[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30336-30337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12098]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection: ETA-5130 Benefit 
Appeals Report; Extension Without Change

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, 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 and/or continuing 
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A); 3506(b)(1)(2)(3)]. This program 
helps to 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.
    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.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee's section below on or before July 22, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Stephanie Garcia, Office of Unemployment 
Insurance, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of 
Labor, Room S-4524, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210, 
telephone number (202) 693-3207 (this is not a toll-free number) or by 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The ETA-5130, Benefit Appeals Report, contains information on the 
number of unemployment insurance appeals and the resultant decisions 
classified by program, appeals level, cases filed and disposed of 
(workflow), and decisions by level, appellant, and issue. The data on 
this report are used by the Department of Labor to monitor the benefit 
appeals process in the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) and to develop 
any needed plans for remedial action. The data are also needed for 
workload forecasts and to determine administrative funding. If this 
information were not available, developing problems might not be 
discovered early enough to allow for timely solutions and avoidance of 
time consuming and costly corrective action.

II. Review Focus

    Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed extension collection of the ETA-5130 
Benefit Appeals Report, which expires January 31, 2014. Comments are 
requested to:
    * 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;
    * 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 automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

III. Current Actions

    Type of Review: Extension without changes.
    Title: Benefit Appeals Report.
    OMB Number: 1205-0172.
    Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
    Cite/Reference/Form/etc: Social Security Act, Section 303(a)(6).
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Total Responses: 53 respondents x 12 responses per year = 636 
responses for the regular program, 53 respondents x 12 responses per 
year = 636 responses for the Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 
program, 53 respondents x 12 responses per year = 636 responses for the 
Federal-State

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extended benefit program for an estimated total of 1,908 responses.
    Average Estimated Response Time: 1 hour.
    Total Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 1,908 hours (636 hours for the 
ETA 5130 Regular report + 636 hours for the ETA 5130 Federal-State 
Extended Benefits report + 636 hours for the ETA 5130 Emergency 
Unemployment Compensation Report).
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval of the ICR; they will also become a matter of public record.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 15th day of May, 2013.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-12098 Filed 5-21-13; 8:45 am]
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