[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 86 (Monday, May 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26498-26499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09367]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Pre-Implementation Planning Checklist Report 
for State Unemployment Insurance Information Technology Modernization 
Projects

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment 
and Training Administration (ETA)-sponsored information collection 
request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before June 3, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Crystal Rennie by telephone at 202-
693-0456 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Unemployment Insurance (UI) Information 
Technology (IT) Modernization Pre-Implementation Planning Checklist for 
states to use prior to ``going live'' with a new UI Benefits and/or Tax 
system. The checklist can be used to verify that all necessary system 
functions are available and/or that alternative workarounds are 
developed prior to the production launch of the UI IT system to help 
avoid major disruption of services to UI customers and to prevent 
delays in making UI benefit payments when due. This comprehensive 
checklist denotes critical functional areas that states should verify 
prior to launching a new UI IT system including, but not limited to, 
technical IT functions and UI business processes that interface with 
the new system. For additional substantive information about this ICR,

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see the related notice published in the Federal Register on November 7, 
2019 (84 FR 60114).
    This 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 the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid 
OMB 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 that does not display a valid 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-ETA.
    Title of Collection: Pre-Implementation Planning Checklist Report 
for State Unemployment Insurance Information Technology Modernization 
Projects.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0527.
    Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 24.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 24.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 576 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

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

    Dated: April 27, 2020.
Anthony May,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-09367 Filed 5-1-20; 8:45 am]
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