[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 175 (Friday, September 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55357-55359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22581]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection for the Benefits, 
Timeliness, and Quality Data Collection System, Extension With 
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 proposed extension 
of the Benefits Timeliness and Quality (BTQ) data collection system, 
which is part of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Performs measurement 
system (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.

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DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee's section below on or before November 9, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Employment and Training 
Administration, Office of Unemployment Insurance, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Room C4522, Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Delores 
Mackall. Telephone number: 202-693-3183 (this is not a toll-free 
number). Fax: 202-693-3975. E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The Secretary of Labor, under the Social Security Act, Title III, 
Section 302 (42 U.S.C. 502), funds the necessary cost of proper and 
efficient administration of each state UI law. The BTQ program collects 
information and analyzes data. The BTQ data measure the timeliness and 
quality of states' administrative actions and administrative decisions 
related to UI benefit payments.

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 with revisions.
    Title: Benefits, Timeliness, and Quality Review.
    OMB Number: 1205-0359.
    Affected Public: State governments.
    Form(s): ETA-9050, ETA-9051, ETA-9052, ETA-9054, ETA-9055, ETA-
9056, ETA-9057.
    Total Annual Respondents: 53 state agencies.
    Annual Frequency: Monthly and Quarterly.
    Total Annual Responses: 29,636.
    Average Time per Response: 80 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 39,521 hours.

                                                  Monthly Universe Measures: State Staff Hours per Year
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                                                                             Number of      Reports per        Total         Hours per
          ETA  report                            Measure                    respondents        year          responses       response     Total hrs/year
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9050...........................  First Payment Time Lapse, Core Measure.              53              12             636              .5             318
9050...........................  First Payment Time Lapse, Partial/Part               53              12             636              .5             318
                                  Total Claims, Management Information
                                  Measure.
9050...........................  First Payment Time Lapse, Workshare                  53              12             636              .5             318
                                  Claims, Management Information Measure.
9051...........................  Continued Weeks Compensated Time Lapse,              53              12             636              .5             318
                                  Management Information Measure.
9051...........................  Continued Weeks Compensated Time Lapse,              53              12             636              .5             318
                                  Partial Part/Total, Management
                                  Information Measure.
9051...........................  Continued Weeks Compensated Time Lapse,              53              12             636              .5             318
                                  Workshare, Management Information
                                  Measure.
9052...........................  Nonmonetary Determinations Time Lapse,               53              12             636             1.0             636
                                  Detection Date, Core Measure.
9054...........................  Lower Authority Appeals Time Lapse,                  53              12             636              .5             318
                                  Management Information Measure.
9055...........................  Lower Authority Appeals Case Aging,                  53              12             636             1.0             636
                                  Core Measure.
9054...........................  Higher Authority Appeals Time Lapse,                 53              12             636              .5             318
                                  Management Information Measure.
9055...........................  Higher Authority Appeals Case Aging,                 53              12             636             1.0             636
                                  Core Measure.
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    Subtotal............................................................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............           4,452
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                                              Quarterly Sample Review Measures: State Staff Hours per Year
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                                                                                          Sampled cases    Total cases
       ETA  report                     Measure                 Number of respondents      reviewed per    reviewed per      Hours per     Total hrs/year
                                                                                              year            year           response
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9056....................  Nonmonetary Determination         23 Small States............             240           5,520              1             5,520
                           Quality, Core Measure.
9056....................  Nonmonetary Determination         30 Large States............             400          12,000              1            12,000
                           Quality, Core Measure.
9057....................  Lower Authority Appeals Quality,  42 Small States............              80           3,360              3.5          11,760
                           Core Measure.

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9057....................  Lower Authority Appeals Quality,  11 Large States............             160           1,760              3.5           6,160
                           Core Measure.
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    Subtotal..............................................  ...........................  ..............  ..............  ...............          35,440
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    Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: $0.
    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: Signed at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of September 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-22581 Filed 9-9-10; 8:45 am]
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