Notice2024-09972
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)
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Published
May 8, 2024
Issuing agencies
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 89, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09972]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)
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 7, 2024.
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) 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; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) 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#1d595251424d4f5c424d485f51545e5d797271337a726b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="51151e1d0e0103100e0104131d181211353e3d7f363e27">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
(QCEW) data, which are provided to BLS by State Workforce Agencies, are
used by BLS as a sampling frame for its establishment surveys; for
publishing of accurate current estimates of employment for the US,
states, counties, and metropolitan areas; and publishing quarterly
census totals of local establishment counts, employment, and wages. The
Bureau of Economic Analysis uses the data to produce accurate personal
income data in a timely matter for the US, States, and local areas.
Finally, the data is critical to the Employment Training Administration
to administer unemployment insurance programs. For additional
substantive information about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on February 7, 2024 (89 FR 8441).
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.
Agency: DOL-BLS.
Title of Collection: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
(QCEW).
OMB Control Number: 1220-0012.
Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 212.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 748,800 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Nicole Bouchet,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2024-09972 Filed 5-7-24; 8:45 am]
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