[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17216-17217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9231]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Work Opportunity and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credits ETA Handbook No.
408, First Edition, July 1997 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 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/U.S.Employment
Service is soliciting comments concerning the proposed revision of the
ETA Handbook No. 408, First Edition, July 1997.
A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) 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: John Beverly, Director, U.S. Employment Service, ETA, 200
Constitution Ave., NW, Rm. N-4470, Washington D.C. 20210, (202) 219-
5257 (this is not a toll-free number) fax no. (202) 219-6643.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) program created by the Small
Business Job Protection Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-188) expired on September
30, 1997. The program was authorized for one year, becoming effective
October 1, 1996, through September 30, 1997. In response to President
Clinton's Welfare Reform initiative and efforts, the Congress on August
5, 1997, signed into law the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997--the Act--
(P.L. 105-34). This legislation reauthorized the WOTC program for nine
additional months and created the Welfare-to-Work (WtW) tax credit,
which became effective January 1, 1998, through April 30, 1999. The law
required no changes in the type of data to be collected on the WOTC
program.
II. Current Actions
Data on the WOTC and the Welfare-to-Work credit will be
collected by the State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) and
provided to the United States Employment Service (USES), Division of
Planning and Operations, Washington, D.C. through the appropriate U.S.
Department of Labor, Regional Office. The data will be used for program
management, including monitoring, oversight and the identification of
technical assistance and training requirements. The data is also
provided to the Congress through an annual Training and Employment
Report of the Secretary of Labor. The information reported on ETA Forms
9061-9063 and 9065, Individual Characteristics, Conditional
Certification, Employer Certification, and Agency Declaration of
Verification Results, required by P.L. 97-248 will be reported annually
to the Committee House Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.
WOTC Administrative and Quarterly Reporting Forms. WOTC
administrative and reporting procedures are outlined in ETA Handbook
No. 408, Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Program, First Edition,
July 1997. This information has been revised and updated to reflect the
new changes and provisions introduced by the Act in an Addendum, dated
February 1998, to the first edition of ETA Handbook No. 408, July 1997.
In addition, the quarterly report forms are required to
be used without modification to summarize and report to ETA regional
offices--with copies to the national office--on conditional
certifications issued (Report No. 1, ETA 9057), certification workload
and characteristics of certified individuals (Report No. 2, ETA 9058)
including certifications issued, and verification results achieved
(Report No. 3, ETA 9059) during the reporting period stipulated for the
respective forms.
Type of Review: Revision, with changes.
Agency: ETA.
Title: Work Opportunity and Welfare-to-work Tax Credits--ETA
Handbook No. 408, First Edition, July 1997.
OMB Number: 1205-0371
Agency Number: ETA Forms 9061-9063 and 9065 and ETA Forms 9057,
9058, and 9059.
Recordkeeping: 52 States x 997 hours annually = 51,844 hours.
Affected Public: State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs), Other
Federal or State Participating Agencies,
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Private-for-Profit Employers and Jobseekers.
Total Respondents: 52.
Chart for Multiple Forms/Information Collections
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Total Average time Burden
Cite/reference respondents Frequency Total responses response hours
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ETA Forms Nos. 9057, 9058, 52.............. Quarterly....... 624............ 8 hours........ 4,992
9059.
ERA Forms 9061, 9062, 9063 40/day.......... On an ``as 200/week....... 20 mins. per 3,467
and 9065. needed basis''. form.
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Totals................. ................ ................ 10,400/year.... ............... 8,459
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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.
John Beverly, III,
Director, U.S. Employment Service.
[FR Doc. 98-9231 Filed 4-7-98; 8:45 am]
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