Notice2025-05583
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Employers' Claim for Reimbursement Assisted Reemployment (AR) Program
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Published
April 2, 2025
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Labor DepartmentWorkers' Compensation Programs Office
Abstract
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance request for comment to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This request 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. Currently, the OWCP is soliciting comments on the information collection for the Claim for Reimbursement--Assisted Reemployment, CA- 2231.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14483-14484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05583]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
[OMB Control No. 1240-0018]
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Employers' Claim
for Reimbursement Assisted Reemployment (AR) Program
AGENCY: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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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
request for comment to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed collections of information
in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This request
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.
Currently, the OWCP is soliciting comments on the information
collection for the Claim for Reimbursement--Assisted Reemployment, CA-
2231.
DATES: All comments must be received on or before June 2, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comment as follows. Please note that late,
untimely filed comments will not be considered.
Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments in the following
way:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments for WCPO-2025-0005.
Comments submitted electronically, including attachments, to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> will be posted to the docket, with no changes.
Because your comment will be made public, you are responsible for
ensuring that your comment does not include any confidential
information that you or a third party may not wish to be posted, such
as your or anyone else's Social Security number or confidential
business information.
<bullet> If your comment includes confidential information that you
do not wish to be made available to the public, submit the comment as a
written/paper submission.
Written/Paper Submissions: Submit written/paper submissions in the
following way:
<bullet> Mail/Hand Delivery: Mail or visit DOL-OWCP, Division of
Federal Employees' Compensation, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Room S-3323,
Washington, DC 20210.
<bullet> OWCP will post your comment as well as any attachments,
except for information submitted and marked as confidential, in the
docket at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anjanette Suggs, Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cfbcbaa8a8bce1aea1a5aea1aabbbbaa8faba0a3e1a8a0b9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d0a3a5b7b7a3feb1bebab1beb5a4a4b590b4bfbcfeb7bfa6">[email protected]</span></a>@dol.gov (email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) administers the
Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) under 5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.
This act provides vocational rehabilitation services to eligible
workers with disabilities. Section 8104(a) of the FECA provides
vocational rehabilitation to eligible injured workers to facilitate
their return to work. The costs of providing these vocational
rehabilitation services are paid from the Employees' Compensation Fund.
Annual appropriations language under the Consolidated Appropriations
Act of 2022 (currently in Pub. L. 117-103), provides OWCP with legal
authority to use amounts from the Fund to reimburse private sector
employers for a portion of the salary of reemployed FECA claimants
hired through OWCP's
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assisted reemployment program. Additionally, 5 U.S.C. 8111 provides
that an individual undergoing vocational rehabilitation under section
8104 may be paid additional compensation necessary for his maintenance,
which is initiated by an employer for a claimant using form CA-2231,
Employers' Claim for Reimbursement Assisted Reemployment (AR) Program.
See: Bulletins, Circulars, and Transmittals (BCT) FY12 [verbar]
U.S. Department of Labor.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
OWCP is soliciting comments concerning the proposed information
collection related to the Request for Employment Information. OWCP is
particularly interested in comments that:
Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether
the information has practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of OWCP/DFEC's estimate of the burden related
to the information collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used in the estimate;
Suggest methods to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the information collection 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.
Documents related to this information collection request are
available at <a href="https://regulations.gov">https://regulations.gov</a> and at DOL-OWCP located at 200
Constitution Ave. NW, Room S-3323, Washington, DC 20210. Questions
about the information collection requirements may be directed to the
person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section of this notice.
III. Current Actions
This information collection request concerns the Employers' Claim
for Reimbursement Assisted Reemployment (AR) Program, CA-2231. OWCP has
updated the data with respect to the number of respondents, responses,
burden hours, and burden costs supporting this information collection
request from the previous information collection request.
Type of Review: Extension, without change, of a currently approved
collection].
Agency: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
OMB Number: 1240-0018.
Affected Public: Private Sector--Business or other For-profits.
Number of Respondents: 14.
Number of Responses: 56.
Annual Burden Hours: 28 hours.
Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper Cost: $736.12.
OWCP Forms: DFEC Form Employers' Claim for Reimbursement Assisted
Reemployment (AR).
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized in
the request for Office of Management and Budget approval of the
proposed information collection request; they will become a matter of
public record and will be available at <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov">https://www.reginfo.gov</a>.
Anjanette Suggs,
Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-05583 Filed 4-1-25; 8:45 am]
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