[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 151 (Monday, August 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40661-40662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19793]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Experience Rating Report; 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 revision and extension of the ETA 204,
Experience Rating Report. 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 October 4, 1996.
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 assumption 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 application of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
ADDRESSES: Michael Miller, Unemployment Insurance Service, Employment
and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S4231, 200
Constitution Ave, N.W., Washington, DC, 20210; telephone number (202)
219-5309; fax (202) 219-8506 (these are not toll-free numbers).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The data submitted annually on the ETA 204 report enables the
Employment and Training Administration to project revenues for the
Unemployment Insurance program on a State by State basis and to measure
the variations in assigned contribution rates which result from
different experience rating systems. Used in conjunction with other
data, the ETA 204 assists in determining the effects of certain factors
(e.g., seasonably, stabilization, expansion, or contraction in
employment, etc.) on the employment experience of various groups of
employers. The data also provide an early signal for potential solvency
problems, are useful in analyzing factors which give rise to these
potential problems, and permit an evaluation of the effectiveness of
the various approaches available to correct the detected problems.
Further, the data are the basis for determining the Experience Rating
Index; the index allows for the evaluation of the extent to which UI
benefits in States are effectively charged, noncharged, and
ineffectively charged.
II. Current Actions
The change being proposed in this request for extension will alter
Section C of the report, All Taxable Subject Accounts, Selected Data by
Experience Factor, standardizing it with a uniform format for all
States. The change will require that States report the distribution of
their employers according to fixed, standardized, experience factor
intervals. Presently, States are allowed wide discretion in setting
these intervals when submitting Section C. Informal queries of State
personnel have indicated that, since Section C is presently tabulated
electronically, the programming required to conform to standardized
experience factor intervals would consist of modifications to software
already in use. This change will allow
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States to submit Section C electronically (Sections A and B are
currently reported electronically), enable efficient manipulation of
the data, and improve the accuracy of the Experience Rating Index.
Type of Review: Revision.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Experience Rating Report.
OMB Number: 1205-0164.
Affected Public: State Governments.
Agency Number: ETA 204.
Frequency: Annually.
Total Response: 53.
Average Time per Response: 15 min.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 14.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): It is estimated that startup
programming will take 40 hours per State or 2,120 hours or $41,870.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $277.
Comments submitted to 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: July 30, 1996.
Mary Ann Wyrsch,
Director, Unemployment Insurance Service, Employment and Training
Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-19793 Filed 8-2-96; 8:45 am]
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