7422 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 17 / Thursday, January 28, 2021 / Notices 

Round 20 will be a predominantly 

telephone survey. We anticipate that 

approximately 90 percent of interviews 

will be completed by telephone, with 

the remaining interviews being 

conducted in person. 

The round 20 questionnaire will 

resemble the round 19 questionnaire 

with few modifications. New questions 

for the round 20 questionnaire include 

questions on hours worked from home, 

on the value of a job, on labor market 

volatility due to Coronavirus pandemic, 

on contracting of Coronavirus, on 

vaccines, on applications for 

Unemployment Compensation, on 

criminal background checks, on internet 

access and on the respondents’ previous 

on experience with NLSY97’s 

Coronavirus supplemental survey. In 

addition, we have made attempts to 

streamline the questionnaire so that it 

will be shorter and less burdensome for 

respondents. To this end, fewer 

questions will be asked about college 

enrollment, non-compete agreements, 

device ownership, chronic pain, and the 

use of pain killers. 

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: National Longitudinal Survey of 

Youth 1997. 

OMB Number: 1220–0157. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Form Total 

respondents Frequency Total responses 

Average 

time per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total 

burden 

(hours) 

Main NLSY97: September 2021–June 2022 ...................... 6,650 One-time ........ 6,650 75 8,312.5 

Validation interview: October 2021–June 2022 .................. 133 One-time ........ 133 4 8.9 

Totals * .......................................................................... 6,650 ........................ 6,783 ........................ 8,321 

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, January 19, 

2021. 

Eric Molina, 

Acting Chief, Division of Management 

Systems. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01696 Filed 1–27–21; 8:45 am] 

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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 extension of 

the ‘‘Occupational Requirements 

Survey.’’ A copy of the proposed 

information collection request 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 March 29, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora 

Kincaid, 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 

email to BLS_PRA_Public@bls.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, at 

202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free 

number). (See ADDRESSES section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Occupational Requirements 

Survey (ORS) is a nationwide survey 

that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 

is conducting at the request of the Social 

Security Administration (SSA). Three 

years of data collection and capture for 

the ORS will start in 2021 and end in 

mid-2024. 

Estimates produced from the data 

collected by the ORS will be used by the 

SSA to update occupational 

requirements data for administering the 

Social Security Disability Insurance 

(SSDI) and Supplemental Security 

Income (SSI) programs. 

The ORS occupational information 

will allow SSA adjudicators to clearly 

associate the assessment of a claimant’s 

physical and mental functional capacity 

and vocational profile with work 

requirements. BLS will compute 

percentages of workers with various 

characteristics, such as skill and 

strength level. SSA will use this 

information to provide statistical 

support for the medical-vocational rules 

used at step 5 of sequential evaluation 

regarding the number of unskilled jobs 

that exist at each level of exertion in the 

national economy. 

The Social Security Administration, 

Members of Congress, and 

representatives of the disability 

community have all identified 

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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. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01855 Filed 1–27–21; 8:45 am] 

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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.