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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request

ACTION: Notice.

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 other Federal agencies an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) [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 (ETA) is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

proposed collection of information on 

the Reemployment and Eligibility 

Assessment (REA) program. ETA is 

seeking Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval under the 

PRA95 to establish a system to collect 

data at the state level on REA workload 

counts and outcomes.

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section below on or before 

October 24, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Diane Wood, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Employment and 

Training Administration, Room S4231, 

200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210, Fax (202) 693–

3975; e-mail: wood.diane@dol.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Diane Wood, telephone: (202) 693–3212 

(this is not a toll-free number); Fax (202) 

693–3975, e-mail: wood.diane@dol.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Funds were awarded to 21 states in 

FY 2005 to implement REA initiatives. 

The REA guidelines require that these 

funds be used to conduct in-person 

assessments in the One-Stop Career 

Centers. The REA must include a UI 

continued eligibility review, the 

provision of labor market information, 

development of a work-search plan and 

referral to reemployment services and/

or training, as appropriate. The 

guidelines require that participation 

exclude those claimants who have a 

specific return-to-work date or who 

secure employment solely through a 

union hiring hall. 

II. Review Focus 

The Department of Labor is 

particularly interested in comments 

which: 

• Assess whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for evaluation of the REA program, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of ETA’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 submissions 

of responses.

III. Current Actions 

ETA proposes to require state 

workforce agencies (SWAs) that 

implement REA initiatives to report 

quarterly data for REA grants beginning 

in FY 2006. This will provide the only 

continuous source of information about 

the effectiveness of REAs and is 

necessary to monitor the program. 

SWAs submitting proposals for FY 2006 

funding will be advised of the reporting 

requirements and report formats prior to 

the development of their proposal. 

The Department proposes collecting 

the following data elements for 

Reemployment and Eligibility 

Assessments (REAs). The quarterly 

activity report will be due at the end of 

each quarter and will reflect the REAs 

scheduled during the report quarter. 

The ETA 9060—Reemployment and 

Eligibility Assessments Workloads 

report includes the following 23 

elements. 

1. Number of claimants scheduled for 

their first REA—The sum of all 

claimants who were scheduled for their 

first REA of their current benefit year 

during the report quarter. 

2. Number of REAs scheduled—This 

includes all REAs for which an official 

notice was sent to the claimant 

instructing them to report to the OneStop Career Center. It includes both 

those scheduled REAs for which the 

claimant reported as directed and those 

scheduled REAs for which the claimant 

failed to report. It does not include 

those REAs which the claimant 

cancelled in advance and which were 

rescheduled with no disqualification. 

3. Number of REAs completed—This 

number includes all completed REAs to 

which the claimant reported as directed. 

It includes REAs that were conducted 

for claimants who were rescheduled for 

an REA after missing an appointment. 

4. Number of claimants reporting to 

reemployment services or training. For 

each REA, claimants should be reported 

in only one service category in items 

number 5, 6, and 7 below, based on the 

highest level of services received with 

core services as the lowest level and 

training as the highest. Core services, 

intensive services and training are 

defined in accordance with state 

definitions consistent with the WagnerPeyser Act, the Workforce Investment 

Act or other applicable legislation. 

5. Number of claimants reporting to 

core reemployment services as a result 

of an REA. 

6. Number of claimants reporting to 

intensive reemployment services as a 

result of an REA. 

7. Number of claimants reporting to 

training as a result of an REA.

8. Number of completed REAs 

resulting in a disualification or 

established overpayments. This number 

includes all claimants for whom a 

nonmonetary determination has been 

issued holding them ineligible under 

any provision of state law. Claimants 

may be reported in more than one of the 

following categories: 

9. Number of completed REAs 

resulting in a disqualification for a 

separation issue. 

10. Number of completed REAs 

resulting in a disqualification for an able 

and available issue. 

11. Number of completed REAs 

resulting in a disqualification for a 

disqualifying or deductible issue. 

12. Number of completed REAs 

resulting in a disqualification for a 

refusal of suitable work issue. 

13. Number of completed REAs 

resulting in a disqualification for an 

issue not covered in categories #9–12. 

14. Number of completed REAs 

resulting in a establishment of an 

overpayment. 

15. Dollar amount of overpayments 

established in item #14. 

16. Number of REAs for which the 

claimant failed to report. 

This number includes those claimants 

who were sent an official notice to 

report for an REA, and who did not 

report as directed. It includes claimants 

who failed to report and who were 

subsequently rescheduled for an REA at 

a different time. It does not include

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REAs that were cancelled in advance by 

the claimant and for which no 

disqualification was issued. 

17. Number of REAs for which the 

claimant failed to report (reported in 

#16) and which were rescheduled 

without disqualification. 

18. Number of REAs for which the 

claimant failed to report (reported in 

#16) which resulted in the claimant 

being disqualified for failure to meet a 

reporting requirement. 

19. Number of REAs for which the 

claimant failed to report (reported in 

#16) which resulted in the claimant 

being disqualified for an issue other 

than failure to meet a reporting 

requirement. 

20. Number of overpayments 

established as a result of failure to 

report (reported in #16). 

21. Dollar amount of overpayments 

established as a result of failure to 

report (reported in #20). 

22. Number of REAs for which the 

claimant failed to report (reported in 

#16) which did not result in either a 

rescheduling or a disqualification 

because the claimant stopped claiming 

UI.

23. Number of claimants reported in 

#22 who were identified as having 

returned to work (if available). 

The ETA 9061—Reemployment and 

Eligibility Assessments Outcomes report 

includes the following 16 elements. It 

will be submitted for the following two 

groups of claimants who filed a claim 

and established a UI benefit year in the 

report quarter. The outcome report 

would be due in the fifth quarter 

following the report quarter, after the 

benefit year has ended. As part of a 

state’s submission for an REA grant, a 

description of how the state will select 

a comparison group, group 1 below, will 

be required and scored. 

1. Claimants in a state-defined 

comparison group. This group should 

consist of the universe of claimants who 

were in the target group from which 

REA participants could have been 

selected for an REA but were not 

selected. The claimants in this group 

should have characteristics as similar as 

possible to the selected REA participant 

group. The following data elements will 

be collected: 

a. Number of claimants who filed a 

claim and established a UI benefit year 

in the report quarter. 

b. Total weeks compensated. This 

number is the total weeks of benefits 

paid for those claimants reports in item 

a. above during their respective benefit 

years. This number includes weeks of 

partial payments. 

c. Total benefits paid. This number is 

the total dollar amount of benefits paid 

to those claimants reported in item a. 

above during their respective benefit 

years. This number includes weeks of 

partial payments. 

d. Number of disqualifications for 

claimants in the group. This may 

include multiple disqualifications for 

individuals. 

e. The number of claimants 

exhausting benefits. 

f. Number of claimants reemployed 

within the benefit year, based of the 

National or State Directories of New 

Hires. 

g. For those reemployed, average time 

from date of initial claim to date of 

reemployment. 

h. The amount of overpayments 

established. 

2. Claimants who were scheduled for 

at least one REA during the benefit year. 

a. Number of claimants who filed a 

claim and established a UI benefit year 

in the report quarter.

b. Total weeks compensated. This 

number is the total weeks of benefits 

paid for those claimants reported in 

item a. above during their respective 

benefit years. This number includes 

weeks of partial payments. 

c. Total benefits paid. This number is 

the total dollar amount of benefits paid 

to those claimants reported in item a. 

above during their respective benefit 

years. This number includes weeks of 

partial payments. 

d. Number of disqualifications for 

claimants in the group. This may 

include multiple disqualifications for 

individuals. 

e. The number of claimants 

exhausting benefits. 

f. Number of claimants reemployed 

within the benefit year, based on the 

National or State Directories of New 

Hires. 

g. For those reemployed, average time 

from date of initial claim to date of 

reemployment. 

h. The amount of overpayments 

established. 

Due Dates for REA Reports 

Reporting of the ETA 9060 will begin 

one year prior to the ETA 9061. States 

will electronically transmit the reports 

to ETA according to the following 

schedule. All workload counts are due 

on the 20th day of the second month 

following the end of the calendar 

quarter to coincide with other ETA 

reporting requirements. Outcomes 

reports are due on the same calendar 

quarter schedule in the following year.

ETA 9060—REEMPLOYMENT AND

ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT WORKLOAD

Quarter in which the 

REA is scheduled Report due to ETA by 

1st quarter (January 

to March).

May 20. 

2nd quarter (April to 

June).

August 20. 

3rd quarter (July to 

September).

November 20. 

4th quarter (October 

to December).

February 20. 

ETA 9061—REEMPLOYMENT AND

ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT OUTCOMES

Quarter in which the 

benefit years begin Report due to ETA by 

1st quarter (January 

to March).

May 20. 

2nd quarter (April to 

June).

August 20. 

3rd quarter (July to 

September).

November 20. 

4th quarter (October 

to December).

February 20. 

ETA will provide resources to the 

states for startup and operational costs 

for the first year of data collection as 

described in the burden cost sections 

below. 

Type of Review: New. 

Agency: Employment and Training 

Administration. 

Title: Reemployment and Eligibility 

Assessments. 

Agency Number: ETA 9060—

Reemployment and Eligibility 

Assessments Workload and ETA 9061—

Reemployment and Eligibility 

Assessments outcomes.

Record Keeping: States are required to 

follow their state laws regarding public 

records retention for this proposed data 

collection system. 

Affected Public: State Workforce 

Agencies (SWAs). 

Total Respondents: 53 state agencies. 

Frequency: Quarterly. 

Total Responses: 424. 

Average Time per Responses: SWA 

staff .5 hours. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,120 

hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$371,000 53 SWAs at $7,000 each. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): $79,000 (annual) 53 

SWAs at $1,500 per SWA. 

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.

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Dated: August 17, 2005. 

Emily Stover DeRocco, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration.

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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 

ADMINISTRATION 

Notice of Establishment 

The Archivist of the United States has 

determined that the establishment of the 

Advisory Committee on Electronic 

Records Archives is necessary and is in 

the public interest in connection with 

the President’s Management Agenda’s egovernment initiatives. This committee 

will comply with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2). 

This Committee shall advise the 

Archivist of the United States on 

technical, mission, and service issues 

related to the Electronic Records 

Archives (ERA). It will advise and make 

recommendations to the Archivist on 

issues related to the development, 

implementation, and use of the ERA 

system. 

The Committee will be composed of 

not more that 20 voting members 

considered having particular expertise, 

knowledge and experience in electronic 

records. Members will be appointed by 

the Archivist of the United States. 

Unless renewed by appropriate action 

prior to its expiration, the Charter for 

the Advisory Committee on the 

Electronic Records Archives will expire 

two years from the date of 

establishment.

Dated: August 17, 2005. 

Mary Ann Hadyka, 

Committee Management Officer.

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND HUMANITIES 

Proposed Collection, Comment 

Request, Current Characteristics of 

Sample Public Library Summer 

Reading Programs

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services.

ACTION: Notice, request for comments, 

submission for emergency OMB 

approval. 

SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and 

Library Services, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and federal agencies to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing collections of information in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 

U.S.C. 3508 (2)(A)]. This pre-clearance 

comment opportunity 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 or respondents 

can be properly assessed. The Institute 

of Museum and Library Services is 

currently soliciting comments 

concerning its planned collection of 

data to support discussion of current 

public library evaluation practices for 

summer reading programs. 

A copy of the proposed information 

collection request can be obtained by 

contacting the individual 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 

September 19, 2005. 

IMLS is particularly interested in 

comments that help the agency to: 

• 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 collocation 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 submissions of responses.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Karen 

Motylewski, Evaluation Officer, 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, 

NW., 9th floor, Washington, DC 20036–

5841. Ms. Motylewski can be reached on 

telephone: 202–653–4686; Fax: 202–

653–4625; or by e-mail at 

kmotylewski@imls.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Background: The Institute of Museum 

and Library Services is charged with 

strengthening library services for the 

benefit of the public. Under the 

authority of the Library Services and 

Technology Act IMLS provides formulabased funds to each of the 50 state 

library administrative agencies (SLAAs). 

Public library summer reading programs 

are common to all SLAAs and most of 

the nation’s approximately 9,100 local 

libraries. These programs are important 

resources for education in the United 

States and promote the vision of a 

society in which learning is seen as a 

community-wide responsibility 

supported by both formal and informal 

educational entities. While there is 

strong conviction in the library field 

that public library summer programs 

foster reading skills, public libraries 

collect little evaluative data. 

Under its convening authority IMLS 

will bring together 33 state and public 

library professionals on September 8–9 

to explore current evaluation practice 

for public library summer reading 

programs and to identify a small 

number of common proxy measures for 

the outcomes of library summer reading 

programs. These measures will be 

piloted in a Web-based data collection 

and management resource for libraries 

in summer 2006. 

II. Current Actions 

Agency: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services. 

Title: Current Characteristics of 

Sample Public Library Summer Reading 

Programs 

OMB Number: n/a. 

Agency Number: 3137. 

Frequency: One time. 

Affected Public: State Library 

Administrative Agencies and Public 

Libraries. 

Number of Respondents: 33. 

Estimate Time Per Respondent: 10 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 5.5. 

Total Annualized capital/startup 

costs: 0. 

Total Annual costs: $1500.00. 

Contact: Send comments to Karen 

Motylewski, Evaluation Officer, 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services, 1800 M Street, NW., 9th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20036–5841. Ms. 

Motylewski can be reached on 

telephone: 202–653–4686; Fax: 202–

653–4625; or by e-mail at 

kmotylewski@imls.gov.

Dated: August 19, 2005. 

Barbara G. Smith, 

E-Projects Officer, Office of Research and 

Technology, Authorized Liaison Officer to the 

Federal Register on behalf of the Institute 

of Museum and Library Services.

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