Comment Request for Information Collection for Applications, Grants and Administration of Short Time Compensation (STC) Provisions, Extension Without Revisions, 48175-48176 [2012-19707]
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II. Review Focus
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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.
Employment and Training
Administration
III. Current Actions
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Type of Review: Extension without
changes.
Title: Characteristics of the Insured
Unemployed.
OMB Number: 1205–0009.
Affected Public: State Workforce
Agencies.
Form(s): ETA 203.
Total Annual Respondents: 53.
Annual Frequency: Monthly.
Total Annual Responses: 636.
Average Time per Response: 20
minutes (0.33 hours).
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 212 Hours.
Total Annual Burden Cost for
Respondents: There is no burden cost.
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 at Washington, DC, on this
6th day of August, 2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training, Labor.
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Comment Request for Information
Collection for Applications, Grants and
Administration of Short Time
Compensation (STC) Provisions,
Extension Without Revisions
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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.
ETA is soliciting comments
concerning the continuation of the
collection of data concerning
administration of recent changes and
grants for the expansion of STC beyond
the current expiration date of 12/31/
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 Scott Gibbons, Office of
Unemployment Insurance, Employment
and Training Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Telephone number: 202–693–3008 (this
is not a toll-free number). 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 (TTY/TDD). Email:
gibbons.scott@dol.gov. A copy of the
proposed information collection request
(ICR) can be obtained by contacting Mr.
Gibbons.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
The recent enactment of Public Law
112–96 (The Middle Class Tax Relief
and Job Creation Act of 2012, referred to
hereafter as ‘‘MCTRJC’’ or ‘‘the act’’)
contains Subtitle D, Short-Time
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Compensation Program, also known as
the ‘‘Layoff Prevention Act of 2012’’.
The sections of the law under this
subtitle concern states that currently
participate in, or wish to initiate a new
program in, a layoff aversion program
known as short time compensation
(STC) or work sharing.
Section 2161 establishes the
operational rules for the STC program
and Section 2162 covers the temporary
financing of STC payments by the
Federal Government to states with
programs currently in their law. Section
2163 establishes the temporary
financing of STC payments by the
Federal Government to states operating
an STC program under an agreement
with the Secretary of Labor and Section
2164 covers grants the Federal
Government can provide to state
applicants whose STC laws conform to
the requirements of Section 2161 for the
purpose of implementation or improved
administration of an STC program, or
for promotion and enrollment in the
program.
Each of these sections of the law
requires, to varying extents,
applications, new administrative
processes, monitoring and reporting of
data between the state workforce
agencies (SWAs) and ETA. ETA has
principal oversight responsibility for the
Unemployment Insurance (UI) program
that SWAs operate. As a result of the
many changes to the funding and
administration of the UI system
introduced in Public Law 112–96, ETA
needs to allow for additional reporting
and data collection for proper oversight
of state STC programs.
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.
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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 156 / Monday, August 13, 2012 / Notices
III. Current Actions
Title: Applications, Grants and
Administration of Short Time
Compensation (STC) Provisions.
OMB Number: 1205–0499.
Type of Review: Extension without
changes.
Category (BOLD) and instruments
Affected Public: State Workforce
Agencies.
Total Annual Burden Cost for
Respondents: There are no burden costs.
Hours per
response
Respondents
Annualized
responses
Annualized
hours
States Coming Into Conformity With New Federal STC Law
General STC UIPL: Attachment II—Text of Agreement ..................................
General STC UIPL: Addendum to FY2012 Annual Funding Agreement for
UI Program ...................................................................................................
53
5
n/a
265
53
5
n/a
265
States With STC Programs Applying for Grants To Enhance or Promote Their Current Programs
UIPL on state STC grants: Attachment 1—STC Proposal Outline for STC
Applications ..................................................................................................
UIPL on state STC grants: Attachment 2—STC Application Checklist ..........
UIPL on state STC grants: Attachment 3—Quarterly Narrative Progress Report ...............................................................................................................
UIPL on state STC grants: Attachment 5—STC Grant Agreement ................
25
25
80
80
n/a
n/a
2,000
2,000
25
25
25
5
88
n/a
2,200
125
n/a
n/a
n/a
........................
2,240
140
140
9,375
States Without STC Programs Applying To Operate a Federal STC Program
Attachment 1—Implementing and Operating Instructions for Federal STC
Agreement ....................................................................................................
Attachment 2—Federal-state Agreement (Draft) .............................................
UIPL on Federal STC: Attachment 3—Federal-state Agreement (Draft) ........
Unduplicated Totals .........................................................................................
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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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Comment Request for Information
Collection for Reemployment Services
and Outcomes for Unemployment
Insurance (UI) Claimants in Federal
Programs, Extension Without
Revisions
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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
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SUMMARY:
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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.
ETA is soliciting comments
concerning the continuation of the
collection of data about reemployment
services and outcomes for UI claimants
in Federal programs beyond the current
expiration date of 10/31/2012.
Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before
October 12, 2012.
DATES:
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Administration
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Submit written comments
to Scott Gibbons, Office of
Unemployment Insurance, Employment
and Training Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Telephone number: 202–693–3008 (this
is not a toll-free number). 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 (TTY/TDD). Email:
gibbons.scott@dol.gov. A copy of the
proposed information collection request
(ICR) can be obtained by contacting Mr.
Gibbons.
ADDRESSES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
ETA is seeking to renew a collection
of information for the purposes of
describing reemployment activities for
UI claimants in Federal programs. The
basic report format is very similar to the
existing ETA 9002 report (Office of
Management and Budget number 1205–
0240) that covers quarterly performance
data for Wagner-Peyser Act funded
public labor exchange. ETA has well
established reporting instructions,
reporting software, reporting formats
and reporting logic that is used for
existing reemployment service delivery
reporting for UI claimants, and ETA
uses this existing structure to serve UI
claimants in Federal programs, as
required by Section 2142 of the Middle
Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of
2012 (Pub. L. 112–96). ETA believes that
the use of an existing standard in
reporting for reemployment service
delivery minimizes the burden on states
as they seek to rapidly implement the
requirements of Public Law 112–96.
ETA believes that adapting an existing,
approved reporting structure that is
extensively used, well tested and well
understood presents the best, and
possibly only option, for collecting
meaningful performance and evaluation
data on this program.
II. Review Focus
The Department is particularly
interested in comments which:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Comment Request for Information Collection for Applications,
Grants and Administration of Short Time Compensation (STC) Provisions,
Extension Without Revisions
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
ETA is soliciting comments concerning the continuation of the
collection of data concerning administration of recent changes and
grants for the expansion of STC beyond the current expiration date of
12/31/2012.
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 Scott Gibbons, Office of
Unemployment Insurance, Employment and Training Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Telephone number: 202-693-3008 (this is not a toll-free number).
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 (TTY/TDD). Email: gibbons.scott@dol.gov. A
copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting Mr. Gibbons.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The recent enactment of Public Law 112-96 (The Middle Class Tax
Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, referred to hereafter as
``MCTRJC'' or ``the act'') contains Subtitle D, Short-Time Compensation
Program, also known as the ``Layoff Prevention Act of 2012''. The
sections of the law under this subtitle concern states that currently
participate in, or wish to initiate a new program in, a layoff aversion
program known as short time compensation (STC) or work sharing.
Section 2161 establishes the operational rules for the STC program
and Section 2162 covers the temporary financing of STC payments by the
Federal Government to states with programs currently in their law.
Section 2163 establishes the temporary financing of STC payments by the
Federal Government to states operating an STC program under an
agreement with the Secretary of Labor and Section 2164 covers grants
the Federal Government can provide to state applicants whose STC laws
conform to the requirements of Section 2161 for the purpose of
implementation or improved administration of an STC program, or for
promotion and enrollment in the program.
Each of these sections of the law requires, to varying extents,
applications, new administrative processes, monitoring and reporting of
data between the state workforce agencies (SWAs) and ETA. ETA has
principal oversight responsibility for the Unemployment Insurance (UI)
program that SWAs operate. As a result of the many changes to the
funding and administration of the UI system introduced in Public Law
112-96, ETA needs to allow for additional reporting and data collection
for proper oversight of state STC programs.
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.
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III. Current Actions
Type of Review: Extension without changes.
Title: Applications, Grants and Administration of Short Time
Compensation (STC) Provisions.
OMB Number: 1205-0499.
Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: There are no burden
costs.
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Hours per Annualized Annualized
Category (BOLD) and instruments Respondents response responses hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
States Coming Into Conformity With New Federal STC Law
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
General STC UIPL: Attachment II--Text of 53 5 n/a 265
Agreement......................................
General STC UIPL: Addendum to FY2012 Annual 53 5 n/a 265
Funding Agreement for UI Program...............
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
States With STC Programs Applying for Grants To Enhance or Promote Their Current Programs
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UIPL on state STC grants: Attachment 1--STC 25 80 n/a 2,000
Proposal Outline for STC Applications..........
UIPL on state STC grants: Attachment 2--STC 25 80 n/a 2,000
Application Checklist..........................
UIPL on state STC grants: Attachment 3-- 25 25 88 2,200
Quarterly Narrative Progress Report............
UIPL on state STC grants: Attachment 5--STC 25 5 n/a 125
Grant Agreement................................
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States Without STC Programs Applying To Operate a Federal STC Program
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Attachment 1--Implementing and Operating 28 80 n/a 2,240
Instructions for Federal STC Agreement.........
Attachment 2--Federal-state Agreement (Draft)... 28 5 n/a 140
UIPL on Federal STC: Attachment 3--Federal-state 28 5 n/a 140
Agreement (Draft)..............................
Unduplicated Totals............................. 53 .............. .............. 9,375
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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.
[FR Doc. 2012-19707 Filed 8-10-12; 8:45 am]
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