[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 19 (Friday, January 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4718-4719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2146]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to ensure that
requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden
(time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are
clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on
respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments concerning the proposed
revision of the ``Report on Occupational Employment.'' A copy of the
proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by
contacting the individual listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this
notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before March 30, 1999.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in
comments which:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Karin G. Kurz. BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 3255,
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20212. Ms. Kurz can be
reached on 202-606-7628 (this is not a toll free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey is a Federal/
State establishment survey of wage and salary workers designed to
produce data on current occupational employment and wages. OES survey
data assist in the development of employment and training programs
established by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Job Training
Partnership Act (JTPA) of 1982, and the Perkins Vocational Education
Act of 1984.
The OES program operates a periodic mail survey of a sample of non-
farm establishments conducted by all fifty States, Guam, Puerto Rico,
the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands. Over three-year
periods, data on occupational employment and wages are collected by
industry at the two- and three-digit Standard Industrial Classification
(SIC) levels. The Department of Labor uses OES data in the
administration of the Alien Labor Certification process under the
Immigration Act of 1990.
II. Current Actions
BLS plans to make a major change to occupations surveyed in 1999 by
incorporating the 1998 edition of the Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) manual in place of the OES Dictionary. Research
also is underway to evaluate any changes needed to specific industry
forms to prepare for the North American Industry Classification System
(NAICS) to be introduced in the 2002 OES survey. This research may
result in the reduction of the number of industry forms and the
introduction of an unstructured form (a form without occupations
listed, sent to small establishments only) for the 1999 survey. BLS and
the States are considering changes to the mail questionnaire in order
to reduce respondent burden, including the addition or deletion of
requests for certain survey items. Research is being conducted on the
collection of OES data by electronic means, including the Internet. BLS
plans to conduct a Response Analysis Survey (RAS) to examine data
collection procedures. This will be the first examination of such
procedures since 1989.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Report on Occupational Employment.
OMB Number: 1220-0042.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit
institutions; and State, Local or Tribal Government.
Frequency: Annual.
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Number of Annual burden
Forms responding Response time Annual burden hours three-
units (minutes) hours year average
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BLS 2877:
FY 2000..................................... 340,000 .............. 255,000 ..............
FY 2001..................................... 340,000 45 255,000 255,000
FY 2002..................................... 340,000 .............. 255,000 ..............
BLS 2877 RAS:
FY 2000..................................... 4,000 .............. 933 ..............
FY 2001..................................... 4,000 14 933 622
FY 2002..................................... 0 .............. 0 ..............
Total:
FY 2000..................................... 344,000 59 255,933 ..............
FY 2001..................................... 344,000 .............. 255,933 255,622
FY 2002..................................... 340,000 45 255,000 ..............
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they also will become a
matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 25th day of January 1999.
W. Stuart Rust, Jr.,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 99-2146 Filed 1-28-99; 8:45 am]
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