[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 237 (Monday, December 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 76088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26911]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services 
Activity and Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Outcomes

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 January 11, 2023.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Worker Profiling and Reemployment 
Services (WPRS) program, mandated by the Unemployment Compensation 
Amendments of 1993, Public Law 103-152, identifies and ranks 
unemployment insurance (UI) claimants by their potential for exhausting 
benefits before returning to work and refers these claimants to 
appropriate reemployment services. WPRS is a required UI activity that 
each state may operate as a standalone program or integrated within the 
state's Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) 
program, which is a voluntary reemployment program authorized by 
section 306 of the Social Security Act (SSA). Specifically, states 
participating in the RESEA program may opt to integrate WPRS into the 
RESEA participant selection process. States that fully integrate WPRS 
into their RESEA program and provide RESEA services statewide are 
exempt from WPRS reporting because WPRS activities are fully reflected 
in RESEA quarterly reports. For additional substantive information 
about this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal 
Register on May 27, 2022 (87 FR 32188).
    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: Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services 
Activity and Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Outcomes.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0353.
    Affected Public: State, local, and Tribal governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 105,220.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 205,383.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 273,037 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

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

    Dated: December 5, 2022.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-26911 Filed 12-9-22; 8:45 am]
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