[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 184 (Friday, September 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 55922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19015]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

September 14, 2005.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public 
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 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of 
this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by 
contacting Darrin King on 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) 
or e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#492220272e672d283b3b2027092d2625672e263f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aec5c7c0c980cacfdcdcc7c0eecac1c280c9c1d8">[email protected]</span></a>.
    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
(BLS), Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, 202-395-7316 (this is not a toll-free number), within 30 days 
from the date of this publication in the Federal Register.
    The OMB 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 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 submission of responses.
    Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Type of Review: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously 
approved collection.
    Title: Displaced Worker, Job Tenure, and Occupational Mobility 
Supplement to CPS.
    OMB Number: 1220-0104.
    Type of Response: Reporting.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Biennially.
    Number of Respondents: 55,000.
    Annual Responses: 55,000.
    Average Response Time: 8 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 7,333.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: This supplement will gather information on workers who 
have lost or left their jobs because their plant or company closed or 
moved, there was insufficient work for them to do, or their position or 
shift was abolished. For those workers who have been reemployed, the 
survey will gather data on the types of jobs they found and will 
compare current earnings with those from the lost job. This will assist 
in developing training programs that will provide other displaced 
workers with the skills necessary to adjust to the changing economic 
environment.
    The incidence and nature of occupational changes in the preceding 
year will be queried. The survey also will obtain information on the 
length of time workers (including those who have not been displaced) 
have been with their current employer. Tenure data are used to 
calculate displacement rates for long-tenured workers so that 
comparisons can be made over time and among different worker groups. 
Additional data to be collected include information on the receipt of 
unemployment compensation, the loss of health insurance coverage, and 
the length of time spent without a job. In combination, these 
supplemental data will provide the information needed to assess the 
economic hardship experienced by displaced workers.
    The information collected by this survey will be used to determine 
the size and nature of the population affected by job displacements and 
the need for and necessary scope of programs serving adult displaced 
workers. It will also be used to assess employment stability by 
determining the length of time workers have been with their current 
employer and estimating the incidence of occupational change over the 
course of a year. Combining the questions on displacement, job tenure, 
and occupational mobility will enable analysts to obtain a more 
complete picture of employment stability.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-19015 Filed 9-22-05; 8:45 am]
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