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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. 

A copy of the proposed information 

collection request (ICR) can be obtained 

by contacting the office listed below in 

the addressee section of this notice or by 

accessing: http://www.doleta.gov/ 

OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addressee section below on or before 

July 20, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Scott 

Gibbons, U.S. Department of Labor, 

Employment and Training 

Administration, Office of Workforce 

Security, 200 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Frances Perkins Bldg., Room S– 

4531, Washington, DC 20210, telephone 

number (202)–693–3308 (this is not a 

toll-free number) or by e-mail: 

gibbons.scott@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background: The ETA 5159 report 

contains information on claims 

activities including the number of initial 

claims, first payments, weeks claimed, 

weeks compensated, benefit payments 

and final payments. These data are used 

in budgetary and administrative 

planning, program evaluation, actuarial 

and program research, and reports to 

Congress and the public. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments: 

Currently, the Employment and 

Training Administration is soliciting 

comments concerning the proposed 

extension of the ETA 5159, Claims and 

Payment Activites report. Comments are 

requested to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary to 

describe claims and payment activities, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; 

• 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 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: This is a request 

for OMB approval under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)) for continuing an existing 

collection of information previously 

approved and assigned OMB Control 

No. 1205–0010. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Agency: Employment and Training 

Administration 

Title: Claims and Payment Activities. 

OMB Number: 1205–0010. 

Agency Number: ETA 5159. 

Affected Public: State Government. 

Cite/Reference/Form/etc: ETA 5159. 

Total Respondents: 53. 

Frequency: Monthly. 

Total Responses: 636. 

Average Time per Response: 2 hours. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,272 

hours per year. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $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 will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: March 11, 2009. 

Cheryl Atkinson, 

Administrator, Office of Workforce Security. 

[FR Doc. E9–11914 Filed 5–20–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request on Applications for UI 

Modernization Incentive Payments; 

Comment Request for Extension 

Without Change 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

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 Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collection 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. 

A copy of the proposed information 

collection request (ICR) can be obtained 

by contacting the office listed below in 

the ADDRESSES section of this notice or 

by accessing: http://www.doleta.gov/ 

OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addressee section below on or before 

July 20, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Scott 

Gibbons, U.S. Department of Labor, 

Employment and Training 

Administration, Office of Workforce 

Security, 200 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Frances Perkins Bldg. Room S– 

4531, Washington, DC 20210, telephone 

number (202) 693–3008 (this is not a 

toll-free number) or by e-mail: 

gibbons.scott@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background: Section 2003(f) of the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides for 

Unemployment Insurance (UI) 

modernization incentive payments to be 

made from the Unemployment Trust 

Fund (UTF) to the states. The total 

amount available for all states is $7 

billion dollars. To obtain its share, the 

state must make an application to the 

Department of Labor demonstrating that 

its UI law contains certain benefit 

eligibility provisions. The last date on 

which an incentive distribution may be 

made is September 30, 2011. When 

applying for a share of the UI 

modernization incentive payments, a 

state must document the provisions of 

its law that meet the requirements for 

obtaining an incentive payment. The 

state is also required to describe how it 

intends to use any incentive payment to 

improve or strengthen its UI program. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments: 

Currently, the Employment and 

Training Administration is soliciting 

comments concerning this data 

collection. Comments are requested 

that: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary to 

evaluate proposals, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; 

• 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; 

• Address the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Address the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 


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information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submissions of responses. 

III. Current Actions: This is a request 

for OMB approval under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)) for continuing an existing 

collection of information previously 

approved and assigned OMB Control 

No. 1205–0470. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

Agency: Employment and Training 

Administration. 

Title: Applications for Unemployment 

Insurance Modernization Incentive 

Payments. 

OMB Number: 1205–0470. 

Agency Number: N/A. 

Affected Public: State Government. 

Cite/Reference/Form/etc: N/A. 

Total Respondents: 53. 

Frequency: One time collection. 

Total Responses: 53. 

Average Time per Response: 8 hours. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 424 

hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $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 will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: Friday, May 15, 2009. 

Cheryl Atkinson, 

Administrator, Office of Workforce Security. 

[FR Doc. E9–11892 Filed 5–20–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Review: 

Comment Request 

May 18, 2009. 

The Department of Labor (DOL) 

hereby announces the submission of 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; including 

among other things a description of the 

likely respondents, proposed frequency 

of response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov 

Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain or by contacting 

Darrin King on 202–693–4129 (this is 

not a toll-free number)/email: 

DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the 

Department of Labor—Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS), Office of Management 

and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, 

DC 20503, Telephone: 202–395–7316/ 

Fax: 202–395–6974 (these are not tollfree numbers), E-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within 

30 days from the date of this publication 

in the Fderal Register. In order to 

ensure the appropriate consideration, 

comments should reference the OMB 

Control Number (see below). 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments which: 

• 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 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 submission of 

responses. 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Type of Review: Reinstatement 

without change of a previously 

approved collection. 

Title of Collection: Veterans 

Supplement to the CPS. 

OMB Control Number: 1220–0102. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 12,000. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 400. 

Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden: 

$0. 

Description: The Veterans 

Supplement to the Current Population 

Survey (CPS) is conducted biennially 

and the next scheduled date is August 

2009. This supplement is co-sponsored 

by the U.S. Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) and by the U.S. Department 

of Labor’s Veterans Employment and 

Training Service (VETS). Data collected 

through this supplement will be used to 

determine policies that better meet the 

needs of our Nation’s veteran 

population. The supplement provided 

information on the labor force status of 

veterans with a service-connected 

disability, combat veterans, past or 

present National Guard and Reserve 

members, and recently discharged 

veterans. Data are provided by period of 

service and a range of demographic 

characteristics. The supplement also 

provides information about veterans 

participation in various transition and 

employment training programs. 

Respondents are veterans who are not 

currently on active duty or are members 

of a household where a veteran lives. 

For additional information, see related 

notice published at Vol. 74 FR 9830 on 

March 6, 2009. 

Darrin A. King, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–11899 Filed 5–20–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Comment Request for Information 

Collection for Unemployment 

Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers 

(UCX) Handbook; Extension Without 

Change 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration. 

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 Federal agencies with 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 is soliciting comments 

concerning the extension of the 

Unemployment Compensation for ExServicemembers (UCX) Handbook, 

Number 384. 

A copy of the proposed information 

collection request (ICR) can be obtained 

by contacting the office listed below in 

the addressee section of this notice or by 

accessing: http://www.doleta.gov/ 

OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 


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