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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. A
copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained
by contacting the office listed below in
the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Comments are to be submitted by
September 16, 2005.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the ICR and
supporting documentation as submitted
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) can be obtained by contacting
the Department of Labor. To obtain
copies, contact Darrin King on 202–693–
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or
e-mail: king.darrin@dol.gov. Send
comments regarding this proposed
collection of information, including
suggestions for reducing the burden to
the U.S. Department of Labor,
GovBenefits Office, FPB, Room N–4309,
Washington, DC 20210.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The President’s Management Agenda
for E-Government (February 27, 2002)
sets forth a strategy for simplifying the
delivery of services to citizens. The
President’s agenda outlines a Federal EGovernment Enterprise Architecture
that will transition the management and
delivery of government services from a
bureaucracy-centered to a citizencentered paradigm. To this end, the
Department of Labor serves as the
managing partner of the
Administration’s ‘‘GovBenefits’’ strategy
for assisting citizens in identifying and
locating information on benefits
sponsored by the Federal government
and State governments. This tool will
greatly reduce the burden on citizens
attempting to locate services available
from many different government
agencies by providing one-stop access to
information on obtaining those services.
Respondents answer a series of
questions to the extent necessary for
locating relevant information on Federal
benefits. Responses are used by the
respondent to expedite the
identification and retrieval of sought
after information and resources
pertaining to the benefits sponsored by
the Federal Government.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
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
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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
OMB approval for this collection of
information is currently scheduled to
expire on December 31, 2005. This
notice requests extended approval from
OMB for the collection of information
required for locating information on the
GovBenefits web site.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Agency: Office of the Secretary.
Title: Information Collection Plan for
GovBenefits.
OMB Number: 1290–0003.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Not-for-profit institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Respondents: 6,367,428.
Number of Responses: 6,367,428.
Average Time per Response: 2
minutes
Estimated Burden Hours: 191,023
hours
Total Annualized Capital/startup
costs: $0.
Total Initial Annual Costs: $0.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the agency’s request for
OMB approval of the information
collection request. Comments will
become a matter of public record.
Dated: June 28, 2005.
Cesar Deguzman,
Department of Labor, GovBenefits Project
Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employee Benefits Security
Administration
Advisory Council on Employee Welfare
and Pension Benefit Plans
Nominations for Vacancies
Section 512 of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(ERISA), 88 Stat. 895, 29 U.S.C. 1142,
provides for the establishment of an
Advisory Council on Employee Welfare
and Pension Benefit Plans (the Council),
which is to consist of 15 members to be
appointed by the Secretary of Labor (the
Secretary) as follows: Three
representatives of employee
organizations (at least one of whom
shall be representative of an
organization whose members are
participants in a multiemployer plan);
three representatives of employers (at
least one of whom shall be
representative of employers maintaining
or contributing to multiemployer plans);
one representative each from the fields
of insurance, corporate trust, actuarial
counseling, investment counseling,
investment management, and
accounting; and three representatives
from the general public (one of whom
shall be a person representing those
receiving benefits from a pension plan).
No more than eight members of the
Council shall be members of the same
political party.
Members shall be persons qualified to
appraise the programs instituted under
ERISA. Appointments are for terms of
three years. The prescribed duties of the
Council are to advise the Secretary with
respect to the carrying out of his or her
functions under ERISA, and to submit to
the Secretary, or his or her designee,
recommendations with respect thereto.
The Council will meet at least four
times each year.
The terms of five members of the
Council expire on November 14, 2005.
The groups or fields they represent are
as follows: (1) Employee organizations;
(2) employers; (3) corporate trust; (4) the
investment management profession; and
(5) the general public. The Department
of Labor is committed to equal
opportunity in the workplace and seeks
a broad-based and diverse ERISA
Advisory Council.
Accordingly, notice is hereby given
that any person or organization desiring
to recommend one or more individuals
for appointment to the Advisory
Council on Employee Welfare and
Pension Benefit Plans to represent any
of the groups or fields specified in the
preceding paragraph, may submit
recommendations to Larry Good, ERISA
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Advisory Council Executive Secretary,
Frances Perkins Building, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Suite N–5623,
Washington, DC 20210.
Recommendations must be delivered or
mailed on or before October 1, 2005.
Recommendations may be in the form of
a letter, resolution or petition, signed by
the person making the recommendation
or, in the case of a recommendation by
an organization, by an authorized
representative of the organization.
Recommendations should include the
position for which the nominees are
recommended and the nominees’
contact information.
Signed at Washington, DC this 11th day of
July, 2005.
Ann L. Combs,
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits
Security Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
ACTION:
Notice.
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) [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 Bureau
of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed new
collection of the ‘‘Current Population
Survey (CPS) Disability Questions
Test,’’ to be conducted in February
2006. 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 September 16, 2005.
DATES:
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Send comments to Amy A.
Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2
Massachusetts Avenue, NE.,
Washington, DC 20212, telephone
number (202) 691–7628. (This is not a
toll free number.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer,
telephone number (202) 691–7628. (See
ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
I. Background
The February 2006 CPS Disability
Questions Test will be conducted by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The
Test will gather information on the
disability status of CPS respondents.
The BLS will use the data to assess the
effectiveness of new questions designed
to identify persons with disabilities
within the context of the CPS.
Additionally, the BLS will be able to
evaluate the effect that adding these
questions to the CPS on a monthly basis
will have on that survey’s response
rates. Other groups who may find these
data to be of interest include veterans
groups, educational associations, and
disability advocacy groups.
Because the Disability Questions Test
is part of the CPS, the same detailed
demographic information collected in
the CPS will be available on
respondents to the Test. Data
concerning disabled persons will be
possible across characteristics such as
sex, race, age, and educational
attainment of the respondent.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the CPS
Disability Questions Test.
Type of Review: New collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: CPS Disability Questions Test.
OMB Number: 1220–NEW.
Affected Public: Households.
Total Respondents: 22,500.
Frequency: Once.
Total Responses: 43,500.
Average Time per Respondent: 2
minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 750
hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
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
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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.
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
July, 2005.
Cathy Kazanowski,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Veterans Employment and Training;
President’s National Hire Veterans
Committee; Notice of Open Meeting
The President’s National Hire
Veterans Committee was established
under 38 U.S.C. 4100 Public Law 107–
288, Jobs for Veterans Act, to furnish
information to employers with respect
to the training and skills of veterans and
disabled veterans, and to the advantages
afforded employers by hiring veterans
with training and skills and to facilitate
the employment of veterans and
disabled veterans through participation
in Career One Stop National Labor
Exchange, and other means.
The President’s National Hire
Veterans Committee will meet on
Tuesday, August 9, 2005 beginning at 1
p.m. at the Fairmount Chicago, Moulin
Rouge Room, 200 N. Columbus Drive,
Chicago, Illinois.
The committee will discuss raising
corporate awareness to the advantages
of hiring veterans.
Individuals needing special
accommodations should notify Bill
Offutt at (202) 693–4717 by August 2,
2005.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employee Benefits Security Administration
Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans
Nominations for Vacancies
Section 512 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(ERISA), 88 Stat. 895, 29 U.S.C. 1142, provides for the establishment
of an Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans
(the Council), which is to consist of 15 members to be appointed by the
Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) as follows: Three representatives of
employee organizations (at least one of whom shall be representative of
an organization whose members are participants in a multiemployer
plan); three representatives of employers (at least one of whom shall
be representative of employers maintaining or contributing to
multiemployer plans); one representative each from the fields of
insurance, corporate trust, actuarial counseling, investment
counseling, investment management, and accounting; and three
representatives from the general public (one of whom shall be a person
representing those receiving benefits from a pension plan). No more
than eight members of the Council shall be members of the same
political party.
Members shall be persons qualified to appraise the programs
instituted under ERISA. Appointments are for terms of three years. The
prescribed duties of the Council are to advise the Secretary with
respect to the carrying out of his or her functions under ERISA, and to
submit to the Secretary, or his or her designee, recommendations with
respect thereto. The Council will meet at least four times each year.
The terms of five members of the Council expire on November 14,
2005. The groups or fields they represent are as follows: (1) Employee
organizations; (2) employers; (3) corporate trust; (4) the investment
management profession; and (5) the general public. The Department of
Labor is committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and seeks a
broad-based and diverse ERISA Advisory Council.
Accordingly, notice is hereby given that any person or organization
desiring to recommend one or more individuals for appointment to the
Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans to
represent any of the groups or fields specified in the preceding
paragraph, may submit recommendations to Larry Good, ERISA
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Advisory Council Executive Secretary, Frances Perkins Building, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Suite N-5623,
Washington, DC 20210. Recommendations must be delivered or mailed on or
before October 1, 2005. Recommendations may be in the form of a letter,
resolution or petition, signed by the person making the recommendation
or, in the case of a recommendation by an organization, by an
authorized representative of the organization. Recommendations should
include the position for which the nominees are recommended and the
nominees' contact information.
Signed at Washington, DC this 11th day of July, 2005.
Ann L. Combs,
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-14021 Filed 7-15-05; 8:45 am]
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