[Federal Register: August 14, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 157)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Program Reports;
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 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 (ETA) is
soliciting comments concerning the proposed extension of approval for
the collection of reports concerning the Temporary Extended
Unemployment Compensation (TEUC) program. 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
addresses section below on or before October 15, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Thomas Stengle, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and
Training Administration, Room S-4231, 200 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Phone number: 202-693-2991. Fax: 202-693-3229.
(These are not toll free numbers.) e-mail: tstengle@doleta.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The TEUC program was created under Public Law 107-147. This program
allows for the application for and receipt of additional weeks of
unemployment compensation under certain circumstances. This program is
scheduled to expire December 31, 2002. In order to track participation
in the program, plan for workloads, and plan for and distribute budget
allocations, it is essential that certain basic data be collected and
maintained. The collection of this information has previously been
approved through an emergency clearance process through November 30,
2002. The TEUC program is currently due to expire December 28, 2002,
and ETA is requesting that reporting for all reports continue for
twelve full months or four full quarters after the last payable week of
the TEUC program. However, to provide for potential congressional
extensions of this program, ETA is seeking approval of a 2 year
extension for this collection package.
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 submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions
This is a request for OMB approval under the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) for continuing an existing
collection of information previously approved and assigned OMB Control
No. 1205-0009.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Reports
OMB Number: 1205-0433.
Agency Numbers: ETA 207, ETA 218, ETA 227, ETA 539, ETA 2112, ETA
5130, ETA 5159.
Affected Public: State Government.
Cite/Reference/Form/etc: ETA 207, ETA 218, ETA 227, ETA 539, ETA
2112, ETA 5130, ETA 5159.
Total Respondents: 53.
Frequency: Monthly.
Total Responses: 5300.
Average Time per Response: .33 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,787 hours per year.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0.
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: August 8, 2002.
Grace A. Kilbane,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
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