[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 121 (Friday, June 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37713-37714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15213]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection for ETA 9162, Random 
Audit of EUC 2008 Claimants, Comment Request for Extension Without 
Change

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department), as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a 
preclearance consultation program to provide the 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 [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps 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, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the collection of 
data about Random Audit of Claimants in the Emergency Unemployment 
Compensation Program of 2008 (EUC08), which expires November 30, 2012.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
ADDRESSES section below on or before August 21, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Scott Gibbons, Office of 
Unemployment Insurance, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 
Telephone number: 202-693-3008 (this is not a toll-free number). 
Individuals with hearing or speech impairments may access the telephone 
number above via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay 
Service at 1-877-889-5627 (TTY/TDD). Email: [email protected]. A 
copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be 
obtained by contacting Mr. Gibbons.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The ETA 9162 report is intended to provide data describing random 
audits of the work search provision of Public Law 112-96 (see Section 
2141(b)). Random audits are conducted to ensure that claimants in EUC08 
are performing an appropriate work search as required by state and 
Federal law. States will audit, on a weekly basis, a cohort of EUC08 
claimants of pre-defined size. Any EUC08 claimant that receives a week 
of payment is potentially subject to random audit of their work search 
documentation.

II. Review Focus

    The Department 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 without changes.
    Title: Random Audit of EUC 2008 Claimants.
    OMB Number: 1205-0495.
    Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
    Form(s): ETA 9162.

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                                                                                  Average time
    Data collection activity        Number of       Frequency         Total       per response     Burden hours
                                   respondents                      responses        (hours)
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Claimant burden in responding           475,650         Onetime         475,650            0.94        445,921.9
 to audit......................
State burden in conducting                   53         Onetime         475,650            0.25        118,912.5
 audit.........................
Record Keeping.................         475,650         Onetime         475,650            0.25        118,912.5
Ongoing Reporting..............              53       Quarterly             212            3.00            636
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    Total......................  ..............  ..............       1,427,162  ..............        684,382.9
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    Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be 
summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the ICR; 
they will also become a matter of public record.

    Dated: Signed in Washington, DC, this 15th day of June, 2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2012-15213 Filed 6-21-12; 8:45 am]
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