97-20105. Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program: Availability of Benefit Accuracy Measurement Annual Report Results

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 147 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41083-41084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20105]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program: Availability of 
Benefit Accuracy Measurement Annual Report Results

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Unemployment Insurance Benefit 
Accuracy Measurement Annual Report for Calendar Year 1996.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce the availability of 
the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) 1996 
Annual Report, which contains the results of each State's BAM program, 
and information on how copies may be obtained. The BAM Annual Report is 
one of three UI PERFORMS reports to be issued this year. UI PERFORMS is 
the name of the Department's closed-loop management system for 
promoting continuous improvement in UI performance.

DATES: The Report will be available after July 31, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Report may be obtained by writing to Ms. Grace 
A. Kilbane, Director, Unemployment Insurance Service, U.S. Department 
of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Room S-4231, Washington, DC 20210. The Report and this 
notice contain a list of names and addresses of persons in each State 
who will provide additional information and clarifications regarding 
the individual State reports upon request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Burman Skrable, Division of Performance Review, Data Analysis and Data 
Validation Team, 202-219-5223, extension 157. (This is not a toll free 
number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each week, staff in each State's Employment 
Security Agency investigate random samples of UI benefit payments and 
record information based on interviews with claimants, employers, and 
third parties to determine whether State law, policy, and procedure 
were followed correctly in processing the sampled payment.
    The Department of Labor is publishing results from the 
investigations in a digest which includes information on the 52 
jurisdictions participating in the UI BAM program. Five items are 
reported for each State: the amount of UI benefits paid to the 
population of claimants, the size of the BAM samples, and the 
percentages of proper payments, overpayments, and underpayments in the 
population estimated from the BAM investigations. Ninety-five percent 
confidence intervals are presented for each of the three percentages as 
measure of the precision of the estimates. States have been encouraged 
to provide narratives to further clarify the meaning of the data based 
on their specific situations.
    Since States' laws, policies, and procedures vary considerably, the 
data cannot be used to draw comparisons among States.
    Effective with the release of calendar year 1995 data, States were 
no longer required to publish their report data; however, persons 
wanting clarification or additional information concerning a specific 
State's report are encouraged to contact the individual identified in 
the following mailing list.

    Signed at Washington, D.C., on July 23, 1997.
Raymond J. Uhalde,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training.

State Contacts for 1996 Unemployment Insurance Benefit Accuracy 
Measurement Annual Report

Alabama

Bill Mauldin, QC Supervisor, Department of Industrial Relations, 649 
Monroe Street, Room 321, Montgomery, AL 36131, [phone]

Alaska

Karen Van Dusseldorp, Q.C. Data Analyst, Alaska Department of Labor, 
P.O. Box 21149, Juneau, AK 99802-1149, [phone]

Arizona

Dave Berggren, Employment Security Administration, Technical Support 
Section, Department of Economic Security, P.O. Box 6123, Site 701B-
4, Phoenix, AZ 85005, [phone]

Arkansas

Hugh Havens, UI Administrator, [phone], or
Norma Madden, BAM Supervisor, [phone]
    both at:
Arkansas Employment Security Dept., P.O. Box 2981, Little Rock, AR 
72203-2981,

California

Suzanne Schroeder, Office of Constituent Affairs, Employment 
Development Department, P.O. Box 826880, Sacramento, CA 94280-0001,, 
[phone]

Colorado

Kay Gilbert, BQC Supervisor, Colorado Division Employment & 
Training, UI Division, 251 E 12th Ave, Denver, CO 80203, (303) 894-
2272

Connecticut

Rie Roirier, Director of Marketing, State of Connecticut, Department 
of labor, 200 Folly Brook Boulevard, Wethersfield, CT 06109, (860) 
566-2479

Delaware

W. Thomas MacPherson, Director, Division of Unemployment Insurance, 
Department of Labor, P.O. Box 9950, Wilmington, DE 19809, (302) 761-
8350

District of Columbia

Roberta Bauer, Assistant Director, Compliance & Independent 
Monitoring, DC Department of Employment Services, 500 C Street, 
N.W., Room 511, Washington, DC 20001, [phone]

Florida

Kenneth E. Holmes, UC Director, Florida Dept., of Unemployment 
Compensation, Caldwell Building, Room 201, Tallahassee, FL 32399-
0209, [phone]

Georgia

David Poythress, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Labor, 148 
International Blvd., NE, Suite 600, Atlanta, GA 30303, (404) 656-
3011

Hawaii

Douglas Odo, UI Administrator, Department of Labor & Industrial 
Relations, 830 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, [phone]

Idaho

Jane Perez, QC Supervisory, Idaho Department of Employment , 317 
Main Street, Boise, ID 83735, [phone]

Illinois

Charlene McLaughlin, Quality Control Supervisory, Illinois 
Department of Employment Security, 401 South State Street, Chicago, 
IL 60605, [phone]

Indiana

Sandy Jessee, QC Supervisor, Indiana Dept. of Workforce Development, 
10 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204, [phone]

Iowa

LeLoie Dutemple, Acting Supervisor, Iowa Workforce Development 
Unemployment Insurance Services Divisin, 1000 East Grand Avenue, Des 
Moines, IA 50319-0209, [phone]

Kansas

Joseph Ybarra, Department of Human Resources, 401 SW Topeka Bldg., 
Topeka, KS 66603, [phone]

Kentucky

Ron Holland, Director, Div. of Unemployment Insurance, 275 East Main 
Street, 2nd floor East, Frankfort, KY 40621, [phone]

Louisiana

Marianne Sullivan, Program Compliance Manager, Louisiana Department 
of Labor, P.O. Box 94094-9094, Baton Rouge, La 70804, [phone]

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Maine

Gail Thayer, UI Director, Bureau of Employment Security, 20 Union 
Street, Augusta, ME 04330, [phone]

Maryland

Thomas S. Wendel, Exec. Director, Unemployment Insurance Division, 
Dept. of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, 1100 North Eutaw Street, 
Baltimore, MD 21201, [phone]

Massachusetts

Rena Kottcamp, Director of Research, Divisin of Employment Security, 
Charles F. Hurley ES Building, Boston, MA 02114, [phone]

Michigan

Manuel Mejia, Deputy Director, Bureau of Audits and Investigations, 
Michigan Employment Security Agency, 7310 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, 
MI48202, [phone]

Minnesota

Marti Hiras, QC Supervisor, Minnesota Department of Economic 
Security, 390 North Robert Street, St. Paul, MN 55101, (612) 296-
5347

Mississippi

Merrill Merkle, Quality Control Unit, [phone], or
Don Ware, UI Technical Services, [phone]
    both at:
Mississippi Employment Security Comm., P.O. Box 1699, Jackson, MS 
39205-1699

Missouri

Marilyn A. Hutcherson, Asst. Dir., Unemployment Insurance, Missouri 
Division of Employment Security, P.O. Box 59, Jefferson City, MO 
65104, [phone]

Montana

Rod Sager, Administrator, Dept. of Labor and Industry Unemployment 
Insurance Division, P.O. Box 1728, Helena, MT 59624, [phone]

Nebraska

Will Sheehan, Administrator, UI Benefits, or
Don Gammill, Administrator, UI Program Evaluation
    both at:
P.O. Box 94600, Lincoln, NE 68509-4600, [phone]

Nevada

Karen Rhodes, Public Information Officer, Department of Employment, 
Training, and Rehabilitation, 500 E. Third Street, Carson City, NV 
897113, [phone]

New Hampshire

Carolyn Angle, QC Supervisor, Quality Control Unit, NH Department of 
Employment Security, 10 West Street, Concord, NH 03301, (603) 228-
4073

New Jersey

Paulette Laubsch, Assistant Commissioner, New Jersey Department of 
Labor, CN 110, Trenton, NJ 08625-0110, [phone]

New Mexico

Betty Campbell, BQC Supervisor, Quality Control Section, New Mexico 
Department of Labor, 401 Broadway NE., P.O. Box 1928, Albuquerque, 
NM 87103, [phone]

New York

Ina Lawson, QC Manager, Division of Audit & Compliance, New York 
State Department of Labor, State Campus--Building 12, Albany, NY 
12240, [phone]

North Carolina

W. Howard Phillips, Supervisor, UI Technical Support, Employment 
Security Commission of NC, P.O. Box 25903, Raleigh, NC 27611, (919) 
733-4893

North Dakota

Leo Jablonski, BAM Supervisor, Job Service North Dakota, P.O. Box 
5507, Bismarck, ND 58506-5507, [phone]

Ohio

Carolyn Clayton, QC Chief, Ohio Bureau of Employment Services, 145 
South Front Street, P.O. Box 1618, Columbus, OH 43216, (614) 466-
2681

Oklahoma

Terry W. McHale, QC Supervisor, OK Employment Security Commission, 
Will Rogers Memorial Office Bldg., 5th floor, Oklahoma City, OK 
73105, [phone]

Oregon

James Mosley, QC Supervisor, Oregon Employment Department, 875 Union 
Street N.E., Salem, OR 97311, [phone]

Pennsylvania

Pete Cope, Director, Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, Benefits 
and Allowances Division, Department of Labor & Industry, 615 Labor 
and Industry Building, Harrisburg, PA 17121, [phone]

Puerto Rico

Carmen O. McCulloch, Assistant Secretary, PR Dept. of Labor and 
Human Resources, 505 Munoz Rivera Avenue, Hato Rey, PR 00918, (787) 
754-2130

Rhode Island

Lawrence Fitch, Director, Department of Employment Security, 24 
Mason Street, Providence, RI 02903, [phone]

South Carolina

William H. Griffin, Deputy Exec. Dir. Unemployment Insurance, SC 
Employment Security Commission, P.O. Box 995, Columbia, SC 29202, 
[phone]

South Dakota

Dennis Angerhofer, Unemployment Insurance Division, Department of 
Labor, P.O. Box 4730, Aberdeen, SD 57402-4730, [phone]

Tennessee

Ann Ridings, BQC Supervisor, Quality Control Unit, TN Department of 
Employment Security, 10th Floor, Volunteer Plaza, 500 James 
Robertson Parkway, Nashville, TN 37245-0001, [phone]

Texas

Gerald Smart, UI QC Supervisor, Texas Workforce Commission, TWC 
Building, 101 E. 15th Street, Austin, TX 78778-0001, [phone]

Utah

Robert Comfort, QC Supervisor, Dept. of Employment Security, P.O. 
Box 778, Salt Lake City, UT 84110-0778, [phone]

Vermont

Robert Herbst, Quality Control Chief, Dept. of Employment & 
Training, P.O. Box 488, Montpelier, VT 05602, [phone]

Virginia

F.W. Tucker, IV; Chief of Benefits, Unemployment Insurance Services, 
Virginia Employment Commission, P.O. Box 1359, Richmond, VA 23211, 
[phone]

Washington

Teresa Morris, Director, WA Employment Security Dept., Office of 
Management Review, P.O. Box 90465, Olympia, WA 98507-9046, (206) 
493-9511

West Virginia

Dennis D. Redden, Bureau of Employnment Programs, 112 California 
Avenue, Charleston, WV 25305, [phone]

Wisconsin

Chet Frederick, QC Director, WI Dept. of Workforce Development, 201 
East Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 7905, Madison, WI 53707, (608) 266-
8260

Wyoming

Beth Nelson, Administrator, U I Administration, P.O. Box 2760, 
Casper, WY 82602, [phone]

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