7604 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 29 / Monday, February 13, 2012 / Notices 

number (202)–693–3008 (this is not a 

toll-free number) or by email: 

gibbons.scott@dol.gov. 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 2nd day of 

February 2012. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3251 Filed 2–10–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice of a Change in Status of the 

Payable Periods in the Emergency 

Unemployment Compensation 2008 

(EUC08) Program for Alaska 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

change in status of the payable periods 

in the Emergency Unemployment 

Compensation 2008 (EUC08) program 

for Alaska. 

Public law 112–78 extended 

provisions in Public Law 111–92 which 

amended prior laws to create a Third 

and Fourth Tier of benefits within the 

EUC08 program for qualified 

unemployed workers claiming benefits 

in high unemployment states. The 

Department of Labor produces a trigger 

notice indicating which states qualify 

for EUC08 benefits within Tiers Three 

and Four and provides the beginning 

and ending dates of payable periods for 

each qualifying state. The trigger notice 

covering state eligibility for the EUC08 

program can be found at: http:// 

ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/ 

claims_arch.asp. 

The following change has occurred 

since the publication of the last notice 

regarding the State’s EUC08 status: 

• Alaska’s 13-week insured 

unemployment rate for the week ending 

January 7, 2012, rose to meet the 6% 

threshold to trigger ‘‘on’’ to Tier 4 of the 

EUC08 program. The payable period for 

Alaska in Tier Four of EUC08 began 

January 22, 2012. As a result, the 

current maximum potential entitlement 

for claimants in Alaska in the EUC08 

program will increase from 47 weeks to 

53 weeks. 

Information for Claimants 

The duration of benefits payable in 

the EUC program, and the terms and 

conditions under which they are 

payable, are governed by Public Laws 

110–252, 110–449, 111–5, 111–92, 111– 

118, 111–144, 111–157, 111–205, 111– 

312, and 112–78, and the operating 

instructions issued to the states by the 

U.S. Department of Labor. Persons who 

believe they may be entitled to 

additional benefits under the EUC08 

program, or who wish to inquire about 

their rights under the program, should 

contact their State Workforce Agency. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Gibbons, 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) 693–3008 (this is not a 

toll-free number) or by email: 

gibbons.scott@dol.gov. 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 2nd day of 

February, 2012. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3253 Filed 2–10–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice Requesting Public Comment on 

Two Proposed Unemployment 

Insurance (UI) Program Performance 

Measures To Meet Requirements in the 

Improper Payments Elimination and 

Recovery Act of 2010 (IPERA) 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(Department) is seeking public comment 

on two proposed UI Performs Core 

Measures for UI Integrity: (1) UI 

Improper Payments; and (2) UI 

Overpayment Recovery. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addresses section below on or before 

March 14, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted to the address specified 

below. All comments will be made 

available to the public. Warning: Do not 

include any personally identifiable 

information (such as name, address, or 

other contact information) or 

confidential business information that 

you do not want publically disclosed. 

All comments may be posted on the 

Internet and can be retrieved by most 

Internet search engines. Comments may 

be submitted anonymously. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov, identified by 

Docket ID Number ETA–2012–0001. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Please submit all written comments 

(including disk and CD–ROM 

submissions) to Mr. Andrew Spisak, 

U.S. Department of Labor, ETA/Office of 

Unemployment Insurance, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Room S– 

4524, Washington, DC 20210. Be 

advised that mail delivery in the 

Washington, DC area may be delayed 

due to security concerns. Handdelivered comments will be received at 

the above address. All overnight mail 

will be considered to be hand-delivered 

and must be received at the designated 

place by the date specified above. 

Please submit your comments by only 

one method. The Department will not 

review comments received by means 

other than those listed above or that are 

received after the comment period has 

closed. The Department will post all 

comments received on http://www.

regulations.gov without making any 

change to the comments, including any 

personal information provided. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is a 

Federal portal, and all comments posted 

there are available and accessible to the 

public. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

IPERA [Pub. L. 111–204 (31 U.S.C. 

3321 note)] amended the Improper 

Payments Information Act of 2002 

(IPIA) [Pub. L. 107–300 (31 U.S.C. 3321 

note)] and established several criteria 

that Federal agencies must meet in order 

to be in compliance with the law. 

According to section 3(a)(3) of IPERA: 

The term ‘compliance’ means that the 

agency (F) has reported an improper payment 

rate of less than 10 percent for each program 

and activity for which an estimate was 

published under section 2(b) of the Improper 

Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 

3321 note). 

For the 2010 IPIA reporting period, 

the Department reported an improper 

payment rate of 11.2 percent (10.6 

percent overpayment rate and 0.6 

percent underpayment rate) in its Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2010 Agency Financial Report 

(AFR), p. 179, (http://www.dol.gov/_sec/ 

media/reports/annual2010/

2010annualreport.pdf). For the 2011 

IPIA reporting period, the Department 

reported an improper payment rate of 

12.0 percent (11.35 percent 

overpayment rate and 0.65 percent 

underpayment rate) in its FY 2011 AFR, 

p. 204 (http://www.dol.gov/_sec/media/ 


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