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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 submission of 

responses. 

Agency: Employment and Training 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension with 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Title of Collection: Distribution of 

Characteristics of the Insured 

Unemployed. 

OMB Control Number: 1205–0009. 

Agency Form Number: ETA–203. 

Affected Public: State Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 53. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 212. 

Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden 

(does not include hour costs): $0. 

Description: The ETA–203 is the only 

source of current, consistent 

demographic information (age, race/ 

ethnic, sex, occupation, industry) on the 

Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimant 

population. These characteristics 

identify important claimant cohorts for 

legislative, economic and social 

planning purposes, and evaluation of 

the UI program on the Federal and State 

levels. For additional information, see 

related notice published at Volume 73 

FR 77062 on December 18, 2008. 

Agency: Employment and Training 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Title of Collection: Placement 

Verification and Follow-up of Job Corps 

Participants. 

OMB Control Number: 1205–0426. 

Agency Form Number: N/A. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 73,373. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 15,593. 

Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden 

(does not include hour costs): $0. 

Description: This submission requests 

approval of three primary and two 

secondary data collection instruments 

that will be used to collect follow-up 

data on individuals who have but are no 

longer actively participating in Job 

Corps. For additional information, see 

related notice published at Volume 74 

FR 10776 on March 12, 2009. 

Agency: Employment and Training 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Title of Collection: Employment and 

Training Administration Financial 

Report. 

OMB Control Number: 1205–0461. 

Agency Form Number: ETA–9130. 

Affected Public: State, Local, and 

Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 848. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,392. 

Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden 

(does not include hour costs): $0. 

Description: ETA utilizes the data on 

ETA–9130 to assess the effectiveness of 

ETA programs and to monitor and 

analyze the financial activity of its 

grantees. Pre-designed software is 

provided to the grantees to reflect the 

requirements of ETA Form 9130 so that 

the required data is reported directly 

into the Enterprise Information 

Management System (EIMS) by the grant 

recipients. This data collection format 

allows ETA to evaluate program 

effectiveness and to monitor and 

analyze financial activity, while 

complying with OMB efforts to 

streamline Federal financial reporting. 

The focus of all ETA reporting has been 

to provide ease and simplicity for the 

grantees. The specific instruction 

relating to the required data element is 

visible at each data entry point. 

Electronic financial reporting has 

significantly increased the timeliness of 

financial reporting. For additional 

information, see related notice 

published at Volume 74 FR 34592 on 

July 16, 2009. 

Agency: Employment and Training 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Title of Collection: Recovery Act— 

Applications for Unemployment 

Insurance Modernization Incentive 

Payments. 

OMB Control Number: 1205–0470. 

Agency Form Number: N/A. 

Affected Public: State Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 36. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 288. 

Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden 

(does not include hour costs): $0. 

Description: Section 2003(f) of the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides for 

unemployment insurance (UI) 

‘‘modernization incentive payments’’ to 

be made from the Unemployment Trust 

Fund (UTF) to the states. The total 

amount available for all states is $7 

billion dollars. To obtain its share, the 

state must make an application to the 

Department of Labor demonstrating that 

its UI law contains certain benefit 

eligibility provisions. The last date on 

which an incentive distribution may be 

made is September 30, 2011. When 

applying for a share of the UI 

modernization incentive payments, a 

state must document that the provisions 

of its law meet the requirements for 

obtaining an incentive payment. The 

state is also required to describe how it 

intends to use any incentive payment to 

improve or strengthen its UI program. . 

For additional information, see related 

notices published at Volume 74 FR 9108 

on March 2, 2009 and 74 FR 23886 on 

May 21, 2009. 

Darrin A. King, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Proposed Collection, Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments 

concerning the revision of the ‘‘The 


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Consumer Expenditure Surveys: The 

Quarterly Interview and the Diary.’’ 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 November 30, 2009. 

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 

fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll 

free number). 

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 Consumer Expenditure (CE) 

Surveys collect data on consumer 

expenditures, demographic information, 

and related data needed by the 

Consumer Price Index (CPI) and other 

public and private data users. The 

continuing surveys provide a constant 

measurement of changes in consumer 

expenditure patterns for economic 

analysis and to obtain data for future 

CPI revisions. The CE Surveys have 

been ongoing since 1979. 

The data from the CE Surveys are 

used (1) for CPI revisions, (2) to provide 

a continuous flow of data on income 

and expenditure patterns for use in 

economic analysis and policy 

formulation, and (3) to provide a 

flexible consumer survey vehicle that is 

available for use by other Federal 

Government agencies. Public and 

private users of price statistics, 

including Congress and the economic 

policymaking agencies of the Executive 

branch, rely on data collected in the CPI 

in their day-to-day activities. Hence, 

data users and policymakers widely 

accept the need to improve the process 

used for revising the CPI. If the CE 

Surveys were not conducted on a 

continuing basis, current information 

necessary for more timely, as well as 

more accurate, updating of the CPI 

would not be available. In addition, data 

would not be available to respond to the 

continuing demand from the public and 

private sectors for current information 

on consumer spending. 

In the Quarterly Interview Survey, 

each consumer unit (CU) in the sample 

is interviewed every three months over 

five calendar quarters. The sample for 

each quarter is divided into three 

panels, with CUs being interviewed 

every three months in the same panel of 

every quarter. The Quarterly Interview 

Survey is designed to collect data on the 

types of expenditures that respondents 

can be expected to recall for a period of 

three months or longer. In general the 

expenses reported in the Interview 

Survey are either relatively large, such 

as property, automobiles, or major 

appliances, or are expenses which occur 

on a fairly regular basis, such as rent, 

utility bills, or insurance premiums. 

The Diary (or recordkeeping) Survey 

is completed at home by the respondent 

family for two consecutive one-week 

periods. The primary objective of the 

Diary Survey is to obtain expenditure 

data on small, frequently purchased 

items which normally are difficult to 

recall over longer periods of time. 

II. Current Action 

Office of Management and Budget 

clearance is being sought for the 

Consumer Expenditure Surveys: The 

Quarterly Interview and the Diary. 

The continuing CE Surveys provide a 

constant measurement of changes in 

consumer expenditure patterns for 

economic analysis and obtain data for 

future CPI revisions. 

The Consumer Expenditure program 

is planning several tests over the next 

several years in an effort to improve the 

CE surveys in the areas of both data 

quality and respondent burden. 

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. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Title: The Consumer Expenditure 

Surveys: The Quarterly Interview and 

the Diary. 

OMB Number: 1220–0050. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Form Total 

respondents Frequency Total responses 

Average 

time per response 

Estimated 

total 

burden 

CEQ—Interview ................................................. 8,825 4 35,300 65 minutes ....................... 38,242 

CEQ—Reinterview ............................................ 4,000 1 4,000 10 minutes ....................... 667 

CED—Diary (record-keeping) ........................... 7,050 2 14,100 105 minutes ..................... 24,675 

CED—Diary (Interview) ..................................... 7,050 3 21,150 25 minutes ....................... 8,813 

CED—Diary (Reinterview) ................................. 1,300 1 1,300 10 minutes ....................... 217 

Totals .......................................................... ........................ ........................ 75,850 .......................................... 72,614 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): $0. 

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 21st day of 

September 2009. 

Kimberley D. Hill, 

Acting Chief, Division of Management 

Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

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