[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 91 (Thursday, May 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23951-23952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11796]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


ETA-5130 Benefit Appeals Report; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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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 
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 [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. Currently, the 
Employment and Training Administration is soliciting comments 
concerning the proposed extension collection of the ETA-5130 Benefit 
Appeals Report. A copy of the proposed information collection request 
can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee 
section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before July 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Jack Bright, Office of Workforce Security, Employment and 
Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-4516, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone number (202) 
693-3214 (this is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The ETA-5130, Benefit Appeals Report, contains information on the 
number of unemployment insurance appeals and the resultant decisions 
classified by program, appeals level, cases filed and disposed of 
(workflow), and decisions by level, appellant and issue. The data on 
this report is used by both the Regional and National Office 
Unemployment Insurance staff to monitor the benefit appeals process in 
the State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) and to develop any 
needed plans for remedial action. The data is also needed for workload 
budgeting and to determine administrative funding. If this information 
were not available, developing problems might not be discovered early 
enough to prevent the solutions from being extremely time consuming and 
costly.
    Nearly all States now collect, store and report this data with 
automated systems. Consequently, the burden hours and burden costs for 
operation and maintenance have been reduced accordingly.

II. Review Focus

    The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments 
which:
    <bullet> Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including

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whether the information will have practical utility;
    <bullet> 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;
    <bullet> Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    <bullet> 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.

III. Current Actions

    Continued collection of the ETA-5130 data will provide for 
continuous monitoring of the SESAs appellate processes and needed data 
for the budgeting and administrative funding activities. The data is 
collected monthly so that developing backlogs of undecided appeals can 
be detected as early as possible.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Benefit Appeals Report.
    OMB Number: 1205-0172.
    Agency Number: ETA-5130.
    Affected Public: State Governments.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Total Responses: 636.
    Average Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 636 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $15,900.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment request 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: May 1, 2001.
Grace A. Kilbane,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
[FR Doc. 01-11796 Filed 5-9-01; 8:45 am]
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