(a) General. State agencies shall furnish to the Secretary such
information and reports and make such studies as the Secretary decides
are necessary or appropriate for carrying out the purposes of the Act
and this part.
(b) Recordkeeping. Each State agency will make and maintain records
pertaining to the administration of the Extended Benefit Program as the
Department requires, and will make all such records available for
inspection, examination and audit by such Federal officials or employees
as the Secretary or the Department may designate or as may be required
by law.
(c) Weekly report of Extended Benefit data. Each State shall file
with the Department within 10 calendar days after the end of each
calendar week a weekly report entitled ETA 539, Extended Benefit Data.
The report shall include:
(1) The data reported on the form ETA 539 for the week ending
(date). Week-ending dates shall always be the Saturday ending date of
the calendar week beginning at 12:01 a.m. Sunday and ending 12:00 p.m.
Saturday.
(2)(i) The number of continued weeks claimed for regular
compensation in claims filed during the week ending (date). The report
shall include intrastate continued weeks claimed and interstate
continued weeks claimed (taken as agent State) but shall exclude
interstate continued weeks claimed (received as liable State) and
continued weeks claimed for regular compensation filed solely under 5
U.S.C. chapter 85; and
(ii) The report of the number of continued weeks claimed filed in
the State for regular compensation shall not be adjusted for
seasonality.
(3) The average weekly number of weeks claimed in claims filed in
the most recent calendar week and the immediately preceding 12 calendar
weeks.
(4) The rate of insured unemployment for the current 13-week period.
(5) The average of the rates of insured unemployment in
corresponding 13-week periods in the preceding two years.
(6) The current rate of insured unemployment as a percentage of the
average of the rates in the corresponding 13-week periods in the
preceding two years.
(7) The 12 month average monthly employment covered by the State law
for the first 4 of the last 6 complete calendar quarters ending prior to
the end of the last week of the current 13-week period to which the
insured unemployment data relate. Such covered employment shall exclude
Federal civilian and military employment covered by 5 U.S.C. chapter 85.
(8) The date that a State Extended Benefit Period begins or ends, or
a report that there is no change in the existing Extended Benefit Period
status.
(d) Methodology. The State agency head shall submit to the
Department, for approval, the method used to identify and select the
weeks claimed which are used in the determination of an ``on'' or
``off'' or ``no change'' indicator. Any change proposed in the method of
identification and selection
of such weeks claimed constitutes a new plan which must be submitted to
and approved by the Department prior to implementing the new plan.
(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number
1205-0028)
