82 FR 35825 - Information Collection Activities, Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 146 (August 1, 2017)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 146 (August 1, 2017)
| Page Range | 35825-35825 | |
| FR Document | 2017-16168 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 146 (Tuesday, August 1, 2017)] [Notices] [Page 35825] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-16168] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Bureau of Labor Statistics Information Collection Activities, Comment Request AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor. ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance 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. 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. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments concerning the proposed extension of the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Program. A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the Addresses section of this notice. DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice on or before October 2, 2017. ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2 Massachusetts Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20212. Written comments also may be transmitted by fax to 202-691-5111 (this is not a toll free number). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, 202-691-7628 (this is not a toll free number). (See Addresses section.) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program, a Federal/State cooperative effort, produces monthly employment and quarterly wage information. It is a by-product of quarterly reports submitted to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) by employers subject to State Unemployment Insurance (UI) laws. The collection of these data is authorized by 29 U.S.C. 1, 2. The QCEW data, which are compiled for each calendar quarter, provide a comprehensive business name and address file with employment and wage information for employers subject to State UI laws. Similar data for Federal Government employers covered by the Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees program also are included. These data are submitted to the BLS by all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The BLS summarizes these data to produce totals for all counties, Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), the States, and the nation. The QCEW program provides a virtual census of nonagricultural employees and their wages, with about 44 percent of the workers in agriculture covered as well. The QCEW program is a comprehensive and accurate source of data on the number of establishments, monthly employment, and quarterly wages, by industry, at the six-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) level, and at the national, State, MSA, and county levels. The QCEW series has broad economic significance in measuring labor trends and major industry developments, in time series analyses and industry comparisons, and in special studies such as analyses of establishments, employment, and wages by size of establishment. II. Current Action Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program. The QCEW program is the only Federal statistical program that provides information on establishments, wages, tax contributions and the number of employees subject to State UI laws and the Unemployment Compensation for the Federal Employees program. The consequences of not collecting QCEW data would be grave to the Federal statistical community. The BLS would not have a sampling frame for its establishment surveys; it would not be able to publish as accurate current estimates of employment for the U.S. States, and metropolitan areas; and it would not be able to publish quarterly census totals of local establishment counts, employment, and wages. The Bureau of Economic Analysis would not be able to publish as accurate personal income data in a timely manner for the U.S., States, and local areas. Finally, the Department of Labor's Employment Training Administration would not have the information it needs to administer the Unemployment Insurance Program. III. Desired Focus of Comments The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in comments that: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. 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. Title of Collection: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) Program. OMB Number: 1220-0012. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Affected Public: State Governments. Total Respondents: 53. Frequency: Quarterly. Total Responses: 212. Average Time per Response: 4,200 hours. Estimated Total Burden Hours: 890,400 hours. 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 26th day of July 2017. Kimberley Hill, Chief, Division of Management Systems. [FR Doc. 2017-16168 Filed 7-31-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-24-P
![Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 146 / Tuesday, August 1, 2017 / Notices 35825
Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the I. Background States, and metropolitan areas; and it
Act on May 1, 2017 (82 FR 20384). The Quarterly Census of Employment would not be able to publish quarterly
and Wages (QCEW) program, a Federal/ census totals of local establishment
Patricia A. Brink,
State cooperative effort, produces counts, employment, and wages. The
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Bureau of Economic Analysis would not
Division. monthly employment and quarterly
wage information. It is a by-product of be able to publish as accurate personal
[FR Doc. 2017–16053 Filed 7–31–17; 8:45 am]
quarterly reports submitted to State income data in a timely manner for the
BILLING CODE P U.S., States, and local areas. Finally, the
Workforce Agencies (SWAs) by
employers subject to State Department of Labor’s Employment
Unemployment Insurance (UI) laws. Training Administration would not
The collection of these data is have the information it needs to
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR administer the Unemployment
authorized by 29 U.S.C. 1, 2. The QCEW
Bureau of Labor Statistics data, which are compiled for each Insurance Program.
calendar quarter, provide a III. Desired Focus of Comments
Information Collection Activities, comprehensive business name and
Comment Request address file with employment and wage The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
information for employers subject to particularly interested in comments
AGENCY:Bureau of Labor Statistics, State UI laws. Similar data for Federal that:
Department of Labor. Government employers covered by the • Evaluate whether the proposed
Unemployment Compensation for collection of information is necessary
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
Federal Employees program also are for the proper performance of the
request for comment.
included. These data are submitted to functions of the agency, including
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as the BLS by all 50 States, the District of whether the information will have
part of its continuing effort to reduce Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin practical utility.
paperwork and respondent burden, Islands. The BLS summarizes these data • Evaluate the accuracy of the
conducts a pre-clearance consultation to produce totals for all counties, agency’s estimate of the burden of the
program to provide the general public Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), proposed collection of information,
and Federal agencies with an the States, and the nation. The QCEW including the validity of the
opportunity to comment on proposed program provides a virtual census of methodology and assumptions used.
and/or continuing collections of nonagricultural employees and their • Enhance the quality, utility, and
information in accordance with the wages, with about 44 percent of the clarity of the information to be
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This workers in agriculture covered as well. collected.
program helps to ensure that requested The QCEW program is a • Minimize the burden of the
data can be provided in the desired comprehensive and accurate source of collection of information on those who
format, reporting burden (time and data on the number of establishments, are to respond, including through the
financial resources) is minimized, monthly employment, and quarterly use of appropriate automated,
collection instruments are clearly wages, by industry, at the six-digit electronic, mechanical, or other
understood, and the impact of collection North American Industry Classification technological collection techniques or
requirements on respondents can be System (NAICS) level, and at the other forms of information technology,
properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor national, State, MSA, and county levels. e.g., permitting electronic submissions
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments The QCEW series has broad economic of responses.
concerning the proposed extension of significance in measuring labor trends Title of Collection: Quarterly Census
the Quarterly Census of Employment and major industry developments, in of Employment and Wages (QCEW)
and Wages Program. A copy of the time series analyses and industry Program.
proposed information collection request comparisons, and in special studies OMB Number: 1220–0012.
can be obtained by contacting the such as analyses of establishments, Type of Review: Extension of a
individual listed below in the Addresses employment, and wages by size of currently approved collection.
section of this notice. establishment. Affected Public: State Governments.
II. Current Action Total Respondents: 53.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the Frequency: Quarterly.
Office of Management and Budget Total Responses: 212.
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or clearance is being sought for the
before October 2, 2017. Average Time per Response: 4,200
Quarterly Census of Employment and hours.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol Wages (QCEW) program. Estimated Total Burden Hours:
Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, Division The QCEW program is the only 890,400 hours.
of Management Systems, Bureau of Federal statistical program that provides Comments submitted in response to
Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2 information on establishments, wages, this notice will be summarized and/or
Massachusetts Avenue NE., tax contributions and the number of included in the request for Office of
Washington, DC 20212. Written employees subject to State UI laws and Management and Budget approval of the
comments also may be transmitted by the Unemployment Compensation for information collection request; they also
fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll the Federal Employees program. The
mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES
will become a matter of public record.
free number). consequences of not collecting QCEW
data would be grave to the Federal Signed at Washington, DC, this 26th day of
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: July 2017.
statistical community. The BLS would
Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, not have a sampling frame for its Kimberley Hill,
202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free establishment surveys; it would not be Chief, Division of Management Systems.
number). (See ADDRESSES section.) able to publish as accurate current [FR Doc. 2017–16168 Filed 7–31–17; 8:45 am]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: estimates of employment for the U.S. BILLING CODE 4510–24–P
VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:13 Jul 31, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\01AUN1.SGM 01AUN1](https://thefederalregister.org/doc/82_FR_35971/page/1.svg)
Document Created: 2018-10-24 11:43:47
Document Modified: 2018-10-24 11:43:47
| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of information collection; request for comment. | |
| Dates | Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the | |
| Contact | Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 35825 |
2024 Federal Register | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy
USC | CFR | eCFR