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years. Since the Charter was last
renewed in January 2011, it has been
revised in five sections to ensure
alignment with departmental priorities.
The following five sections have been
updated: (1) The Objectives and Scope
of Activities section was streamlined to
be more concise and in line with current
priorities; (2) the Description of Duties
section was reviewed and edited to
more closely reflect the needs of the
Department and the advice and
recommendations sought from the ACA
at this time; (3) the Estimated Annual
Operating Costs and Staff Years section
was modified to reflect the ongoing
efforts by the Department to reduce
overall operating costs associated with
the ACA; (4) the Estimated Number and
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updated to reflect the increasing trend
to utilize multiple meeting formats,
including the use of the virtual meeting
format, as well as to reduce the number
of anticipated annual face-to-face
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provide the Secretary with additional
flexibility to maintain committee
balance and accommodate changes in
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withdrawals, or resignations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
John V. Ladd, Administrator, Office of
Apprenticeship, Employment and
Training Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N–5311,
200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone:
(202) 693–2796, (this is not a toll-free
number).
Signed at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of
January, 2013.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for the Employment and
Training Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection, Comment
Request
ACTION:
Notice.
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
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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. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of
the ‘‘Well-being Supplement to the
American Time Use Survey.’’ A copy of
the proposed information collection
request (ICR) can be obtained by
contacting the individual listed below
in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or
before March 12, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Amelia
Vogel, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2
Massachusetts Avenue NE.,
Washington, DC 20212. Written
comments also may be transmitted by
fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll
free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amelia Vogel, BLS Clearance Officer, at
202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free
number). (See Addresses section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The American Time Use Survey
(ATUS) is the Nation’s first federally
administered, continuous survey on
time use in the United States. It
measures, for example, time spent with
children, working, sleeping, or doing
leisure activities. In the United States,
several existing Federal surveys collect
income and wage data for individuals
and families, and analysts often use
such measures of material prosperity as
proxies for quality of life. Time-use data
substantially augment these quality-oflife measures. The data also can be used
in conjunction with wage data to
evaluate the contribution of non-market
work to national economies. This
enables comparisons of production
between nations that have different
mixes of market and non-market
activities.
The ATUS is used to develop
nationally representative estimates of
how people spend their time. This is
done by collecting a time diary about
the activities survey respondents did
over a 24-hour period ‘‘yesterday,’’ from
4 a.m. on the day before the interview
until 4 a.m. on the day of the interview.
In the one-time interview, respondents
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also report who was with them during
the activities, where they were, how
long each activity lasted, and if they
were paid. All of this information has
numerous practical applications for
sociologists, economists, educators,
government policymakers,
businesspersons, health researchers, and
others.
The Well-being Module, a supplement
to the ATUS, provides an additional
dimension to data on time use by
providing information about how
Americans experience their time.
Specifically, the Module collects
information about how happy, tired,
sad, and stressed individuals were
yesterday, and the degree to which they
felt pain, for three activities randomly
selected from the time diary. The Wellbeing Module also collects data on
whether people were interacting with
anyone while doing the selected
activities and how meaningful the
activities were to them. Some general
health questions, a question about
overall life satisfaction, and a question
about respondents’ overall affective
experience yesterday also are asked.
Information collected in the Wellbeing Module will be published as a
public data set to facilitate research on
numerous topics, such as: How people
experience time spent in different
activities, times of social interaction,
and pain; the relationship between
health and time use; and the
relationship between evaluative and
experienced well-being. The Well-being
Module supports the mission of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics to provide
relevant information on economic and
social issues by providing a richer
understanding of Americans’ use of time
and workers’ affective experiences. For
example, the data facilitate research on
how workers experience pain on and off
the job and whether this experience
varies by occupation.
The data also closely support the
mission of the Module’s sponsor, the
National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the
National Institutes of Health, to improve
the health and well-being of older
Americans. For example, data from the
Well-being Module facilitate research on
the relationship between well-being and
health for persons at different stages in
life and with varying individual
characteristics. The data also can be
used to examine the experience of pain
and aging.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought to extend the
collection of the ATUS Well-being
Module—a supplement to the ATUS—
for an additional six months, through
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December 2013. The proposed extension
of the Well-being Module will facilitate
more robust and in-depth analysis on
key topics of interest to the
supplement’s sponsor: The relationship
between evaluative and experienced
well-being and the health and wellbeing of eldercare providers. These
topics only can be studied with the 2012
and later data because questions on
eldercare and life evaluation were not a
part of the ATUS and Well-being
Module when the first wave was
collected in 2010.
A question on life satisfaction and
another that measures respondents’
overall emotional experience yesterday
were added to the second wave of the
Well-being Module which began in
January 2012. Additionally, questions to
identify eldercare and eldercare
activities in the time diary were added
to the main ATUS in 2011. The wellbeing of eldercare providers is of
interest to the NIA and policy makers
because the elderly population is
growing, along with a reliance on
informal care providers to assist them.
An extension of the collection period for
the Well-being Module would provide
researchers with two full years of
supplementary data for the full Wellbeing questionnaire and corresponding
data on eldercare from the ATUS.
Additional data also would facilitate
analysis of the well-being of other
subpopulations, beyond eldercare
providers.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
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.
• 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.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
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Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Well-being Supplement to the
American Time Use Survey.
OMB Number: 1220–0185.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Total Respondents: 6,400.
Frequency: One time.
Total Responses: 6,400.
Average Time per Response: 5
minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 533
hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $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 also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of
January 2013.
Eric Molina,
Acting Chief, Division of Management
Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Wage and Hour Division
Proposed Information Collection
Request (ICR) for the Worker
Classification Survey; Comment
Request
AGENCY:
Wage and Hour Division,
Labor.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Labor
(DOL), 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 collections
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 required
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. The Department is
soliciting comments concerning its
proposal to collect information about
employment experiences and workers’
knowledge of basic employment laws
and rules so as to better understand
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employees’ experience with worker
misclassification. A copy of the
proposed information request can be
obtained by contacting the office listed
below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before
March 12, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either one of the following methods:
Email: WHDPRAComments@dol.gov;
Mail, Hand Delivery, Courier: Division
of Regulations, Legislation, and
Interpretation, Wage and Hour, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S–3502, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20210. Instructions: Please submit
one copy of your comments by only one
method. All submissions received must
include the agency name and Control
Number (or other identifier) identified
above for this information collection.
Because we continue to experience
delays in receiving mail in the
Washington, DC area, commenters are
strongly encouraged to transmit their
comments electronically via email or to
submit them by mail early. Comments,
including any personal information
provided, become a matter of public
record. They will also be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB
approval of the information collection
request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Livingston, Director, Division of
Strategic Planning and Performance,
Wage and Hour Division, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Frances
Perkins Bldg., Room S–3510,
Washington, DC, 20210, telephone
number (202) 693–0023 (this is not a
toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The purpose of this
study is to design and administer a new
survey to collect information about
employment experiences and workers’
knowledge of basic employment laws
and rules so as to better understand
employees’ experience with worker
misclassification. This is the first time
DOL will field a survey to examine
worker classification. The survey
instrument utilizes and adapts existing
survey questions, as well as
incorporates new questions specific to
this study. The data collection effort
with this group will gather information
about workers’ employment and pay
arrangements and will measure workers’
knowledge about their current job
classification, and their knowledge
about the rights and benefits associated
with their job status. Worker
misclassification can be understood as
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[FR Doc No: 2013-00390]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection, Comment Request
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 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) (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. The
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments concerning the
proposed extension of the ``Well-being Supplement to the American Time
Use Survey.'' A copy of the proposed information collection request
(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
Addresses section of this notice on or before March 12, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Amelia Vogel, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
2 Massachusetts Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20212. Written comments also
may be transmitted by fax to 202-691-5111 (this is not a toll free
number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amelia Vogel, BLS Clearance Officer,
at 202-691-7628 (this is not a toll free number). (See Addresses
section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) is the Nation's first federally
administered, continuous survey on time use in the United States. It
measures, for example, time spent with children, working, sleeping, or
doing leisure activities. In the United States, several existing
Federal surveys collect income and wage data for individuals and
families, and analysts often use such measures of material prosperity
as proxies for quality of life. Time-use data substantially augment
these quality-of-life measures. The data also can be used in
conjunction with wage data to evaluate the contribution of non-market
work to national economies. This enables comparisons of production
between nations that have different mixes of market and non-market
activities.
The ATUS is used to develop nationally representative estimates of
how people spend their time. This is done by collecting a time diary
about the activities survey respondents did over a 24-hour period
``yesterday,'' from 4 a.m. on the day before the interview until 4 a.m.
on the day of the interview. In the one-time interview, respondents
also report who was with them during the activities, where they were,
how long each activity lasted, and if they were paid. All of this
information has numerous practical applications for sociologists,
economists, educators, government policymakers, businesspersons, health
researchers, and others.
The Well-being Module, a supplement to the ATUS, provides an
additional dimension to data on time use by providing information about
how Americans experience their time. Specifically, the Module collects
information about how happy, tired, sad, and stressed individuals were
yesterday, and the degree to which they felt pain, for three activities
randomly selected from the time diary. The Well-being Module also
collects data on whether people were interacting with anyone while
doing the selected activities and how meaningful the activities were to
them. Some general health questions, a question about overall life
satisfaction, and a question about respondents' overall affective
experience yesterday also are asked.
Information collected in the Well-being Module will be published as
a public data set to facilitate research on numerous topics, such as:
How people experience time spent in different activities, times of
social interaction, and pain; the relationship between health and time
use; and the relationship between evaluative and experienced well-
being. The Well-being Module supports the mission of the Bureau of
Labor Statistics to provide relevant information on economic and social
issues by providing a richer understanding of Americans' use of time
and workers' affective experiences. For example, the data facilitate
research on how workers experience pain on and off the job and whether
this experience varies by occupation.
The data also closely support the mission of the Module's sponsor,
the National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the National Institutes of
Health, to improve the health and well-being of older Americans. For
example, data from the Well-being Module facilitate research on the
relationship between well-being and health for persons at different
stages in life and with varying individual characteristics. The data
also can be used to examine the experience of pain and aging.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought to extend
the collection of the ATUS Well-being Module--a supplement to the
ATUS--for an additional six months, through
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December 2013. The proposed extension of the Well-being Module will
facilitate more robust and in-depth analysis on key topics of interest
to the supplement's sponsor: The relationship between evaluative and
experienced well-being and the health and well-being of eldercare
providers. These topics only can be studied with the 2012 and later
data because questions on eldercare and life evaluation were not a part
of the ATUS and Well-being Module when the first wave was collected in
2010.
A question on life satisfaction and another that measures
respondents' overall emotional experience yesterday were added to the
second wave of the Well-being Module which began in January 2012.
Additionally, questions to identify eldercare and eldercare activities
in the time diary were added to the main ATUS in 2011. The well-being
of eldercare providers is of interest to the NIA and policy makers
because the elderly population is growing, along with a reliance on
informal care providers to assist them. An extension of the collection
period for the Well-being Module would provide researchers with two
full years of supplementary data for the full Well-being questionnaire
and corresponding data on eldercare from the ATUS. Additional data also
would facilitate analysis of the well-being of other subpopulations,
beyond eldercare providers.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in
comments 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.
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.
Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Well-being Supplement to the American Time Use Survey.
OMB Number: 1220-0185.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Total Respondents: 6,400.
Frequency: One time.
Total Responses: 6,400.
Average Time per Response: 5 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 533 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $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 also will become a
matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of January 2013.
Eric Molina,
Acting Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2013-00390 Filed 1-10-13; 8:45 am]
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