[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 68 (Thursday, April 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 17461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9379]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
ETA-9016 Report on Alien Claimant Activity; 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-9016 Report on
Alien Claims Activity. 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: Bob Whiting, Unemployment Insurance Service, Employment and
Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-4522, 200
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210, telephone number
(202) 219-5211, ext. 143 (this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The ETA-9016 report is used by the Department of Labor to assess
whether (and the extent to which ) the requirements of the Immigration
and Naturalization Service (INS), Systematic Alien Verification for
Entitlement (SAVE) verification system required by the Immigration
Reform and Control Act (IRCA) are cost-effective and other-wise
appropriate for the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program and whether a
waiver should be applied to State Employment Security Agency (SESA)
participation. In addition, data from the Alien Claims Activity Report
is being used to assist the Secretary of Labor in determining whether a
SESA's administrative costs associated with the verification program
are reasonable and reimbursable. There is no other report or system
available for collecting this required information. The report allows
the Department of Labor to determine the number of aliens filing for
UI, the number of benefit issues detected, the denials resulting from
the INS SAVE system, the extent to which SESAs use the system, and the
overall effectiveness and cost efficiency of the INS SAVE verification
system. If SESAs are not required to submit the information on the
Alien Claims Activity Report, the Department of Labor and Secretary of
Labor would not be able to fulfill their responsibilities under IRCA.
It is only through the collection of this basic information that the
Department of Labor can make an assessment of the over-all
effectiveness and cost efficiency of the INS SAVE program and whether a
State's participation in the system should be waived. Finally, the
absence of this information would greatly limit the ability of the
Department of Labor to make sound policy decisions involving the
verification program.
II. Current Actions
Continued collection of the ETA-9016 data will provide for a
comprehensive evaluation of alien claimant activities. The data is
collected quarterly, and an analysis of the data received is formulated
into a report summarizing the alien claimant activity occurring in the
53 SESAs.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Report on Alien Claims Activity.
OMB Number: 1205-0268.
Agency Number: ETA-9016.
Affected Public: State and Local Governments.
Total Respondents: 53
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Responses: 212.
Average Time per Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 212 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: April 3, 1998.
Grace A. Kilbane,
Director, Unemployment Insurance Service.
[FR Doc. 98-9379 Filed 4-8-98; 8:45 am]
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