Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 148 / Monday, August 3, 1998 / Notices 41297

Dated: July 27, 1998.

Robert B. Briggs,

Department Clearance Officer, U.S.

Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 98–20572 Filed 7–31–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–02–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Federal-State Unemployment

Compensation Program: Availability of

Benefit Accuracy Measurement

Program Results

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

Unemployment Insurance Benefit

Accuracy Measurement Program Data

for Calendar Year (CY) 1997.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to announce the availability of the

Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit

Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Program

Data for CY 1997, which contains the

results of each State’s BAM program,

and information on how copies may be

obtained. The BAM Annual Report data

are published as part of a UI

PERFORMS report, which also includes

data from the Benefit Timeliness and

Quality and Tax Performance System

programs. UI PERFORMS is the

Department’s management system for

promoting continuous improvement in

UI performance.

DATES: The Report will be available after

August 31, 1998.

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:

Andrew Spisak, 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

measures 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 BAM program

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, DC, on July 28,

1998.

Raymond J. Uhalde,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for

Employment and Training.

Unemployment Insurance Benefit Accuracy

Measurement State Contacts

Alabama

Bill Mauldin, Quality Assurance 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, SC 701B–4, Phoenix, AZ

85005, (602) 542–3771

Arkansas

Fred Trowell, UI Administrator, (501) 682–

3200

Or

Norma Madden, BAM Supervisor, (501) 682–

3087

Both at:

Arkansas Employment Security Dept., PO

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

Divison Employment & Training, UI

Division, 1120 Lincoln St., Suite 1490,

Denver, CO 80203, (303) 894–2272

Connecticut

Robert Obie, Director of Communications,

State of Connecticut, Department of Labor,

200 Folly Brook Boulevard, Wethersfield,

CT 06109, (860) 566–4375

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, NW, Room 511, Washington, DC

20001, (202) 724–7492

Florida

Kenneth E. Holmes, UC Director, Division of

Unemployment Compensation, Caldwell

Building, Room 201, 107 East Madison St.,

Tallahassee, FL 32399–0209, (850) 921–

3889

Georgia

Paul Crawford, Chief, Quality Assurance,

Georgia Department of Labor, Room 822,

148 International Blvd., NE., Atlanta, GA

30305–1751, (404) 656–7242

Hawaii

Douglas Odo, UI Administrator, Department

of Labor & Industrial Relations, 830

Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, HI 96813,

(808) 586–9069

Idaho

Jane Perez, QC Supervisor, Idaho Department

of Employment, 317 Main Street, Boise, ID

83735, (208) 334–6285

Illinois

Matthew Dix, QC Supervisor. Illinois

Department of Employment Security, 401

South State Street, Chicago, IL 60605, (312)

793–6222

Indiana

Sandy Jessee, QC Supervisor, Indiana Dept.

of Workforce Development, 10 North

Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204,

(317) 233–6676

Iowa

LeLoie Dutemple, Supervisor, Iowa

Workforce Development, Unemployment

Insurance Services Division, 1000 East

Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50319–

0209, (515) 281–8386

Kansas

Joseph Ybarra, Department of Human

Resources, 401 Topeka Blvd., Topeka, KS

66603, (785) 296–6313
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Kentucky

Ron Holland, Director, Div. of

Unemployment Insurance, 2nd floor East,

275 East Main Street, Frankfort, KY 40621,

(502) 564–2900

Louisiana

Marianne Sullivan, Program Compliance

Manager, Louisiana Department of Labor,

PO Box 94094–9094, Baton Rouge, LA

70804, (504) 342–7103

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,

Division of Employment Security, Charles

F. Hurley ES Building, Boston, MA 02114,

(617) 626–6556

Michigan

Manuel Mejia, Director, Bureau of Audits and

Investigations, Michigan Unemployment

Agency, 7310 Woodward Avenue, Detroit,

MI 48202, (313) 876–5906

Minnesota

Barbara Vickers, QC Supervisor, Minnesota

Department of Economic Security, 390

North Robert Street, St. Paul, MN 55101,

(612) 296–5863

Mississippi

Gary Harthcock, QC Supervisor, Quality

Control Unit, Mississippi Employment

Security Comm., PO Box 23088, Jackson,

MS 39225–3088 (601) 961–7764

Missouri

Marilyn A. Hutcherson, Acting Deputy Dir.,

Missouri Division of Employment Security,

PO Box 59, Jefferson City, MO 65104, (573)

751–3670

Montana

Ken Stephens, Dept. of Labor and Industry

Unemployment Insurance Division, P.O.

Box 1728, Helena, MT 59624, (406) 444–

2679

Nebraska

Will Sheehan, Administrator, UI Benefits

Or

Don Gammill, Administrator, UI Program

Evaluation

Both at:

PO 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 89713, (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., PO 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 Jr., Supervisor, UI

Customer Services and Technical Support,

Employment Security Commission of NC,

PO Box 25903, Raleigh, NC 27611, (919)

733–4893

North Dakota

Bill Steckler, Job Service North Dakota, PO

Box 5507, Bismarck, ND 58506–5507, (701)

328–3355

Ohio

William Anderson, Chief, Benefit Payment

Control, Ohio Bureau of Employment

Services, 145 South Front Street, PO Box

1618, Columbus, OH 43216, (614) 466–

2148

Oklahoma

Terry W. McHale, QC Supervisor, OK

Employment Security Commission, 715 S.

Service Road, Moore, OK 73160, (405) 793–

7286

Oregon

James Mosley, QC Supervisor, Oregon

Employment Department, 875 Union Street

NE., Salem, OR 97311, (503) 373–7963

Pennsylavnia

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 Otero de McCulloch, Assistant

Secretary, PR Dept. of Labor and Human

Resources, 505 Munoz 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

Leleand H. Teal, Director, UI Quality

Performance Assurance, PO Box 8117,

Columbia, SC 29202, (803) 737–3048

South Dakota

Dennis Angerhofer, Unemployment

Insurance Division, Department of Labor,

PO Box 4730, Aberdeen, SD, 57402–4730,

(605) 626–2005

Tennessee

Ann Ridings, Supervisor, UI Benefit

Accuracy Measurement Unit, TN

Department of Employment Security, Davy

Crockett Tower, 10th Floor, 500 James

Robertson Parkway, Nashville, TN 37245–

2700, (615) 741–3190

Texas

Gerald Smart, UI QC Supervisor, Texas

Workforce Commission, 101 East 15th

Street, Room 362, Austin, TX 78778–0001,

(512) 475–1719

Utah

Robert Comfort, Dept. of Employment

Security, PO Box 778, Salt Lake City, UT

84110–0778, (801) 533–9954

Vermont

Robert Herbst, Quality Control Chief, Dept. of

Employment & Training, PO 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 1358, Richmond, VA 23211, (804)

786–3032

Washington

Teresa Morris, Director, WA Employment

Security Dept., Office of Management

Review, PO Box 90465, Olympia, WA

98507–9046, (360) 493–9511

West Virginia

Dennis D. Redden, Bureau of Employment

Programs, 112 California Avenue,

Charleston, WV 25305, (304) 558–2256

Wisconsin

Chet Frederick, QC Director, WI Dept. of

Workforce Development, 201 East

Washington Avenue, PO Box 7905,

Madison, WI 53707, (608) 266–8260

Wyoming

Marian Sisneros, UI Administration, PO Box

2760, Casper, WY 82602, (307) 235–3691

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BILLING CODE 4510–30–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–98–31]

Electrical Standards for Construction;

Information Collection Requirements

ACTION: Notice, Opportunity for public

comment.

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 pubic

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

(PRA–95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This

program helps to ensure that requested