[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37353-37354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15293]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection for ETA 581, 
Contribution Operations (OMB Control No. 1205-0178), Extension Without 
Revision

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)] (PRA). The PRA helps ensure that 
respondents can provide requested data in the desired format with 
minimal reporting burden (time and financial resources), 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 process for data on 
unemployment insurance (UI) contribution operations, which expires 
February 28, 2015.

DATES: Submit written comments to the office listed in the addresses 
section below on or before September 2, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Alexander R. Farach, U.S. Department of 
Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Unemployment 
Insurance, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room S-4524, Washington, DC 
20210, telephone number (202) 693-3741 (this is not a toll-free number) 
or by email: [email protected]. To obtain a copy of the 
proposed information collection request (ICR), please contact the 
person listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Background

    State UI agencies report data on the ETA 581 report in order to 
measure performance, accuracy and promptness in employer registrations, 
timeliness of filing contribution and wage reports by employers, 
collections (accounts receivable), and field audits of employers. Data 
on the report also measures state efforts to detect employer tax 
avoidance schemes, which is known as State Unemployment Tax Act (SUTA) 
Dumping. Section 303(k) of the Social Security Act requires states to 
detect SUTA Dumping. ETA uses the information reported on the report to 
monitor and measure program performance and make projections and 
forecasts in conjunction with the budgetary process.

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 revisions.
    Title: Report ETA 581, Contribution Operations.
    OMB Number: 1205-0178.
    Affected Public: State governments.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 53 respondents.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 53 respondents submit quarterly 
reports (212 reports are submitted annually).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,802 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: -0-.
    We will summarize and/or include in the request for OMB approval of 
the ICR, the comments received in response to this comment request; 
they will also become a matter of public record.

Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2014-15293 Filed 6-30-14; 8:45 am]
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