[Federal Register: June 29, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 125)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

 
Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

June 22, 2006.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public 
information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). A copy of 
this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by 
contacting Ira Mills at the Department of Labor on 202-693-4122 (this 
is not a toll-free number) or e-mail: Mills.Ira@dol.gov. This ICR can 
also be accessed online at http://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm
.

    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ETA, Office of Management and 
Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, 202-395-7316 (this is not a 
toll free number), within 30 days from the date of this publication in 
the Federal Register.
    The OMB 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.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration (ETA).
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Program.
    OMB Number: 1205-0245.
    Frequency: Weekly.
    Type of Response: Reporting.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit; not-for-profit institutions; farms; Federal Government; State, 
local, or tribal government.
    Type of Response: Reporting.
    Number of Respondents: 188,984.
    Annual Responses: 47,160.
    Average Response time: 63.1 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 429,805.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: 38.4.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): 504.0.
    Description: The Department of Labor is revising its Benefit 
Accuracy Measurement program to modify the data collection methodology 
because of a program change. The BAM program

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provides reliable estimates of the accuracy of benefit payments and 
denied claims in the UI program, and identifies the sources of 
mispayments and improper denials so that their causes can be 
eliminated.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer/Team Leader.
[FR Doc. 06-5796 Filed 6-28-06; 8:45 am]

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