80 FR 38748 - Comment Request for Information Collection for ETA 9128, Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments Workload Report, ETA 9129, Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments Outcomes Report, Extension With Revision, ETA 9128 X, Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments Workload Report for Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX), and ETA 9129 X, Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments Outcomes Report for Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 129 (July 7, 2015)

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 an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collection of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)] (PRA). The PRA helps to ensure that respondents can provide requested data in the desired format with minimal reporting burden (time and financial resources), collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the collection of data about the ETA 9128, and the ETA 9129 and the new ETA 9128 X and ETA 9129 X. The current expiration date for the ETA 9128 and ETA 9129 reports is January 31, 2016. Beginning in 2016, states will be required to target for the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) program one-third of those regular claimants most likely to exhaust their benefits and all claimants receiving UCX. For this reason the Department is proposing that states send an ETA 9128 report for one-third of those regular claimants most likely to exhaust their benefits and a separate ETA 9128 X report for UCX recipients. These two reports will reflect different populations and all data elements will be the same as are currently collected on the ETA 9128 report. To review the outcomes of the RESEA program, the Department is proposing to use the ETA 9129 report and the ETA 9129 X report for UCX participants. The data elements in these reports will parallel those of the treatment group on the current reports. Data collection for the comparison group in the ETA 9129 is being discontinued under this revision and will not be included in the ETA 9129 X. All these reports will reflect the new name for the Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) program, which changed in 2015 to the RESEA program.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 129 (Tuesday, July 7, 2015)]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-16560]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection for ETA 9128, 
Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments Workload Report, ETA 
9129, Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments Outcomes 
Report, Extension With Revision, ETA 9128 X, Reemployment Services and 
Eligibility Assessments Workload Report for Unemployment Compensation 
for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX), and ETA 9129 X, Reemployment Services and 
Eligibility Assessments Outcomes Report for Unemployment Compensation 
for Ex-Servicemembers

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.

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 
an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collection of 
information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)] (PRA). The PRA helps to ensure that respondents 
can provide requested data in the desired format with minimal reporting 
burden (time and financial resources), collection instruments are 
clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on 
respondents can be properly assessed.
    Currently, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the collection of 
data about the ETA 9128, and the ETA 9129 and the new ETA 9128 X and 
ETA 9129 X. The current expiration date for the ETA 9128 and ETA 9129 
reports is January 31, 2016. Beginning in 2016, states will be required 
to target for the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment 
(RESEA) program one-third of those regular claimants most likely to 
exhaust their benefits and all claimants receiving UCX. For this reason 
the Department is proposing that states send an ETA 9128 report for 
one-third of those regular claimants most likely to exhaust their 
benefits and a separate

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ETA 9128 X report for UCX recipients. These two reports will reflect 
different populations and all data elements will be the same as are 
currently collected on the ETA 9128 report. To review the outcomes of 
the RESEA program, the Department is proposing to use the ETA 9129 
report and the ETA 9129 X report for UCX participants. The data 
elements in these reports will parallel those of the treatment group on 
the current reports. Data collection for the comparison group in the 
ETA 9129 is being discontinued under this revision and will not be 
included in the ETA 9129 X. All these reports will reflect the new name 
for the Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) program, which 
changed in 2015 to the RESEA program.

DATES: Submit written comments to the office listed in the addressee 
section below on or before September 8, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Diane Wood, Office of Unemployment 
Insurance, Room S-4524, Employment and Training Administration, U.S 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Frances Perkins 
Bldg., Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: (202) 693-3212 (this is 
not a toll-free number). Individuals with hearing or speech impairments 
may access the telephone number above via TTY by calling the toll-free 
Federal Information Relay Service at 1-877-889-5627 (TTY/TDD). Email at 
[email protected]. To obtain a copy of the proposed information 
collection request (ICR), please contact the person listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Funds will be awarded to participating states in the RESEA program 
year 2015 to continue the REA program. The RESEA guidelines require 
that these funds be used to conduct in-person assessments in the 
American Job Centers. The RESEA must include an orientation session, an 
unemployment insurance (UI) eligibility review, the provision of labor 
market information, development of a re-employment 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.

II. Review Focus

    The Department is particularly interested in comments which:
    * Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency, 
including whether the information has 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

    The continued collection of the information contained on the ETA 
9128 and the ETA 9129 reports is necessary to enable the Office of 
Unemployment Insurance (OUI) to continue evaluating the effectiveness 
of the REA program through workload and outcomes reports.
    Type of Review: Extension with revision.
    Title: Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments Workload Report and 
Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments Outcomes Report (ETA 9128 and 
ETA 9129) and Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments Workload Report 
for Ex-Servicemembers, and Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments 
Outcomes Report for Ex-Servicemembers (ETA 9128 X and ETA 9129 X).
    OMB Number: 1205-0456.
    Affected Public: State and Local Governments.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 48.
    Average Frequency: Quarterly (four reports every quarter per 
state).
    Estimated Annual Responses: 768.
    Average Time per Response: 0.5 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 384 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0.
    We will summarize and/or include in the request for OMB approval of 
the ICR, the comments received in response to this comment request; 
they will also become a matter of public record.

Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
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