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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 11229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-04164]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Comment Request for Information Collection for OMB 1205-0010, ETA 
5159, Claims and Payment Activities Report; Extension Without Change

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 collection 
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, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the proposed 
extension, without change on the Claims and Payments Activities, Form 
ETA 5159.

DATES: Submit written comments to the office listed in the addressee 
section below on or before May 1, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Thomas Stengle, U.S. Department of Labor, 
Employment and Training Administration, Office of Unemployment 
Insurance, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Frances Perkins Bldg. Room S-
4524, Washington, DC 20210, telephone number (202) 693-2991 (this is 
not a toll-free number). Individuals with hearing or speech impairment 
may access the telephone number above via TTY by calling the toll-free 
Federal Information relay Service at 1-877-889-56-27 (TTY/TDD). Email: 
Stengle.Thomas@dol.gov. To obtain a copy of the proposed information 
collection request (ICR), please contact the person above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The ETA 5159 report contains information on claims activities 
including the number of initial claims, first payments, weeks claimed, 
weeks compensated, benefit payments and final payments. These data are 
used in budgetary and administrative planning, program evaluation, 
actuarial and program research, and reports to Congress and the public.

II. Review Focus

    The Department is particularly interested in comments which:
    * Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary to describe claims and payment activities, 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 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.

II. Current Actions

    Type of Review: Extension without change.
    Title: Claims and Payment Activities.
    OMB Number: 1205-0010.
    Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 53.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 636.
    Average Time per Response: 2 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,272 hours per year.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the ICR; they will 
also become a matter of public record.

Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-04164 Filed 2-27-15; 8:45 am]
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