Notice2025-03803
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Transmittal for Unemployment Insurance Materials
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Published
March 11, 2025
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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, "Transmittal for Unemployment Insurance Materials." 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 90, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11749-11750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03803]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Transmittal for Unemployment Insurance Materials
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, ``Transmittal for Unemployment Insurance
Materials.'' 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).
DATES: Consideration will be given to all written comments received by
May 12, 2025.
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 John Schuettinger by telephone at 202-693-2680 (this is not
a toll-free number), or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c8879d81e5989a8988aca7a4e6afa7be"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b7f8e2fe9ae7e5f6f7d3d8db99d0d8c1">[email protected]</span></a>. For persons with a
hearing or speech disability who need assistance to use the telephone
system, please dial 711 to access telecommunications relay services.
Submit written comments about, or requests for a copy of, this ICR
by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of
Unemployment Insurance, Room S-4520, 200 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20210; by email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f100a16720f0d1e1f3b303371383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dc938995f18c8e9d9cb8b3b0f2bbb3aa">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Schuettinger by telephone at 202-
693-2680 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#410e14086c11130001252e2d6f262e37"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="024d574b2f52504342666d6e2c656d74">[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's administrative procedures regulation, found at 20 CFR 601,
sets out the collection of information requirements. Section 601.2
requires states to submit copies of their unemployment compensation
(UC) laws for approval by the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) so that
the Secretary may determine the status of state laws and plans of
operation. Section 601.3 requires states to ``submit all relevant state
materials such as statutes, executive and administrative orders, legal
opinions, rules, regulations, interpretations, court decisions, etc.''
These materials are used by the Secretary to determine whether the
state law contains provisions required by Section 3304(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986. DOL provides grants to states to fund
the administration of their employment security laws if their UC laws
and their plans of operation for public employment offices meet
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required conditions of Federal laws. The information transmitted by
Form MA 8-7 is used by the Secretary to make findings (as specified in
the above cited Federal laws) required for certification to the
Secretary of the Treasury for payment to states or for certification of
the state law for purposes of providing additional tax credits to
employers in states with UC laws conforming to Federal law. If this
information is not available, the Secretary cannot make such
certifications. To facilitate transmittal of required material, DOL
prescribes the use of Form MA 8-7, Transmittal for Unemployment
Insurance Materials. This simple check-off form is used by the states
to identify material being transmitted to ETA's National Office and
allows the material to be routed to appropriate staff for prompt
action. With this renewal, DOL is proposing that the MA 8-7 document be
revised to clarify that states are not required to send documents that
ETA already collects through its subscription services. 20 CFR 601.2
and 601.3 authorize 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 OMB control number 1205-
0222.
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: Transmittal for Unemployment Insurance
Materials.
Form: MA 8-7.
OMB Control Number: 1205-0222.
Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
Frequency: Varies.
Total Estimated Annual Responses: 318.
Estimated Average Time per Response: 0.25 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 79.5 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A))
Amy Simon,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2025-03803 Filed 3-10-25; 8:45 am]
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