Proposed Collection; Comment Request
[11/20/2006]
Volume 71, Number 223, Page 67164
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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: Claim for Reimbursement-
Assisted Reemployment (CA-2231). 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 January 19, 2007.
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: The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)
administers the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) 5 U.S.C.
8101 and Section 8104a of the FECA provides vocational rehabilitation
services to eligible injured workers to facilitate their return to
work. The costs of providing these vocational rehabilitation services
are from the Employees' Compensation Fund. Annual appropriations
language currently in Public Law 109-289 provides OWCP with the legal
authority to use the amounts from the Fund to reimburse private sector
employers for a portion of the salary of reemployed disabled Federal
workers they have hired through OWCP's assisted reemployment program.
The information collected on Form CA-2231 provides OWCP with the
necessary remittance information for the employer, documents the hours
of work, certifies the payment of wages to the claimant for which
reimbursement is sought, and summarizes the nature and costs of the
wage reimbursement program for a prompt decision by OWCP. This
information collection is currently approved for use through June 30,
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 the extension
of approval to collect this information to ensure timely and accurate
payments to eligible employers for reimbursement claims.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Claim for Reimbursement-Assisted Reemployment.
OMB Number: 1215-0178
Agency Number: CA-2231
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions.
Total Respondents: 20.
Total Annual Responses: 80.
Average Time per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 40.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $34.00.
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: November 15, 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. E6-19566 Filed 11-17-06; 8:45 am]
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