[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34713-34714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16923]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
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 is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed extension of the collection of the ETA
9048, Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Activity, and the ETA
9049, Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Outcomes. 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 August 26, 1997.
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,
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e.g., permitting electronic submissions of responses.
The Department proposes to discontinue the count of one item,
Appeals Filed on Refusal of Referral Issue. The counts reported was
extremely small so it is felt that this breakout from all appeals is
not needed.
ADDRESSES: Diane Wood, Unemployment Insurance Service, 200 Constitution
Ave. N.W., Room S-4321, Washington, DC 20210; telephone 202-219-5340
x181; fax 202-219-8506 (these are not toll-free numbers).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) program
allows for the targeting of reemployment services to those most in
need. The ETA 9048 and ETA 9049 are the only means of tracking the
activities in the WPRS program. The ETA 9048 reports on the flows of
claimants through the various stages of the WPRS system from initial
profiling through to completion of various types of services allowing
for evaluation and monitoring of the program. The ETA 9049 gives a
limited, but inexpensive, look at the reemployment experience of
profiled claimants who were referred to services by examining the
State's existing wage record files to see in what quarter the referred
individuals show up in employment, what wages they are earning and if
they have changed industries.
II. Current Actions
As the only continuous source of information on the WPRS program,
the data is required to monitor and evaluate that program. No revisions
are being requested. Because of a late start in the collection for the
ETA 9049 report, there is no data to evaluate at this time. When
several years of data are available for that report, it will be
evaluated as to its continuing use and worth and decisions will be made
as to whether to continue and/or change the data collected.
Type of Review: Extension with one minor change eliminating the
requirement of one data element.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Activity, and
Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Outcomes.
OMB Number: 1205-0353.
Agency Number: ETA 9048 and ETA 9049.
Affected Public: State Governments.
Total Respondents: 53.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Responses: 424.
Average Time per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 106 hours.
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Average
Report Total Frequency Total time per Burden
respondents responses response
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ETA 9048............................. 53 Quarterly............... 212 .25 (hour) 53
(hours).
ETA 9049............................. 53 Quarterly............... 212 .25 (hour) 53
(hours).
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Totals........................... 106 ........................ 424 .......... 106 hrs.
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Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): At approximately $20 per
hour average State salary, the State burden is estimated at $2,120 per
year.
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: June 23, 1997.
David Henson,
Deputy Director, Unemployment Insurance Service, Employment and
Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-16923 Filed 6-26-97; 8:45 am]
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