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The basic CPS data also are used as
an important platform on which to base
the data derived from the various
supplemental questions that are
administered in conjunction with the
survey. By coupling the basic data from
the monthly survey with the special
data from the supplements, one can get
valuable insights on the behavior of
American workers and on the social and
economic health of their families.
There is wide interest in the monthly
CPS data among Government
policymakers, legislators, economists,
the media, and the general public.
While the data from the CPS are used in
conjunction with data from other
surveys in assessing the economic
health of the Nation, they are unique in
various ways. Specifically, they are the
basis for much of the monthly
Employment Situation report, a PFEI.
They provide a monthly, nationally
representative measure of total
employment, including farm work, selfemployment, and unpaid family work;
other surveys are generally restricted to
the nonagricultural wage and salary
sector, or provide less timely
information. The CPS provides data on
all job seekers, and on all persons
outside the labor force, while payrollbased surveys cannot, by definition,
cover these sectors of the population.
Finally, the CPS data on employment,
unemployment, and on persons not in
the labor force can be linked to the
demographic characteristics of the many
groups that make up the Nation’s
population, while the data from other
surveys often have limited demographic
information. Many groups, both in the
government and in the private sector,
are eager to analyze this wealth of
demographic and labor force data.
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II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the Current
Population Survey (CPS).
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.
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• 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: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Current Population Survey
(CPS).
OMB Number: 1220–0100.
Affected Public: Households.
Total Respondents: 53,000 per month.
Frequency: Monthly.
Total Responses: 636,000.
Average Time per Response: 7.6
minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 80,560
hours.
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 13th day of
June, 2017.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2017–12603 Filed 6–16–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection, Comment
Request
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance 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). This program helps to ensure
that the 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. The Bureau of
SUMMARY:
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Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed
revision of the ‘‘Report on Current
Employment Statistics.’’ A copy of the
proposed information collection request
(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
individual listed below in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or
before August 18, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol
Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2
Massachusetts Avenue NE.,
Washington, DC 20212. Written
comments also may be transmitted by
fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll
free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer,
202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free
number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Current Employment Statistics
(CES) program provides current
monthly statistics on employment,
hours, and earnings, by industry and
geography. CES estimates are among the
most visible and widely-used Principal
Federal Economic Indicators (PFEIs).
CES data are also among the timeliest of
the PFEIs, with their release each month
by the BLS in the Employment
Situation, typically on the first Friday of
each month. The statistics are
fundamental inputs in economic
decision processes at all levels of
government, private enterprise, and
organized labor.
The CES monthly estimates of
employment, hours, and earnings are
based on a sample of U.S.
nonagricultural establishments.
Information is derived from
approximately 297,000 reports (from a
sample of 147,000 employers with State
Unemployment Insurance (UI) accounts
comprised of 634,000 individual
worksites), as of February 2017. Each
month, firms report their employment,
payroll, and hours on forms identified
as the BLS–790. The sample is collected
under a probability-based design. Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands collect an
additional 7,000 reports.
A list of all form types currently used
appears in the table below. Respondents
receive variations of the basic collection
forms, depending on their industry.
The CES program is a voluntary
program under Federal statute.
Reporting to the State agencies is
voluntary in all but three States
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(Oregon, North Carolina, and South
Carolina), Puerto Rico, and the Virgin
Islands. To our knowledge, the States
that do have mandatory reporting rarely
exercise their authority. The collection
form’s confidentiality statement cites
the Confidential Information Protection
and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002
and mentions the State mandatory
reporting authority.
Fax is also a significant collection mode,
as 8,000 reports are collected via this
method. Touchtone Data Entry is used
for 7,000 reports.
The balance of the sample is collected
through other methods including
submission of transcripts, emails, and
other special arrangements.
II. Current Action
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,
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the Report
on Current Employment Statistics.
Automated data collection methods
are now used for most of the CES
sample. Approximately 139,000 reports
are received through Electronic Data
Interchange as of February 2017. Web
data collection accounts for 48,000
reports. Computer Assisted Telephone
Interviewing is used to collect 73,000.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
Form
Minutes per
report
Reports
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: Report on Current Employment
Statistics.
OMB Number: 1220–0011.
Affected Public: State or local
governments; Businesses or other for
profit; Non-profit institutions.
Frequency of
response
Annual
responses
Annual burden
hours
A—Mining and Logging .......................................................
B—Construction ...................................................................
C—Manufacturing ................................................................
E—Service Providing Industries ..........................................
G—Public Administration .....................................................
S—Education .......................................................................
Fax790 A,B,C,E,G,S ............................................................
1,283
11,503
9,837
195,448
60,382
11,025
8,205
10
10
10
10
6
6
10
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
15,396
138,036
118,044
2,345,376
724,584
132,300
98,460
2,566
23,006
19,674
390,896
72,458
13,230
16,410
Total ..............................................................................
297,683
........................
........................
3,572,196
538,240
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 12th day of
June 2017.
Eric P. Molina,
Acting Chief, Division of Management
Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2017–12598 Filed 6–16–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
SUMMARY:
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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). 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. The Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed
reinstatement of the ‘‘Current
Population Survey (CPS) Displaced
Worker, Job Tenure, and Occupational
Mobility Supplement’’ to be conducted
in January 2018 and January 2020. A
copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained
by contacting the individual listed
below in the Addresses section of this
notice.
Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or
before August 18, 2017.
DATES:
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Send comments to Erin
Good, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2
Massachusetts Avenue NE.,
Washington, DC 20212. Written
comments may also be transmitted by
fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll
free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
Good, BLS Clearance Officer, 202–691–
7763 (this is not a toll-free number).
(See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
I. Background
The CPS Displaced Worker, Job
Tenure, and Occupational Mobility
Supplement is conducted biennially
and was last collected in January 2016.
This supplement will gather
information on workers who have lost
or left their jobs because their plant or
company closed or moved, there was
insufficient work for them to do, or their
position or shift was abolished. Data
will be collected on the extent to which
displaced workers received advance
notice of job cutbacks or the closing of
their plant or business. For those
workers who have been reemployed, the
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[FR Doc No: 2017-12598]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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 pre-clearance
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). This program helps to ensure that the 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. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is
soliciting comments concerning the proposed revision of the ``Report on
Current Employment Statistics.'' A copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the individual
listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or before August 18, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
2 Massachusetts Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20212. Written comments also
may be transmitted by fax to 202-691-5111 (this is not a toll free
number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer,
202-691-7628 (this is not a toll free number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Current Employment Statistics (CES) program provides current
monthly statistics on employment, hours, and earnings, by industry and
geography. CES estimates are among the most visible and widely-used
Principal Federal Economic Indicators (PFEIs). CES data are also among
the timeliest of the PFEIs, with their release each month by the BLS in
the Employment Situation, typically on the first Friday of each month.
The statistics are fundamental inputs in economic decision processes at
all levels of government, private enterprise, and organized labor.
The CES monthly estimates of employment, hours, and earnings are
based on a sample of U.S. nonagricultural establishments. Information
is derived from approximately 297,000 reports (from a sample of 147,000
employers with State Unemployment Insurance (UI) accounts comprised of
634,000 individual worksites), as of February 2017. Each month, firms
report their employment, payroll, and hours on forms identified as the
BLS-790. The sample is collected under a probability-based design.
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands collect an additional 7,000 reports.
A list of all form types currently used appears in the table below.
Respondents receive variations of the basic collection forms, depending
on their industry.
The CES program is a voluntary program under Federal statute.
Reporting to the State agencies is voluntary in all but three States
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(Oregon, North Carolina, and South Carolina), Puerto Rico, and the
Virgin Islands. To our knowledge, the States that do have mandatory
reporting rarely exercise their authority. The collection form's
confidentiality statement cites the Confidential Information Protection
and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 and mentions the State mandatory
reporting authority.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
Report on Current Employment Statistics.
Automated data collection methods are now used for most of the CES
sample. Approximately 139,000 reports are received through Electronic
Data Interchange as of February 2017. Web data collection accounts for
48,000 reports. Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing is used to
collect 73,000. Fax is also a significant collection mode, as 8,000
reports are collected via this method. Touchtone Data Entry is used for
7,000 reports.
The balance of the sample is collected through other methods
including submission of transcripts, emails, and other special
arrangements.
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: Report on Current Employment Statistics.
OMB Number: 1220-0011.
Affected Public: State or local governments; Businesses or other
for profit; Non-profit institutions.
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Minutes per Frequency of Annual Annual burden
Form Reports report response responses hours
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A--Mining and Logging........... 1,283 10 12 15,396 2,566
B--Construction................. 11,503 10 12 138,036 23,006
C--Manufacturing................ 9,837 10 12 118,044 19,674
E--Service Providing Industries. 195,448 10 12 2,345,376 390,896
G--Public Administration........ 60,382 6 12 724,584 72,458
S--Education.................... 11,025 6 12 132,300 13,230
Fax790 A,B,C,E,G,S.............. 8,205 10 12 98,460 16,410
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Total....................... 297,683 .............. .............. 3,572,196 538,240
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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 12th day of June 2017.
Eric P. Molina,
Acting Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2017-12598 Filed 6-16-17; 8:45 am]
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