ESA Federal Register Notice ESA Federal Register Notice
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
ETA-9000 Report on Internal Fraud Activities: Comment Request
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as a part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearence
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 of 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 burdens (time and financial resources) are
minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the
impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly
assessed. Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is
solicitating comments concerning the proposed extension for collection
information for the ETA-9000 Report on Internal Fraud Activities. A
copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by
contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this
notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below October 26, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Harry B. Minor, Office of Workforce Security, Employment and
Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S4516, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone number, (202)
693-3216 (this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The ETA-9000 is the only data source available on instances of
internal fraud activities within the Unemployment Insurance (UI)
program and on the results of safeguards that have been implemented to
deter and detect instances of internal fraud. The report categorizes
the major areas susceptible to internal (employee) fraud and provides
actual and ``estimated'' (predictability or cost avoidance measures)
workload. The information from this report has been used and will be
used to review Internal Security (IS) operations and obtain information
on composite shifting patterns of nationwide activity, and
effectiveness in the area of internal fraud identification and
prevention. The Employment and Training Administration has used this
report to assess the overall adequacy of IS procedures in State
Employment Security Agency (SESA) UI program administration.
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
Continued collection of the ETA-9000 data will provide for a
comprehensive evaluation of the UI IS program. The data is collected
annually, and an analysis of the data received is formulated into a
report summarizing the internal fraud cases uncovered by the 53 SESAs.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Report on Internal Fraud Activities.
OMB Number: 1205-0187.
Agency Number: ETA 9000.
Total Respondents: 53.
Average Time per Response: 3 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 159 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 0.
Comments received in response to this notice will be submitted 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 21, 2001.
Grace A. Kilbane,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
[FR Doc. 01-21575 Filed 8-24-01; 8:45 am]
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