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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 104567-104568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30510]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Information Collection Activities; Comment Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance 
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. 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. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed reinstatement with change of the 
``Contingent Work Supplement (CWS) to the Current Population Survey 
(CPS)'' to be conducted in May 2025. A copy of the proposed information 
collection request can be obtained by contacting the individual listed 
below in the Addresses section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
Addresses section of this notice on or before February 21, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Erin Good, BLS Clearance Officer, Division 
of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, by email to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Good, BLS Clearance Officer, at 
202-691-7628 (this is not a toll-free number). (See ADDRESSES section.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The purpose of this request for review is for the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics (BLS) to obtain clearance for a reinstatement with change 
for the Contingent Work Supplement (CWS) to the Current Population 
Survey (CPS), which was last conducted in July 2023. The proposed CWS 
questions focus on people with contingent jobs--those that people do 
not expect to last or that are temporary--and workers in alternative 
employment arrangements, such as independent contractors, on-call

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workers, temporary help agency workers, and workers provided by 
contract firms. There are also questions to identify digital labor 
platform workers, those who obtain work or pick tasks by using a 
digital labor platform mobile application (app) or website to directly 
connect them with customers or clients and arrange payment for the 
tasks.
    Because this supplement is part of the CPS, the same detailed 
demographic information collected in the CPS will be available on 
respondents to the supplement. Comparisons will be possible across 
characteristics such as sex, race and ethnicity, age, and educational 
attainment of the respondent.
    The CWS will provide information on the number and characteristics 
of workers in contingent jobs and alternative employment arrangements 
and those using digital labor platforms. The CWS was fielded 
periodically 5 times from 1995 to 2005 and then in May 2017 and July 
2023. There is interest in more regular collection of these data to 
show how the number and characteristics of these workers are changing 
over time. The May 2025 CWS will allow researchers and policy makers to 
evaluate how the number and characteristics of these workers has 
evolved. Policy makers also can use these data to inform the design of 
regulations for different types of workers.
    BLS is proposing modest changes to the May 2025 supplement, with 
the addition of three new questions about digital labor platform work. 
These questions will provide more information about the platforms, 
including whether the app controls the price or pay and how the app is 
used to get work.

II. Current Action

    Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the 
Contingent Work Supplement to the CPS. A reinstatement with change of 
this previously approved collection, for which approval has expired, is 
needed to provide the Nation with timely information about contingent 
and alternative work arrangements.

III. Desired Focus of Comments

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics 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.
     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.
    Title of Collection: Contingent Work Supplement (CWS) to the 
Current Population Survey (CPS).
    OMB Number: 1220-0153.
    Type of Review: Reinstatement, with change.
    Affected Public: Households.
    Total Number of Respondents: 48,000.
    Frequency: Once.
    Total Responses: 48,000.
    Average Time per Response: 3 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,400 hours.
    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 also will become a 
matter of public record.

    Signed on December 17, 2024.
Eric Molina,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Branch of Policy Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2024-30510 Filed 12-20-24; 8:45 am]
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