[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22458-22459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08519]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program
Data Exchange Standardization
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment
and Training Administration (ETA)-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 agency receives
on or before May 22, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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) if the information will be processed and used in a timely
manner; (3) 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; (4) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) 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: Frederick Licari by telephone at 202-
693-8073, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is required by the Middle
Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 to designate eXtensible
Markup Language (XML) as a data exchange standard. The data exchange
standards help improve the interoperability of these systems that
collect and exchange information for UI administrative purposes.
Through this regulation, the Department makes use of data exchange
standards for ICON and SIDES. To improve UI program operations by
states, the Department has been the facilitating entity for development
and implementation of automated systems that states may adopt for
efficiently processing claims and improving program integrity. These
automated systems, which have been developed through a collaborative
effort with states and the National Association of Workforce Agencies
(NASWA), have replaced manual paper processing with automated exchanges
of information between states as well as those between states and
employers. The Department provides funding to facilitate the
development and implementation of these automated systems, and
encourages the use of these systems by states. The Federal requirement
to use this standard requires the Department to establish, through
regulation, that all such exchanges of electronic information must use
XML to comply with the Act. For additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the
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related notice published in the Federal Register on January 2, 2020 (85
FR 133).
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.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL-ETA.
Title of Collection: Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program
Data Exchange Standardization.
OMB Control Number: 1205-0510.
Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 25.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 25.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 3,000 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $498,740.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D)).
Dated: April 16, 2020.
Frederick Licari,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-08519 Filed 4-21-20; 8:45 am]
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