[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 121 (Friday, June 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37716-37717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15214]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection for Claims and Payment 
Activities, Extension Without Revisions.

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 ETA uses to record data concerning claims and payment activities 
in the Unemployment Insurance (UI) system.

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 5159, Claimant and Payment Activities report, contains 
information on claims activities including the number of initial 
claims, first payments, weeks claimed, weeks compensated, benefit 
payments, and final payments. These data are used in budgetary and 
administrative planning, program evaluation, actuarial and program 
research, and reports to Congress and the public.

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: Claims and Payment Activities.
    OMB Number: 1205-0010.
    Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
    Form(s): ETA 5159.

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                                                                                   Average time
   Data collection activity       Number of        Frequency           Total       per response    Burden hours
                                 respondents                         responses        (hours)
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Reporting of Regular 5159....              53  Monthly..........             636               2           1,272
Reporting of EB 5159.........              53  Monthly..........             636               2           1,272
Reporting of STC 5159........              53  Monthly..........             636               7           4,452
Reporting of TEUC 5159.......              53  Monthly..........             636               2           1,272
Reporting of EUC08 5159......              53  Monthly..........             636               2           1,272
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    Total....................  ..............  .................           3,180  ..............           9,540
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    Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: There is no burden cost.
    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. 2012-15214 Filed 6-21-12; 8:45 am]
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