80 FR 51843 - Comment Request for Information Collection for ETA 191, Statement of Expenditures and Financial Adjustments of Federal Funds for Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees and Ex-Servicemembers Report, Extension Without Revisions

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 165 (August 26, 2015)

The Department of Labor (Department), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the 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 [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps 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, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the collection of data about Expenditures and Financial Adjustments of Federal Funds for Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees and Ex-Servicemembers.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 165 (Wednesday, August 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51843-51844]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21123]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection for ETA 191, Statement 
of Expenditures and Financial Adjustments of Federal Funds for 
Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees and Ex-Servicemembers 
Report, Extension Without Revisions

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department), as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a 
preclearance consultation program to provide the 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 [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps 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, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the collection of 
data about Expenditures and Financial Adjustments of Federal Funds for 
Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees and Ex-Servicemembers.

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DATES: Submit written comments to the office listed in the addresses 
section below on or before October 26, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Cindy Le, Office of Unemployment 
Insurance, Room S-4524, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 
Telephone number: 202-693-2829 (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: [email protected]. To obtain 
a copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR), please 
contact the person listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Public Law 97-362, Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1982, amended the 
Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Sevicemembers (UCX) law (5 U.S.C. 
8509), and Public Law 96-499, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, 
amended the Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) law 
(5 U.S.C. 8501, et. seq.) requiring each Federal employing agency to 
pay the costs of regular and extended UCFE/UCX benefits paid to its 
employees by the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). The ETA 191 report 
submitted quarterly by each SWA shows the amount of benefits that 
should be charged to each Federal employing agency. The Office of 
Unemployment Insurance uses this information to aggregate the SWA 
quarterly charges and submit one official bill to each Federal agency 
being charged. Federal agencies then reimburse the Federal Employees 
Compensation Account maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

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 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: Statement of Expenditures and Financial Adjustments of 
Federal Funds for Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees and 
Ex-Servicemembers, ETA 191.
    OMB Number: 1205-0162.
    Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 53.
    Annual Frequency: Quarterly.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 212.
    Average Time per Response: 6 Hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,272 Hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: There is no cost to 
respondents.
    We will summarize and/or included 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.
[FR Doc. 2015-21123 Filed 8-25-15; 8:45 am]
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