11380 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 50 / Tuesday, March 17, 2009 / Notices 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $0. 

Description: These surveys are 

designed to collect data from service 

providers and employers. For each 

provider, we will collect Point of 

Contact (POC) information and 

information about the types of clients 

the provider serves. We also request 

information about the size of the 

provider organization, whether a fee is 

charged for placement services, and 

employer references. For each employer, 

we will collect information about the 

number of employees, geographic 

location, industry, specific jobs offered, 

and Point of Contact (POC) information. 

The Employer Survey and Provider 

Survey will collect quantitative data on 

participants’ levels of satisfaction with 

individual service elements and their 

satisfaction with the service as a whole. 

The surveys will also solicit free-text 

comments from participants regarding 

the service. We will present survey data 

in the aggregate for all Employers and 

Providers. We will combine survey data 

with system-generated data reports 

containing demographic data for the 

sample groups as well as performance 

data for the Call Center. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 11th day of 

March 2009. 

John R. Davey, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–5688 Filed 3–16–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request on the ETA 5159, Claims and 

Payment Activities; Comment Request 

for Extension Without Change 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

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 collection 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. 

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 or by 

accessing: http://www.doleta.gov/ 

OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addressee section below on or before 

May 18, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Scott 

Gibbons, U.S. Department of Labor, 

Employment and Training 

Administration, Office of Workforce 

Security, 200 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Frances Perkins Bldg. Room S– 

4531, Washington, DC 20210, telephone 

number (202)–693–3308 (this is not a 

toll-free number) or by e-mail: 

gibbons.scott@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The ETA 5159 report contains 

information on claims activities 

including the number of initial claims, 

first payments, weeks claimed, weeks 

compensated, benefit payments and 

final payments. 

These data are used in budgetary and 

administrative planning, program 

evaluation, actuarial and program 

research, and reports to Congress and 

the public. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

Currently, the Employment and 

Training Administration is soliciting 

comments concerning the proposed 

extension of the ETA 5159, Claims and 

Payment Activites report. Comments are 

requested to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary to 

describe claims and payment activities, 

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 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 

This is a request for OMB approval 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) for 

continuing an existing collection of 

information previously approved and 

assigned OMB Control No. 1205–0010. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Agency: Employment and Training 

Administration 

Title: Claims and Payment Activities. 

OMB Number: 1205–0010. 

Agency Number: ETA 5159. 

Affected Public: State Government. 

Cite/Reference/Form/etc: ETA 5159. 

Total Respondents: 53. 

Frequency: Monthly. 

Total Responses: 636. 

Average Time per Response: 2 hours. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1272 

hours per year. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice 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: March 11, 2009. 

Cheryl Atkinson, 

Administrator, Office of Workforce Security. 

[FR Doc. E9–5673 Filed 3–16–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

The Advisory Committee on Veterans’ 

Employment, Training and Employer 

Outreach (ACVETEO); Notice of 

Cancellation of Open Meeting 

The quarterly the Advisory 

Committee on Veterans’ Employment, 

Training and Employer Outreach 

(ACVETEO) meeting scheduled for 

Friday, March 20, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. 

to 3:30 p.m., at the Omni Hotel, 401 

Chestnut Street, second floor meeting 

room, Philadelphia, PA, has been 

postponed until further notice. 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 11th day of 

March 2009. 

John M. McWilliam, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Veterans’ 

Employment and Training Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–5659 Filed 3–16–09; 8:45 am] 

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