[Federal Register: June 15, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 116)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
State Quality Service Plan (SQSP) Handbook, Comment Request
ACTION: Notice; Request for comments.
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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 a provision or the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 at 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
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properly assessed. Currently, the Employment and Training
Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning the proposed
extension of the State Quality Service Plan (SQSP).
Guidelines for completion and submittal of the SQSP are contained
in ETA Handbook 336, 16th Edition. Fiscal year-specific information
such as Federal Program emphasis, or additional budget allocations,
will be provided annually in an implementation directive that will
initiate the planning process each year. The requirements of the
reporting and data collection process itself will remain unchanged from
year to year. Copies of the SQSP Handbook may be obtained by contacting
the addressed below. The Handbook is also available on the Internet at
http://www.itsc.state.md.us/ and http://
www.workforcesecurity.doleta.gov.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before August 14, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Delores A. Mackall, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S-4231, Washington, DC 20210, 202-693-
3183 (this is not a toll-free number).: FAX, 202-693-3229; Internet:
dmackall@doleta.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The SQSP is the planning instrument for the Unemployment Insurance
(UI) system nationwide. The statutory basis for the SQSP is Title III
of the Social Security Act, which establishes conditions for each State
to receive grant funds to administer its UI program. Plans are prepared
annually, since funds for UI operations are appropriated each year.
ETA's annual budget request for State UI operations contains workload
assumptions for which a State must plan in order for the Secretary of
Labor to carry out her responsibilities under title III. ETA issues
financial planning targets based on the budget request. States make
plans based on these assumptions and targets.
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 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 submission of responses.
III. Current Actions
ETA proposes to extent this clearance and this request includes a
revision to a form (Worksheet UI-3, Quarterly Contingency Report) that
States use to report budget information. The revisions will change only
the format in which information is reported by deleting three entries
of figures that were already entered elsewhere on the form. There is no
change in the burden of data collection. Revisions include allowing
States to submit the SQSP and the required signature page
electronically.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: SQSP Handbook.
OMB Number: 1205-0132.
Affected Public: State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs).
Total Respondents: 53.
Frequency: Annually.
Average Time per Response: 40 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2120 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Cost: $61,324.
Dated: June 4, 2001.
Grace A. Kilbane,
Administrator, Office or Workforce Security.
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