[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17018-17019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9055]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Benefits, Timeliness and Quality Data Collection System; 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 preclearance
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 Employment and Training Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed extension of the Benefits, Timeliness
and Quality (BTQ) data collection system (formerly known as Performance
Measurement Review) for Unemployment Insurance (UI). A copy of the
proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting
the office listed below in the addressee section of this notice.
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DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before June 8, 1998.
The Department of Labor 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: Leslie Thompson, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Room S-4522, Washington, D.C. 20210, (202) 219-5215, ext.
131. (this is not a toll free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Secretary of Labor has a legal responsibility under the Social
Security Act (SSA) Title III, Section 303(a)(1), for reimbursing to
State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) the necessary cost of proper
and efficient administration of State UI laws. The BTQ program collects
information and analyses data to do this. The BTQ measures have been
implemented which look at timeliness and quality of States'
performance, various administrative actions and administrative
decisions concerning UI benefit operations.
II. Current Actions
Continued collection of data under the BTQ system will provide for
a comprehensive evaluation of the overall UI program. The BTQ program
has been and will continue to be one of the primary means used by UI
Regional and National Office staff to assess performance levels of
individual States and as a basis for oversight to discharge the
Secretary of Labor's responsibility for determining proper and
efficient administration. The SESAs also use the BTQ measures for their
internal program assessment.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Benefits, Timeliness and Quality Review.
OMB Number: 1205-0359.
Affected Public: State Government.
Total Respondents: 53.
Frequency: Monthly and Quarterly.
Total Responses: 54,908.
Average Time per Response: 726 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 38,486 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 0.
Dated: March 31, 1998.
Grace A. Kilbane,
Director, Unemployment Insurance Service.
[FR Doc. 98-9055 Filed 4-6-98; 8:45 am]
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