Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 147 / Thursday, July 31, 1997 / Notices 41083

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Federal-State Unemployment

Compensation Program: Availability of

Benefit Accuracy Measurement Annual

Report Results

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

Unemployment Insurance Benefit

Accuracy Measurement Annual Report

for Calendar Year 1996.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to announce the availability of the

Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit

Accuracy Measurement (BAM) 1996

Annual Report, which contains the

results of each State’s BAM program,

and information on how copies may be

obtained. The BAM Annual Report is

one of three UI PERFORMS reports to be

issued this year. UI PERFORMS is the

name of the Department’s closed-loop

management system for promoting

continuous improvement in UI

performance.

DATES: The Report will be available after

July 31, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Report may be

obtained by writing to Ms. Grace A.

Kilbane, Director, Unemployment

Insurance Service, U.S. Department of

Labor, Employment and Training

Administration, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Room S–4231,

Washington, DC 20210. The Report and

this notice contain a list of names and

addresses of persons in each State who

will provide additional information and

clarifications regarding the individual

State reports upon request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Burman Skrable, Division of

Performance Review, Data Analysis and

Data Validation Team, 202–219–5223,

extension 157. (This is not a toll free

number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each

week, staff in each State’s Employment

Security Agency investigate random

samples of UI benefit payments and

record information based on interviews

with claimants, employers, and third

parties to determine whether State law,

policy, and procedure were followed

correctly in processing the sampled

payment.

The Department of Labor is

publishing results from the

investigations in a digest which

includes information on the 52

jurisdictions participating in the UI

BAM program. Five items are reported

for each State: the amount of UI benefits

paid to the population of claimants, the

size of the BAM samples, and the

percentages of proper payments,

overpayments, and underpayments in

the population estimated from the BAM

investigations. Ninety-five percent

confidence intervals are presented for

each of the three percentages as measure

of the precision of the estimates. States

have been encouraged to provide

narratives to further clarify the meaning

of the data based on their specific

situations.

Since States’ laws, policies, and

procedures vary considerably, the data

cannot be used to draw comparisons

among States.

Effective with the release of calendar

year 1995 data, States were no longer

required to publish their report data;

however, persons wanting clarification

or additional information concerning a

specific State’s report are encouraged to

contact the individual identified in the

following mailing list.

Signed at Washington, D.C., on July 23,

1997.

Raymond J. Uhalde,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for

Employment and Training.

State Contacts for 1996 Unemployment

Insurance Benefit Accuracy Measurement

Annual Report

Alabama

Bill Mauldin, QC Supervisor, Department of

Industrial Relations, 649 Monroe Street,

Room 321, Montgomery, AL 36131, (334)

242–8130

Alaska

Karen Van Dusseldorp, Q.C. Data Analyst,

Alaska Department of Labor, P.O. Box

21149, Juneau, AK 99802–1149, (907) 465–

3000

Arizona

Dave Berggren, Employment Security

Administration, Technical Support

Section, Department of Economic Security,

P.O. Box 6123, Site 701B–4, Phoenix, AZ

85005, (602) 542–3771

Arkansas

Hugh Havens, UI Administrator, (501) 682–

3200, or

Norma Madden, BAM Supervisor, (501) 682–

3087

both at:

Arkansas Employment Security Dept., P.O.

Box 2981, Little Rock, AR 72203–2981,

California

Suzanne Schroeder, Office of Constituent

Affairs, Employment Development

Department, P.O. Box 826880, Sacramento,

CA 94280–0001,, (916) 654–9029

Colorado

Kay Gilbert, BQC Supervisor, Colorado

Division Employment & Training, UI

Division, 251 E 12th Ave, Denver, CO

80203, (303) 894–2272

Connecticut

Rie Roirier, Director of Marketing, State of

Connecticut, Department of labor, 200

Folly Brook Boulevard, Wethersfield, CT

06109, (860) 566–2479

Delaware

W. Thomas MacPherson, Director, Division

of Unemployment Insurance, Department

of Labor, P.O. Box 9950, Wilmington, DE

19809, (302) 761–8350

District of Columbia

Roberta Bauer, Assistant Director,

Compliance & Independent Monitoring, DC

Department of Employment Services, 500 C

Street, N.W., Room 511, Washington, DC

20001, (202) 724–7492

Florida

Kenneth E. Holmes, UC Director, Florida

Dept., of Unemployment Compensation,

Caldwell Building, Room 201, Tallahassee,

FL 32399–0209, (904) 921–3889

Georgia

David Poythress, Commissioner, Georgia

Department of Labor, 148 International

Blvd., NE, Suite 600, Atlanta, GA 30303,

(404) 656–3011

Hawaii

Douglas Odo, UI Administrator, Department

of Labor & Industrial Relations, 830

Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, HI 96813,

(808) 586–9069

Idaho

Jane Perez, QC Supervisory, Idaho

Department of Employment , 317 Main

Street, Boise, ID 83735, (208) 334–6285

Illinois

Charlene McLaughlin, Quality Control

Supervisory, Illinois Department of

Employment Security, 401 South State

Street, Chicago, IL 60605, (312) 793–6231

Indiana

Sandy Jessee, QC Supervisor, Indiana Dept.

of Workforce Development, 10 North

Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204,

(317) 233–6676

Iowa

LeLoie Dutemple, Acting Supervisor, Iowa

Workforce Development Unemployment

Insurance Services Divisin, 1000 East

Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50319–

0209, (515) 281–8386

Kansas

Joseph Ybarra, Department of Human

Resources, 401 SW Topeka Bldg., Topeka,

KS 66603, (913) 296–6313

Kentucky

Ron Holland, Director, Div. of

Unemployment Insurance, 275 East Main

Street, 2nd floor East, Frankfort, KY 40621,

(502) 564–2900

Louisiana

Marianne Sullivan, Program Compliance

Manager, Louisiana Department of Labor,

P.O. Box 94094–9094, Baton Rouge, La

70804, (504) 342–7103
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Maine

Gail Thayer, UI Director, Bureau of

Employment Security, 20 Union Street,

Augusta, ME 04330, (207) 287–2316

Maryland

Thomas S. Wendel, Exec. Director,

Unemployment Insurance Division, Dept.

of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, 1100

North Eutaw Street, Baltimore, MD 21201,

(410) 767–2464

Massachusetts

Rena Kottcamp, Director of Research, Divisin

of Employment Security, Charles F. Hurley

ES Building, Boston, MA 02114, (617) 626–

6556

Michigan

Manuel Mejia, Deputy Director, Bureau of

Audits and Investigations, Michigan

Employment Security Agency, 7310

Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI48202,

(313) 876–5906

Minnesota

Marti Hiras, QC Supervisor, Minnesota

Department of Economic Security, 390

North Robert Street, St. Paul, MN 55101,

(612) 296–5347

Mississippi

Merrill Merkle, Quality Control Unit, (601)

961–7764, or

Don Ware, UI Technical Services, (601) 961–

7752

both at:

Mississippi Employment Security Comm.,

P.O. Box 1699, Jackson, MS 39205–1699

Missouri

Marilyn A. Hutcherson, Asst. Dir.,

Unemployment Insurance, Missouri

Division of Employment Security, P.O. Box

59, Jefferson City, MO 65104, (314) 751–

3670

Montana

Rod Sager, Administrator, Dept. of Labor and

Industry Unemployment Insurance

Division, P.O. Box 1728, Helena, MT

59624, (406) 444–2723

Nebraska

Will Sheehan, Administrator, UI Benefits, or

Don Gammill, Administrator, UI Program

Evaluation

both at:

P.O. Box 94600, Lincoln, NE 68509–4600,

(402) 471–9000

Nevada

Karen Rhodes, Public Information Officer,

Department of Employment, Training, and

Rehabilitation, 500 E. Third Street, Carson

City, NV 897113, (702) 687–4620

New Hampshire

Carolyn Angle, QC Supervisor, Quality

Control Unit, NH Department of

Employment Security, 10 West Street,

Concord, NH 03301, (603) 228–4073

New Jersey

Paulette Laubsch, Assistant Commissioner,

New Jersey Department of Labor, CN 110,

Trenton, NJ 08625–0110, (609) 984–5666

New Mexico

Betty Campbell, BQC Supervisor, Quality

Control Section, New Mexico Department

of Labor, 401 Broadway NE., P.O. Box

1928, Albuquerque, NM 87103, (505) 841–

8499

New York

Ina Lawson, QC Manager, Division of Audit

& Compliance, New York State Department

of Labor, State Campus—Building 12,

Albany, NY 12240, (518) 457–3638

North Carolina

W. Howard Phillips, Supervisor, UI

Technical Support, Employment Security

Commission of NC, P.O. Box 25903,

Raleigh, NC 27611, (919) 733–4893

North Dakota

Leo Jablonski, BAM Supervisor, Job Service

North Dakota, P.O. Box 5507, Bismarck,

ND 58506–5507, (701) 328–3355

Ohio

Carolyn Clayton, QC Chief, Ohio Bureau of

Employment Services, 145 South Front

Street, P.O. Box 1618, Columbus, OH

43216, (614) 466–2681

Oklahoma

Terry W. McHale, QC Supervisor, OK

Employment Security Commission, Will

Rogers Memorial Office Bldg., 5th floor,

Oklahoma City, OK 73105, (405) 557–7206

Oregon

James Mosley, QC Supervisor, Oregon

Employment Department, 875 Union Street

N.E., Salem, OR 97311, (503) 373–7963

Pennsylvania

Pete Cope, Director, Bureau of

Unemployment Compensation, Benefits

and Allowances Division, Department of

Labor & Industry, 615 Labor and Industry

Building, Harrisburg, PA 17121, (717) 787–

3547

Puerto Rico

Carmen O. McCulloch, Assistant Secretary,

PR Dept. of Labor and Human Resources,

505 Mun ̃ oz Rivera Avenue, Hato Rey, PR

00918, (787) 754–2130

Rhode Island

Lawrence Fitch, Director, Department of

Employment Security, 24 Mason Street,

Providence, RI 02903, (401) 277–3648

South Carolina

William H. Griffin, Deputy Exec. Dir.

Unemployment Insurance, SC Employment

Security Commission, P.O. Box 995,

Columbia, SC 29202, (803) 737–2400

South Dakota

Dennis Angerhofer, Unemployment

Insurance Division, Department of Labor,

P.O. Box 4730, Aberdeen, SD 57402–4730,

(605) 622–3089

Tennessee

Ann Ridings, BQC Supervisor, Quality

Control Unit, TN Department of

Employment Security, 10th Floor,

Volunteer Plaza, 500 James Robertson

Parkway, Nashville, TN 37245–0001, (615)

741–3190

Texas

Gerald Smart, UI QC Supervisor, Texas

Workforce Commission, TWC Building,

101 E. 15th Street, Austin, TX 78778–0001,

(512) 475–1719

Utah

Robert Comfort, QC Supervisor, Dept. of

Employment Security, P.O. Box 778, Salt

Lake City, UT 84110–0778, (801) 536–7605

Vermont

Robert Herbst, Quality Control Chief, Dept. of

Employment & Training, P.O. Box 488,

Montpelier, VT 05602, (802) 828–4382

Virginia

F.W. Tucker, IV; Chief of Benefits,

Unemployment Insurance Services,

Virginia Employment Commission, P.O.

Box 1359, Richmond, VA 23211, (804)

786–3032

Washington

Teresa Morris, Director, WA Employment

Security Dept., Office of Management

Review, P.O. Box 90465, Olympia, WA

98507–9046, (206) 493–9511

West Virginia

Dennis D. Redden, Bureau of Employnment

Programs, 112 California Avenue,

Charleston, WV 25305, (304) 558–2256

Wisconsin

Chet Frederick, QC Director, WI Dept. of

Workforce Development, 201 East

Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 7905,

Madison, WI 53707, (608) 266–8260

Wyoming

Beth Nelson, Administrator, U I

Administration, P.O. Box 2760, Casper,

WY 82602, (307) 235–3254

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice.

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 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. Currently, the