[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10102-10103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02891]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; General Inquiries to State Agency Contacts

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (BLS)-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 March 14, 2024.

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

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the functions of the Department, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (2) 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; (3) ways to enhance 
the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) 
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: Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202-
693-0213, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BLS awards funds to State Agencies in order 
to assist them in operating Labor Market Information and/or 
Occupational Safety and Health Statistics Federal/State cooperative 
statistical programs. To ensure a timely flow of information and to be 
able to evaluate and improve the programs, it is necessary to conduct 
ongoing communications between BLS and the State partners dealing with, 
for example, deliverables, program enhancements, and administrative 
issues. For additional substantive information about this ICR, see the 
related notice published in the Federal Register on December 4, 2023 
(88 FRN 84172).
    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.
    Agency: DOL-BLS.
    Title of Collection: General Inquiries to State Agency Contacts.
    OMB Control Number: 1220-0168.
    Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 54.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 23,890.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 15,927 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

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

Nicole Bouchet,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2024-02891 Filed 2-12-24; 8:45 am]
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