[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 45 (Thursday, March 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14838-14839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05264]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Information Collection Request of the Resource 
Justification Model (RJM); Comment Request

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance 
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on proposed

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and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This 
program helps to ensure that required 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.
    A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be 
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section 
of this notice or by accessing: http://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before May 6, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to John Ake, U.S. Department of Labor, 
Employment and Training Administration, Office of Unemployment 
Insurance, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Frances Perkins Bldg. Room S-
4524, Washington, DC 20210, telephone number (202) 693-2865 (this is 
not a toll-free number). Email address is [email protected] and fax 
number is (202) 693-2874 (this is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The collection of actual Unemployment Insurance (UI) administrative 
cost data from states' accounting records and projected expenditures 
for upcoming years is accomplished through the Resource Justification 
Model (RJM) data collection instrument. The data collected consists of 
program expenditures and hours worked by state staff, broken out by 
functional activity, for the most recent two years of expenditures. 
This actual cost data informs ETA's administrative funding allocation 
model so that state UI program administration funds are allocated in 
proportion to the level of state activities.

II. Review Focus

    The Department of Labor 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 information collection on those 
who are to respond, including 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 change.
    Title: Resource Justification Model.
    OMB Number: 1205-0430.
    Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
    Total Respondents: 53 State Workforce Agencies.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Total Responses: 53 respondents x 4 annual reports submitted = 212 
responses
    Average Estimated Response Time: 123 hours.
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 6,519.

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                                    Total                            Total        Average time   Total estimated
        Form Activity            respondents      Frequency        responses      per response        burden
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Crosswalk....................              53  Annually.......              53  108 hrs........  5,724 hrs.
ACCT SUM.....................              53  Annually.......              53  4 hours........  212 hrs.
RJM 1-6......................              53  Annually.......              53  3 hours........  159 hours.
Narrative....................              53  Annually.......              53  8 hours........  424 hours.
    TOTALS...................  ..............  ...............             212  ...............  6,519 hrs
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    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0.

    Dated: Signed in Washington, DC, on this 25th day of February, 
2013.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2013-05264 Filed 3-6-13; 8:45 am]
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