[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 119 (Monday, June 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35676-35677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15196]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Occupational Requirements Survey

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (BLS) sponsored information collection request (ICR) 
proposal titled, ``Occupational Requirements Survey,'' to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for use in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before July 22, 2015.

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation; 
including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency 
of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained free of charge 
from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201502-1220-006 (this link will only become active 
on the day following publication of this notice) or by contacting 
Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free 
number) or by email at [email protected].
    Submit comments about this request by mail or courier to the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-
BLS, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202-395-5806 (this is not a toll-free 
number); or by email: [email protected]. Commenters are 
encouraged, but not required, to send a courtesy copy of any comments 
by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of the 
Chief Information Officer, Attn: Departmental Information Compliance 
Management Program, Room N1301, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20210; or by email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at 
[email protected].

    Authority:  44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks PRA authority for the 
Occupational Requirements Survey (ORS) information collection. The ORS 
will be a nationwide survey that the BLS will conduct at the request of 
the Social Security Administration (SSA). The first three years of data 
collection and capture for the ORS will start in 2015 and end in mid-
2018. The SSA, Members of the Congress, and representatives of the 
disability community have all identified the collection of updated 
information on the requirements of work in today's economy as crucial 
to the equitable and efficient operation of the Social Security 
Disability Insurance (SSDI) program. The information currently 
available is more than twenty (20) years old. Estimates produced from 
the data collected by the ORS will be used by the SSA to update 
occupational requirements data in administering the SSDI and 
Supplemental Security Income SSI programs. The ORS will collect data 
from a sample of employers. These requirements of work data will 
consist of information about the duties, responsibilities, and job 
tasks for a sample of occupations for each sampled employer. The BLS 
Authorizing Statute and the Economy Act authorize this information 
collection. See 29 U.S. C. 9, 9(a) and 31 U.S.C. 1535.
    This proposed information collection is subject to the PRA. A 
Federal agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of 
information, and the public is generally not required to respond to an 
information collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the PRA 
and displays a currently valid OMB

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Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions of 
law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to 
comply with a collection of information if the collection of 
information does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 
1320.5(a) and 1320.6. For additional information, see the related 
notice published in the Federal Register on February 18, 2015 (80 FR 
8696).
    Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in 
the ADDRESSES section within thirty (30) days of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate 
consideration, comments should mention ICR Reference Number 201502-
1220-006. The OMB is particularly interested in comments that:
     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 submission of responses.
    Agency: DOL-BLS.
    Title of Collection: Occupational Requirements Survey.
    OMB ICR Reference Number: 201502-1220-006.
    Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments and Private 
Sector--businesses or other for-profits.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,071.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 10,557.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 18,915 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

     Dated: June 15, 2015.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-15196 Filed 6-19-15; 8:45 am]
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