[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 156 (Monday, August 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48176-48177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19705]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection for Reemployment 
Services and Outcomes for Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claimants in 
Federal Programs, 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.
    ETA is soliciting comments concerning the continuation of the 
collection of data about reemployment services and outcomes for UI 
claimants in Federal programs 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 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

    ETA is seeking to renew a collection of information for the 
purposes of describing reemployment activities for UI claimants in 
Federal programs. The basic report format is very similar to the 
existing ETA 9002 report (Office of Management and Budget number 1205-
0240) that covers quarterly performance data for Wagner-Peyser Act 
funded public labor exchange. ETA has well established reporting 
instructions, reporting software, reporting formats and reporting logic 
that is used for existing reemployment service delivery reporting for 
UI claimants, and ETA uses this existing structure to serve UI 
claimants in Federal programs, as required by Section 2142 of the 
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112-96). 
ETA believes that the use of an existing standard in reporting for 
reemployment service delivery minimizes the burden on states as they 
seek to rapidly implement the requirements of Public Law 112-96. ETA 
believes that adapting an existing, approved reporting structure that 
is extensively used, well tested and well understood presents the best, 
and possibly only option, for collecting meaningful performance and 
evaluation data on this program.

II. Review Focus

    The Department is particularly interested in comments which:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary

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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 Services and Outcomes for UI Claimants in 
Federal Programs.
    OMB Number: 1205-0493.
    Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
    Form(s): ETA 9002 EUC.

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                                                           Hours per                                Annualized
            Respondent type               Respondents      response       Annualized responses         hours
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Job Seeker Collection Burden..........       3,500,000          0.0333  1 per claimant..........         116,667
Quarterly Reporting Burden for SWAs...              53              80  4.......................          16,960
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    Unduplicated Totals...............       3,500,053  ..............  ........................         133,627
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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, on this 6th day of August, 
2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
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