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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Weekly
Claims and Extended Benefits Data
and Weekly Initial and Continued
Weeks Claimed
Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor
(Department), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
SUMMARY:
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respondent burden, provides this notice
to the public and Federal agencies to
provide an opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing collections
of information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)] (PRA). The PRA
helps ensure that respondents can
provide requested data in the desired
format with minimal reporting burden
(time and financial resources),
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. Currently, ETA is
soliciting comments concerning the
collection process for unemployment
insurance (UI), Extended Benefits,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(NPRM). The NPRM is titled, FederalState Unemployment Compensation
Program; Implementing the Total
Unemployment Rate as an Extended
Benefits Indicator and Amending for
Technical Corrections; Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (RIN 1205–AB62).
DATES: Comments must be submitted in
writing on or before September 8, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Regulatory Information
Number (RIN) 1205–AB62, by only one
of the following methods:
• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Submit comments to Adele Gagliardi,
Administrator, Office of Policy
Development and Research (OPDR),
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment
and Training Administration, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Room N–
5641, Washington, DC 20210. Because
of security-related concerns, there may
be a significant delay in the receipt of
submissions by United States Mail. You
must take this into consideration when
preparing to meet the deadline for
submitting comments. The Department
will post all comments received on
https://www.regulations.gov without
making any changes to the comments or
redacting any information, including
any personal information provided. The
https://www.regulations.gov Web site is
the Federal e-rulemaking portal and all
comments posted there are available
and accessible to the public. The
Department recommends that
commenters not include personal
information such as Social Security
Numbers, personal addresses, telephone
numbers, and email addresses that they
do not want made public in their
comments as such submitted
information will be available to the
public via the https://
www.regulations.gov Web site.
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Comments submitted through https://
www.regulations.gov will not include
the email address of the commenter
unless the commenter chooses to
include that information as part of his
or her comment. It is the responsibility
of the commenter to safeguard personal
information.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and the
OMB Control Number for this PRA.
Please submit your comments by only
one method.
Docket: All comments will be
available for public inspection and
copying during normal business hours
by contacting OPDR at (202) 693–3700.
You may also contact OPDR at the
address listed above. As noted above,
the Department also will post all
comments it receives on https://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adele Gagliardi, Administrator, OPDR,
Employment and Training
Administration, (202) 693–3700 (this is
not a toll-free number) or 1–877–889–
5627 (TTY). Individuals with hearing or
speech impairments may access the
telephone number above via TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal Information
Relay Service at (800) 877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department published an NPRM on
October 27, 2014, in the Federal
Register (79 FR 63859). The NPRM
proposes to amend 20 CFR 615,
Extended Benefits, by implementing the
Total Unemployment Rate (TUR)
indicator, an optional calculation
methodology for triggering on Extended
Benefits, in regulations. The NPRM also
proposes to revise the regulatory
requirements at § 615.15, pertaining to
records and reports State agencies must
submit. More specifically, paragraphs
(a) and (b) are proposed to be revised for
clarity by deleting unnecessary language
regarding the Secretary’s authority to
request Extended Benefit Program
reports and to appoint audit officials for
those reports. Furthermore, we propose
to delete paragraphs (c) and (d). The
reporting instructions for the proper and
timely submission of data are provided
in ET Handbook No. 401, which governs
Unemployment Compensation required
reporting.
The ET Handbook is a more effective
way to communicate reporting
requirements, because codifying the
reporting requirements in paragraphs (c)
and (d) of the regulation prevents the
Department from adapting reporting
instructions to changing conditions or
needs. The ET Handbook requires the
weekly submission of Forms ETA–538
and ETA–539. These forms have been
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computerized and contain information
on initial Unemployment Insurance
claims and continued weeks claimed.
These figures are important economic
indicators. Form ETA–538 provides
information allowing release of advance
unemployment claims information to
the public five days after the close of the
reference period. Form ETA–539
contains more detailed weekly claims
information and the State’s 13-week IUR
that is used to determine eligibility for
the Extended Benefits program. The
reporting requirements in paragraphs (c)
and (d) of the old regulation are
included in the ET Handbook and
elimination of the requirements in
regulation allow for ease in making
future modifications by simply updating
the ET Handbook.
Furthermore, paragraph (d) existed
during the implementation phase of the
insured unemployment rate (IUR)
indicator and required States to submit
the method used to identify and select
the weeks used for EB trigger purposes
to ensure that States were consistent
and comparable in their methods. With
30 years of experience, as well as
numerous data validation and data
quality programs in effect, it is
unnecessary to compel State
administrators to provide this
information. Current reporting
guidelines contained in the ET
Handbook are clear enough that States
continue to have clear standards about
which claims are used for constructing
totals used to compute trigger values,
thus permitting the deletion of this
paragraph. The NPRM does not change
the existing reporting requirements for
Forms ETA–538 or ETA–539.
The preamble to the NPRM stated that
the Department had determined the
proposed rule did not contain new
information collections. However, to
ensure transparency and full
opportunities for public participation
under all appropriate authorities, the
Department has decided to submit an
Information Collection Request (ICR) to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to revise the PRA approval for
the information collections to reflect
this rulemaking. See 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(B); 5 CFR 1320.11. As part of
that process, we seek public comments
on the removal of specific information
collection requirements in the NPRM
and on the general Extended Benefit
reporting requirements in Handbook
401 and Forms ETA 538 and 539 in light
of specific areas of interest to minimize
so-called ‘‘paperwork’’ burdens on the
public.
A Federal agency generally cannot
conduct or sponsor a collection of
information, and the public is generally
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not required to respond to an
information collection, unless it is
approved by the OMB under the PRA
and displays a currently valid OMB
Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid Control Number. See 5
CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. We obtain
OMB approval for this information
collection under Control Number 1205–
0028. This notice is to provide the
public an opportunity to comment on
the proposed changes to the information
collections in the rule, in preparation
for an ICR to revise the current PRA
approval to reflect the changes in the
rule.
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the address shown in
the ADDRESSES section within sixty (60)
days of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register. In order to help ensure
appropriate consideration, comments
should mention OMB Control Number
1205–0028. We are 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; 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.
This information collection is
summarized as follows:
Agency: DOL–ETA.
Action: ICR Revision.
Title of Collection: Weekly Claims and
Extended Benefits Data and Weekly
Initial and Continued Weeks Claimed.
OMB Control Number: 1205–0028.
Affected Public: State, Local, and
Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 53.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 5,512.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
3,675 hours.
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Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training.
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Comment Request for Information
Collection for ETA 9128,
Reemployment Services and Eligibility
Assessments Workload Report, ETA
9129, Reemployment Services and
Eligibility Assessments Outcomes
Report, Extension With Revision, ETA
9128 X, Reemployment Services and
Eligibility Assessments Workload
Report for Unemployment
Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers
(UCX), and ETA 9129 X, Reemployment
Services and Eligibility Assessments
Outcomes Report for Unemployment
Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice
AGENCY:
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 an opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing collection of information in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)] (PRA). The PRA helps to
ensure that respondents can provide
requested data in the desired format
with minimal reporting burden (time
and financial resources), collection
instruments are clearly understood, and
the impact of collection requirements on
respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, ETA is soliciting comments
concerning the collection of data about
the ETA 9128, and the ETA 9129 and
the new ETA 9128 X and ETA 9129 X.
The current expiration date for the ETA
9128 and ETA 9129 reports is January
31, 2016. Beginning in 2016, states will
be required to target for the
Reemployment Services and Eligibility
Assessment (RESEA) program one-third
of those regular claimants most likely to
exhaust their benefits and all claimants
receiving UCX. For this reason the
Department is proposing that states send
an ETA 9128 report for one-third of
those regular claimants most likely to
exhaust their benefits and a separate
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Weekly
Claims and Extended Benefits Data and Weekly Initial and Continued
Weeks Claimed
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, provides
this notice to the public and Federal agencies to provide an
opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)] (PRA). The PRA helps ensure that respondents can
provide requested data in the desired format with minimal reporting
burden (time and financial resources), collection instruments are
clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on
respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, ETA is soliciting
comments concerning the collection process for unemployment insurance
(UI), Extended Benefits, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). The NPRM
is titled, Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program;
Implementing the Total Unemployment Rate as an Extended Benefits
Indicator and Amending for Technical Corrections; Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (RIN 1205-AB62).
DATES: Comments must be submitted in writing on or before September 8,
2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Regulatory
Information Number (RIN) 1205-AB62, by only one of the following
methods:
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Submit comments to Adele
Gagliardi, Administrator, Office of Policy Development and Research
(OPDR), U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room N- 5641, Washington,
DC 20210. Because of security-related concerns, there may be a
significant delay in the receipt of submissions by United States Mail.
You must take this into consideration when preparing to meet the
deadline for submitting comments. The Department will post all comments
received on https://www.regulations.gov without making any changes to
the comments or redacting any information, including any personal
information provided. The https://www.regulations.gov Web site is the
Federal e-rulemaking portal and all comments posted there are available
and accessible to the public. The Department recommends that commenters
not include personal information such as Social Security Numbers,
personal addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses that they do
not want made public in their comments as such submitted information
will be available to the public via the https://www.regulations.gov Web
site. Comments submitted through https://www.regulations.gov will not
include the email address of the commenter unless the commenter chooses
to include that information as part of his or her comment. It is the
responsibility of the commenter to safeguard personal information.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and the OMB Control Number for this PRA. Please submit your comments by
only one method.
Docket: All comments will be available for public inspection and
copying during normal business hours by contacting OPDR at (202) 693-
3700. You may also contact OPDR at the address listed above. As noted
above, the Department also will post all comments it receives on https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adele Gagliardi, Administrator, OPDR,
Employment and Training Administration, (202) 693-3700 (this is not a
toll-free number) or 1-877-889-5627 (TTY). Individuals with hearing or
speech impairments may access the telephone number above via TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department published an NPRM on October
27, 2014, in the Federal Register (79 FR 63859). The NPRM proposes to
amend 20 CFR 615, Extended Benefits, by implementing the Total
Unemployment Rate (TUR) indicator, an optional calculation methodology
for triggering on Extended Benefits, in regulations. The NPRM also
proposes to revise the regulatory requirements at Sec. 615.15,
pertaining to records and reports State agencies must submit. More
specifically, paragraphs (a) and (b) are proposed to be revised for
clarity by deleting unnecessary language regarding the Secretary's
authority to request Extended Benefit Program reports and to appoint
audit officials for those reports. Furthermore, we propose to delete
paragraphs (c) and (d). The reporting instructions for the proper and
timely submission of data are provided in ET Handbook No. 401, which
governs Unemployment Compensation required reporting.
The ET Handbook is a more effective way to communicate reporting
requirements, because codifying the reporting requirements in
paragraphs (c) and (d) of the regulation prevents the Department from
adapting reporting instructions to changing conditions or needs. The ET
Handbook requires the weekly submission of Forms ETA-538 and ETA-539.
These forms have been
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computerized and contain information on initial Unemployment Insurance
claims and continued weeks claimed. These figures are important
economic indicators. Form ETA-538 provides information allowing release
of advance unemployment claims information to the public five days
after the close of the reference period. Form ETA-539 contains more
detailed weekly claims information and the State's 13-week IUR that is
used to determine eligibility for the Extended Benefits program. The
reporting requirements in paragraphs (c) and (d) of the old regulation
are included in the ET Handbook and elimination of the requirements in
regulation allow for ease in making future modifications by simply
updating the ET Handbook.
Furthermore, paragraph (d) existed during the implementation phase
of the insured unemployment rate (IUR) indicator and required States to
submit the method used to identify and select the weeks used for EB
trigger purposes to ensure that States were consistent and comparable
in their methods. With 30 years of experience, as well as numerous data
validation and data quality programs in effect, it is unnecessary to
compel State administrators to provide this information. Current
reporting guidelines contained in the ET Handbook are clear enough that
States continue to have clear standards about which claims are used for
constructing totals used to compute trigger values, thus permitting the
deletion of this paragraph. The NPRM does not change the existing
reporting requirements for Forms ETA-538 or ETA-539.
The preamble to the NPRM stated that the Department had determined
the proposed rule did not contain new information collections. However,
to ensure transparency and full opportunities for public participation
under all appropriate authorities, the Department has decided to submit
an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to revise the PRA approval for the information collections
to reflect this rulemaking. See 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(B); 5 CFR 1320.11.
As part of that process, we seek public comments on the removal of
specific information collection requirements in the NPRM and on the
general Extended Benefit reporting requirements in Handbook 401 and
Forms ETA 538 and 539 in light of specific areas of interest to
minimize so-called ``paperwork'' burdens on the public.
A Federal agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is generally not required to respond to
an information collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the
PRA and displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall generally
be subject to penalty for failing to comply with a collection of
information that does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR
1320.5(a) and 1320.6. We obtain OMB approval for this information
collection under Control Number 1205-0028. This notice is to provide
the public an opportunity to comment on the proposed changes to the
information collections in the rule, in preparation for an ICR to
revise the current PRA approval to reflect the changes in the rule.
Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the address
shown in the ADDRESSES section within sixty (60) days of publication of
this notice in the Federal Register. In order to help ensure
appropriate consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number
1205-0028. We are 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; 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.
This information collection is summarized as follows:
Agency: DOL-ETA.
Action: ICR Revision.
Title of Collection: Weekly Claims and Extended Benefits Data and
Weekly Initial and Continued Weeks Claimed.
OMB Control Number: 1205-0028.
Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 5,512.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 3,675 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
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