[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8459-8460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4636]
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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
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collection
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 ``Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Reports 8,
15-17.''
A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the addressee
section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before April 28, 1997.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in
comments which:
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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, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20212. Ms. Kurz can be
reached on 202--606-7628 (this is not a toll free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has been charged by Congress
[Congressional Act of July 7, 1930 (29 U.S.C. Chapters 1 and 2)] with
the responsibility of collecting and publishing monthly information on
employment, the average wage received, and the hours worked by area and
industry. The process for developing residency based employment and
unemployment estimates is a cooperative Federal-State program which
uses employment and unemployment inputs available through State
agencies.
The reports covered by this collection are integral parts of the
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program insofar as they
insure and/or measure the timeliness, quality, consistency, and
adherence to program directions of the LAUS estimates and related
research. LAUS program data are used in economic analysis by public
agencies and private industry, and for State and area allocations and
eligibility determinations according to legal and administrative
requirements. Implementation of policy and legislative prerogatives
could not be accomplished as now written without collection of the
data.
II. Current Actions
Exportable software associated with monthly LAUS transmittals
eliminated the need for the Monthly Report on Continued Claimants by
Place of Residence (LAUS 6). Electronic transmittals of any corrections
to regularly submitted data have eliminated the need to use Monthly and
Area Correction Forms (LAUS 13 and 14).
Type of Review: Revision.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Reports 8, 15-17.
OMB Number: 1220-0043.
Affected Public: State Government.
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Estimated
Total Frequency Total Average time total
Form respondents (years) annual per response burden
responses (hours) (hours)
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LAUS 8....................................... 52 15 780 1 780
LAUS 15...................................... 52 0.5 26 2 52
LAUS 16...................................... 52 2 104 1 104
LAUS 17...................................... 52 4 208 0.5 104
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Totals................................. ........... ............ 1,118 ............ 1,040
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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, D.C., this 18th day of February, 1997.
W. Stuart Rust, Jr.,
Acting Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 97-4636 Filed 2-24-97; 8:45 am]
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