annually.........              53               8             424
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    Totals...................  ..............  .................             212  ..............           6,519
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    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0.
    Comments submitted in response to this solicitation 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: June 11, 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-14707 Filed 6-17-10; 8:45 am]
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