[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 223 (Monday, November 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69503-69504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28099]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection on the ETA 218, 
Benefit Rights and Experience Report, 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 on the ETA 218, Benefit Rights and Experience Report, which 
expires June 30, 2013.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addresses section below on or before January 18, 2013.

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

    Attachment to the labor force, usually measured as amount of past 
wages earned, is used to determine eligibility for state unemployment 
compensation programs. The data in the ETA 218, Benefit Rights and 
Experience Report, includes numbers of individuals who were and were 
not monetarily eligible, those eligible for the maximum benefits, those 
eligible based on classification by potential duration categories, and 
those exhausting their full entitlement as classified by actual 
duration categories. These data are used by the National Office in 
solvency studies, cost estimating and modeling, and assessment of state 
benefit formulas.

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: Benefit Rights and Experience Report.
    OMB Number: 1205-0177.
    Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
    Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: There is no burden cost 
for respondents.

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                                                                                    Annualized      Annualized
             Instruments                 Respondents       Hours per response        responses         hours
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ETA 218 for Regular Program Claimants              53  0.5 hours................               4             106
ETA 218 for Federal-State Extended                  7  0.5 hours................               4              14
 Benefit Program ETA 218 Claimants.
ETA 218 for Emergency Unemployment                 53  0.5 hours................               4             106
 Compensation 2008 Claimants.
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    Unduplicated Totals..............              53  .........................              12             226
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    Signed in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of October, 2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2012-28099 Filed 11-16-12; 8:45 am]
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