Comment Request for Information Collection for ETA 9128, Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments Workload Report, ETA 9129, Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments Outcomes Report, Extension With Revision, ETA 9128 X, Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments Workload Report for Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX), and ETA 9129 X, Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments Outcomes Report for Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers, 38748-38749 [2015-16560]
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computerized and contain information
on initial Unemployment Insurance
claims and continued weeks claimed.
These figures are important economic
indicators. Form ETA–538 provides
information allowing release of advance
unemployment claims information to
the public five days after the close of the
reference period. Form ETA–539
contains more detailed weekly claims
information and the State’s 13-week IUR
that is used to determine eligibility for
the Extended Benefits program. The
reporting requirements in paragraphs (c)
and (d) of the old regulation are
included in the ET Handbook and
elimination of the requirements in
regulation allow for ease in making
future modifications by simply updating
the ET Handbook.
Furthermore, paragraph (d) existed
during the implementation phase of the
insured unemployment rate (IUR)
indicator and required States to submit
the method used to identify and select
the weeks used for EB trigger purposes
to ensure that States were consistent
and comparable in their methods. With
30 years of experience, as well as
numerous data validation and data
quality programs in effect, it is
unnecessary to compel State
administrators to provide this
information. Current reporting
guidelines contained in the ET
Handbook are clear enough that States
continue to have clear standards about
which claims are used for constructing
totals used to compute trigger values,
thus permitting the deletion of this
paragraph. The NPRM does not change
the existing reporting requirements for
Forms ETA–538 or ETA–539.
The preamble to the NPRM stated that
the Department had determined the
proposed rule did not contain new
information collections. However, to
ensure transparency and full
opportunities for public participation
under all appropriate authorities, the
Department has decided to submit an
Information Collection Request (ICR) to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to revise the PRA approval for
the information collections to reflect
this rulemaking. See 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(B); 5 CFR 1320.11. As part of
that process, we seek public comments
on the removal of specific information
collection requirements in the NPRM
and on the general Extended Benefit
reporting requirements in Handbook
401 and Forms ETA 538 and 539 in light
of specific areas of interest to minimize
so-called ‘‘paperwork’’ burdens on the
public.
A Federal agency generally cannot
conduct or sponsor a collection of
information, and the public is generally
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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. We obtain
OMB approval for this information
collection under Control Number 1205–
0028. This notice is to provide the
public an opportunity to comment on
the proposed changes to the information
collections in the rule, in preparation
for an ICR to revise the current PRA
approval to reflect the changes in the
rule.
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the address shown in
the ADDRESSES section within sixty (60)
days of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register. In order to help ensure
appropriate consideration, comments
should mention OMB Control Number
1205–0028. We are 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.
This information collection is
summarized as follows:
Agency: DOL–ETA.
Action: ICR Revision.
Title of Collection: Weekly Claims and
Extended Benefits Data and Weekly
Initial and Continued Weeks Claimed.
OMB Control Number: 1205–0028.
Affected Public: State, Local, and
Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 53.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 5,512.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
3,675 hours.
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Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Comment Request for Information
Collection for ETA 9128,
Reemployment Services and Eligibility
Assessments Workload Report, ETA
9129, Reemployment Services and
Eligibility Assessments Outcomes
Report, Extension With Revision, ETA
9128 X, Reemployment Services and
Eligibility Assessments Workload
Report for Unemployment
Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers
(UCX), and ETA 9129 X, Reemployment
Services and Eligibility Assessments
Outcomes Report for Unemployment
Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice
AGENCY:
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 an opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing collection of information in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)] (PRA). The PRA helps to
ensure that respondents can provide
requested data in the desired format
with minimal reporting burden (time
and financial resources), 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 ETA 9128, and the ETA 9129 and
the new ETA 9128 X and ETA 9129 X.
The current expiration date for the ETA
9128 and ETA 9129 reports is January
31, 2016. Beginning in 2016, states will
be required to target for the
Reemployment Services and Eligibility
Assessment (RESEA) program one-third
of those regular claimants most likely to
exhaust their benefits and all claimants
receiving UCX. For this reason the
Department is proposing that states send
an ETA 9128 report for one-third of
those regular claimants most likely to
exhaust their benefits and a separate
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ETA 9128 X report for UCX recipients.
These two reports will reflect different
populations and all data elements will
be the same as are currently collected on
the ETA 9128 report. To review the
outcomes of the RESEA program, the
Department is proposing to use the ETA
9129 report and the ETA 9129 X report
for UCX participants. The data elements
in these reports will parallel those of the
treatment group on the current reports.
Data collection for the comparison
group in the ETA 9129 is being
discontinued under this revision and
will not be included in the ETA 9129 X.
All these reports will reflect the new
name for the Reemployment and
Eligibility Assessment (REA) program,
which changed in 2015 to the RESEA
program.
DATES: Submit written comments to the
office listed in the addressee section
below on or before September 8, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Diane
Wood, Office of Unemployment
Insurance, Room S–4524, Employment
and Training Administration, U.S
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Frances Perkins Bldg.,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone
number: (202) 693–3212 (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 at
wood.diane@dol.gov. To obtain a copy
of the proposed information collection
request (ICR), please contact the person
listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
Funds will be awarded to
participating states in the RESEA
program year 2015 to continue the REA
program. The RESEA guidelines require
that these funds be used to conduct inperson assessments in the American Job
Centers. The RESEA must include an
orientation session, an unemployment
insurance (UI) eligibility review, the
provision of labor market information,
development of a re-employment plan
and referral to reemployment services
and/or training, as appropriate. The
guidelines require that participation
exclude those claimants who have a
specific return-to-work date.
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
function of the agency, including
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whether the information has 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 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
The continued collection of the
information contained on the ETA 9128
and the ETA 9129 reports is necessary
to enable the Office of Unemployment
Insurance (OUI) to continue evaluating
the effectiveness of the REA program
through workload and outcomes reports.
Type of Review: Extension with
revision.
Title: Reemployment and Eligibility
Assessments Workload Report and
Reemployment and Eligibility
Assessments Outcomes Report (ETA
9128 and ETA 9129) and Reemployment
and Eligibility Assessments Workload
Report for Ex-Servicemembers, and
Reemployment and Eligibility
Assessments Outcomes Report for ExServicemembers (ETA 9128 X and ETA
9129 X).
OMB Number: 1205–0456.
Affected Public: State and Local
Governments.
Estimated Total Annual Respondents:
48.
Average Frequency: Quarterly (four
reports every quarter per state).
Estimated Annual Responses: 768.
Average Time per Response: 0.5
hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 384
hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost
Burden: $0.
We will summarize and/or include in
the request for OMB approval of the
ICR, the comments received in response
to this comment request; they will also
become a matter of public record.
Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training, Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs
Proposed Extension of Existing
Collection; Comment Request
ACTION:
Notice
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
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, the Office
of Workers’ Compensation Programs is
soliciting comments concerning the
proposed collection: Provider
Enrollment Form (OWCP–1168). A copy
of the proposed information collection
request can be obtained by contacting
the office listed below in the addresses
section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before
September 8, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Ave. NW., Room S-3201, Washington,
DC 20210, telephone/fax (202) 354–
9647, Email ferguson.yoon@dol.gov.
Please use only one method of
transmission for comments (mail, fax, or
Email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs (OWCP) is the
agency responsible for administration of
the Federal Employees’ Compensation
Act (FECA), 5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq., the
Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA), 30
U.S.C. 901 et seq., and the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000
(EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384 et seq. These
statutes require OWCP to pay for
appropriate medical and vocational
rehabilitation services provided to
beneficiaries. In order for OWCP’s
billing contractor to pay providers of
these services with its automated bill
processing system, providers must
‘‘enroll’’ with one or more of the OWCP
programs that administer the statutes by
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Comment Request for Information Collection for ETA 9128,
Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments Workload Report, ETA
9129, Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments Outcomes
Report, Extension With Revision, ETA 9128 X, Reemployment Services and
Eligibility Assessments Workload Report for Unemployment Compensation
for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX), and ETA 9129 X, Reemployment Services and
Eligibility Assessments Outcomes Report for Unemployment Compensation
for Ex-Servicemembers
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
an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collection of
information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)] (PRA). The PRA helps to ensure that respondents
can provide requested data in the desired format with minimal reporting
burden (time and financial resources), 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 ETA 9128, and the ETA 9129 and the new ETA 9128 X and
ETA 9129 X. The current expiration date for the ETA 9128 and ETA 9129
reports is January 31, 2016. Beginning in 2016, states will be required
to target for the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment
(RESEA) program one-third of those regular claimants most likely to
exhaust their benefits and all claimants receiving UCX. For this reason
the Department is proposing that states send an ETA 9128 report for
one-third of those regular claimants most likely to exhaust their
benefits and a separate
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ETA 9128 X report for UCX recipients. These two reports will reflect
different populations and all data elements will be the same as are
currently collected on the ETA 9128 report. To review the outcomes of
the RESEA program, the Department is proposing to use the ETA 9129
report and the ETA 9129 X report for UCX participants. The data
elements in these reports will parallel those of the treatment group on
the current reports. Data collection for the comparison group in the
ETA 9129 is being discontinued under this revision and will not be
included in the ETA 9129 X. All these reports will reflect the new name
for the Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) program, which
changed in 2015 to the RESEA program.
DATES: Submit written comments to the office listed in the addressee
section below on or before September 8, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Diane Wood, Office of Unemployment
Insurance, Room S-4524, Employment and Training Administration, U.S
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Frances Perkins
Bldg., Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: (202) 693-3212 (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 at
wood.diane@dol.gov. To obtain a copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR), please contact the person listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Funds will be awarded to participating states in the RESEA program
year 2015 to continue the REA program. The RESEA guidelines require
that these funds be used to conduct in-person assessments in the
American Job Centers. The RESEA must include an orientation session, an
unemployment insurance (UI) eligibility review, the provision of labor
market information, development of a re-employment plan and referral to
reemployment services and/or training, as appropriate. The guidelines
require that participation exclude those claimants who have a specific
return-to-work date.
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 function of the agency,
including whether the information has 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 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
The continued collection of the information contained on the ETA
9128 and the ETA 9129 reports is necessary to enable the Office of
Unemployment Insurance (OUI) to continue evaluating the effectiveness
of the REA program through workload and outcomes reports.
Type of Review: Extension with revision.
Title: Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments Workload Report and
Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments Outcomes Report (ETA 9128 and
ETA 9129) and Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments Workload Report
for Ex-Servicemembers, and Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments
Outcomes Report for Ex-Servicemembers (ETA 9128 X and ETA 9129 X).
OMB Number: 1205-0456.
Affected Public: State and Local Governments.
Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 48.
Average Frequency: Quarterly (four reports every quarter per
state).
Estimated Annual Responses: 768.
Average Time per Response: 0.5 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 384 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0.
We will summarize and/or include in the request for OMB approval of
the ICR, the comments received in response to this comment request;
they will also become a matter of public record.
Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
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