Notice2022-27949
Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
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Published
December 23, 2022
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Labor DepartmentLabor Statistics Bureau
Abstract
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 reinstatement with change of the "Contingent Worker Supplement (CWS) to the Current Population Survey (CPS)" to be conducted in July 2023. A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the addresses section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 246 (Friday, December 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78999-79000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27949]
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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.
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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
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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 reinstatement with change
of the ``Contingent Worker Supplement (CWS) to the Current Population
Survey (CPS)'' to be conducted in July 2023. A copy of the proposed
information collection request (ICR) 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 February 21, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Erin Good, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room G225, 2
Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20212. Written comments also
may be transmitted by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b191708040b091a040b2e393732381b393728753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f6b4baa5a9a6a4b7a9a683949a9f95b6949a85d8919980">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Good, BLS Clearance Officer, at
202-691-7628 (this is not a toll free number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The purpose of this request for review is for the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) to obtain clearance for a reinstatement with change
for the Contingent Worker Supplement (CWS) to the Current Population
Survey (CPS), which was last conducted in May 2017. The proposed CWS
questions focus on contingent workers--those who do not expect their
jobs to last or who report that their jobs are temporary--and workers
in alternative employment arrangements, such as independent
contractors, on-call workers, temporary help agency workers, and
workers provided by contract firms.
Because this supplement is part of the CPS, the same detailed
demographic information collected in the CPS will be available on
respondents to the supplement. Comparisons will be possible across
characteristics such as sex, race and ethnicity, age, and educational
attainment of the respondent.
The CWS will provide information on the number and characteristics
of workers in contingent jobs and alternative employment arrangements.
Although the CWS was fielded 5 times from 1995 to 2005 and then in May
2017, there have been no comparable and reliable statistics in recent
years to show how the number and characteristics of these workers are
changing over time. The July 2023 CWS will allow researchers and policy
makers to evaluate how the number and characteristics of these workers
has evolved. Policy makers also can use these data to inform the design
of regulations for different types of workers.
BLS is proposing to add new questions and remove outdated questions
to the CWS. New questions on task-based and app-based work are designed
to provide insight into additional work arrangements like digital labor
platform work. (This new content replaces the 2017 items on
electronically-mediated employment.) The 2023 supplement will also ask
about work arrangements on second jobs for multiple jobholders. Our
data users noted the absence of information about second jobs as a
particular shortcoming of prior supplements.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
CPS Contingent Worker Supplement to the CPS. A reinstatement with
change of this previously approved collection, for which approval has
expired, is needed to provide the Nation with timely information about
contingent and alternative work arrangements.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics 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 submissions of responses.
Title of Collection: Contingent Worker Supplement (CWS) to the
Current Population Survey (CPS).
OMB Number: 1220-0153.
Type of Review: Reinstatement, with change.
Affected Public: Households.
Total Respondents: 47,000.
Frequency: Once.
Total Responses: 47,000.
Average Time per Response: 6 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,700 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, on December 16, 2022.
Leslie A. Bennett,
Chief, Division of Management Systems.
[FR Doc. 2022-27949 Filed 12-22-22; 8:45 am]
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