[Federal Register: June 24, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 121)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection; 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 pre-clearance
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 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed reinstatement of the ``Current Population
Survey (CPS) Displaced Worker, Job Tenure, and Occupational Mobility
Supplement,'' to be conducted in January 2006.
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A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the Addresses
section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
Addresses section of this notice on or before August 23, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Washington, DC 20212, telephone number
202-691-7628. (This is not a toll free number.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer,
telephone number 202-691-7628. (See Addresses section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The CPS Displaced Worker, Job Tenure, and Occupational Mobility
Supplement is conducted biennially and was last collected in January
2004.
This supplement will gather information on workers who have lost or
left their jobs because their plant or company closed or moved, there
was insufficient work for them to do, or their position or shift was
abolished. Data will be collected on the extent to which displaced
workers received advance notice of job cutbacks or the closing of their
plant or business. For those workers who have been reemployed, the
supplement will gather data on the types of jobs they found and will
compare current earnings with those from the lost job.
The incidence and nature of occupational changes in the preceding
year will be queried. The survey also probes for the length of time
workers (including those who have not been displaced) have been with
their current employer. Additional data to be collected include
information on the receipt of unemployment compensation, the loss of
health insurance coverage, and the length of time spent without a job.
Because this supplement is part of the CPS, the same detailed
demographic information collected in the CPS will be available on
respondents to the supplement. Comparisons will be possible across
characteristics such as sex, race, age, and educational attainment of
the respondent.
The information collected by this survey will be used to determine
the size and nature of the population affected by job displacements and
the needs and scope of programs serving adult displaced workers. It
also will be used to assess employment stability by determining the
length of time workers have been with their current employer and
estimating the incidence of occupational change over the course of a
year. Combining the questions on displacement, job tenure, and
occupational mobility will enable analysts to obtain a more complete
picture of employment stability.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
CPS Displaced Worker, Job Tenure, and Occupational Mobility Supplement
to the CPS.
Type of Review: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously
approved collection for which approval has expired.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: CPS Displaced Worker, Job Tenure, and Occupational Mobility
Supplement.
OMB Number: 1220-0104.
Affected Public: Households.
Total Respondents: 55,000.
Frequency: Monthly.
Total Responses: 55,000.
Average Time Per Response: 8 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 7,333 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in
comments that:
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 submissions of responses.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they also will become a
matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of June, 2005.
Cathy Kazanowski,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 05-12517 Filed 6-23-05; 8:45 am]
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