[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 213 (Thursday, November 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 65884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28140]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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 
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 Employment and Training Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed extension of the collection of the 
State Income and Eligibility Verification provisions of the Deficit 
Reduction Act. A copy of the proposed information collection request 
(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the 
addressee section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before January 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Lorenzo Roberts, Office of Workforce Security, 200 
Constitution Ave. N.W., Room S-4231 Frances Perkins Building, 
Washington, D.C. 20210; telephone 202-219-5616, ext. 175; FAX 202-219-
8506 (these are not toll-free numbers).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 established an income and 
eligibility verification system for the exchange of information among 
State agencies administering specific programs. The programs are: Aid 
to Families with Dependent Children, Medicaid, Food Stamps, 
Supplemental Security Income, Unemployment Compensation and any State 
program approved under Title I, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security 
Act. Under the Act, programs participating must exchange information to 
the extent it is useful and productive in verifying eligibility and 
benefit amounts to assist in the child support program and the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services in verifying eligibility and 
benefit amounts under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act.

II. Review Focus

    The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments 
which:
    <bullet> 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;
    <bullet> 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;
    <bullet> Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    <bullet> 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.

III. Current Actions

    As the only continuous source of information on the Income and 
Eligibility program, the data is required to monitor and evaluate that 
program.
    Type of Review: Extension without change.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Income and Eligibility.
    OMB Number: 1205-0238.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: State Governments.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Responses: 212.
    Average Time per Response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 39388 hours.

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                                              Total                                            Total
                 Report                    respondents              Frequency                responses       Average time per response    Burden  (hrs.)
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New & additional claims................         \1\ 9.3  Annually.......................         \1\ 9.3  2 Second......................           8,388
New claims.............................         186,100  Annually.......................         186,100  10 minutes....................          31,000
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    Totals.............................       9,486,000                                        9,486,000                                         39,388
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\1\ Million.

    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): At approximately $25 per 
hour average State salary, the State burden is estimated at $984,700 
per year.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be 
summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and 
Budget approval of the information collection request; they will also 
become a matter of public record.

    Dated: October 26, 2000.
Grace A. Kilbane,
Director, Unemployment Insurance Service, Employment and Training 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-28140 Filed 11-1-00; 8:45 am]
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