Proposed Information Collection Request for the ETA 218, Benefit Rights and Experience Report; Comment Request on Extension Without Change, 3927-3928 [2010-1248]
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numbers), E-mail:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Comments and questions about the ICR
listed below should be received on or
before February 24, 2010.
The OMB 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
Total
respondents
Form
Frequency
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Type of Review: New collection.
Title of Collection: Quarterly Census
of Employment and Wages Green Goods
and Services Sector Pre-testing.
OMB Control Number: 1220–NEW.
Affected Public: Private sector
businesses or other for-profits; not-forprofit institutions; farms; small
businesses or organizations.
Total
responses
Average time
per response
(minutes)
Estimated total
burden
(hours)
Forms panel testing ...........................................................
Follow-up interviews ..........................................................
2,500
750
One time ..........
One time ..........
2,500
750
30
30
1,250
375
Totals ..........................................................................
2,500
..........................
3,250
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1,625
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The difference between the total number of respondents and the total number of responses reflects the fact that the respondents contacted for
the follow-up interviews are a subset of the respondents contacted during the forms panel testing. About 750 of the respondents will be contacted twice, once during the panel testing and a second time for the follow-up interview.
Total Burden Cost: (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost: (operating/
maintenance): $0.
Description: As the chief source of
government data on employment, the
2010 Congressional appropriation tasks
the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Quarterly Census of Employment and
Wages (QCEW) program with producing
employment data on industry sectors
that produce green goods and services.
This initiative will produce regular
tabulations of aggregate employment
and wages for businesses whose primary
activities fall in the green goods and
services sector as defined by BLS. These
series will be key to analyzing
workforce trends in this sector.
The purpose of this request for
clearance is for the QCEW program to
initiate a research project to understand
the collection environment and learn
what information establishments have
available that would help BLS collect
employment data on industry sectors
that produce green goods and services.
This information will be used to
improve the eventual data collection
instrument, increase response rates, and
ensure high quality data are collected.
The primary purpose of this research
is neither to finalize a definition of
green goods and services sector nor to
determine what defines the green sector.
Rather, the focus is on learning what
collectable information firms have
available about their products, services,
and other items that might be used to
collect data on this sector. The BLS
definition of the green goods and
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services sector industry will be
addressed separately.
Why are we requesting Emergency
Processing? Emergency clearance is
being sought for the Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages Green Goods
and Services Sector Industry Pre-testing.
The purpose of this request for
clearance by the BLS QCEW program is
to initiate a research project to
understand the collection environment
and learn what information
establishments have available that
would help BLS collect employment
data on industry sectors that produce
green goods and services. This
information will be used to develop the
eventual data collection instrument and
ensure high quality data are collected.
Data collection is scheduled to begin in
November 2010. In order for BLS to
understand how to collect and produce
high quality green goods and services
business employment by this date, BLS
must begin the forms panel testing as
soon as possible. Therefore, BLS is
requesting an emergency clearance to
allow for the necessary research to be
undertaken and completed within this
timeframe. A second opportunity to
comment on the proposed collection of
data on green goods and services sector
business employment will be afforded
when the package is submitted to OMB
under the standard clearance process in
accordance with the PRA95 (44 U.S.C.
3506).
Darrin A. King,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Proposed Information Collection
Request for the ETA 218, Benefit
Rights and Experience Report;
Comment Request on Extension
Without Change
AGENCY: Employment and Training
Administration.
ACTION:
Notice.
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 addresses 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
addresses section below on or before
March 26, 2010.
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Office in solvency studies, cost
estimating and modeling, and
assessment of state benefit formulas.
Send comments to Scott
Gibbons, U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment and Training
Administration, Office of
Unemployment Insurance, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Frances
Perkins Bldg., Room S–4531,
Washington, DC 20210, telephone
number (202) 693–3008 (this is not a
toll-free number) or by e-mail:
gibbons.scott@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
II. Desired Focus of Comments
I. Background
Attachment to the labor force, usually
measured as amount of past wages
earned, is used to determine eligibility
for state unemployment compensation
programs. The data in the ETA 218,
Benefit Rights and Experience Report,
includes numbers of individuals who
were and were not monetarily eligible,
those eligible for the maximum benefits,
those eligible based on classification by
potential duration categories, and those
exhausting their full entitlement as
classified by actual duration categories.
These data are used by the National
Currently, the Department of Labor is
soliciting comments concerning the
proposed extension for the collection of
the ETA 218, Benefit Rights and
Experience report. Comments are
requested 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
Total
respondents
Cite/Reference
Total
responses
Frequency
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 218
report is necessary to enable the Office
of Unemployment Insurance to continue
evaluating state benefit formulas and the
establishment of new benefit years.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration (ETA).
Title: Benefit Rights and Experience.
OMB Number: 1205–0177.
Agency Number: ETA 218.
Affected Public: State and Local
Governments.
Total Respondents: 53.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Responses: 580.
Average Time per Response: 0.5
hours.
Average time per response
Burden
ETA 218 Regular ..............
ETA 218 Extended Benefits.
ETA 218 Emergency Unemployment Compensation.
53
39
Quarterly ...........................
Quarterly ...........................
212
156
.5 hour ...............................
.5 hour ...............................
106 hrs.
78 hrs.
53
Quarterly ...........................
212
.5 hour ...............................
106 hrs.
Totals .........................
........................
...........................................
580
...........................................
290 hrs.
Total Estimated Burden Hours: 290
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: January 19, 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and
Training Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Notice of Determinations Regarding
Eligibility To Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19
U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor
herein presents summaries of
determinations regarding eligibility to
apply for trade adjustment assistance for
workers by (TA–W) number issued
during the period of November 30
through December 11, 2009.
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made for workers of
a primary firm and a certification issued
regarding eligibility to apply for worker
adjustment assistance, each of the group
eligibility requirements of Section
222(a) of the Act must be met.
I. Under Section 222(a)(2)(A), the
following must be satisfied:
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(1) A significant number or proportion
of the workers in such workers’ firm
have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2) The sales or production, or both,
of such firm have decreased absolutely;
and
(3) One of the following must be
satisfied:
(A) Imports of articles or services like
or directly competitive with articles
produced or services supplied by such
firm have increased;
(B) Imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one
or more component parts produced by
such firm are directly incorporated,
have increased;
(C) Imports of articles directly
incorporating one or more component
parts produced outside the United
States that are like or directly
competitive with imports of articles
incorporating one or more component
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Proposed Information Collection Request for the ETA 218, Benefit
Rights and Experience Report; Comment Request on Extension Without
Change
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration.
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 addresses 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
addresses section below on or before March 26, 2010.
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ADDRESSES: Send comments to Scott Gibbons, U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment and Training Administration, Office of Unemployment
Insurance, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Frances Perkins Bldg., Room S-
4531, Washington, DC 20210, telephone number (202) 693-3008 (this is
not a toll-free number) or by e-mail: gibbons.scott@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Attachment to the labor force, usually measured as amount of past
wages earned, is used to determine eligibility for state unemployment
compensation programs. The data in the ETA 218, Benefit Rights and
Experience Report, includes numbers of individuals who were and were
not monetarily eligible, those eligible for the maximum benefits, those
eligible based on classification by potential duration categories, and
those exhausting their full entitlement as classified by actual
duration categories. These data are used by the National Office in
solvency studies, cost estimating and modeling, and assessment of state
benefit formulas.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently, the Department of Labor is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension for the collection of the ETA 218,
Benefit Rights and Experience report. Comments are requested 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 submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions
The continued collection of the information contained on the ETA
218 report is necessary to enable the Office of Unemployment Insurance
to continue evaluating state benefit formulas and the establishment of
new benefit years.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration (ETA).
Title: Benefit Rights and Experience.
OMB Number: 1205-0177.
Agency Number: ETA 218.
Affected Public: State and Local Governments.
Total Respondents: 53.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Responses: 580.
Average Time per Response: 0.5 hours.
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Total Total Average time per
Cite/Reference respondents Frequency responses response Burden
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ETA 218 Regular............... 53 Quarterly........ 212 .5 hour......... 106 hrs.
ETA 218 Extended Benefits..... 39 Quarterly........ 156 .5 hour......... 78 hrs.
ETA 218 Emergency Unemployment 53 Quarterly........ 212 .5 hour......... 106 hrs.
Compensation.
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Totals.................... .............. ................. 580 ................ 290 hrs.
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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 290 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: January 19, 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
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