[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 44 (Friday, March 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 11541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03701]


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FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE


Arbitrator's Report and Fee Statement

AGENCY: Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS).

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), invites 
the public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to 
comment on the following information collection request, Arbitrator's 
Report and Fee Statement, FMCS Form R-19. This information collection 
request will be submitted for approval to the Office of Management 
Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The 
Arbitrator's Report and Fee Statement, FMCS Form R-19, allows FMCS to 
comply with its statutory obligation to make governmental facilities 
available for voluntary arbitration. To carry out this policy, FMCS 
have issued regulations which provide for the operation and maintenance 
of a roster of professional arbitrators. The FMCS Form R-19, which 
arbitrators file with the Agency following each decision rendered, 
allows FMCS to monitor the work of the Arbitrator and to collect 
arbitration information, such as median arbitrator fees and days spent 
on each case, for the Agency's annual report.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 6, 2025.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Arbitrator's Report 
and Fee Statement (FMCS Form R-19), through one of the following 
methods:
     Email: [email protected];
     Mail: Office of General Counsel, One Independence Square, 
250 E St. SW, Washington, DC 20427.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Pierce, 202-606-3672, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the agency form are available 
here. Paper copies are available from the Office of Client Services by 
emailing Karen Pierce at the email address above. Please ask for the 
Arbitrator's Report and Fee Statement (FMCS Form R-19).

I. Request for Comments

    FMCS solicits comments to:
    i. Evaluate whether the proposed collections of information are 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility.
    ii. Enhance the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information.
    iii. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected.
    iv. Minimize the burden of the collections of information on those 
who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic collection technologies or other forms of information 
technology.

II. Information Collection Request

    Agency: Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
    Title: Arbitrator's Report and Fee Statement (FMCS Form R-19).
    OMB Number: 3076-0003.
    Type of Request: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Affected Public: Private Sector to include businesses or other for-
profits.
    Frequency: Once a year, on occasion.
    Burden: The total annual burden estimate is that FMCS will receive 
approximately 2,000 responses per year, one response per year. This 
form takes about 5 minutes to complete.
    Information Collection Requirement:
    Purpose and Description of Data Collection: Pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 
171(b) and 29 CFR part 1404, FMCS assumes responsibility to monitor the 
work of the arbitrators who serve on its Roster. This is satisfied by 
requiring the completion and submission of a Report and Fee Statement, 
which indicates when the arbitration award was rendered, the file 
number, the company and union, the issues, whether briefs were filed 
and transcripts taken, if there were any waivers by parties on the date 
the award was due, and the fees and days for services of the 
arbitrator.
    Use of Results: FMCS publishes this information in the agency's 
annual report, to inform the public about the arbitration services 
program and certain national trends in arbitration.

III. The Official Record

    The official records are electronic records.

    Dated: March 4, 2025.
Alisa Zimmerman,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2025-03701 Filed 3-6-25; 8:45 am]
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