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and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval for continued use, without
change, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are
invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that agency receives
on or before February 15, 2018.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with
applicable supporting documentation;
including a description of the likely
respondents, proposed frequency of
response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained free of charge from the
RegInfo.gov website at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201708-112201004 (this link will only become active
on the day following publication of this
notice) or by contacting Michel Smyth
by telephone at 202–693–4129, TTY
202–693–8064, (these are not toll-free
numbers) or by email at DOL_PRA_
PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Submit comments about this request
by mail to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk
Officer for DOL–BLS, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235,
725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
20503; by Fax: 202–395–5806 (this is
not a toll-free number); or by email:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Commenters are encouraged, but not
required, to send a courtesy copy of any
comments by mail or courier to the U.S.
Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Attn:
Departmental Information Compliance
Management Program, Room N1301,
200 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20210; or by email:
DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693–
4129, TTY 202–693–8064, (these are not
toll-free numbers) or by email at DOL_
PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR
seeks to extend PRA authority for the
Cognitive and Psychological Research
information collection. The BLS
Behavioral Science Research Center
(BSRC) conducts psychological research
focusing on the design and execution of
the data collection process in order to
improve the quality of data collected by
the Bureau. The research is aimed at
improving data collection quality by
assessing questionnaire/form
management and administration, as well
as issues that relate to interviewer
training and interaction with
respondents during the interview
process. BSRC staff work closely with
economists and/or program specialists
responsible for defining the concepts to
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be measured by BLS collection
programs. This laboratory research
enhances BLS survey data quality.
Improvements are made by examining
psychological and cognitive aspects of
BLS data collection procedures,
including questionnaire design,
interviewing procedures, collection
modalities, and administrative
technology. The BLS Authorizing
Statute authorizes this information
collection. See 29 U.S.C. 1, 2.
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 1220–0141.
OMB authorization for an ICR cannot
be for more than three (3) years without
renewal, and the current approval for
this collection is scheduled to expire on
April 30, 2018. The DOL seeks to extend
PRA authorization for this information
collection for three (3) more years,
without any change to existing
requirements. The DOL notes that
existing information collection
requirements submitted to the OMB
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review. For
additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
August 1, 2017 (82 FR 35826).
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 thirty (30) days of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. In order to help ensure
appropriate consideration, comments
should mention OMB Control Number
1220–0141. 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;
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• 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.
Agency: DOL–BLS.
Title of Collection: Cognitive and
Psychological Research.
OMB Control Number: 1220–0141.
Affected Public: Private Sector—
businesses or other for-profits and
Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 18,300.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 18,300.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
6,300 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Dated: January 8, 2018.
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). 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
revision of the ‘‘Local Area
Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)
Program’’. A copy of the proposed
information collection request (ICR) can
be obtained by contacting the individual
SUMMARY:
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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 19, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Erin
Good, 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: Erin
Good, BLS Clearance Officer, at 202–
691–7763 (this is not a toll free number).
(See ADDRESSES section).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The BLS has been charged by
Congress (29 U.S.C. Sections 1 and 2)
with the responsibility of collecting and
publishing monthly information on
employment, the average wage received,
and the hours worked by area and
industry. The process for developing
residency-based employment and
unemployment estimates is a
cooperative Federal-State program
which uses employment and
unemployment inputs available in State
Workforce Agencies.
The labor force estimates developed
and issued in this program are used for
economic analysis and as a tool in the
implementation of Federal economic
policy in such areas as employment and
economic development under the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
Act of 2014 (that supplanted the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998) and
the Public Works and Economic
Development Act, among others.
The estimates also are used in
economic analysis by public agencies
and private industry, and for State and
area funding allocations and eligibility
determinations according to legal and
administrative requirements.
Implementation of current policy and
legislative authorities could not be
accomplished without collection of the
data.
The reports and manual covered by
this request are integral parts of the
LAUS program insofar as they ensure
and measure the timeliness, quality,
consistency, and adherence to program
directions of the LAUS estimates and
related research.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for a revision
of the information collection request
that makes up the LAUS program. All
aspects of the information collection are
conducted electronically. All data are
entered directly into BLS-provided
systems.
The BLS, as part of its responsibility
to develop concepts and methods by
which States prepare estimates under
the LAUS program, developed a manual
for use by the States. The manual
explains the conceptual framework for
the State and area estimates of
employment and unemployment,
Total respondents
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 continues to
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: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Local Area Unemployment
Statistics (LAUS) Program.
OMB Number: 1220–0017.
Affected Public: State governments.
Total
responses
Average time
per
response
(hours)
Estimated
total burden
(hours)
3040 ....................
8 ..........................
15 ........................
16 ........................
52 respondents with 6962 reporting units ...........
52 .........................................................................
6 ...........................................................................
52 .........................................................................
13
11
1
1
90,506
572
6
52
1.5
1
2
1
135,759
572
12
52
Totals ......................
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LAUS
LAUS
LAUS
LAUS
Frequency
specifies the procedures to be used,
provides input information, and
discusses the theoretical and empirical
basis for each procedure. This manual is
updated on a regular schedule.
..............................................................................
........................
91,136
........................
136,395
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, on January 9,
2018.
Eric Molina,
Acting Chief, Division of Management
Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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2018. On Sunday, January 21, the first
meeting will commence at 12:30 p.m.,
Central Standard Time (CST), with the
meetings thereafter commencing
promptly upon adjournment of the
immediately preceding meeting. On
Monday, January 22, the first meeting
will commence at 8:30 a.m. CST with
the next meeting commencing promptly
upon adjournment of the immediately
preceding meeting. On Tuesday, January
23, the first meeting will commence at
9:45 a.m., CST and will be followed by
the closed session meeting of the Board
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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). 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 revision of the ``Local
Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Program''. A copy of the proposed
information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
individual
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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 19, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Erin Good, 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: Erin Good, BLS Clearance Officer, at
202-691-7763 (this is not a toll free number). (See Addresses section).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The BLS has been charged by Congress (29 U.S.C. Sections 1 and 2)
with the responsibility of collecting and publishing monthly
information on employment, the average wage received, and the hours
worked by area and industry. The process for developing residency-based
employment and unemployment estimates is a cooperative Federal-State
program which uses employment and unemployment inputs available in
State Workforce Agencies.
The labor force estimates developed and issued in this program are
used for economic analysis and as a tool in the implementation of
Federal economic policy in such areas as employment and economic
development under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014
(that supplanted the Workforce Investment Act of 1998) and the Public
Works and Economic Development Act, among others.
The estimates also are used in economic analysis by public agencies
and private industry, and for State and area funding allocations and
eligibility determinations according to legal and administrative
requirements. Implementation of current policy and legislative
authorities could not be accomplished without collection of the data.
The reports and manual covered by this request are integral parts
of the LAUS program insofar as they ensure and measure the timeliness,
quality, consistency, and adherence to program directions of the LAUS
estimates and related research.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for a
revision of the information collection request that makes up the LAUS
program. All aspects of the information collection are conducted
electronically. All data are entered directly into BLS-provided
systems.
The BLS, as part of its responsibility to develop concepts and
methods by which States prepare estimates under the LAUS program,
developed a manual for use by the States. The manual explains the
conceptual framework for the State and area estimates of employment and
unemployment, specifies the procedures to be used, provides input
information, and discusses the theoretical and empirical basis for each
procedure. This manual is updated on a regular schedule.
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 continues to 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: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Program.
OMB Number: 1220-0017.
Affected Public: State governments.
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Average time Estimated
Total respondents Frequency Total per response total burden
responses (hours) (hours)
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LAUS 3040...................................... 52 respondents with 6962 reporting 13 90,506 1.5 135,759
units.
LAUS 8......................................... 52..................................... 11 572 1 572
LAUS 15........................................ 6...................................... 1 6 2 12
LAUS 16........................................ 52..................................... 1 52 1 52
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Totals..................................... ....................................... .............. 91,136 .............. 136,395
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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, on January 9, 2018.
Eric Molina,
Acting Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2018-00557 Filed 1-12-18; 8:45 am]
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