[Federal Register: March 16, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 52)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Collection; ETA 218, Benefit Rights and Experience;
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
218, Benefits Rights and Experience.
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's section below on or before May 15, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Cynthia Ambler, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and
Training Administration, Room S-4231, 200 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Phone number: 202-693-3177. (This is not a toll
free number.) E-mail: cambler@doleta.gov. Fax: 202-693-3229.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Attachment to the labor force, usually measured as amount of past
wages earned, is used to determine eligibility for State unemployment
compensation programs. The data in the ETA 218, Benefit Rights and
Experience Report, includes numbers of individuals who were and were
not monetarily eligible, those eligible for the maximum benefits, those
eligible classified by potential duration categories, and exhaustees
classified by actual duration categories. This data is used by the
National Office in solvency studies, cost estimating and modeling, and
to assess State benefit formulas.
II. Review Focus
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 clarify 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.
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III. Current Actions
We are requesting a simple extension of this clearance. If this
data were not available, cost estimating and modeling would be far less
accurate.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce
Security.
Title: Benefit Rights and Experience.
OMB Number: 1205-0177.
Agency Number: ETA 218.
Recordkeeping: 3 year record retention.
Affected Public: State Governments.
Total Respondents: 53.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Responses: 216.
Average Time per Response: \1/2\ hour.
Estimated Burden Hours:
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Average time
Cite/reference Total Frequency Total per response Burden (in
respondents responses (in hours) hours)
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ETA 218 Regular............... 53 Quarterly....... 212 \1/2\ 106
ETA 218 Extended Benefits..... 2 Quarterly....... 4 \1/4\ 1
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Totals.................... .............. ................ 216 .............. 107
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Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $2,675.
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 9, 2001.
Grace A. Kilbane,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
[FR Doc. 01-6605 Filed 3-15-01; 8:45 am]
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