Notice2024-02269
Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
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Published
February 6, 2024
Issuing agencies
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 the 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 revision of the "Report on Current Employment Statistics." A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8250-8251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02269]
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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 the 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 revision of the ``Report on Current
Employment Statistics.'' 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 April 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol Rowan, 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#eaa8a6b9b5bab8abb5ba9f88868389aa888699c48d859c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="450709161a1517041a153027292c26052729366b222a33">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 Current Employment Statistics (CES) program provides current
monthly statistics on employment, hours, and earnings, by industry and
geography. CES estimates are among the most visible and widely-used
Principal Federal Economic Indicators (PFEIs). CES data are also among
the timeliest of the PFEIs, with their release each month by the BLS in
the Employment Situation, typically on the first Friday of each month.
The statistics are fundamental inputs in economic decision processes at
all levels of government, private enterprise, and organized labor.
The CES monthly estimates of employment, hours, and earnings are
based on a sample of U.S. nonagricultural establishments. Information
is derived from approximately 349,000 reports (from a sample of 122,000
employers with State Unemployment Insurance (UI) accounts comprised of
666,000 individual worksites). Each month, firms report their
employment, payroll, and hours on forms identified as the BLS-790. The
sample is collected under a probability-based design. Puerto Rico and
the Virgin Islands collect an additional 8,800 reports.
A list of all form types currently used appears in the table below.
Respondents receive variations of the basic collection forms, depending
on their industry.
The CES program is a voluntary program under Federal statute.
Reporting to the State agencies is voluntary in all but four States
(California, New Mexico, Oregon, and South Carolina), Puerto Rico, and
the Virgin Islands. To our knowledge, the States that do have mandatory
reporting rarely exercise their authority. The collection form's
confidentiality statement cites the Confidential Information Protection
and Statistical Efficiency Act and mentions the State mandatory
reporting authority.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
Report on Current Employment Statistics.
Automated data collection methods are now used for most of the CES
sample. Approximately 124,000 reports are received through Electronic
Data Interchange (EDI). Web data collection accounts for 26,000
reports. Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) is used to
collect 66,000.
The balance of the sample is collected through other methods
including submission of transcripts, emails, fax, and other special
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.
<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: Report on Current Employment Statistics.
OMB Number: 1220-0011.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: State or local governments; businesses or other
for profit; non-profit institutions.
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Estimated Estimated
Industry Number of Frequency Total annual average annual total annual
annual reports responses burden (hours) burden (hours)
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Natural Resources & Mining...... 718 12 8,616 0.167 1,439
Construction.................... 7,742 12 92,904 0.167 15,515
Manufacturing................... 6,223 12 74,676 0.167 12,471
Services........................ 80,425 12 965,100 0.167 161,172
Public Administration........... 29,241 12 350,892 0.100 35,089
Education....................... 13,786 12 165,432 0.100 16,543
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EDI Firms....................... 124,349 12 *1,044 1.000 1,044
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All Industries.............. 262,484 1,658,664 243,273
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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 January 29, 2024.
Eric Molina,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Branch of Policy Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2024-02269 Filed 2-5-24; 8:45 am]
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