[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 67 (Friday, April 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 15308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8486]
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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
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 extension of the ``Manual for Developing Local
Area Unemployment Statistics.'' 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
addresses section below on or before June 4, 1996. BLS is particularly
interested in comments which help the agency to:
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 Department of Labor, through BLS, is responsible for the
development and publication of local area labor force statistics. This
program includes the issuance of monthly estimates of the labor force,
employment, unemployment, and the unemployment rate for each State and
labor market area in the Nation.
II. Current Actions
The labor force estimates developed and issued in this program are
used for economic analysis and as a tool in the implementation of
Federal economic policy in such areas as employment and economic
development under the Job Training and Partnership Act, the Public
Works and Economic Development Act, among others.
The estimates are also 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.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Manual for Developing Local Area Unemployment Statistics.
OMB Number: 1220-0017.
Affected Public: State government.
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Average time Estimated
Form Total Frequency Total per response total burden
respondents responses (hours) hours
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LAUS 2....................... 6,700 Monthly.......... 80,400 1.62 130,248
LAUS 3....................... 384 Monthly.......... 4,608 .11 507
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Totals................. .............. ................. 85,008 .............. 130,755
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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 2nd day of April, 1996.
Peter T. Spolarich,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 96-8486 Filed 4-4-96; 8:45 am]
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