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Federal agencies to develop annual and 

strategic performance plans that 

establish performance goals, have 

concrete indicators of the extent that 

goals are achieved, and set performance 

targets. Each year, the agency is to issue 

a report that ‘‘evaluate[s] the 

performance plan for the current fiscal 

year relative to the performance 

achieved toward the performance goals 

in the fiscal year covered by the report.’’ 

DOL emphasizes the importance of 

complete and accurate information for 

program monitoring and improving 

program performance ‘‘. . . as a 

framework for agencies to communicate 

progress in achieving their missions.’’ 

(OMB Circular A–11, Section 15.5). 

The UI DV program employs a refined 

and automated approach to review 363 

elements reported on 15 UI Benefits 

reports and 1 UI Tax report. DOL uses 

many of these elements for key 

performance measures and workload 

analysis. The validation process 

assesses the accuracy of the counts of 

transactions. Guided by a detailed 

handbook, the state UI agency first 

constructs extract files containing all 

pertinent individual transactions for the 

desired report period to be validated. 

These transactions are grouped into 16 

UI Benefits and 5 UI Tax populations. 

Each transaction record contains the 

necessary characteristics or dimensions 

that enable it to be summed into an 

independent recount of what the state 

has already reported. DOL provides 

state agencies with software that edits 

the extract file (to identify and remove 

duplicate transactions and improperly 

built records, for example), then 

aggregates the transactions to produce 

an independent reconstruction or 

‘‘validation count’’ of the reported 

figure. The reported count is considered 

valid by this ‘‘quantity’’ validation test 

if it is within plus or minus two percent 

of the validation count (plus or minus 

one percent for a GPRA-related 

element). 

The software also draws samples of 

most transaction types from the extract 

files. Guided by a state-specific 

handbook, the validators review these 

sample records against documentation 

in the state’s management information 

system to determine whether the 

transactions in the extract file are 

supported by system documentation. 

This qualitative check determines 

whether the state management 

information system accurately reflects 

data elements of UI transactions. The UI 

Benefits extract files are considered to 

pass this ‘‘quality’’ review if random 

samples indicate that no more than five 

percent of the records contain errors. 

The UI Tax extract files are subjected to 

different ‘‘quality’’ tests. An extract file 

of a population is considered valid only 

if the reported count differs from the 

reconstructed (validation) count by no 

more than the appropriate criterion of 

plus or minus two percent or plus or 

minus one percent and the samples of 

transactions have satisfied all quality 

tests. 

For Federal fiscal years 2011 and 

beyond, all states are required to 

conduct a complete validation every 

three years. In the following three cases, 

the three-year rule does not apply and 

a re-validation must occur within one 

year: (1) groups of reported counts that 

are summed for purposes of making a 

Pass/Fail determination and do not pass 

validation by being within plus or 

minus two percent of the reconstructed 

counts or the extract file does not pass 

all quality tests; (2) the validation 

applies to the two UI Benefits 

populations and one UI Tax population 

used for GPRA measures; and (3) reports 

are produced by new reporting software 

following a state’s information 

technology modernization effort. Every 

year, states must also certify that 

Module 3, the state specific validation 

manual of the UI Benefits and UI Tax 

information systems, are up to date. 

Section 303(a)(6) of the Social Security 

Act authorizes this information 

collection. 

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 it is 

approved by OMB under the PRA 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 Control Number. See 5 CFR 

1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

provide comments to the contact shown 

in the ADDRESSES section. Comments 

must be written to receive 

consideration, and they will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval of the final ICR. In 

order to help ensure appropriate 

consideration, comments should OMB 

Control No. 1205–0431. 

Submitted comments will also be a 

matter of public record for this ICR and 

posted on the internet, without 

redaction. DOL encourages commenters 

not to include personally identifiable 

information, confidential business data, 

or other sensitive statements/ 

information in any comments. 

DOL 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; and 

• 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 submission 

of responses). 

Agency: DOL–ETA. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

changes. 

Title of Collection: Unemployment 

Insurance (UI) Data Validation (DV). 

Form: ETA Handbooks 361. 

OMB Control Number: 1205–0431. 

Affected Public: State Workforce 

Agencies. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

53. 

Frequency: Varies. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

53. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: Varies. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 23,644 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Cost 

Burden: $0. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). 

Jose ́ Javier Rodrı ́guez, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training, Labor. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Nonmonetary Determination Activity 

Report 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor’s 

(DOL) Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA) is soliciting 

comments concerning proposed 


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revisions and extension for the authority 

to conduct the information collection 

request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Nonmonetary 

Determination Activities Report.’’ This 

comment request is part of continuing 

Departmental efforts to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

written comments received by March 

17, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation, 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden, 

may be obtained free by contacting 

Kristen Santos by telephone at 617– 

788–0148 (this is not a toll-free 

number). For persons with a hearing or 

speech disability who need assistance to 

use the telephone system, please dial 

711 to access telecommunications relay 

services. 

Submit written comments about, or 

requests for a copy of, this ICR by mail 

or courier to the U.S. Department of 

Labor, Employment and Training 

Administration, Room S–4524, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20210; by email: OUI-PRA@dol.gov; 

or by fax: 202–693–3975. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Congious by telephone at 202–693–0763 

(this is not a toll-free number) or by 

email at OUI-PRA@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOL, as 

part of continuing efforts to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing collections of information 

before submitting them to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for final 

approval. This program helps to ensure 

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 can be properly assessed. 

The Secretary of Labor, under the 

Social Security Act, title III, section 302 

(42 U.S.C. 502), funds the necessary cost 

of proper and efficient administration of 

each state Unemployment Insurance 

(UI) law. The ETA 207, Nonmonetary 

Determination Activities Report, 

contains State data on the number and 

types of adjudicated issues concerning 

UI benefits eligibility determined by the 

states. It also has data on the number of 

disqualifications that are issued for 

reasons associated with a claimant’s 

separation from employment and 

reasons related to a claimant’s 

continuing eligibility for benefits. 

These data are used by ETA’s Office 

of Unemployment Insurance (OUI) to 

determine workload counts for the 

allocation of administrative funds, to 

analyze the ratio of disqualifications to 

determinations, and to examine and 

evaluate the program effect of 

nonmonetary activities. 

DOL is proposing revisions to the 

ETA 207 Report and considers these 

proposed revisions to be ‘‘provisions 

. . . necessary to assure the correctness 

and verification’’ of the reports 

submitted by states. These proposed 

changes include creating new 

definitions (e.g., alien benefit year 

availability, work search), delineating 

issues previously grouped together (e.g., 

able and available, actively seeking 

work), delineating issues previously 

reported in the ‘‘Other’’ category (e.g., 

reasonable assurance, alien able and 

available, unemployment status, 

seasonal work, removal of all or part of 

a disqualification, etc.), and expanding 

terms and definitions to promote 

accuracy of and visibility into state 

adjudication reporting activities. 

Requiring states to report these issues in 

separate categories should have minimal 

additional impact as the information is 

already maintained and reported by the 

states per prior ICRs for the ETA 207 

report. 

The revised 207 report also proposes 

the collection of demographic 

information on each determination 

issued, which includes the claimant’s 

race or ethnicity, sex and/or gender, and 

level of educational attainment, 

following the definitions established in 

ETA 203 Report titled ‘‘Distributions of 

Characteristics of the Insured 

Unemployed’’ under OMB control 

number 1205–0009. 

Section 303(a)(6) of the Social 

Security Act specifies that for State UI 

programs to be certified to receive 

administrative funding, the State’s law 

must include provisions for ‘‘making of 

such reports . . . as the Secretary of 

Labor may from time to time require, 

and compliance with such provisions as 

the Secretary may from time to time find 

necessary to assure the correctness and 

verification of such reports.’’ 42 U.S.C. 

503(a)(6) of the Social Security Act 

authorizes this information collection. 

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 it is 

approved by OMB under the PRA 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. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) 

and 1320.6. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

provide comments to the contact shown 

in the ADDRESSES section. Comments 

must be written to receive 

consideration, and they will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval of the final ICR. In 

order to help ensure appropriate 

consideration, comments should 

mention OMB 1205–0150. 

Submitted comments will also be a 

matter of public record for this ICR and 

posted on the internet, without 

redaction. DOL encourages commenters 

not to include personally identifiable 

information, confidential business data, 

or other sensitive statements/ 

information in any comments. 

DOL 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; and 

• 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 submission 

of responses). 

Agency: DOL—ETA. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title of Collection: Nonmonetary 

Determination Activities Report. 

Forms: ETA 207, Regular and 

Extended Benefits reports. 

OMB Control Number: 1205–0150. 

Affected Public: State Workforce 

Agencies. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

53. 

Frequency: Quarterly. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

424. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: 4 hours per response. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,696. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Cost 

Burden: $0. 


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Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). 

Jose ́ Javier Rodrı ́guez, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training, Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00662 Filed 1–14–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Work 

Application/Job Order Recordkeeping 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor’s 

(DOL) Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA) is soliciting 

comments concerning a proposed 

extension for the authority to conduct 

the information collection request (ICR) 

titled, ‘‘Work Application/Job Order 

Recordkeeping.’’ This comment request 

is part of continuing Departmental 

efforts to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

written comments received by March 

17, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation, 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden, 

may be obtained free by contacting 

Heather Fleck by telephone at 202–693– 

2956 (this is not a toll-free number) or 

email at fleck.heather@dol.gov. For 

persons with a hearing or speech 

disability who need assistance to use 

the telephone system, please dial 711 to 

access telecommunications relay 

services. 

Submit written comments about, or 

requests for a copy of, this ICR by mail 

or courier to the U.S. Department of 

Labor, Employment and Training 

Administration, Office of Workforce 

Investment; 200 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Room S–4209, Washington, DC 20210, 

Attn. Heather Fleck; or by email to 

fleck.heather.dol.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heather Fleck by telephone at 202–693– 

2956 (this is not a toll-free number) or 

by email at fleck.heather@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOL, as 

part of continuing efforts to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing collections of information 

before submitting them to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for final 

approval. This program helps to ensure 

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 can be properly assessed. 

This ICR collects the required 

information for work applications and 

job order recordkeeping. The exact 

information collected is determined by 

the state. At a minimum, the 

information to be collected is that which 

enables the state to comply with 

regulations under 20 CFR 652 and the 

Wagner-Peyser Act. 

In October 2022, OMB approved the 

ICR, OMB control number 1205–0001, 

that allows the Department of Labor to 

collect information from states 

pertaining to work applications and job 

orders and their retention of that data. 

OMB granted approval for the ICR 

through October 31, 2025. 29 U.S.C. 49 

(The Wagner-Peyser Act) authorizes this 

information collection. 

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 it is 

approved by OMB under the PRA 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 Control Number. See 5 CFR 

1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

provide comments to the contact shown 

in the ADDRESSES section. Comments 

must be written to receive 

consideration, and they will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval of the final ICR. In 

order to help ensure appropriate 

consideration, comments should 

mention OMB control number 1205– 

0001. 

Submitted comments will also be a 

matter of public record for this ICR and 

posted on the internet, without 

redaction. DOL encourages commenters 

not to include personally identifiable 

information, confidential business data, 

or other sensitive statements/ 

information in any comments. 

DOL 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; and 

• 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 submission 

of responses). 

Agency: DOL–ETA. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

changes. 

Title of Collection: Work Application/ 

Job Order Recordkeeping. 

Form: N/A. 

OMB Control No.: 1205–0001. 

Affected Public: State, Local, and 

Tribal Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

52. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

52. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: 8 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 416 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Cost 

Burden: $0. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). 

Jose ́ Javier Rodrı`guez, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training, Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00808 Filed 1–14–25; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Alien 

Claims Activity Report 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

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. 


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