[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17019-17020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9056]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
ETA-9000 Report on Internal Fraud Activities; 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 [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 collection of the ETA-9000 Report on
Internal Fraud Activities. A copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by contacting the office 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 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: Harry B. Minor, Unemployment Insurance Service, Employment
and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S4522, 200
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210, telephone number
(202) 219-5211, ext. 108 (this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The ETA-9000 is the only data source available on instances of
internal fraud activities within the Unemployment Insurance (UI)
program and on the results of safeguards that have been implemented to
deter and detect instances of internal fraud. The report categorizes
the major areas susceptible to internal (employee) fraud and provides
actual and ``estimated'' (predictability or cost avoidance measures)
workload. The information from this report has been used and will be
used to review Internal Security (IS) operations and obtain information
on composite shifting patterns of nationwide activity, and
effectiveness in the area of internal fraud identification and
prevention. Employment and Training Administration has used this report
to assess the overall adequacy of internal security procedures in State
Employment Security Agency (SESA) UI program administration.
II. Current Actions
Continued collection of the ETA-9000 data will provide for a
comprehensive evaluation of the UI IS program. The data is collected
annually, and an analysis of the data received is formulated into a
report summarizing the internal fraud cases uncovered by the 53 SESAs.
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Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Report on Internal Fraud Activities.
OMB Number: 1205-0187.
Agency Number: ETA 9000.
Affected Public: State and Local Governments.
Total Respondents: 53.
Frequency: Annually.
Total Responses: 53.
Average Time per Response: 3 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 159 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 0.
Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and
Budget approval of the information collection request; they will also
become a matter of public record.
Dated: March 31, 1998.
Grace A. Kilbane,
Director, Unemployment Insurance Service.
[FR Doc. 98-9056 Filed 4-6-98; 8:45 am]
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