[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 187 (Monday, September 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 58300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24572]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection on the ETA 9048, 
Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Activity, and the ETA 9049, 
Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Outcomes, 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 9048, Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services 
Activity, and the ETA 9049, Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services 
Outcomes, which expires May 31, 2016.

DATES: Submit written comments to the office listed in the addresses 
section below on or before November 27, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Diane Wood, Office of Unemployment 
Insurance, Room S-4524, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 
Telephone number: 202-693-3212 (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]. To 
obtain a copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR), 
please contact the person listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) program 
allows for the targeting of reemployment services to those most in need 
of services. The ETA 9048 and ETA 9049 are the only means of tracking 
the activities in the WPRS program. The ETA 9048 report describes flows 
of claimants at various points in the WPRS system from initial 
profiling through the completion of specific reemployment services. The 
ETA 9049 describes the reemployment experience of profiled claimants 
who were referred to services by examining the state's existing wage 
record files to see in which quarter the individuals who received 
reemployment services became employed, what wages they earned, and 
whether they changed industries.

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: Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Activity and 
Outcomes.
    OMB Number: 1205-0353.
    Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
    Form(s): ETA 9048, ETA 9049.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 53.
    Annual Frequency: Quarterly.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 424.
    Average Time per Response: 0.25 Hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 106 Hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: There is no cost for 
respondents.
    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. 2015-24572 Filed 9-25-15; 8:45 am]
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