[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 68 (Monday, April 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24507-24508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07326]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program

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 May 8, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202-
693-0213, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BLS has been charged by Congress with the 
responsibility of collecting and publishing monthly information on 
employment, the average wage received, and the hours worked by area and 
industry. The Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program develops 
residency-based employment and unemployment statistics through a 
cooperative Federal-State program that uses employment and unemployment 
inputs available in State agencies. Estimates are prepared monthly in 
the State agencies and transmitted to the BLS for validation and 
publication. For additional substantive information about this ICR, see 
the related notice published in the Federal Register on January 18, 
2024 (89 FRN 3432).
    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) 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.
    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.

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    Agency: DOL-BLS.
    Title of Collection: Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program.
    OMB Control Number: 1220-0017.
    Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 52.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 630.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 636 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. 2024-07326 Filed 4-5-24; 8:45 am]
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