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BILLING CODE 4410-15-P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration Comment Request for Information Collection for the Benefits, Timeliness, and Quality Data Collection System; Extension With Revisions AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor. ACTION: Notice. 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 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 collection of data about the proposed extension of the Benefits Timeliness and Quality
(BTQ)data collection system, which is part of the Unemployment Insurance
(UI)Performs measurement system (current expiration date is February 28, 2014). 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 September 16, 2013. ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Employment and Training Administration, Office of Unemployment Insurance, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room S4220, Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Delores Ferrell. Telephone number: 202-693-3183 (this is not a toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-3975. Email: *Ferrell.Delores@dol.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background The Secretary of Labor, under the Social Security Act, Title III, Section 302 (42 U.S.C. 502), funds the necessary cost of proper and efficient administration of each state UI law. The BTQ program collects information and analyzes data. The BTQ data measure the timeliness and quality of states' administrative actions and administrative decisions related to UI benefit payments. II. Review Focus 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 *Type of Review:* Extension with revisions. *Title:* Benefits, Timeliness, and Quality Review. *OMB Number:* 1205-0359. *Affected Public:* State governments. *Form(s):* ETA-9050, ETA-9051, ETA-9052, ETA-9054, ETA-9055, ETA-9056, ETA-9057. *Total Annual Respondents:* 53 state agencies. *Annual Frequency:* Monthly and Quarterly. *Total Annual Responses:* 28,836. *Average Time per Response:* 80.5 minutes. *Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:* 38,692 hours. Monthly Universe Measures: State Staff Hours per Year ETA Report Measure Number of respondents Reports per year Total responses Hours per response Total hours/year 9050 First Payment Time Lapse, Core Measure 53 12 636 .5 318 9050 First Payment Time Lapse, Partial/Part Total Claims, Management Information Measure 53 12 636 .5 318 9050 First Payment Time Lapse, Workshare Claims, Management Information Measure 53 12 636 .5 318 9051 Continued Weeks Compensated Time Lapse, Management Information Measure 53 12 636 .5 318 9051 Continued Weeks Compensated Time Lapse, Partial Part/Total, Management Information Measure 53 12 636 .5 318 9051 Continued Weeks Compensated Time Lapse, Workshare, Management Information Measure 53 12 636 .5 318 9052 Nonmonetary Determinations Time Lapse, Detection Date, Core Measure 53 12 636 1.0 636 9054 Lower Authority Appeals Time Lapse, Management Information Measure 53 12 636 .5 318 9055 Lower Authority Appeals Case Aging, Core Measure 53 12 636 1.0 636 9054 Higher Authority Appeals Time Lapse, Management Information Measure 53 12 636 .5 318 9055 Higher Authority Appeals Case Aging, Core Measure 53 12 636 1.0 636 Subtotal 4452 Quarterly Sample Review Measures: State Staff Hours per Year ETA Report Measure Number of respondents Sampled cases reviewed per year Total cases reviewed per year Hours per response Total hours/year 9056 Nonmonetary Determination Quality, Core Measure 27 Small States 240 6,480 1 6,480 9056 Nonmonetary Determination Quality, Core Measure 26 Large States 400 10,400 1 10,400 9057 Lower Authority Appeals Quality, Core Measure 44 Small States 80 3,520 3.5 12,320 9057 Lower Authority Appeals Quality, Core Measure 9 Large States 160 1,440 3.5 5,040 Subtotal 34,240 Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents $0. 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. Dated: July 8, 2013. Gerri Fiala, Acting Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration. [FR Doc. 2013-16905 Filed 7-15-13; 8:45 am]
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