[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2088-2089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-592]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Information Collection Request for the ETA 9128, Reemployment and 
Eligibility Assessments Workloads Report, and the ETA 9129, 
Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments Outcomes Report: Extension 
Without Change, Comment Request

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Department of 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 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 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 March 13, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Diane Wood, U.S. Department of Labor,

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Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce Security, 
200 Constitution Avenue NW., Frances Perkins Bldg. Room S-4524, 
Washington, DC 20210, telephone number (202) 693-3212 (this is not a 
toll-free number) or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background: Funds will be awarded to 
participating states in REA program year 2012 to continue the 
Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) initiative. The REA 
guidelines require that these funds be used to conduct in-person 
assessments in the One-Stop Career Centers. The REA must include an 
unemployment insurance (UI) eligibility review, the provision of labor 
market information, development of a re-employment plan and referral to 
reemployment services and/or training, as appropriate. The guidelines 
require that participation exclude those claimants who have a specific 
return-to-work date.
    II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Employment and 
Training Administration is soliciting comments on extending the 
collection of the ETA 9128, Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments 
Workloads Report and the ETA 9129, Reemployment and Eligibility 
Assessments Outcomes Report. Comments are requested to:
    * Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary to assess performance of the REA initiative, including 
whether the information has 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 
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submissions of 
responses.
    III. Current Actions: The continued collection of the information 
contained on the ETA 9128 and the ETA 9129 reports is necessary to 
enable the Office of Unemployment Insurance (OUI) to continue 
evaluating the effectiveness of this initiative through workload and 
outcomes reports.
    Type of Review: Extension without change.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration (ETA).
    Title: Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments Workloads Report 
and Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments Outcomes Report.
    OMB Number: 1205-0456.
    Agency Number: ETA 9128 and ETA 9129.
    Affected Public: State and Local Governments.
    Total Respondents: In fiscal year 2011, 41 State Workforce Agencies 
are participating in the REA initiative.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Estimated Annual Responses: 168.
    Average Time per Response: .5 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 84 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.

    Signed in Washington, DC this 9th day of January, 2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-592 Filed 1-12-12; 8:45 am]
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