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• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary to
assess performance of the REA
initiative, including whether the
information has 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 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 continued
collection of the information contained
on the ETA 9128 and the ETA 9129
reports is necessary to enable the Office
of Workforce Security (OWS) to
continue evaluating the effectiveness of
this initiative through workload and
outcomes reports.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration (ETA).
Title: Reemployment and Eligibility
Assessments Workloads Report and
Reemployment and Eligibility
Assessments Outcomes Report.
OMB Number: 1205–0456.
Agency Number: ETA 9128 and ETA
9129.
Affected Public: State and Local
Governments.
Total Respondents: 53 potentially—In
fiscal year 2009, 18 State Workforce
Agencies are participating in the REA
initiative. Additional states are expected
to participate if funds are appropriated.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Responses: 72.
Average Time per Response: .5 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 36
hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $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 will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: November 12, 2008.
Cheryl Atkinson,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Information Collection Request for
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust
Fund Activities Reports: Extension
Without Change, Comment Request
Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 collection 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.
A copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained
by contacting the office listed below in
the addressee section of this notice or by
accessing: https://www.doleta.gov/
OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before
February 2, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Joe
Williams, U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Workforce
Security, 200 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Frances Perkins Bldg. Room S–
4231, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
number (202) 693–2928 (this is not a
toll-free number) or by e-mail:
Williams.joseph@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: Section 303(a)(4) of the
Social Security Act (SSA) and Section
3304(a)(3) of the Federal Unemployment
Tax Act (FUTA) require that all monies
received in the unemployment fund of
a state be paid immediately to the
Secretary of Treasury to the credit of the
Unemployment Trust Fund (UTF). This
is the ‘‘immediate deposit’’ standard.
Section 303(a)(5) of the SSA and
Section 3304(a)(4) of the FUTA require
that all monies withdrawn from the UTF
be used solely for the payment of
unemployment compensation, exclusive
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of the expenses of administration. This
is the ‘‘limited withdrawal’’ standard.
Federal law (Section 303(a)(6) of the
SSA) gives the Secretary of Labor the
authority to require the reporting of
information deemed necessary to assure
state compliance with the provisions of
the SSA.
Under this authority, the Secretary of
Labor requires the following reports to
monitor state compliance with the
immediate deposit and limited
withdrawal standards:
ETA 2112: UI Financial Transactions
Summary, Unemployment Fund;
ETA 8401: Monthly Analysis of
Benefit Payment Account;
ETA 8405: Monthly Analysis of
Clearing Account;
ETA 8413: Income—Expense Analysis
UC Fund, Benefit Payment Account;
ETA 8414: Income—Expense Analysis
UC Fund, Clearing Account;
ETA 8403: Summary of Financial
Transactions—Title IX Funds.
These reports are submitted to the
Office of Workforce Security (OWS)
within the Employment and Training
Administration which uses them to:
• Monitor cash flows into and out of
the UTF to determine state compliance
with the immediate deposit and limited
withdrawal standards.
• Assure proper accounting for
unemployment funds, an integral part of
preparing the Department’s
consolidated financial statements,
required by the Chief Financial Officer
Act of 1990. The UTF is the single
largest asset and liability on the
statements.
• Reconcile the Department’s records
with the U.S. Treasury records.
• Develop UI research and actuarial
reports, especially to monitor the
solvency of the UTF.
The Department seeks renewal of this
collection since the reports are essential
to the Department’s financial statements
and program oversight responsibilities.
II. Desired Focus of Comments:
Currently, the Employment and
Training Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed
extension collection of these reports.
Comments are requested to:
* 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
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* Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including 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 continued
collection of these financial data are
necessary for the purposes of
monitoring and evaluating state
financial transactions for proper
oversight and administration of the UI
system.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration (ETA).
Title: Unemployment Insurance Trust
Fund Activities Reports.
OMB Number: 1205–0154.
Agency Number: ETA 2112, 8401,
8405, 8413, 8414, 8403.
Affected Public: State Workforce
Agencies.
Total Respondents: 53.
Frequency: ETA 2112, 8401, 8405,
8413, 8414: Monthly.
Total Responses: 53 states × 12
months = 636 responses.
Average Time per Response: The ETA
2112, 8401, 8405, 8413, 8414 are all
submitted on a monthly basis. We
estimate the state burden to be: 636 total
responses × 2.5 hours for all 5 reports
(.5 hours for each report) = 1,590 hours.
The ETA 8403 is submitted only when
there is activity requiring update of the
state’s Reed Act account. We estimate
the state burden to be: 53 states × 6
annual responses × 30 minutes per
response = 159 reporting hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,749
hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $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 will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: November 12, 2008.
Cheryl Atkinson,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
ADMINISTRATION
Employment and Training
Administration
Notice of a Change in Status of an
Extended Benefit (EB) Period for
Oregon
Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces a
change in benefit period eligibility
under the EB Program for Oregon.
The following change has occurred
since the publication of the last notice
regarding the State’s EB status:
• Based on data reported by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics on November
21, 2008, Oregon’s 3-month seasonally
adjusted total unemployment rate rose
to the 6.5 percent threshold and
exceeded 110 percent of the
corresponding rate in the prior year.
This causes Oregon to be triggered ‘‘on’’
to an EB period beginning December 07,
2008.
SUMMARY:
Information for Claimants
The duration of benefits payable in
the EB Program, and the terms and
conditions on which they are payable,
are governed by the Federal-State
Extended Unemployment Compensation
Act of 1970, as amended, and the
operating instructions issued to the
states by the U.S. Department of Labor.
In the case of a state beginning an EB
period, the State Workforce Agency will
furnish a written notice of potential
entitlement to each individual who has
exhausted all rights to regular benefits
and is potentially eligible for EB (20
CFR 615.13(c)(1)).
Persons who believe they may be
entitled to EB, or who wish to inquire
about their rights under the program,
should contact their State Workforce
Agency.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Gibbons, U.S. Department of
Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Workforce
Security, 200 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Frances Perkins Bldg., Room S–
4231, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
number (202) 693–3008 (this is not a
toll-free number) or by e-mail:
gibbons.scott@dol.gov.
Signed in Washington, DC, this 28th day of
November, 2008.
Brent R. Orrell,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Employment and Training.
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Records Schedules; Availability and
Request for Comments
National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of
proposed records schedules; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA)
publishes notice at least once monthly
of certain Federal agency requests for
records disposition authority (records
schedules). Once approved by NARA,
records schedules provide mandatory
instructions on what happens to records
when no longer needed for current
government business. They authorize
the preservation of records of
continuing value in the National
Archives of the United States and the
destruction, after a specified period, of
records lacking administrative, legal,
research, or other value. Notice is
published for records schedules in
which agencies propose to destroy
records not previously authorized for
disposal or reduce the retention period
of records already authorized for
disposal. NARA invites public
comments on such records schedules, as
required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a).
DATES: Requests for copies must be
received in writing on or before January
5, 2009. Once the appraisal of the
records is completed, NARA will send
a copy of the schedule. NARA staff
usually prepare appraisal
memorandums that contain additional
information concerning the records
covered by a proposed schedule. These,
too, may be requested and will be
provided once the appraisal is
completed. Requesters will be given 30
days to submit comments.
ADDRESSES: You may request a copy of
any records schedule identified in this
notice by contacting the Life Cycle
Management Division (NWML) using
one of the following means:
Mail: NARA (NWML), 8601 Adelphi
Road, College Park, MD 20740–6001.
E-mail: request.schedule@nara.gov.
FAX: 301–837–3698.
Requesters must cite the control
number, which appears in parentheses
after the name of the agency which
submitted the schedule, and must
provide a mailing address. Those who
desire appraisal reports should so
indicate in their request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laurence Brewer, Director, Life Cycle
Management Division (NWML),
National Archives and Records
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Information Collection Request for Unemployment Insurance (UI)
Trust Fund Activities Reports: Extension Without Change, Comment
Request
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
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 collection
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.
A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section
of this notice or by accessing: https://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/
OMBControlNumber.cfm.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before February 2, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Joe Williams, U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce Security,
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Frances Perkins Bldg. Room S-4231,
Washington, DC 20210, telephone number (202) 693-2928 (this is not a
toll-free number) or by e-mail: Williams.joseph@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: Section 303(a)(4) of the Social Security Act (SSA)
and Section 3304(a)(3) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA)
require that all monies received in the unemployment fund of a state be
paid immediately to the Secretary of Treasury to the credit of the
Unemployment Trust Fund (UTF). This is the ``immediate deposit''
standard.
Section 303(a)(5) of the SSA and Section 3304(a)(4) of the FUTA
require that all monies withdrawn from the UTF be used solely for the
payment of unemployment compensation, exclusive of the expenses of
administration. This is the ``limited withdrawal'' standard.
Federal law (Section 303(a)(6) of the SSA) gives the Secretary of
Labor the authority to require the reporting of information deemed
necessary to assure state compliance with the provisions of the SSA.
Under this authority, the Secretary of Labor requires the following
reports to monitor state compliance with the immediate deposit and
limited withdrawal standards:
ETA 2112: UI Financial Transactions Summary, Unemployment Fund;
ETA 8401: Monthly Analysis of Benefit Payment Account;
ETA 8405: Monthly Analysis of Clearing Account;
ETA 8413: Income--Expense Analysis UC Fund, Benefit Payment
Account;
ETA 8414: Income--Expense Analysis UC Fund, Clearing Account;
ETA 8403: Summary of Financial Transactions--Title IX Funds.
These reports are submitted to the Office of Workforce Security
(OWS) within the Employment and Training Administration which uses them
to:
Monitor cash flows into and out of the UTF to determine
state compliance with the immediate deposit and limited withdrawal
standards.
Assure proper accounting for unemployment funds, an
integral part of preparing the Department's consolidated financial
statements, required by the Chief Financial Officer Act of 1990. The
UTF is the single largest asset and liability on the statements.
Reconcile the Department's records with the U.S. Treasury
records.
Develop UI research and actuarial reports, especially to
monitor the solvency of the UTF.
The Department seeks renewal of this collection since the reports
are essential to the Department's financial statements and program
oversight responsibilities.
II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Employment and
Training Administration is soliciting comments concerning the proposed
extension collection of these reports. Comments are requested to:
* 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
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* Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who
are to respond, including 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 continued collection of these financial
data are necessary for the purposes of monitoring and evaluating state
financial transactions for proper oversight and administration of the
UI system.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration (ETA).
Title: Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Activities Reports.
OMB Number: 1205-0154.
Agency Number: ETA 2112, 8401, 8405, 8413, 8414, 8403.
Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
Total Respondents: 53.
Frequency: ETA 2112, 8401, 8405, 8413, 8414: Monthly.
Total Responses: 53 states x 12 months = 636 responses.
Average Time per Response: The ETA 2112, 8401, 8405, 8413, 8414 are
all submitted on a monthly basis. We estimate the state burden to be:
636 total responses x 2.5 hours for all 5 reports (.5 hours for each
report) = 1,590 hours. The ETA 8403 is submitted only when there is
activity requiring update of the state's Reed Act account. We estimate
the state burden to be: 53 states x 6 annual responses x 30 minutes per
response = 159 reporting hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,749 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $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 will also become a
matter of public record.
Dated: November 12, 2008.
Cheryl Atkinson,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
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