Notice2025-08375
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Required Elements of an Unemployment Insurance (UI) Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) Grant State Plan
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Published
May 13, 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, "Required Elements of an Unemployment Insurance (UI) Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) Grant State Plan." 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 91 (Tuesday, May 13, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20316-20317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08375]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Required Elements of an Unemployment Insurance (UI) Reemployment
Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) Grant State Plan
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, ``Required Elements of an Unemployment Insurance
(UI) Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) Grant
State Plan.'' 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
July 14, 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 Lanika Moore by telephone at 202-693-2862 (this is not a
toll-free number), or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#39766c7014696b78795d5655175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fcb3a9b5d1acaebdbc989390d29b938a">[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, Employment and
Training Administration, Office of Unemployment Insurance Room S-4524,
200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210; by email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#652a302c4835372425010a094b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0748524e2a5755464763686b29606871">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lanika Moore by telephone at 202-693-
2862 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#93dcc6dabec3c1d2d3f7fcffbdf4fce5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ad5cfd3b7cac8dbdafef5f6b4fdf5ec">[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 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.
The federal-state UI program is a required partner in the
comprehensive, integrated workforce system. Individuals who have lost
employment through no fault of their own and have earned sufficient
wage credits may receive UI benefits if they meet initial and
continuing eligibility requirements. Beginning in 2005, the Department
and participating state UI agencies have been addressing individual
reemployment needs of UI claimants and working to prevent and detect UI
improper payments through the voluntary UI Reemployment and Eligibility
Assessment (REA) program. In FY 2015, states transitioned from REA to
the voluntary RESEA program, which expanded the REA program model by
providing a broader range of reemployment services.
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, Public Law 115-123 (BBA),
enacted on February 9, 2018, included amendments to the Social Security
Act (SSA) creating a permanent authorization for the RESEA program. The
RESEA provisions are contained in Section 30206 of the BBA, enacting
new section 306 of the SSA. Section 306(e), SSA, provides the
authorization and specific requirements for an annual RESEA state plan.
To receive an RESEA grant, a state must submit an annual RESEA state
plan that responds to all required elements and is approved by the
Secretary of Labor. In 2019, ETA developed this state plan data
collection to align with the statutory annual report requirements
detailed in section 306(e), SSA, and the essential administrative
information necessary to complete the review, execution, and oversight
of RESEA grants. Since implementation of this RESEA state plan ICR, the
Department has conducted annual reviews of RESEA state plan submissions
to identify possible changes to the RESEA state plan ICR that could
reduce common errors and other challenges. The proposed revised data
collection includes several modifications intended to make the plan
elements clearer, remove elements that are redundant or no longer
needed, prevent common errors, and reduce states' reporting burden.
These proposed revisions include:
<bullet> Edits throughout the ICR to provide added technical
clarity for each required element and help mitigate common submission
omissions or errors;
<bullet> Short checklists of required narrative components
incorporated into instructions to help ensure submitted narratives are
complete; and
<bullet> New elements requiring states to provide positive
confirmation that all required supplemental documentation is attached.
42 U.S.C. 506(e) authorizes 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 mention OMB No. 1205-0538.
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:
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<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: Revision.
Title of Collection: Required Elements of an Unemployment Insurance
(UI) Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) Grant
State Plan.
Form: Annual RESEA State Plan Template.
OMB Control Number: 1205-0538.
Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
Frequency: Annual.
Total Estimated Annual Responses: 53.
Estimated Average Time per Response: 40.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,120 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Susan Frazier,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2025-08375 Filed 5-12-25; 8:45 am]
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