Notice2025-11414
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program Data Exchange Standardization
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Published
June 23, 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 revision to the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, "Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program Data Exchange Standardization." 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 118 (Monday, June 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26611-26612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11414]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program Data Exchange
Standardization
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training
Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed
revision to the authority to conduct the information collection request
(ICR) titled, ``Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program Data
Exchange Standardization.'' 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
August 22, 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 Jagruti Patel by telephone at (202) 693-3059 (this is not a
toll-free number), TTY 1-877-889-5627 (this is not a toll-free number),
or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#99d6ccd0b4c9cbd8d9fdf6f5b7fef6ef"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d19e8498fc81839091b5bebdffb6bea7">[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 Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210; by email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e2adb7abcfb2b0a3a2868d8ecc858d94"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eba4bea2c6bbb9aaab8f8487c58c849d">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Jagruti Patel by telephone at
(202) 693-3059 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2c637965017c7e6d6c484340024b435a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2768726e0a7775666743484b09404851">[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.
The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (the Act)
was signed into law on February 22, 2012. Section 2104 of the Act
amends Title IX, Social Security Act by adding a new section 911 (42
U.S.C. 1111), which requires DOL to issue rules that establish data
exchange standards for certain functions related to administration of
the unemployment insurance (UI) program. As a result, DOL issued a rule
designating XML (eXtensible Markup Language) as the data exchange
standard for the real-time applications on the Interstate Connection
Network (ICON) and for State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES).
States are required to conform to the XML data exchange standard for
these applications. DOL's regulations implementing this Act, codified
in 20 CFR part 619, authorizes this information collection. This is a
proposed extension with revision. The only revision is because the
number of states that the Data Exchange Standardization rule affects
has declined from 15 to 12, as more states
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have implemented this rule. Therefore, the total annual burden hours
declined from 1800 hours to 1440 hours.
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 control number
1205-0510.
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: Revision.
Title of Collection: Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program
Data Exchange Standardization.
Form: Not Applicable.
OMB Control Number: 1205-0510.
Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 12.
Frequency: Once.
Total Estimated Annual Responses: 12.
Estimated Average Time per Response: 120 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1440 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $95,755.20.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Susan Frazier,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2025-11414 Filed 6-20-25; 8:45 am]
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