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requirements of work in today’s 

economy as crucial to the equitable and 

efficient operation of the Social Security 

Disability (SSDI) program. 

The ORS collects data from a sample 

of employers. These requirements of 

work data consist of information about 

the duties, responsibilities, and critical 

job tasks for a sample of occupations for 

each sampled employer. 

II. Current Action 

Office of Management and Budget 

clearance is being sought for the 

Occupational Requirements Survey. 

The ORS collects data on the 

requirements of work, as defined by the 

SSA’s disability program: 

(1) An indicator of ‘‘time to 

proficiency,’’ defined as the amount of 

time required by a typical worker to 

learn the techniques, acquire the 

information, and develop the facility 

needed for average job performance, 

comparable to the Specific Vocational 

Preparation (SVP) used in the 

Dictionary of Occupational Titles 

(DOT). 

(2) Physical Demand characteristics/ 

factors of occupations, measured in 

such a way to support SSA disability 

determination needs, comparable to 

measures in Appendix C of the Selected 

Characteristics of Occupations (SCO). 

(3) Environmental Conditions, 

measured in such a way to support SSA 

disability determination needs, 

comparable to measures in Appendix D 

of the SCO. 

(4) Data elements that describe the 

mental and cognitive demands of work. 

(5) Occupational task lists of 

occupations, defined as the critical job 

function and key job tasks, to validate 

the reported requirements of work, 

comparable to data identified in the 

Employment and Training 

Administration’s (ETA’s) O*NET 

Program. 

The ORS data is collected using a 

two-stage stratified design and includes 

sample cell definitions and allocations 

to accommodate the goal to produce 

estimates for as many occupations as 

possible. Occupations for private 

industry establishments are selected 

before the sample is fielded. 

Occupational selection for government 

units generally occurs after 

establishment contact. The probability 

of an occupation being selected after the 

sample is fielded will be proportionate 

to its employment within the 

establishment. 

BLS will disseminate the data from 

the ORS on the BLS public website 

(www.bls.gov/ors). The design uses a 

five-year rotation with complete 

estimates published after the full sample 

has been collected. Interim results will 

be produced and disseminated on an 

annual basis. 

ORS collection uses several forms 

(having unique private industry and 

government collection versions). For 

those sampled establishments that are in 

the current National Compensation 

Survey (NCS), ORS uses NCS data and 

forms for those data elements that 

overlap. 

ORS data are defined to balance SSA’s 

adjudication needs with the ability of 

the respondent to provide data. With 

this clearance, BLS is continuing 

collection of existing data. 

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: Occupational 

Requirements Survey. 

OMB Number: 1220–0189. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit; not-for-profit institutions; and 

State, local, and tribal government. 

All figures in the table below are 

based on a three-year average. 

Respondents 

Average 

responses 

per year 

Total number 

of responses 

Average 

minutes Total hours 

Three-year average ............................................................. 11,200 1.04 11,700 107 20,947 

COLLECTION FORMS

Occupational Requirements Survey (Private Industry Sample).List form numbers, ORS Form 15–1P, ORS 

Form 4 PPD–4PF, ORS Form 4 PPD–4PAF.

Name form, Establishment Collection Forms 

for Private Industry. 

Occupational Requirements Survey (State and 

local government sample).

List form numbers, ORS Form 15–1G, ORS 

Form 4 PPD–4GF, ORS Form 4 PPD– 

4GAF.

Name form, Establishment Collection Forms 

for Governments. 

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 22nd day 

of January 2021. 

Mark Staniorski, 

Chief, Division of Management Systems. 

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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 

BUDGET 

OMB Final Sequestration Report to the 

President and Congress for Fiscal Year 

2021 

AGENCY: Executive Office of the 

President, Office of Management and 

Budget. 

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ACTION: Notice of availability of the 

OMB Final Sequestration Report to the 

President and Congress for FY 2021. 

SUMMARY: OMB is issuing the OMB 

Final Sequestration Report to the 

President and Congress for Fiscal Year 

2021 to report on status of 2021 

discretionary caps and compliance of 

enacted 2021 discretionary 

appropriations legislation with those 

caps. 

DATES: January 19, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: The OMB Sequestration 

Reports to the President and Congress 

are available on-line on the OMB home 

page at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

omb/legislative/sequestration-reportsorders/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Tobasko, 6202 New Executive 

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, 

Email address: ttobasko@omb.eop.gov, 

telephone number: (202) 395–5745, FAX 

number: (202) 395–4768. Because of 

delays in the receipt of regular mail 

related to security screening, 

respondents are encouraged to use 

electronic communications. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

254 of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 

requires the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) to issue a Final 

Sequestration Report 15 calendar days 

after the end of a congressional session. 

This report meets that requirement and 

finds that, for fiscal year 2021, enacted 

appropriations are at or below the 

defense and non-defense caps after 

accounting for cap adjustments. As a 

result, a sequestration of discretionary 

budget authority is not required in 2021. 

Russell T. Vought, 

Director. 

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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 

BUDGET 

Memorandum for the Heads of 

Executive Departments and Agencies 

January 20, 2021. 

FROM: Ronald A. Klain, Assistant to the 

President and Chief of Staff. 

SUBJECT: Regulatory Freeze Pending 

Review. 

The President has asked me to 

communicate to each of you his plan for 

managing the Federal regulatory process 

at the outset of his Administration. In 

order to ensure that the President’s 

appointees or designees have the 

opportunity to review any new or 

pending rules, at the direction of the 

President, I ask that you immediately 

take the following steps: 

1. Subject to any exceptions the 

Director of the Office of Management 

and Budget (the ‘‘OMB Director’’) allows 

for emergency situations or other urgent 

circumstances relating to health, safety, 

environmental, financial, or national 

security matters, or otherwise, propose 

or issue no rule in any manner— 

including by sending a rule to the Office 

of the Federal Register (the ‘‘OFR’’)— 

until a department or agency head 

appointed or designated by the 

President after noon on January 20, 

2021, reviews and approves the rule. 

The department or agency head may 

delegate this power of review and 

approval to any other person so 

appointed or designated by the 

President, consistent with applicable 

law. 

2. With respect to rules that have been 

sent to the OFR but not published in the 

Federal Register, immediately withdraw 

them from the OFR for review and 

approval as described in paragraph 1, 

subject to the exceptions described in 

paragraph 1. This withdrawal must be 

conducted consistent with OFR 

procedures. 

3. With respect to rules that have been 

published in the Federal Register, or 

rules that have been issued in any 

manner, but have not taken effect, 

consider postponing the rules’ effective 

dates for 60 days from the date of this 

memorandum, consistent with 

applicable law and subject to the 

exceptions described in paragraph 1, for 

the purpose of reviewing any questions 

of fact, law, and policy the rules may 

raise. For rules postponed in this 

manner, during the 60-day period, 

where appropriate and consistent with 

applicable law, consider opening a 30- 

day comment period to allow interested 

parties to provide comments about 

issues of fact, law, and policy raised by 

those rules, and consider pending 

petitions for reconsideration involving 

such rules. As appropriate and 

consistent with applicable law, and 

where necessary to continue to review 

these questions of fact, law, and policy, 

consider further delaying, or publishing 

for notice and comment proposed rules 

further delaying, such rules beyond the 

60-day period. Following the 60-day 

delay in effective date: 

a. For those rules that raise no 

substantial questions of fact, law, or 

policy, no further action needs to be 

taken; and 

b. for those rules that raise substantial 

questions of fact, law, or policy, 

agencies should notify the OMB 

Director and take further appropriate 

action in consultation with the OMB 

Director. 

4. Exclude from the actions requested 

in paragraphs 1 through 3 any rules 

subject to statutory or judicial deadlines 

and identify such exclusions to the 

OMB Director as soon as possible. 

5. Notify the OMB Director promptly 

of any rules that, in your view, should 

be excluded from the directives in 

paragraphs 1 through 3 because those 

rules affect critical health, safety, 

environmental, financial, or national 

security matters, or for some other 

reason. The OMB Director will review 

any such notifications and determine 

whether such exclusion is appropriate 

under the circumstances. 

6. Comply in all circumstances with 

any applicable Executive Orders 

concerning regulatory management. 

As used in this memorandum, ‘‘rule’’ 

has the definition set forth in section 

551(4), title 5, United States Code. It 

also includes any ‘‘regulatory action,’’ as 

defined in section 3(e) of Executive 

Order 12866 of September 30, 1993, as 

amended, and any ‘‘guidance 

document’’ as defined in section 3(g) of 

Executive Order 13422 of January 18, 

2007, when that order was in effect. 

Thus, the requirements of this 

memorandum apply not only to ‘‘rules’’ 

as defined in section 551(4) of title 5, 

but also to: 

a. Any substantive action by an 

agency (normally published in the 

Federal Register) that promulgates or is 

expected to lead to the promulgation of 

a final rule or regulation, including 

notices of inquiry, advance notices of 

proposed rulemaking, and notices of 

proposed rulemaking; and 

b. any agency statement of general 

applicability and future effect that sets 

forth a policy on a statutory, regulatory, 

or technical issue or an interpretation of 

a statutory or regulatory issue. 

The OMB Director will implement 

this regulatory review, and any 

communications regarding any matters 

pertaining to this review should be 

addressed to the OMB Director. The 

OMB Director is also authorized to 

establish a process to review pending 

collections of information under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as 

codified in chapter 35, title 44, United 

States Code, and to take actions that the 

OMB Director deems appropriate based 

on that review, consistent with 

applicable law. 

Should actions be identified that were 

undertaken before noon on January 20, 

2021, to frustrate the purpose 

underlying this memorandum, I may 

modify or extend this memorandum, 

pursuant to the direction of the 

President, to request that agency heads