Notice2022-10543
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Business Supplement
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Published
May 17, 2022
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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 87, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29881-29882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10543]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Business Supplement
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 the agency
receives on or before June 16, 2022.
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: Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202-
693-0213, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#286c676477787a6977787d6a64616b684c4744064f475e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="88ccc7c4d7d8dac9d7d8ddcac4c1cbc8ece7e4a6efe7fe">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Business Supplement (QBS) is a versatile collection instrument designed
to capture information on the U.S. economy quicky and efficiently using
the BLS Annual Refiling Survey as the data collection platform. The QBS
collection is designed to incorporate new questionnaires as the need
arises to allow BLS to collect and publish information quickly so that
stakeholders and data users can understand the impact of specific
events on the U.S. economy as they occur. The initial QBS survey, the
2021 Business Response Survey, collected information on how
establishments were coping with the transition from the height of the
coronavirus pandemic into a period of relative economic recovery. It
followed the 2020 Business Response Survey (1220-0197), a one-time
survey which captured information about changes to business operations,
employment and workforce flexibilities, and benefits that occurred as a
result of the onset of the pandemic. The BLS is now seeking approval to
conduct another survey under the QBS information collection to capture
information on telework, hiring and vacancies at establishments. This
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second QBS survey will ask questions about the availability of telework
at businesses, hiring and current vacancies in an attempted to better
understand current labor market conditions at this stage of the
coronavirus pandemic. For additional substantive information about this
ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal Register on
February 3, 2021 (86 FRN 8037).
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
1220-0198. The current approval is scheduled to expire on July 31,
2024.
Agency: DOL-BLS.
Title of Collection: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Business Supplement.
OMB Control Number: 1220-0198.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions, not-
for-profit institutions, and farms.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 80,000.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 80,000.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 6,667 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Nicole Bouchet,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-10543 Filed 5-16-22; 8:45 am]
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