[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53982-53983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21872]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Information Collection Request of the ETA 207, 
Nonmonetary Determination Activities Report; Comment Request on 
Extension Without Change (OMB 1205-0150)

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. The current expiration date is 
November 30, 2010.
    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 section below on or before November 1, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Ericka Parker, 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)-693-3208 (this is 
not a toll-free number) or by e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    I. Background: The ETA 207 Report, Nonmonetary Determination 
Activities, contains state data on the number and types of issues that 
are adjudicated when unemployment insurance (UI) claims are filed. It 
also has data on the number of disqualifications that are issued for 
reasons associated with a claimant's separation from employment and 
reasons related to a claimant's continuing eligibility for benefits. 
These data are used by the Office of Unemployment Insurance (OUI) to 
determine workload counts for allocation of administrative funds, to 
analyze the ratio of disqualifications to determinations, and to 
examine and evaluate the program effect of nonmonetary activities.
    II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Employment and 
Training Administration is soliciting comments concerning the proposed 
extension collection of the ETA 207, Nonmonetary Determinations 
Activities Report. Comments are requested to:
    * Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary to assess performance of the nonmonetary determination 
function, 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 the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
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information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submissions of 
responses.
    III. Current Actions: The continued collection of the information 
contained on the ETA 207 report is necessary to enable the OUI to 
continue evaluating state performance in the nonmonetary determination 
area and to continue using the data as a key input to the 
administrative funding process.
    Type of Review: Extension without change.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration (ETA).
    Title: Nonmonetary Determination Activities Report.
    OMB Number: 1205-0150.
    Agency Number: ETA 207.
    Affected Public: State and Local Governments.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Responses: 53 respondents x 4 responses per year = 212 
responses for the regular program, 53 respondents x 4 responses per 
year = 212 responses for the Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 
program, 53 respondents x 4 responses per year = 212 responses for the 
Federal-State extended benefit program for an estimated total of 636 
responses.
    Average Estimated Response Time: 4 hours.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 2,544 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 ICR; they will also become a matter of public record.

    Dated: August 27, 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-21872 Filed 9-1-10; 8:45 am]
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