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Bureau of Justice Statistics, will be 

submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for 30 days until March 

11, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written 

comments and suggestions from the 

public and affected agencies concerning 

the proposed collection of information 

are encouraged. Your comments should 

address one or more of the following 

four points: 

—Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Bureau of Justice 

Statistics, 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; 

—Evaluate whether and if so how the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected can be 

enhanced; 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 submission of 

responses. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

New collection. 

(2) The Title of the Form/Collection: 

National Prisoner Statistics program: 

Coronavirus Pandemic Supplement 

(NPS–CPan). 

(3) The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

The form number is NPS–CPan. The 

applicable component within the 

Department of Justice is the Bureau of 

Justice Statistics, in the Office of Justice 

Programs. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Respondents will be staff from 

state departments of correction and the 

Federal Bureau of Prisons. The NPS– 

CPan survey will request information on 

the prison response to the coronavirus 

disease (COVID–19) between March 1, 

2020 and February 28, 2021, including: 

Monthly counts of admissions and stock 

populations in all publicly and privately 

operated facilities within each state, the 

total number of persons who received 

expedited release from prison due to the 

COVID–19 pandemic and criteria for 

deciding which prisoners received 

expedited release, the number of tests 

performed on prisoners, the number of 

unique prisoners testing positive for 

COVID–19, the sex and race/Hispanic 

origin distributions of prisoners testing 

positive for COVID–19, the age, sex, and 

race/Hispanic origin of prisoners dying 

from COVID–19, the number of pregnant 

female prisoners who died from 

COVID–19, the date of first vaccination 

of either staff or prisoners by the 

department of corrections, the number 

of staff and prisoners receiving at least 

one dose of the COVID–19 vaccine as of 

February 28, 2021, the number of prison 

staff who tested positive for or died 

from COVID–19, and policy questions 

on the use of common mitigation tactics 

in facilities to identify persons with the 

disease and prevent its spread, and to 

prioritize vaccinations. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: BJS estimates that responding 

to the NPS–CPan survey will require an 

average of 2.5 hours, based on feedback 

from respondents to a cognitive test of 

the data collection. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: There is an estimated 127.5 

total burden hours associated with this 

collection. 

If additional information is required 

contact: Melody Braswell, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Two Constitution 

Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405A, 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: February 4, 2021. 

Melody Braswell, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02663 Filed 2–8–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–18–P 

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 ‘‘Local Area Unemployment 

Statistics (LAUS) Program’’. 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 April 12, 2021. 

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 email to BLS_PRA_

Public@bls.gov. 

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 BLS has been charged by 

Congress (29 U.S.C. Sections 1 and 2) 

with the responsibility of collecting and 

publishing monthly information on 

employment, the average wage received, 

and the hours worked by area and 

industry. The process for developing 

residency-based employment and 

unemployment estimates is a 

cooperative Federal-State program 

which uses employment and 


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unemployment inputs available in State 

Workforce Agencies. 

The labor force estimates developed 

and issued in this program are used for 

economic analysis and as a tool in the 

implementation of Federal economic 

policy in such areas as employment and 

economic development under the 

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

Act of 2014 (that supplanted the 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998) and 

the Public Works and Economic 

Development Act, among others. 

The estimates also are used in 

economic analysis by public agencies 

and private industry, and for State and 

area funding allocations and eligibility 

determinations according to legal and 

administrative requirements. 

Implementation of current policy and 

legislative authorities could not be 

accomplished without collection of the 

data. 

The reports and manual covered by 

this request are integral parts of the 

LAUS program insofar as they ensure 

and measure the timeliness, quality, 

consistency, and adherence to program 

directions of the LAUS estimates and 

related research. 

II. Current Action 

Office of Management and Budget 

clearance is being sought for an 

extension of the information collection 

request that makes up the LAUS 

program. All aspects of the information 

collection are conducted electronically. 

All data are entered directly into BLSprovided systems. 

The BLS, as part of its responsibility 

to develop concepts and methods by 

which States prepare estimates under 

the LAUS program, developed a manual 

for use by the States. The manual 

explains the conceptual framework for 

the State and area estimates of 

employment and unemployment, 

specifies the procedures to be used, 

provides input information, and 

discusses the theoretical and empirical 

basis for each procedure. This manual is 

updated on a regular schedule. With 

this request, the LAUS program will be 

implementing the 5th Generation of 

LAUS State Models. 

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 continues to 

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: Local Area 

Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) 

Program. 

OMB Number: 1220–0017. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: State governments. 

Total 

respondents Frequency Total responses 

Average 

time per 

response 

(hours) 

Estimated 

total 

burden 

(hours) 

LAUS 3040 .................................................................. 52 respondents with 

7303 reporting 

units.

13 94,939 1.5 142,409 

LAUS 8 ........................................................................ 52 ........................... 11 572 1 572 

LAUS 15 ...................................................................... 6 ............................. 1 6 2 12 

LAUS 16 ...................................................................... 52 ........................... 1 52 1 52 

Totals .................................................................... ................................ ........................ 95,569 ........................ 143,045 

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, on February 3, 

2021. 

Mark Staniorski, 

Chief, Division of Management Systems. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02622 Filed 2–8–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Health 

Insurance Claim Form 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is soliciting comments 

concerning a proposed extension for the 

authority to conduct the information 

collection request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Health 

Insurance Claim Form.’’ This comment 

request is part of continuing 

Departmental efforts to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

written comments received by April 12, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation; 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response and estimated total burden 

may be obtained free by contacting 

Anjanette Suggs by telephone at (202) 

354–9660 or by email at 

suggs.anjanette@dol.gov. 

Submit written comments about, or 

requests for a copy of, this ICR by mail 

or courier to the U.S. Department of 

Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs, Room S–3323, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20210; by email: suggs.anjanette@

dol.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Anjanette Suggs by telephone at 

(202) 354–9660 (this is not a toll-free 


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