ETA Federal Register Notice

Office of Workforce Security; Proposed Collection; Comment Request [03/06/2000]

Volume 65, Number 44, Page 11803-11804

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

 
Office of Workforce Security; Proposed Collection; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Employment and Training Admininstration, Department of 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 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. 
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed extension of the ETA 191, Statement of 
Expenditures and Financial Adjustments of Federal Funds for 
Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees and Ex-Service members. 
A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be 
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section 
of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee's section below on or before May 5, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Sharon L. Jones, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment And 
Training Administration, Office Of Workforce Security, Room S4231, 200 
Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC, 20210; telephone number (202) 
219-5312 ext. 373 (this is not a toll--free number); fax (202) 219-
8506.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Public Law 97-362, Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1982 amended the 
Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Service members (UCX) law (5 USC 8509) 
and Public Law 96-499, Omnibus Reconciliation Act amended the 
Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) law (5 USC 8501, 
et. seq.) requiring each Federal employing agency to pay the costs of 
regular and extended UCFE/UCX benefits paid to its employees by the 
State employment security agencies (SESAs). The ETA 191 report 
submitted quarterly by each SESA show the amount of benefits that 
should be charged to each Federal employing agency. The Employment and 
Training Administration uses this information to aggregate the SESA 
quarterly charges and submit one official bill to each Federal agency 
being charged. Federal agencies then reimburse the Federal Employees 
Compensation (FEC) Account, maintained by the U.S. Treasury.

II. Review Focus

    The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments 
which:
    <bullet> 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;
    <bullet> 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;
    <bullet> Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    <bullet> 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 collection continues to be needed to assure that the 
provisions of law are met regarding the requirement for each Federal 
agency to meet its obligations for paying for its unemployment 
compensation costs and to assure that SESAs are reimbursed properly for 
their expenditures of UCFE and UCX benefit on behalf of the Federal 
agencies.
    Type of Review: Extension (without change).
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: ETA 191, Statement of Expenditures and Adjustments of 
Federal Funds for Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees and 
Ex-Service members (UCFE/UCX).
    OMB Number: 1205-0162.
    Agency Number: ETA 191.
    Affected Public: State Government.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Responses: 212.
    Average Time per Response: 1.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 212.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $5,300. Comments 
submitted in response to this comment request will be summarized and/or 
included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval of 
the information collection request; they will also become a matter of 
public record.


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    Dated: February 23, 2000.
Grace A. Kilbane,
Administrator, Office Of Workforce Security.
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