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• 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 submissions 

of responses. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Title: Local Area Unemployment 

Statistics (LAUS) Program. 

OMB Number: 1220–0017. 

Affected Public: State government. 

Total respondents Frequency Total responses 

Average time 

per response 

(hours) 

Estimated total 

burden 

(hours) 

LAUS 3040 ............................................................... 7277 13 94601 1.5 141902 

LAUS 8 ..................................................................... 52 11 572 1 572 

LAUS 15 ................................................................... 52 .12 6 2 12 

LAUS 16 ................................................................... 52 1 52 1 52 

Totals ................................................................ .......................... ............................ 95231 .......................... 142538 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they also 

will become a matter of public record. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th day of 

August 2008. 

Cathy Kazanowski, 

Chief, Division of Management Systems, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

[FR Doc. E8–20320 Filed 9–2–08; 8:45 am] 

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Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection 

AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection 

Board. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA, 44 

U.S.C. 3501) the U.S. Merit Systems 

Protection Board (MSPB) has forwarded 

an information collection request (ICR) 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval. This is 

a new information collection activity. 

This ICR describes the nature of the 

information collection and its estimated 

burden and cost. 

DATES: On June 4, 2008 (Federal 

Register, Volume 73, Number 108, pages 

31890–31891), MSPB sought public 

comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 

CFR 1320.8(d). MSPB received no 

comments. MSPB is submitting an ICR 

to OMB for review and approval 

according to the procedure prescribed in 

5 CFR 1320.12. Additional comments on 

this ICR should be submitted on or 

before October 3, 2008 to Brenda 

Aguilar at baguilar@omb.eop.gov, or fax 

at (202)–395–6974. 

ADDRESSES: You may also submit 

comments to Dr. Dee Ann Batten by 

mail: Office of Policy and Evaluation, 

U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, 

1615 M Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20419 or by e-mail: 

deeann.batten@mspb.gov (please put 

‘‘Employee Survey’’ in the subject line 

of the message). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Dee Ann Batten by phone at (202) 653– 

6772, ext. 1411, or by e-mail to 

deeann.batten@mspb.gov (please put 

‘‘Employee Survey’’ in the subject line 

of the message). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project: MSPB Survey on 

Federal Telework. The MSPB is asking 

for approval to collect information to 

support its study on Federal Telework. 

Federal employees will be asked to 

complete a survey(s) about their 

experiences with and perceptions of 

Telework and other related topics about 

their organizations and careers. This 

study is being conducted under MSPB’s 

statutory authority to ‘‘conduct, from 

time to time, special studies relating to 

the civil service and to other merit 

systems in the executive branch, and 

report to the President and to the 

Congress as to whether the public 

interest in a civil service free of 

prohibited personnel practices is being 

adequately protected.’’ (Section 1204 

Title 5 U.S.C.) In addition, the Code of 

Federal Regulations also describes the 

role of MSPB’s Office of Policy and 

Evaluation as responsible for carrying 

out ‘‘the Board’s statutory responsibility 

to conduct special reviews and studies 

of the civil service and other merit 

systems in the Executive Branch, as well 

as oversight reviews of the significant 

actions of the Office of Personnel 

Management.’’ 

Burden Statement 

Per respondent/participant: The 

reporting burden for the collection of 

information on this request is estimated 

to vary from 15 minutes to 30 minutes, 

with an average of 20 minutes for each 

participant, including time for 

reviewing instructions and completing 

and reviewing the collection of 

information. 

Respondents/participants/affected 

entities: Participants will be selected via 

stratified random sampling to facilitate 

representative samples of employees 

(including supervisory employees). 

Estimated number of respondents: We 

plan to survey up to 24,000 Federal 

employees. 

Frequency of response per 

participant: One response per 

participant. 

Estimated total annual hour burden: 

We estimate the response rate to be 60 

percent (14,400 total responses) 

resulting in an annual reporting burden 

of 4800 hours (.33 hours × 14,400). 

Dated: August 28, 2008. 

Timothy Korb, 

Acting Clerk of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–20409 Filed 9–2–08; 8:45 am] 

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