Proposed Collection; Comment Request
[08/15/2006]
Volume 71, Number 157, Page 46924-46925
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
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 Standards Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed collection: Request for Employment
Information (CA-1027). 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 on or before October 16, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
(202) 693-0418, fax (202) 693-1451, E-mail bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please
use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or e-
mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Payment of compensation for partial disability to injured Federal
workers is required by 5 U.S.C. 8106. That section also requires the
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) to obtain information
regarding a claimant's earnings during a period of
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eligibility to compensation. The CA-1027, Request for Employment
Information, is the form used to obtain information for an individual
who is employed by a private employer. This information is used to
determine the claimant's entitlement to compensation benefits. This
information collection is currently approved for use through March 31,
2007.
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
The Department of Labor seeks extension of approval to collect this
information in order to determine a claimant's eligibility for
compensation benefits.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Request for Employment Information.
OMB Number: 1215-0105.
Agency Number: CA-1027.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Respondents: 500.
Total Responses: 500.
Time Per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 125.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $200.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
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 will also become a
matter of public record.
Dated: August 10, 2006.
Hazel Bell,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control,
Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration
and Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-13396 Filed 8-14-06; 8:45 am]
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