Notice2021-24105
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Compensation Survey
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Published
November 4, 2021
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Labor Department
Abstract
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)-sponsored 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 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 211 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60916-60917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24105]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; National Compensation Survey
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS)-sponsored 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 (PRA). Public
comments on the ICR are invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives
on or before December 6, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
Department, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202-
693-8538, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f2b6bdbeada2a0b3ada2a7b0bebbb1b2969d9edc959d84"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="70343f3c2f2022312f2025323c393330141f1c5e171f06">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Compensation Survey (NCS) is an
ongoing survey of earnings and benefits among private firms, State, and
local government. Data from the NCS program include estimates of wages
covering broad groups of related occupations, and data that directly
links benefit plan costs with detailed plan provisions. BLS is seeking
approval to increase the NCS sample size for Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023
to mitigate against the impacts of pandemic related non-
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response on survey estimates and ensure a sufficient number of units
are collected to calculate the Employment Cost Index. The new sample
size would only take effect upon OMB approval. For additional
substantive information about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on June 11, 2020 (85 FR 35667).
This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and
the public is generally not required to respond to an information
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. DOL seeks
authorization for this information collection under OMB Control Number
1220-0164. The current approval is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2024.
Agency: DOL-BLS.
Title of Collection: National Compensation Survey.
OMB Control Number: 1220-0164.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit
institutions; State, local, and tribal government.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 16,995.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 45,270.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 36,114 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Dated: November 1, 2021.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2021-24105 Filed 11-3-21; 8:45 am]
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