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an alternative format, using the form
ensures relevant information is
consistently provided in a way that
reduces burden for both the submitter
and the WHD.
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless it is
approved by the OMB under the PRA
and displays a currently valid OMB
Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid Control Number. See 5
CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL
obtains OMB approval for this
information collection under Control
Number 1235–0015. The current
approval is scheduled to expire on
March 31, 2014; however, the DOL
notes that existing information
collection requirements submitted to the
OMB receive a month-to-month
extension while they undergo review.
New requirements would only take
effect upon OMB approval. For
additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
December 3, 2013 (78 FR 72715).
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the OMB, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs at
the address shown in the ADDRESSES
section within 30 days of publication of
this notice in the Federal Register. In
order to help ensure appropriate
consideration, comments should
mention OMB Control Number 1235–
0015. The OMB 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; 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 submission of
responses.
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Agency: DOL–WHD.
Title of Collection: Report of
Construction Contractor’s Wage Rates.
OMB Control Number: 1235–0015.
Affected Public: Private Sector—
businesses or other for-profits and notfor-profit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 22,000.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 66,000.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
22,000 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Dated: March 18, 2014.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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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
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 test of the
‘‘Occupational Requirements 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 May 23, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora
Kincaid, 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
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fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll
free number.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, at
202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free
number.) (See Addresses section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Occupational Requirements
Survey (ORS) is a nationwide test
survey that the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) will conduct at the
request of the Social Security
Administration (SSA).
BLS will evaluate ORS survey
processes and operations in a
production environment. Data
collection and capture will run for
approximately six months and will
conclude in FY 2015. A full evaluation
of the data elements captured for this
test will be followed by an evaluation of
the processes, survey design, and other
test program elements.
Estimates produced from the test data
collected by this ORS Test will be used
by the SSA to determine how to use
updated requirements data in
administering the Social Security
Disability Insurance (SSDI) program but
will not be used to resolve any
determination cases.
The Social Security Administration,
Members of Congress, and
representatives of the disability
community have all identified
collection of updated information on the
requirements of work in today’s
economy as crucial to the equitable and
efficient operation of the SSDI program.
The information currently available is
more than 20 years old.
The ORS will collect data from a
sample of employers. These
requirements of work data will consist
of information about the duties,
responsibilities, job tasks and earnings
for a sample of occupations for each
sampled employer.
This is a one-time ORS test for
sampled establishments.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the
Occupational Requirements Survey
Test.
The following data will be collected
in this ORS test as defined by the SSA’s
disability program and is data that the
National Compensation Survey (NCS)
does not currently collect:
(1) An indicator of ‘‘time to
proficiency,’’ defined as the amount of
time required by a typical worker to
learn the techniques, acquire the
information, and develop the facility
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needed for average job performance,
comparable to the Specific Vocational
Preparation (SVP) used in the
Dictionary of Occupational Titles
(DOT).
(2) Physical Demand characteristics/
factors of occupations, measured in
such a way to support SSA disability
determination needs, comparable to
measures in Appendix C of the Selected
Characteristics of Occupations (SCO).
(3) Environmental Conditions,
measured in such a way to support SSA
disability determination needs,
comparable to measures in Appendix D
of the SCO.
(4) Data elements that describe the
mental and cognitive demands of work.
(5) Occupational Task lists data as
identified in the Employment and
Training Administration’s (ETA’s)
O*Net Program in order to validate the
key tasks common across establishments
and identify other tasks commonly
performed.
Some data needed for ORS are
currently collected by BLS’s NCS. The
ORS data will be collected with the
same methodology as data collected for
NCS. The general establishment data
collected on establishments in the
survey samples will be the same for
ORS and NCS. The Probability Selection
of Occupations (PSO) methodology—a
disaggregating technique for selecting
individual items from a large number of
items—will also be used by both ORS
and NCS. For ORS and NCS, these items
are employees, occupations, divisions,
or sub-units depending upon the
application of the sampling procedure
being used. Wages (earnings) are
elements of the ORS data already
collected by the NCS. The work level of
jobs data (factor evaluation method with
four factors to evaluate the work level)
methodology will also be used in the
ORS survey, as it is currently in NCS.
The ORS Test Time Schedule calls for
data collection to go from September
2014 to March 2015.
BLS will disseminate the ORS test
results in September 2015. The ORS
Test will have 8 collection forms
(having unique private industry and
government collection forms). For those
sampled establishments that are in the
current NCS, the ORS survey will use
NCS data and forms for those data
elements that overlap.
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.
Total
respondents
per form
Form
• 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: New Collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Occupational Requirements
Survey.
OMB Number: 1220–XXXX.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit; not-for-profit institutions; and
State, local, and tribal government.
Total Respondents: 2550.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
All figures below are for the
anticipated respondent collection
burden by forms for FY 2014 and FY
2015 for this test survey.
Average minutes for the
predominant
form use
Total annual
responses
Frequency
Total hours
Establishment collection form (ORS Form 1 PP–1G ) ........
Establishment collection form (ORS Form 1 PP–1P) .........
Earnings form (ORS Form 2 PP–2G) ..................................
Earnings form (ORS Form 2 PP–2P) ..................................
Work Level (ORS Form 3 PP–3G) ......................................
Work Level (ORS Form 3 PP3–3P) ....................................
Occupation requirements (ORS Form 4 PPD–4G) .............
Occupation requirements (ORS Form 4 PPD–4P) ..............
256
1452
256
1452
256
1452
382
2168
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
256
1452
256
1452
256
1452
382
2168
19
19
20
20
25
25
76
76
81
460
85
484
107
605
484
2746
Totals ............................................................................
7674
........................
7674
........................
5052
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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 10th day of
March 2014.
Eric Molina,
Acting Chief, Division of Management
Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Data Users Advisory Committee;
Notice of Meeting and Agenda
The Bureau of Labor Statistics Data
Users Advisory Committee will meet on
Thursday, May 8th, 2014. The meeting
will be held in the Postal Square
Building, 2 Massachusetts Avenue NE.;
Washington, DC.
The Committee provides advice to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics from the
points of view of data users from
various sectors of the U.S. economy,
including the labor, business, research,
academic, and government
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communities, on technical matters
related to the collection, analysis,
dissemination, and use of the Bureau’s
statistics, on its published reports, and
on the broader aspects of its overall
mission and function.
The meeting will be held in Meeting
Rooms 1, 2, and 3 of the Postal Square
Building Conference Center. The
schedule and agenda for the meeting are
as follows:
8:30 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. Commissioner’s welcome and
review of agency developments
9:30 a.m. BLS Strategic Initiatives
• Emerging Data Needs and Rapid
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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 test of the ``Occupational Requirements 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 May 23, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora Kincaid, 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: Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
at 202-691-7628 (this is not a toll free number.) (See Addresses
section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Occupational Requirements Survey (ORS) is a nationwide test
survey that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will conduct at the
request of the Social Security Administration (SSA).
BLS will evaluate ORS survey processes and operations in a
production environment. Data collection and capture will run for
approximately six months and will conclude in FY 2015. A full
evaluation of the data elements captured for this test will be followed
by an evaluation of the processes, survey design, and other test
program elements.
Estimates produced from the test data collected by this ORS Test
will be used by the SSA to determine how to use updated requirements
data in administering the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
program but will not be used to resolve any determination cases.
The Social Security Administration, Members of Congress, and
representatives of the disability community have all identified
collection of updated information on the requirements of work in
today's economy as crucial to the equitable and efficient operation of
the SSDI program. The information currently available is more than 20
years old.
The ORS will collect data from a sample of employers. These
requirements of work data will consist of information about the duties,
responsibilities, job tasks and earnings for a sample of occupations
for each sampled employer.
This is a one-time ORS test for sampled establishments.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
Occupational Requirements Survey Test.
The following data will be collected in this ORS test as defined by
the SSA's disability program and is data that the National Compensation
Survey (NCS) does not currently collect:
(1) An indicator of ``time to proficiency,'' defined as the amount
of time required by a typical worker to learn the techniques, acquire
the information, and develop the facility
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needed for average job performance, comparable to the Specific
Vocational Preparation (SVP) used in the Dictionary of Occupational
Titles (DOT).
(2) Physical Demand characteristics/factors of occupations,
measured in such a way to support SSA disability determination needs,
comparable to measures in Appendix C of the Selected Characteristics of
Occupations (SCO).
(3) Environmental Conditions, measured in such a way to support SSA
disability determination needs, comparable to measures in Appendix D of
the SCO.
(4) Data elements that describe the mental and cognitive demands of
work.
(5) Occupational Task lists data as identified in the Employment
and Training Administration's (ETA's) O*Net Program in order to
validate the key tasks common across establishments and identify other
tasks commonly performed.
Some data needed for ORS are currently collected by BLS's NCS. The
ORS data will be collected with the same methodology as data collected
for NCS. The general establishment data collected on establishments in
the survey samples will be the same for ORS and NCS. The Probability
Selection of Occupations (PSO) methodology--a disaggregating technique
for selecting individual items from a large number of items--will also
be used by both ORS and NCS. For ORS and NCS, these items are
employees, occupations, divisions, or sub-units depending upon the
application of the sampling procedure being used. Wages (earnings) are
elements of the ORS data already collected by the NCS. The work level
of jobs data (factor evaluation method with four factors to evaluate
the work level) methodology will also be used in the ORS survey, as it
is currently in NCS.
The ORS Test Time Schedule calls for data collection to go from
September 2014 to March 2015.
BLS will disseminate the ORS test results in September 2015. The
ORS Test will have 8 collection forms (having unique private industry
and government collection forms). For those sampled establishments that
are in the current NCS, the ORS survey will use NCS data and forms for
those data elements that overlap.
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: New Collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Occupational Requirements Survey.
OMB Number: 1220-XXXX.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; not-for-profit
institutions; and State, local, and tribal government.
Total Respondents: 2550.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
All figures below are for the anticipated respondent collection
burden by forms for FY 2014 and FY 2015 for this test survey.
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Average
Total minutes for
Form respondents Frequency Total annual the Total hours
per form responses predominant
form use
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Establishment collection form 256 1 256 19 81
(ORS Form 1 PP-1G )............
Establishment collection form 1452 1 1452 19 460
(ORS Form 1 PP-1P).............
Earnings form (ORS Form 2 PP-2G) 256 1 256 20 85
Earnings form (ORS Form 2 PP-2P) 1452 1 1452 20 484
Work Level (ORS Form 3 PP-3G)... 256 1 256 25 107
Work Level (ORS Form 3 PP3-3P).. 1452 1 1452 25 605
Occupation requirements (ORS 382 1 382 76 484
Form 4 PPD-4G).................
Occupation requirements (ORS 2168 1 2168 76 2746
Form 4 PPD-4P).................
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Totals...................... 7674 .............. 7674 .............. 5052
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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 10th day of March 2014.
Eric Molina,
Acting Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
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