[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 31, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53503-53504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18777]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Unemployment Insurance Benefit Accuracy 
Measurement Program

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 the agency 
receives on or before September 30, 2022.

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 
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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: Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202-
693-8538, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since 1987, all State Workforce Agencies 
except the U.S. Virgin Islands have been required by regulation at 20 
CFR part 602 to operate Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) programs to 
assess the accuracy of their unemployment insurance (UI) benefit 
payments in three programs: State UI, Unemployment Compensation for 
Federal Employees (UCFE), and Unemployment Compensation for Ex-
servicemembers (UCX). BAM is one of the tools DOL uses to measure and 
reduce improper payments in the UI program. For additional substantive 
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the 
Federal Register on February 23, 2022 (87 FR 10244).
    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: Unemployment Insurance Benefit Accuracy 
Measurement Program.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0245.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households; State, Local, and 
Tribal Governments; Private Sector-- Businesses or other for-profits, 
not-for-profit institutions, and farms.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 181,633.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 228,745.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 618,084 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

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

     Dated: August 24, 2022.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-18777 Filed 8-30-22; 8:45 am]
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