Comment Request for Information Collection: Confidentiality and Disclosure of State Unemployment Compensation Information Final Rule and State Income and Eligibility Verification Provisions of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984, Extension Without Change, 16298-16299 [2013-05831]

Agencies

• Employment and Training Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 50 (Thursday, March 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16298-16299]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05831]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection: Confidentiality and 
Disclosure of State Unemployment Compensation Information Final Rule 
and State Income and Eligibility Verification Provisions of the Deficit 
Reduction Act of 1984, Extension Without Change

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), 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

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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. Currently, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the 
collection of data about the regulatory requirements of the 
Confidentiality and Disclosure of State Unemployment Compensation 
Information final rule and State Income and Eligibility Verification 
System (IEVS) provisions of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984, which 
expires September 30, 2013.
    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.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee's section below on or before May 13, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Employment and Training 
Administration, Office of Unemployment Insurance, 200 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Room S4524, Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Patricia 
Mertens. Telephone number: 202-693-3182 (this is not a toll-free 
number). Fax: 202-693-2874. Email: mertens.patricia@dol.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 established an Income and 
Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) for the exchange of information 
among state agencies administering specific programs. The programs 
include Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Medicaid, Food Stamps, 
Supplemental Security Income, Unemployment Compensation and any state 
program approved under Titles I, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security 
Act. Under the Act, programs participating must exchange information to 
the extent that it is useful and productive in verifying eligibility 
and benefit amounts to assist the child support program and the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services in verifying eligibility and 
benefit amounts under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act.
    On September 27, 2006, the ETA of the Department of Labor issued a 
final rule regarding the Confidentiality and Disclosure of State 
Unemployment Compensation Information. This rule supports and expands 
upon the requirements of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 and 
subsequent regulatory changes.

II. Review Focus

    The Department of Labor 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: Confidentiality and Disclosure of State Unemployment 
Compensation Information Final Rule and State Income and Eligibility 
Verification provisions of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984.
    OMB Number: 1205-0238.
    Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
    Total Annual Respondents: 53 state agencies.
    Annual Frequency: As needed.
    Total Annual Estimated Responses: 917,977.
    Average Estimated Response Time per Response: 1 minute.
    Total Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 18,903 hours.
    Total Annual Estimated Burden Cost for Respondents: $795,627.27.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 7th day of March, 2013.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2013-05831 Filed 3-13-13; 8:45 am]
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