[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21830-21831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10971]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Service Contracts Act Occupational Employment Questionnaire

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor.

SUMMARY: The Director, Office of Information Resources Management 
Policy, invites comments on the following proposed expedited review 
information collection request as required by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1980, as amended.

DATES: This expedited review is being requested in accordance with the 
Act, since allowing for the normal review period would adversely affect 
the public interest. Approval by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) has been requested by May 3, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attention: Dan Chenok, Desk Officer, 725 17th St., NW., Room 
10235, New Executive Office Building, Wash., DC 20503. Requests for 
copies of the proposed information collection request should be 
addressed to Kenneth A. Mills, Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Room N-1301, Wash., DC 20210.

[[Page 21831]] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kenneth A. Mills, (202) 219-5095. Individuals who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY/TDY) may call (202) 219-
4720 between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through 
Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3517 of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1980 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 3517) requires that the Director of OMB 
provide interested persons an early opportunity to comment on an 
information collection request. OMB may amend or waive the requirement 
for public consultation to the extent that public participation in the 
approval process would defeat the purpose of the information 
collection, violate State or Federal law, or substantially interfere 
with the agency's ability to perform its statutory obligations. The 
Director, Office of Information Resources Management and Policy, 
publishes this notice simultaneously with the submission of this 
request to OMB. This notice contains the following information:

Agency: Employment Standards Administration

Type of Review: Expedited.
Title: Service Contract Act Occupational Employment Questionnaire.
Frequency of Response: Completed one time.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Businesses or other for 
profit; not for profit institutions; Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 5,500.
Estimated Time Per Response: 30 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,250.
Respondents Obligation To Reply: Voluntary.
Description: Section 2(a) of the Service Contract (SCA) provides that 
every contract subject to the Act contain a provision specifying the 
minimum monetary wages and fringe benefits to be paid the various 
classes or service employees performing the contract work. The 
Secretary of Labor is charged with determining the minimum monetary 
wages and fringe benefits prevailing in the locality where the contract 
work is to be performed. It is necessary to design and conduct a 
statistically reliable, one-time survey of occupational employment on 
SCA-covered contracts. Form WH-SCA will be used for this purpose. Once 
this occupational distribution has been determined, the data will be 
utilized in evaluating alternative methodologies for estimating 
prevailing health and welfare benefits for SCA-covered projects. The 
survey involves a random sample of a universe of approximately 83,000 
contracts. The Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of 
Labor, has provided the University of Tennessee with the universe of 
SCA-covered contracts, which was obtained from the Federal Procurement 
Data System for the most recent years. The University has designed and 
selected a sample of contracts by three-digit SIC, and has designed a 
questionnaire with accompanying instructions and definitions.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of April 1995.
Kenneth A. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-10971 Filed 5-2-95; 8:45 am]
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