Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Federal Register Volume 76, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 27, 2011)

Notices

Pages 44960-44961

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

FR Doc No: 2011-18899

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Report on Current Employment Statistics

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the revised Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) sponsored information collection request

(ICR) titled, ``Report on Current Employment Statistics,'' to the

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for use in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

DATES: Submit comments on or before August 26, 2011.

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 from the

RegInfo.gov Web site, http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, on the day following publication of this notice or by contacting Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or sending an e-mail to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.

Submit comments about this request to the Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Department of Labor,

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 202-395-6929/Fax: 202-395-6881

(these are not toll-free numbers), e-mail: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or by e-mail at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress has charged the Bureau of Labor

Statistics with the responsibility of collecting and publishing monthly information on employment, the average wage received, and the hours worked, by area and by industry. See 29 U.S.C. 2. The Current

Employment Statistics program provides current monthly statistics on employment, hours, and earnings, by industry. The statistics are fundamental inputs in economic decision processes at all levels of government, private enterprise, and organized labor. The data necessary to

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produce these estimates are voluntarily reported.

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 the 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 if the collection of information does not display a valid OMB Control Number.

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval for this information collection under OMB Control Number 1220-0011. The current

OMB approval is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2011; however, it should be noted that existing information collection requirements submitted to the OMB receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review. For additional information, see the related notice published in the Federal Register on March 30, 2011 (76 FR 17710).

Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB,

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in the ADDRESSES section within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate consideration, comments should reference OMB Control Number 1220-0011.

The OMB is particularly interested in comments that:

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;

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;

Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

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: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Title of Collection: Report on Current Employment Statistics.

OMB Control Number: 1220-0011.

Affected Public: Private Sector--Business or other for-profits and not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, and Tribal Governments;

Federal Government.

Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 290,600.

Total Estimated Number of Responses: 3,487,200.

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 582,120.

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

Dated: July 20, 2011.

Michel Smyth,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

FR Doc. 2011-18899 Filed 7-26-11; 8:45 am

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