Comment Request for Information Collection for the Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments (REA) Reports, Extension Without Revisions, 48172-48173 [2012-19704]
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individuals establish themselves in selfemployment. After NAFTA was
enacted, states had the option of
operating, for a five-year period, an SEA
program permitting certain individuals
to receive payments from the state’s
unemployment fund in lieu of regular
compensation to help them establish
businesses to become self-employed.
Subsequently, on October 28, 1998, the
Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and
Other Technical Amendments Act of
1998, (Pub. L. 105–306) permanently
authorized the SEA program.
Participation in the state SEA programs
under NAFTA (as amended by Pub. L.
105–306) was voluntary by both the
state and the unemployed individual.
Individuals were encouraged to become
reemployed by starting their own
businesses while collecting a selfemployment allowance in lieu of regular
UC, and to support continued economic
growth through developing businesses.
Over the last 15 years, small businesses
have created two out of every three jobs,
and over half of all working Americans
own or work in a small business.
SEA provides unemployed
individuals, volunteering to enter the
SEA program, financial support while
they access the resources, information,
and training they need to get a business
established. Individuals enrolled in an
SEA program receive a weekly
allowance in the same amount as the
individual’s regular UC weekly benefit
amount would have been. The
definition of an SEA program under
section 3306(t), FUTA requires an
individual to be:
a. Eligible to receive regular UC under
the state’s law, except that the
individuals are not required to meet the
state’s requirements related to:
• Availability for work;
• Active work search;
• Refusal to accept work; and
• Disqualifying income with respect
to income earned from self-employment;
b. Identified under a state worker
profiling system as likely to exhaust
regular UC;
c. Participating in self-employment
activities including entrepreneurial
training, business counseling, and
technical assistance that are approved
by the state UC agency; and
d. Actively engaged on a full-time
basis in activities (which may include
training) relating to the establishment of
a business and becoming self-employed.
Section 3306(t), FUTA, also provides
that the aggregate number of individuals
receiving SEA allowances may at no
time exceed five percent of the number
of individuals receiving regular UC. In
addition, the SEA program may not
result in any cost to the Unemployment
Trust Fund (UTF) in excess of the cost
that would be incurred by the state and
charged to the UTF had the
individual(s) not participated in the
SEA program. The ‘‘regular’’ SEA
program remains unchanged except that
Publuc Law 112–96 has created a
requirement for additional reporting
requirements.
Category and instruments
Respondents
Hours per
response
II. Review Focus
The Department 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: Extension without
changes.
Title: State Administration of
Applications and Grants for the SelfEmployment Assistance (SEA) Program.
OMB Number: 1205–0496.
Affected Public: State Workforce
Agencies.
Form(s): Unemployment Insurance
Program Letter No. 20–12.
Total Annual Burden Cost for
Respondents: There are no burden costs.
Annualized
responses
Annualized
hours
Annualized value of
respondent time
Grant Application: Attachments III, IV .........................
Review of Operating Instructions .................................
Review of Model Language .........................................
Quarterly Monitoring Instrument ..................................
26
26
26
26
125
10
10
40
1
1
1
104
3,250
260
260
4,160
$133,217.50
10,657.40
10,657.40
170,518.40
Unduplicated Totals ..............................................
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325,051.70
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Comments submitted in response to
this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval of the ICR;
they will also become a matter of public
record.
Dated: Signed in Washington, DC, on this
6th day of August, 2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training, Labor.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Comment Request for Information
Collection for the Reemployment and
Eligibility Assessments (REA) Reports,
Extension Without Revisions
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), Labor.
AGENCY:
Notice.
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respondent burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to
provide the 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 [44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program
helps 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.
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Currently, ETA is soliciting comments
concerning the continuation of the
collection of data about the
reemployment and eligibility
assessments report beyond the current
expiration date of 10/31/2012.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before
October 12, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to Diane Wood, U.S. Department of
Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Workforce
Security, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Frances Perkins Bldg. Room S–4524,
Washington, DC 20210, telephone
number (202) 693–3212 (this is not a
toll-free number) or by email:
wood.diane@dol.gov. Individuals with
hearing or speech impairments may
access the telephone number above via
TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
Information Relay Service at 1–877–
889–5627. A copy of the proposed
information collection request (ICR) can
be obtained by contacting the office
listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The REA program addresses the
reemployment needs of UI claimants
and is used to detect and prevent
improper payments in the
Unemployment Insurance (UI) program,
both of which are high priorities for
ETA. The REA program connects UI
claimants with reemployment and
training services through the workforce
investment system by linking them to
services in American Job Centers. The
REA program brings claimants into
American Job Centers where they are
provided a full array of available
services, and ensures that claimants
meet and comply with all UI eligibility
requirements. For many individuals, the
UI program provides an entry point into
this reemployment service delivery
system. Individuals filing UI claims are
active job seekers who, through the
state’s REA program, are made aware of
the variety of available reemployment
services and referred to those that are
appropriate for them. In FY 2012, fortytwo states are participating in the REA
program for claimants filing for regular
UI claims and all states are providing an
REA for claimants in the Emergency
Unemployment Compensation program.
The Department is seeking to extend
an information collection concerning
state activities and results around the
Reemployment and Eligibility
Assessments program. The information
collected from these REAs is used to
evaluate state performance in terms of
service delivery, to better understand
program dynamics, and to gather data to
report on REAs, including the number
of scheduled in-person reemployment
and eligibility assessments, the number
of individuals who failed to appear for
scheduled assessments, actions taken as
a result of individuals not appearing for
an assessment (e.g., benefits
terminated), results of assessments (e.g.,
referred to reemployment services,
found in compliance with program
requirements), estimated savings
resulting from cessation of benefits, and
Number of
respondents
Data collection activity
estimated savings as a result of
accelerated reemployment.
II. Review Focus
The Department 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: Extension without
changes.
Title: Reemployment and Eligibility
Assessments.
OMB Number: 1205–0456.
Affected Public: State Workforce
Agencies.
Form(s): ETA 9128U, ETA9128 and
ETA 9129.
Total
responses
Frequency
Average time
per response
(hours)
Burden hours
42
42
53
Quarterly ...........................................
Quarterly ...........................................
Quarterly ...........................................
168
168
212
0.5
0.5
0.5
84
84
106
Unduplicated totals ....................
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9128 ..................................................
9129 ..................................................
9128U ................................................
53
...........................................................
548
........................
274
Total Annual Burden Cost for
Respondents: There are no annualized
costs to respondents.
Comments submitted in response to
this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval of the ICR;
they will also become a matter of public
record.
Dated: Signed in Washington, DC, on this
6th day of August, 2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training, Labor.
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Employment and Training
Administration
Comment Request for Information
Collection for Monitoring
Implementation of Changes to State
Unemployment Insurance (UI)
Programs, Extension Without
Revisions
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), Labor.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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The U.S. Department of Labor
(Department), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to
provide the 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 [44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program
helps 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
SUMMARY:
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Comment Request for Information Collection for the Reemployment
and Eligibility Assessments (REA) Reports, Extension Without Revisions
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to provide the 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 [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps 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.
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Currently, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the continuation
of the collection of data about the reemployment and eligibility
assessments report beyond the current expiration date of 10/31/2012.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before October 12, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Diane Wood, U.S. Department of
Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce
Security, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Frances Perkins Bldg. Room S-
4524, Washington, DC 20210, telephone number (202) 693-3212 (this is
not a toll-free number) or by email: wood.diane@dol.gov. Individuals
with hearing or speech impairments may access the telephone number
above via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay
Service at 1-877-889-5627. A copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office
listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The REA program addresses the reemployment needs of UI claimants
and is used to detect and prevent improper payments in the Unemployment
Insurance (UI) program, both of which are high priorities for ETA. The
REA program connects UI claimants with reemployment and training
services through the workforce investment system by linking them to
services in American Job Centers. The REA program brings claimants into
American Job Centers where they are provided a full array of available
services, and ensures that claimants meet and comply with all UI
eligibility requirements. For many individuals, the UI program provides
an entry point into this reemployment service delivery system.
Individuals filing UI claims are active job seekers who, through the
state's REA program, are made aware of the variety of available
reemployment services and referred to those that are appropriate for
them. In FY 2012, forty-two states are participating in the REA program
for claimants filing for regular UI claims and all states are providing
an REA for claimants in the Emergency Unemployment Compensation
program.
The Department is seeking to extend an information collection
concerning state activities and results around the Reemployment and
Eligibility Assessments program. The information collected from these
REAs is used to evaluate state performance in terms of service
delivery, to better understand program dynamics, and to gather data to
report on REAs, including the number of scheduled in-person
reemployment and eligibility assessments, the number of individuals who
failed to appear for scheduled assessments, actions taken as a result
of individuals not appearing for an assessment (e.g., benefits
terminated), results of assessments (e.g., referred to reemployment
services, found in compliance with program requirements), estimated
savings resulting from cessation of benefits, and estimated savings as
a result of accelerated reemployment.
II. Review Focus
The Department 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: Extension without changes.
Title: Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments.
OMB Number: 1205-0456.
Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
Form(s): ETA 9128U, ETA9128 and ETA 9129.
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Average time
Data collection activity Number of Frequency Total per response Burden hours
respondents responses (hours)
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9128.......................... 42 Quarterly....... 168 0.5 84
9129.......................... 42 Quarterly....... 168 0.5 84
9128U......................... 53 Quarterly....... 212 0.5 106
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Unduplicated totals....... 53 ................ 548 .............. 274
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Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: There are no annualized
costs to respondents.
Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the ICR;
they will also become a matter of public record.
Dated: Signed in Washington, DC, on this 6th day of August,
2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2012-19704 Filed 8-10-12; 8:45 am]
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