Notice2022-11417
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Activity and Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Outcomes
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Published
May 27, 2022
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Labor DepartmentEmployment and Training Administration
Abstract
The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed extension for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, "Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Activity and Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Outcomes." This comment request is part of continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32188-32190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11417]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Worker
Profiling and Reemployment Services Activity and Worker Profiling and
Reemployment Services Outcomes
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training
Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed
extension for the authority to conduct the information collection
request (ICR) titled, ``Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services
Activity and Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Outcomes.''
This comment request is part of continuing Departmental efforts to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).
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DATES: Consideration will be given to all written comments received by
July 26, 2022.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation,
including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency
of response, and estimated total burden, may be obtained free by
contacting Ellen Wright by telephone at (202) 693-9995 (this is not a
toll-free number), TTY 1-877-889-5627 (this is not a toll-free number),
or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f082d3638372b711a33333a31711b1f3b303371383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="702702191718045e351c1c151e5e3430141f1c5e171f06">[email protected]</span></a>.
Submit written comments about, or requests for a copy of, this ICR
by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and
Training Administration, Office of Unemployment Insurance Room S-4520,
200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210; by email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a5f2d7ccc2cdd18be0c9c9c0cb8be1e5c1cac98bc2cad3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9fc8edf6f8f7ebb1daf3f3faf1b1dbdffbf0f3b1f8f0e9">[email protected]</span></a>; or by fax at (202) 693-3975.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lawrence Burns by telephone at (202)
693-3141 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dd9fa8afb3aef391bcaaafb8b3beb89db9b2b1f3bab2ab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="df9daaadb1acf193bea8adbab1bcba9fbbb0b3f1b8b0a9">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOL, as part of continuing efforts to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public and Federal agencies an
opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of
information before submitting them to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for final approval. This program helps to ensure 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 can be properly
assessed.
ETA is soliciting comments concerning the collection of data in the
ETA 9048, Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Activity Report,
and the ETA 9049, Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Outcomes
Report. Authorization for both reports expires on December 31, 2022.
The Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) program, mandated
by the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1993, Public Law 103-
152, identifies and ranks unemployment insurance (UI) claimants by
their potential for exhausting benefits before returning to work and
refers these claimants to appropriate reemployment services.
WPRS is a required UI activity that each state may operate as a
standalone program or integrated within the state's Reemployment
Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) program, which is a
voluntary reemployment program authorized by Section 306 of the Social
Security Act (SSA). Specifically, states participating in the RESEA
program may opt to integrate WPRS into the RESEA participant selection
process. States that fully integrate WPRS into their RESEA program and
provide RESEA services statewide are exempt from WPRS reporting because
WPRS activities are fully reflected in RESEA quarterly report (ETA 9128
and ETA 9129). States that opt not to include WPRS into their RESEA
program design or only offer RESEA in limited locations must continue
to submit the ETA 9048 and ETA 9049. Based on analysis of historical
data and state's planned RESEA activities, ETA projects that up to 15
states per year will continue to report WPRS activities using the ETA
9048 and ETA 9049, and burden estimates have been revised to reflect
this projected level of activity. Additional information about the
integration of WPRS into RESEA is available in Unemployment Insurance
Program Letter No. 10-22 and Training and Employment Guidance Letter
No. 05-21, ``Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Funding Allotments and Operating
Guidance for Unemployment Insurance (UI) Reemployment Services and
Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) Grants.''
The ETA 9048 and ETA 9049 reports are the only means of tracking
the activities in the WPRS program in instances where states have not
volunteered to participate in RESEA, opted to not integrate WPRS into
their RESEA program design, or continue provide WPRS services in areas
not currently served by RESEA. The ETA 9048 report describes the number
of claimants at various points in the WPRS system from initial
profiling through the completion of specific reemployment services. The
ETA 9049 describes the reemployment experience of profiled claimants
selected for referral to services by examining the state's existing
wage record files to capture which quarter the individuals who received
reemployment services became employed, what wages they earned, and
whether the individuals receiving services changed industries. Section
303(a)(6), SSA, authorizes this information collection.
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 it is approved by OMB under the PRA 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 Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and
1320.6.
Interested parties are encouraged to provide comments to the
contact shown in the ADDRESSES section. Comments must be written to
receive consideration, and they will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval of the final ICR. In order to help ensure
appropriate consideration, comments should mention OMB 1205-0353.
Submitted comments will also be a matter of public record for this
ICR and posted on the internet, without redaction. DOL encourages
commenters not to include personally identifiable information,
confidential business data, or other sensitive statements/information
in any comments.
DOL is particularly interested in comments that:
<bullet> 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;
<bullet> 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;
<bullet> Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
<bullet> 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 submission of responses).
Agency: DOL-ETA.
Type of Review: Extension without changes.
Title of Collection: Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services
Activity and Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Outcomes.
Forms: ETA 9048, ETA 9049.
OMB Control Number: 1205-0353.
Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 300,427.
Frequency: Varies.
Total Estimated Annual Responses: 600,945.
Estimated Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 781,102.5.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0.
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Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Angela Hanks,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2022-11417 Filed 5-26-22; 8:45 am]
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