Comment Request for Information Collection for the ETA 586, Interstate Arrangement for Combining Employment and Wages; Extension Without Change, 75948-75949 [2013-29743]

Agencies

• Employment and Training Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75948-75949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29743]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection for the ETA 586, 
Interstate Arrangement for Combining Employment and Wages; Extension 
Without Change

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.
    Currently, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the proposed 
extension, without change, of the report for the Interstate Arrangement 
for Combining Employment and Wages, Form ETA 586.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addresses section below on or before February 11, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to John Schuettinger, Office of 
Unemployment Insurance, Room S-4524, Employment and Training 
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-2680 (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). A copy 
of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by 
contacting the person listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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I. Background

    Background: Section 3304(a)(9)(B), of the Internal Revenue Code 
(IRC) of 1986, requires states to participate in an arrangement for 
combining employment and wages covered under the different state laws 
for the purpose of determining unemployed workers' entitlement to 
unemployment compensation. The Interstate Arrangement for Combining 
Employment and Wages for combined wage claims (CWC), promulgated at 20 
CFR 616, requires the prompt transfer of all relevant and available 
employment and wage data between states upon request. The Benefit 
Payment Promptness Standard, 20 CFR 640, requires the prompt payment of 
unemployment compensation including benefits paid under the CWC 
arrangement. The ETA 586 report provides the ETA/Office of Unemployment 
Insurance with information necessary to measure the scope and effect of 
the CWC program and to monitor the performance of each state in 
responding to wage transfer data requests and the payment of benefits.

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

    This information is necessary in order for ETA to analyze program 
performance, know when corrective action plans are needed, and to 
target technical assistance resources. Without this report, it would be 
impossible for the ETA to identify claims and benefit activity under 
the CWC program and carry out the Secretary's responsibility for 
program oversight.
    Type of Review: Extension Without Revisions.
    Title: Interstate Arrangement for Combining Employment and Wages.
    OMB Number: 1205-0029.
    Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 53.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 212.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 848.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
    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.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 5th day of December, 2013.
Eric M. Seleznow,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2013-29743 Filed 12-12-13; 8:45 am]
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