60866 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 195 / Wednesday, October 8, 2014 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Quarterly 

Census of Employment and Wages 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) sponsored information 

collection request (ICR) titled, 

‘‘Quarterly Census of Employment and 

Wages,’’ to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval for continued use, without 

change, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Public 

comments on the ICR are invited. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that agency receives 

on or before November 7, 2014. 

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 of charge from the 

RegInfo.gov Web site at http:// 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/

PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201406-1220-001 

(this link will only become active on the 

day following publication of this notice) 

or by contacting Michel Smyth by 

telephone at 202–693–4129, TTY 202– 

693–8064, (these are not toll-free 

numbers) or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Submit comments about this request 

by mail or courier to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL–BLS, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202– 

395–5806 (this is not a toll-free 

number); or by email: OIRA_

submission@omb.eop.gov. Commenters 

are encouraged, but not required, to 

send a courtesy copy of any comments 

by mail or courier to the U.S. 

Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Attn: 

Departmental Information Compliance 

Management Program, Room N1301, 

200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210; or by email: 

DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

For Further Information: Contact 

Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693– 

4129, TTY 202–693–8064, (these are not 

toll-free numbers) or by email at DOL_

PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR 

seeks to extend PRA authority for the 

Quarterly Census of Employment and 

Wages (QCEW) information collection. 

The BLS uses QCEW data provided by 

State Workforce Agencies as a sampling 

frame for establishment surveys; for 

publishing accurate current estimates of 

employment for the U.S., States, 

counties, and metropolitan areas; and 

for publishing quarterly census totals of 

local establishment counts, 

employment, and wages. The Bureau of 

Economic Analysis uses the data to 

produce accurate personal income data 

in a timely matter for the U.S., States, 

and local areas. Finally, the data is 

critical to the Employment Training 

Administration in administrating 

unemployment insurance programs. 

This information collection is 

authorized by the Act establishing the 

BLS (codified at 29 U.S.C. 1, 2) and 

Wagner-Peyser Act, as Amended section 

15 (see 29 U.S.C. 491–2). 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by the OMB under the PRA 

and displays a currently valid OMB 

Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information that does not 

display a valid Control Number. See 5 

CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL 

obtains OMB approval for this 

information collection under Control 

Number 1220–0012. 

OMB authorization for an ICR cannot 

be for more than three (3) years without 

renewal, and the current approval for 

this collection is scheduled to expire on 

October 31, 2014. The DOL seeks to 

extend PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) more 

years, without any change to existing 

requirements. The DOL notes that 

existing information collection 

requirements submitted to the OMB 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. For 

additional substantive information 

about this ICR, see the related notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

May 22, 2014 (79 FR 29455). 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs at 

the address shown in the ADDRESSES

section within thirty (30) days of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. In order to help ensure 

appropriate consideration, comments 

should mention OMB Control Number 

1220–0012. The OMB 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; 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: DOL–BLS. 

Title of Collection: Quarterly Census 

of Employment and Wages. 

OMB Control Number: 1220–0012. 

Affected Public: State, Local, and 

Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 53. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 212. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

992,160 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

Dated: October 2, 2014. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24010 Filed 10–7–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

Online Outreach Training Program, FY 

2014 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of Competition and 

Request for Proposals (RFP) for Online 

OSHA Outreach Training Program 

Providers. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces, in 

abstract format, a request for proposals 

to deliver 10-hour and 30-hour Outreach 

Training Program courses, on behalf of 

OSHA, in the construction industry, 

general industry, maritime industry, and 

targeted training for young workers, in 

an online format. 


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