[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 156 (Monday, August 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48172-48173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19704]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection for the Reemployment 
and Eligibility Assessments (REA) Reports, 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.

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    Currently, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the continuation 
of the collection of data about the reemployment and eligibility 
assessments report beyond the current expiration date of 10/31/2012.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addresses section below on or before October 12, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Diane Wood, U.S. Department of 
Labor, 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: [email protected]. 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. A copy of the proposed information 
collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office 
listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The REA program addresses the reemployment needs of UI claimants 
and is used to detect and prevent improper payments in the Unemployment 
Insurance (UI) program, both of which are high priorities for ETA. The 
REA program connects UI claimants with reemployment and training 
services through the workforce investment system by linking them to 
services in American Job Centers. The REA program brings claimants into 
American Job Centers where they are provided a full array of available 
services, and ensures that claimants meet and comply with all UI 
eligibility requirements. For many individuals, the UI program provides 
an entry point into this reemployment service delivery system. 
Individuals filing UI claims are active job seekers who, through the 
state's REA program, are made aware of the variety of available 
reemployment services and referred to those that are appropriate for 
them. In FY 2012, forty-two states are participating in the REA program 
for claimants filing for regular UI claims and all states are providing 
an REA for claimants in the Emergency Unemployment Compensation 
program.
    The Department is seeking to extend an information collection 
concerning state activities and results around the Reemployment and 
Eligibility Assessments program. The information collected from these 
REAs is used to evaluate state performance in terms of service 
delivery, to better understand program dynamics, and to gather data to 
report on REAs, including the number of scheduled in-person 
reemployment and eligibility assessments, the number of individuals who 
failed to appear for scheduled assessments, actions taken as a result 
of individuals not appearing for an assessment (e.g., benefits 
terminated), results of assessments (e.g., referred to reemployment 
services, found in compliance with program requirements), estimated 
savings resulting from cessation of benefits, and estimated savings as 
a result of accelerated reemployment.

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: Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments.
    OMB Number: 1205-0456.
    Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
    Form(s): ETA 9128U, ETA9128 and ETA 9129.

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                                                                                   Average time
   Data collection activity        Number of        Frequency          Total       per response    Burden hours
                                  respondents                        responses        (hours)
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9128..........................              42  Quarterly.......             168             0.5              84
9129..........................              42  Quarterly.......             168             0.5              84
9128U.........................              53  Quarterly.......             212             0.5             106
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    Unduplicated totals.......              53  ................             548  ..............             274
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    Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: There are no annualized 
costs to respondents.
    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, on this 6th day of August, 
2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
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