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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 100538-100539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29217]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Unemployment Compensation for Federal 
Employees Handbook 391

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment 
and Training Administration (ETA)-sponsored information collection 
request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency 
receives on or before January 13, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Howell by telephone at 202-
693-6782, or by email at [email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The UCFE law (5 U.S.C. 8501, et seq.) 
requires state workforce agencies to administer the UCFE program in 
accordance with the same terms and provisions of the paying state's 
unemployment insurance law, which apply to unemployed claimants who 
worked in the private sector. Each state agency must be able to obtain 
certain information (wage, separation data) about each claimant filing 
claims for UCFE benefits to enable them to determine his/her 
eligibility for benefits. The Department of Labor (DOL) has prescribed 
forms to enable the state agencies to obtain this necessary information 
from the individual's Federal employing agency. Each of these forms is 
essential to the UCFE claims process and the frequency of use varies 
depending upon the circumstances involved. These are model forms which 
states may customize as needed to collect the necessary information 
required to operate the UCFE program. For additional substantive 
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the 
Federal Register on June 27, 2024 (89 FR 53653).
    Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    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 the OMB approves it 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 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-ETA.
    Title of Collection: Unemployment Compensation for Federal 
Employees Handbook 391.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0179.
    Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 565.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 72,117.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 5,410 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $1,989.

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

Michael Howell,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2024-29217 Filed 12-11-24; 8:45 am]
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