Information Collection Activities; Comment Request, 67360-67361 [2018-28222]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
67360
Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 248 / Friday, December 28, 2018 / Notices
Æ Minimize the burden of the
information collection on respondents,
including 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).
III. Current Actions: At this time, DOL
is requesting clearance for the survey
instrument and semi-structured
interview protocols.
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency related to UI
program oversight, including whether
the information will have practical
utility;
Æ Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the ICR burden to
survey and interview respondents,
including the validity of the study
approach and assumptions;
Æ Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
Type of review: New information
collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1290–0NEW.
Affected Public: Individuals working
in state UI agencies.
Comments submitted in response to
this request will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval; they will also become a matter
of public record.
ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Information collection instrument
Total number
of responses
Average
burden per
response
(hours)
Estimated
burden
(hours)
Survey— State UI Director ..................................................
Interview Protocol—UI Directors ..........................................
Interview Protocol—Financial Staff ......................................
Interview Protocol—Chief of Benefits ..................................
Interview Protocol—Appeals Staff .......................................
Interview Protocol—Benefits Determination Staff ................
Interview Protocol—HR Staff ...............................................
Interview Protocol—IT Staff .................................................
17
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
17
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
0.75
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
13
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
Total ..............................................................................
59
........................
59
........................
55
Molly Irwin,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of
Labor.
[FR Doc. 2018–28310 Filed 12–27–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–HX–P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information Collection Activities;
Comment Request
Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
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. 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
SUMMARY:
amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1
Number of
responses
per
respondent
VerDate Sep<11>2014
18:13 Dec 27, 2018
Jkt 247001
concerning the proposed reinstatement
with change of the ‘‘Quick Business
Survey Operations Test.’’ 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 February 26, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol
Rowan, 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:
Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, at
202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free
number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
intends to conduct a second operations
test for a Quick Business Survey (QBS).
The BLS will build on the results of a
prior test to further evaluate QBS survey
processes and operations in a possible
production environment. If successful, a
QBS would permit BLS to collect
information about the U.S. economy
more efficiently than is currently
possible. In addition, it would allow
PO 00000
Frm 00150
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
data users to be able to understand the
impact of specific events on the
economy in a timely manner that would
be relevant to data users.
As with the first operations test, the
BLS will test using the Annual Refiling
Survey (ARS) as a platform for
conducting the QBS. Each year, the
Quarterly Census of Employment and
Wages (QCEW) Program conducts the
ARS by reaching out to approximately
1.2 million establishments requesting
verification of their main business
activity, and their mailing and physical
location addresses. The fully web-based
ARS provides a low-cost platform for
conducting the QBS. The QBSs
accompanying the ARS would have
little data collection overhead,
leveraging the address refinement,
printing, and mailing efforts that are
undertaken as part of the production
ARS. Respondents already logged into
the ARS secure website could be
directed to a QBS and asked to answer
a limited number of additional survey
questions after completing the ARS.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for a
reinstatement with change of the Quick
Business Survey (QBS) Operations Test
in order to conduct a second test.
A QBS would allow BLS to leverage
the multitude of information already
known about the sample units to allow
E:\FR\FM\28DEN1.SGM
28DEN1
Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 248 / Friday, December 28, 2018 / Notices
amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1
for targeted sampling. It also would
permit BLS to target only the units
meeting the specific set of
characteristics desired allowing BLS to
delve into specific areas of economic
interest without burdening
establishments which do not meet the
specific targeted features. The QBS is
designed to encourage a fast response
and minimize respondent burden. In
this manner, BLS can provide
information that is needed quickly and
is not collected elsewhere.
Through the second operations test,
the BLS will continue to evaluate the
following goals: To develop and
evaluate a QBS system, to understand
the extent to which ARS respondents
have access to different types of
information in order to provide
parameters for future QBS, and to
estimate response rates. In addition, the
second test will afford further analysis
of more refined sampling methodology
and efforts to improve response rates,
and will allow the development of a
detailed cost model for use in potential
future production.
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.
Title of Collection: Quick Business
Survey Operations Test.
OMB Number: 1220–0192.
Type of Review: Reinstatement with
Change.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit institutions, not-for-profit
institutions, and farms.
Total Respondents: 24,230.
Frequency: One time.
Total Responses: 24,230.
Average Time per Response: Three
minutes.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
18:13 Dec 27, 2018
Jkt 247001
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,212
hours.
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 20th day of
December 2018.
Mark Staniorski,
Division Chief, Division of Management
Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2018–28222 Filed 12–27–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–24–P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs
Division of Longshore and Harbor
Workers’ Compensation; Proposed
Extension of Existing Collection;
Comment Request
ACTION:
Notice.
Frm 00151
Fmt 4703
Please note that comments submitted
after the comment period will not be
considered.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Authorized insurance carriers are
required to report the issuance of
policies and endorsements under the
Longshore and Harbor Workers’
Compensation Act and its extensions,
the Defense Base Act, Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act and Non-Appropriated
Fund Instrumentalities Act, to the
Department of Labor’s Office of
Workers’ Compensation Programs
(OWCP). 20 CFR 703.116. Carriers use
the form LS–570 for this purpose. Filing
the form LS–570 with OWCP’s Division
of Longshore and Harbor Workers’
Compensation binds the carrier to full
liability for the named employer’s
obligations under the Act or its
extensions. 20 CFR 703.118. This
information collection is currently
approved for use through May 31, 2019.
II. Review Focus
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). 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
Division of Longshore and Harbor
Workers’ Compensation is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed
collection: Carrier’s Report of Issuance
of Policy (LS–570). 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
February 26, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by mail, delivery service, or by hand to
Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Room
S–3323, Washington, DC 20210; by fax
(202) 354–9647; or email to
ferguson.yoon@dol.gov. Please use only
one method of transmission for
comments (mail/delivery, fax, or email).
SUMMARY:
PO 00000
67361
Sfmt 4703
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
The Department of Labor seeks the
approval of the extension of this
currently approved information
collection. The information is necessary
(i) to ensure compliance by employers,
(ii) to bind the carrier to the liabilities
of the employer under 20 CFR 703.118
and (iii) so that the districts can identify
the correct carrier for claims to ensure
prompt payment of compensation to
injured workers.
Type of Review: Extension.
E:\FR\FM\28DEN1.SGM
28DEN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 248 (Friday, December 28, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67360-67361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-28222]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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. 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 reinstatement with change of the
``Quick Business Survey Operations Test.'' 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 February 26, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol Rowan, 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: Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, at
202-691-7628 (this is not a toll free number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) intends to conduct a second
operations test for a Quick Business Survey (QBS). The BLS will build
on the results of a prior test to further evaluate QBS survey processes
and operations in a possible production environment. If successful, a
QBS would permit BLS to collect information about the U.S. economy more
efficiently than is currently possible. In addition, it would allow
data users to be able to understand the impact of specific events on
the economy in a timely manner that would be relevant to data users.
As with the first operations test, the BLS will test using the
Annual Refiling Survey (ARS) as a platform for conducting the QBS. Each
year, the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) Program
conducts the ARS by reaching out to approximately 1.2 million
establishments requesting verification of their main business activity,
and their mailing and physical location addresses. The fully web-based
ARS provides a low-cost platform for conducting the QBS. The QBSs
accompanying the ARS would have little data collection overhead,
leveraging the address refinement, printing, and mailing efforts that
are undertaken as part of the production ARS. Respondents already
logged into the ARS secure website could be directed to a QBS and asked
to answer a limited number of additional survey questions after
completing the ARS.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for a
reinstatement with change of the Quick Business Survey (QBS) Operations
Test in order to conduct a second test.
A QBS would allow BLS to leverage the multitude of information
already known about the sample units to allow
[[Page 67361]]
for targeted sampling. It also would permit BLS to target only the
units meeting the specific set of characteristics desired allowing BLS
to delve into specific areas of economic interest without burdening
establishments which do not meet the specific targeted features. The
QBS is designed to encourage a fast response and minimize respondent
burden. In this manner, BLS can provide information that is needed
quickly and is not collected elsewhere.
Through the second operations test, the BLS will continue to
evaluate the following goals: To develop and evaluate a QBS system, to
understand the extent to which ARS respondents have access to different
types of information in order to provide parameters for future QBS, and
to estimate response rates. In addition, the second test will afford
further analysis of more refined sampling methodology and efforts to
improve response rates, and will allow the development of a detailed
cost model for use in potential future production.
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.
Title of Collection: Quick Business Survey Operations Test.
OMB Number: 1220-0192.
Type of Review: Reinstatement with Change.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions, not-
for-profit institutions, and farms.
Total Respondents: 24,230.
Frequency: One time.
Total Responses: 24,230.
Average Time per Response: Three minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,212 hours.
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 20th day of December 2018.
Mark Staniorski,
Division Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2018-28222 Filed 12-27-18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510-24-P
