Proposed Collection; Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) Program Forms Comment Request, 16836-16837 [E6-4853]

Download as PDF 16836 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 64 / Tuesday, April 4, 2006 / Notices The intent of the Department’s certification is to include all workers of Falcon Products, Inc., Shelby Williams, Metal Chair Division who were adversely affected by a shift in production to China. The amended notice applicable to TA–W–57,691 is hereby issued as follows: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR All workers of Falcon Products, Inc., currently known as Commercial Furniture Group, Inc., Shelby Williams Industries, Metal Chair Division, Morristown, Tennessee, including on-site leased workers of Staff Mark, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after August 8, 2004, through September 26, 2007, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974. Pursuant to section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, an investigation was initiated on March 15, 2006 in response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of Newstech PA, LP, Northampton, Pennsylvania. The petitioner has requested that the petition be withdrawn. Consequently, the investigation has been terminated. Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of March 2006. Linda G. Poole, Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. E6–4854 Filed 4–3–06; 8:45 am] Employment and Training Administration [TA–W–59,035] Newstech PA, LP; Northampton, Pennsylvania; Notice of Termination of Investigation Signed at Washington, DC this 17th day of March 2006. Linda G. Poole, Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. E6–4857 Filed 4–3–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–30–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BILLING CODE 4510–30–P Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR [ETA Handbook No. 391] Employment and Training Administration Proposed Collection; Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) Program Forms Comment Request [TA–W–58,911] International Business Machines Corporation (IBM); San Jose, CA; Notice of Termination of Investigation sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES Pursuant to section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, an investigation was initiated on February 27, 2006, in response to a worker petition filed by the state workforce office on behalf of a worker at IBM, San Jose, California. The Department has determined the worker on whose behalf the petition was filed was not an employee of IBM, San Jose, California. Consequently, further investigation would serve no purpose and the investigation has been terminated. Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of March 2006. Linda G. Poole, Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. E6–4856 Filed 4–3–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–30–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:55 Apr 03, 2006 Jkt 208001 ACTION: Notice, requests for comments. 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)(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 and Training Administration, Office of Workforce Security is soliciting comments concerning the proposed extension of the collection for the ETA Handbook No. 391. A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this notice or by accessing: https:// www.doleta.gov/Performance/guidance/ OMBControlNumber.cfm. DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the ADDRESSES section below on or before June 5, 2006. ADDRESSES: Quinn Watt, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Room S–4231, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, Phone: (202) 693–3483 (This is not a toll-free number), Fax: (202) 693–3975, e-mail: Watt.Quinn@dol.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background Chapter 5 U.S.C. 8506 states that ‘‘Each agency of the United States and each wholly or partially owned instrumentality of the United States shall make available to State agencies which have agreements, or the Secretary of Labor, as the case may be, such information concerning the Federal service and Federal wages of a Federal employee as the Secretary considers practicable and necessary for the determination of the entitlement of the Federal employee to compensation under this subchapter.’’ The information shall include the findings of the employing agency concerning— (1) Whether or not the Federal employee has performed Federal service; (2) The periods of Federal Service; (3) The amount of Federal wages; and (4) The reason(s) for termination of Federal service. The law (5 U.S.C. 8501, et seq.) requires State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) to administer the UCFE (Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees) program in accordance with the same terms and provisions of the paying state’s unemployment insurance law which apply to unemployed claimants who worked in the private sector. SWAs must be able to obtain certain information (wage, separation data) about each claimant filing claims for UCFE benefits to enable them to determine his/her eligibility for benefits. The Department of Labor has prescribed forms to enable SWAs to obtain this necessary information from the individual’s Federal employing agency. Each of these forms is essential to the UCFE claims process and the frequency of use varies depending upon the circumstances involved. The UCFE forms are: ETA–931, ETA–931A, ETA– 933, ETA–934, ETA–935, ETA–936, ETA–939, and ETA 8–32. E:\FR\FM\04APN1.SGM 04APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 64 / Tuesday, April 4, 2006 / Notices II. Review Focus NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 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. Agency Information Collection Activities: Addendum to Comment Request sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES III. Current Actions Type of Review: Regular. Agency: Employment and Training Administration. Title: ETA Handbook No. 391 (Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees). OMB Number: 1205–0179. Agency Form Number: ETA Handbook No. 391. Recordkeeping: 3 years. Affected Public: State Government. Total Respondents: 53. Average Time per Response: Varies with each form. Estimated Total Burden Hours: 208.00 hours. Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): There are no capital startup burden costs. Total Burden Cost (operating/ maintaining): $0. Comments submitted in response to this comment request 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: March 10, 2006. Cheryl Atkinson, Administrator, Office of Workforce Security. [FR Doc. E6–4853 Filed 4–3–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–30–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:55 Apr 03, 2006 Jkt 208001 National Science Foundation. Submission for OMB review; comment request. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the following information collection requirement to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 13. This is the third notice for public comment; the first was published in the Federal Register at 70 FR 75227; the second was published at 71 FR noting one comment was received. This notice is to acknowledge a second comment received on February 16, 2006. NSF is forwarding the proposed renewal submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance simultaneously with the publication of this second notice. Comments regarding (a) whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to 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 should be addressed to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for National Science Foundation, 725–17th Street, NW., Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, and to Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 295, Arlington, Virginia 22230 or send e-mail to splimpto@nsf.gov. Comments regarding these information collections are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days of this notification. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling 703–292–7556. NSF may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information that such persons are not required to respond to PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 16837 the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comment: On February 16, NSF received a comment from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) requesting consideration of several additional items to add to both the academic and the FFRDC survey forms. These items were as follows: R&D expenditures that are not separately budgeted by academic institutions, foreign sources of R&D funding as well as the expenditure amounts that are passed through to foreign performers, receipts universities receive from the sale of R&D, Federal funding of R&D divided into the categories suggested by the Frascati Manual (Section 6.3.2, item 397), separate reporting for research software purchases, and R&D expenditures used to create software. Response: NSF recognizes the importance of these additional items to BEA and other stakeholders. Although NSF does not plan to add these items to the survey forms for the 2006 fiscal year, many of these are critical new indicators of R&D in the 21st century and deserve further investigation when planning the survey’s future. Therefore, each of these items will be included for consideration in survey workshops with institutional respondents, in order to determine the best ways of obtaining these data with minimal respondent burden. Dated: March 30, 2006. Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation. [FR Doc. 06–3210 Filed 4–3–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–M NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to submit an information collection request to OMB and solicitation of public comment. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted: 1. The title of the information collection: DOE/NRC Form 742, E:\FR\FM\04APN1.SGM 04APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 4, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16836-16837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4853]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[ETA Handbook No. 391]


Proposed Collection; Unemployment Compensation for Federal 
Employees (UCFE) Program Forms Comment Request

ACTION: Notice, requests for comments.

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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) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(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 and Training Administration, Office of 
Workforce Security is soliciting comments concerning the proposed 
extension of the collection for the ETA Handbook No. 391. 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 or by accessing: https://www.doleta.gov/Performance/guidance/
OMBControlNumber.cfm.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addresses section below on or before June 5, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Quinn Watt, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and 
Training Administration, Room S-4231, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20210, Phone: (202) 693-3483 (This is not a toll-free 
number), Fax: (202) 693-3975, e-mail: Watt.Quinn@dol.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Chapter 5 U.S.C. 8506 states that ``Each agency of the United 
States and each wholly or partially owned instrumentality of the United 
States shall make available to State agencies which have agreements, or 
the Secretary of Labor, as the case may be, such information concerning 
the Federal service and Federal wages of a Federal employee as the 
Secretary considers practicable and necessary for the determination of 
the entitlement of the Federal employee to compensation under this 
subchapter.'' The information shall include the findings of the 
employing agency concerning--
    (1) Whether or not the Federal employee has performed Federal 
service;
    (2) The periods of Federal Service;
    (3) The amount of Federal wages; and
    (4) The reason(s) for termination of Federal service.
    The law (5 U.S.C. 8501, et seq.) requires State Workforce Agencies 
(SWAs) to administer the UCFE (Unemployment Compensation for Federal 
Employees) program in accordance with the same terms and provisions of 
the paying state's unemployment insurance law which apply to unemployed 
claimants who worked in the private sector. SWAs must be able to obtain 
certain information (wage, separation data) about each claimant filing 
claims for UCFE benefits to enable them to determine his/her 
eligibility for benefits. The Department of Labor has prescribed forms 
to enable SWAs to obtain this necessary information from the 
individual's Federal employing agency. Each of these forms is essential 
to the UCFE claims process and the frequency of use varies depending 
upon the circumstances involved. The UCFE forms are: ETA-931, ETA-931A, 
ETA-933, ETA-934, ETA-935, ETA-936, ETA-939, and ETA 8-32.

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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

    Type of Review: Regular.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: ETA Handbook No. 391 (Unemployment Compensation for Federal 
Employees).
    OMB Number: 1205-0179.
    Agency Form Number: ETA Handbook No. 391.
    Recordkeeping: 3 years.
    Affected Public: State Government.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Average Time per Response: Varies with each form.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 208.00 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): There are no capital startup 
burden costs.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment request 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: March 10, 2006.
Cheryl Atkinson,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
[FR Doc. E6-4853 Filed 4-3-06; 8:45 am]
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