[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 97 (Thursday, May 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23887-23888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11893]


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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.

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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 (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 
Ex-Servicemembers (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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addressee's section below on or before July 20, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Keith Ribnick, Office of 
Workforce Security, Room S-4231, Employment and Training 
Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. 
Telephone 202-693-3223 (this is not a toll-free number). Fax 202-693-
3975.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    I. Background: The UCX law (5 U.S.C. 8521-8525) requires SWAs to 
administer the UCX program in accordance with the same terms and 
conditions of the paying state's unemployment insurance law which apply 
to unemployed claimants who worked in the private sector. Each state 
agency needs to obtain certain military service information on 
claimants filing for UCX benefits to enable the state to determine 
their eligibility for benefits. As needed, state agencies may record or 
obtain required UCX information on the form developed by the Department 
of Labor, ETA 843, Request for Military Document and Information. The 
use of this form may be essential to the UCX claims process. Form ETA 
841, Request for Determination of Federal Military Service and Wages, 
is no longer used by most states; it has become an optional form.
    Information pertaining to the UCX claimant can only be obtained 
from the individual's military discharge papers, the appropriate branch 
of military service or the Department of Veterans' Affairs (formerly 
the Veterans' Administration). Without the claimant's military 
information, the state cannot adequately determine the UCX eligibility 
of ex-servicemembers and would not be able to properly administer the 
program.
    II. Review Focus: The Department of Labor 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 
submissions of responses.
    III. Current Actions:
    Type of Review: Extension without changes.
    Title: Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers Handbook; 
Comment Request.
    OMB Number: 1205-0176.
    Affected Public: Federal Government, State Workforce Agencies and 
individuals.
    Form: Handbook 384; ETA 841, ETA 843.
    Total Respondents: 1.
    Frequency: As needed.
    Total Responses: 5,297.
    Average Time per Response: 1 minute.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 88.28.
    Total Burden Cost: $0.
    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: Friday, May 15, 2009.
Cheryl Atkinson,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security, Employment and Training 
Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-11893 Filed 5-20-09; 8:45 am]
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