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expenses reported in the Interview
Survey are either relatively large, such
as property, automobiles, or major
appliances, or are expenses which occur
on a fairly regular basis, such as rent,
utility bills, or insurance premiums.
The Diary (or recordkeeping) Survey
is completed at home by the respondent
family for two consecutive one-week
periods. The primary objective of the
Diary Survey is to obtain expenditure
data on small, frequently purchased
items which normally are difficult to
recall over longer periods of time.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the
proposed revision of the Consumer
Expenditure Surveys: The Quarterly
Interview and the Diary.
Every ten years the CE survey updates
its sample of primary sampling units
(PSUs) based on the latest decennial
census in order to make sure its sample
accurately reflects the latest geographic
shifts in the American population. The
2015 sample design implements new
geography for CE. This involves
dropping PSUs, adding PSUs, and
dropping and adding counties within
existing PSUs.
Beginning in 2015, the first wave
bounding interview of the Consumer
Expenditure Quarterly Interview Survey
will be phased out and a four wave
survey will be implemented. All four
waves will have a three month reference
period and data from all waves will be
used in the final, published data. The
decision to eliminate the bounding
interview was based on substantial
research on the ineffectiveness of the
bounding interview, and its negative
impact on respondent burden and
survey costs.
Additionally, to keep the survey
current and to fulfill the requirements of
the Consumer Price Index (CPI),
question wording of some items was
simplified, some items were deleted,
and other items were added. In the
Interview instrument, those change are
as follows: (1) New screeners including
a business expense screener that will
screen out households who do not have
any business expenses from the
business expense questions and a
detailed phone bill screener that will
screen out breakout questions for TV,
Internet, etc., when a bill is not
available; (2) questions added on Tricare
and on health care exchanges; (3)
questions and screeners deleted
including the alcohol screener question,
a question on if anything else is
included in a package trip, a question
on the number of trips purchased for
non CU members, and questions on
federal and state/local income taxes and
refunds; and (4) simplified question
wording.
In the 2015 Diary CAPI instrument,
questions on regular grocery expenses
and expenses for food from places other
than a grocery store were reworded to
match Interview.
A full list of the proposed changes to
the Quarterly Interview Survey and
Diary Survey are available upon request.
In addition, the Consumer
Expenditure program is planning
several tests over the next several years
in an effort to improve the CE surveys
in the areas of both data quality and
respondent burden.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• 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.
• 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.
Type of Review: Revision, of a
currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: The Consumer Expenditure
Surveys: The Quarterly Interview and
the Diary.
OMB Number: 1220–0050.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
TOTAL RESPONSE BURDEN FOR THE QUARTERLY INTERVIEW AND DIARY SURVEYS
CEQ-interview
2015
CEQ-interview
(after 2015)
32,895
27,708
32,447
27,332
Number of responses ..........................................................
Total burden hours ...............................................................
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
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 also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th day of
June 2014.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs
Division of Federal Employees’
Compensation; Proposed Renewal of
the Existing Collection; Comment
Request
ACTION:
Notice.
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
SUMMARY:
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36,895
33,599
Total
(2015)
69,790
61,307
Total
(after 2015)
69,342
60,931
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 Office
of Workers’ Compensation Programs is
soliciting comments concerning the
proposed collection: Claim for
Compensation (CA–7); Authorization for
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Examination and/or Treatment (CA–16);
Duty Status Report (CA–17); Attending
Physician’s Report (CA–20); Request for
the Services of an Attendant (CA–1090);
Referral to a Medical Specialist (CA–
1305); OWCP Requirements for
Audiological Examination (CA–1087);
Referral for a Complete Audiologic and
Otologic Examination (CA–1331);
Outline for Audiologic Examination
(CA–1332); Work Capacity Evaluation,
Psychiatric/Psychological Conditions
(OWCP–5a); Work Capacity Evaluation,
Cardiovascular/Pulmonary Conditions
(OWCP–5b); and Work Capacity
Evaluation, Musculoskeletal Conditions
(OWCP–5c). 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
September 2, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Ms Yoon Ferguson, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Ave. NW., Room S–3201, Washington,
DC 20210, telephone (202) 693–0701,
fax (202) 693–1447, Email
ferguson.yoon@dol.gov. Please use only
one method of transmission for
comments (mail, fax, or Email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs (OWCP)
administers the Federal Employees’
Compensation Act (FECA), 5 U.S.C.
8101 et. seq. The statute provides for the
payment of benefits for wage loss and/
or for permanent impairment to a
scheduled member, arising out of a
work related injury or disease. The Act
outlines the elements of pay which are
to be included in an individual’s pay
rate, and sets forth various other criteria
for determining eligibility to and the
amount of benefits, including:
Augmentation of basic compensation for
individuals with qualifying dependents;
a requirement to report any earnings
during a period that compensation is
claimed; a prohibition against
concurrent receipt of FECA benefits and
benefits from OPM or certain VA
benefits; a mandate that money
collected from a liable third party found
responsible for the injury for which
compensation has been paid is applied
to benefits paid or payable. This
information collection is currently
approved for use through October 31,
2014.
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 collection in
order to carry out its statutory
responsibility to compensate injured
employees under the provisions of the
Act.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs.
Title: FECA medical Reports, Claim
for Compensation.
OMB Number: 1240–0046.
Agency Number: CA–7; CA–16; CA–
17; CA–20; CA–1090; CA–1305; CA–
1087; CA–1331; CA–1332; OWCP–5a;
OWCP–5b; and OWCP–5c.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit;
Federal Government.
Total Respondents: 282,353.
Time to complete
(min)
Form
38073
Number of
responses
Hours burden
CA–7 ..........................................................................................................................
CA–16 ........................................................................................................................
CA–17 ........................................................................................................................
CA–20 ........................................................................................................................
CA–1090 ....................................................................................................................
CA–1305 ....................................................................................................................
CA–1331/CA–1087* ...................................................................................................
CA–1332 ....................................................................................................................
OWCP–5’s .................................................................................................................
13
5
5
5
10
20
5
30
15
500
29,519
182,793
56,394
234
136
1,062
30
11,651
120
2,460
15,233
4,700
39
45
89
6
2,913
Totals ..................................................................................................................
..............................
282,353
25,605
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* Responses and hours associated with Form CA–1087 are included in the estimates for the Form CA–1331. The Form CA–1087 is attached
to the Form CA–1331.
Total Annual Responses: 232,353.
Average Time per Response: 5
minutes–30 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
25,605.
Frequency: As Needed.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $ 110,118.
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
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information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: June 30, 2014.
Yoon Ferguson,
Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of
Labor.
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Marine Mammal Commission.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
Division of Federal Employees' Compensation; Proposed Renewal of
the Existing 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 Office of Workers' Compensation Programs is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed collection: Claim for Compensation
(CA-7); Authorization for
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Examination and/or Treatment (CA-16); Duty Status Report (CA-17);
Attending Physician's Report (CA-20); Request for the Services of an
Attendant (CA-1090); Referral to a Medical Specialist (CA-1305); OWCP
Requirements for Audiological Examination (CA-1087); Referral for a
Complete Audiologic and Otologic Examination (CA-1331); Outline for
Audiologic Examination (CA-1332); Work Capacity Evaluation,
Psychiatric/Psychological Conditions (OWCP-5a); Work Capacity
Evaluation, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary Conditions (OWCP-5b); and Work
Capacity Evaluation, Musculoskeletal Conditions (OWCP-5c). 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 September 2, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Ms Yoon Ferguson, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Ave. NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 693-0701,
fax (202) 693-1447, Email ferguson.yoon@dol.gov. Please use only one
method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or Email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)
administers the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA), 5 U.S.C.
8101 et. seq. The statute provides for the payment of benefits for wage
loss and/or for permanent impairment to a scheduled member, arising out
of a work related injury or disease. The Act outlines the elements of
pay which are to be included in an individual's pay rate, and sets
forth various other criteria for determining eligibility to and the
amount of benefits, including: Augmentation of basic compensation for
individuals with qualifying dependents; a requirement to report any
earnings during a period that compensation is claimed; a prohibition
against concurrent receipt of FECA benefits and benefits from OPM or
certain VA benefits; a mandate that money collected from a liable third
party found responsible for the injury for which compensation has been
paid is applied to benefits paid or payable. This information
collection is currently approved for use through October 31, 2014.
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 collection in order to carry out
its statutory responsibility to compensate injured employees under the
provisions of the Act.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
Title: FECA medical Reports, Claim for Compensation.
OMB Number: 1240-0046.
Agency Number: CA-7; CA-16; CA-17; CA-20; CA-1090; CA-1305; CA-
1087; CA-1331; CA-1332; OWCP-5a; OWCP-5b; and OWCP-5c.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Federal Government.
Total Respondents: 282,353.
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Time to complete Number of
Form (min) responses Hours burden
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CA-7................................................... 13 500 120
CA-16.................................................. 5 29,519 2,460
CA-17.................................................. 5 182,793 15,233
CA-20.................................................. 5 56,394 4,700
CA-1090................................................ 10 234 39
CA-1305................................................ 20 136 45
CA-1331/CA-1087*....................................... 5 1,062 89
CA-1332................................................ 30 30 6
OWCP-5's............................................... 15 11,651 2,913
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Totals............................................. ................. 282,353 25,605
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* Responses and hours associated with Form CA-1087 are included in the estimates for the Form CA-1331. The Form
CA-1087 is attached to the Form CA-1331.
Total Annual Responses: 232,353.
Average Time per Response: 5 minutes-30 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 25,605.
Frequency: As Needed.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $ 110,118.
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: June 30, 2014.
Yoon Ferguson,
Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs,
U.S. Department of Labor.
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