# Comment Request for Information Collection for the Benefits, Timeliness, and Quality Data Collection System, Extension With Revisions
**AGENCY:**
Employment and Training Administration.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program 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 Employment and Training Administration is soliciting comments concerning the collection of data about the proposed extension of the Benefits Timeliness and Quality (BTQ) data collection system, which is part of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Performs measurement system (current expiration date is November 30, 2010).
A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section of this notice.
**DATES:**
Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the addressee's section below on or before November 9, 2010.
**ADDRESSES:**
Submit written comments to the Employment and Training Administration, Office of Unemployment Insurance, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room C4522, Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Delores Mackall. Telephone number: 202-693-3183 (this is not a toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-3975. E-mail: *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**I. Background**
The Secretary of Labor, under the Social Security Act, Title III, Section 302 (42 U.S.C. 502), funds the necessary cost of proper and efficient administration of each state UI law. The BTQ program collects information and analyzes data. The BTQ data measure the timeliness and quality of states' administrative actions and administrative decisions related to UI benefit payments.
**II. Review Focus**
The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments which:
• 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 submissions of responses.
**III. Current Actions**
*Type of Review:* Extension with revisions.
*Title:* Benefits, Timeliness, and Quality Review.
*OMB Number:* 1205-0359.
*Affected Public:* State governments.
*Form(s):* ETA-9050, ETA-9051, ETA-9052, ETA-9054, ETA-9055, ETA-9056, ETA-9057.
*Total Annual Respondents:* 53 state agencies.
*Annual Frequency:* Monthly and Quarterly.
*Total Annual Responses:* 29,636.
*Average Time per Response:* 80 minutes.
*Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:* 39,521 hours.
| ETA | Measure | Number of | Reports per year | Total | Hours per | Total hrs/year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 9050 | First Payment Time Lapse, Core Measure | 53 | 12 | 636 | .5 | 318 |
| 9050 | First Payment Time Lapse, Partial/Part Total Claims, Management Information Measure | 53 | 12 | 636 | .5 | 318 |
| 9050 | First Payment Time Lapse, Workshare Claims, Management Information Measure | 53 | 12 | 636 | .5 | 318 |
| 9051 | Continued Weeks Compensated Time Lapse, Management Information Measure | 53 | 12 | 636 | .5 | 318 |
| 9051 | Continued Weeks Compensated Time Lapse, Partial Part/Total, Management Information Measure | 53 | 12 | 636 | .5 | 318 |
| 9051 | Continued Weeks Compensated Time Lapse, Workshare, Management Information Measure | 53 | 12 | 636 | .5 | 318 |
| 9052 | Nonmonetary Determinations Time Lapse, Detection Date, Core Measure | 53 | 12 | 636 | 1.0 | 636 |
| 9054 | Lower Authority Appeals Time Lapse, Management Information Measure | 53 | 12 | 636 | .5 | 318 |
| 9055 | Lower Authority Appeals Case Aging, Core Measure | 53 | 12 | 636 | 1.0 | 636 |
| 9054 | Higher Authority Appeals Time Lapse, Management Information Measure | 53 | 12 | 636 | .5 | 318 |
| 9055 | Higher Authority Appeals Case Aging, Core Measure | 53 | 12 | 636 | 1.0 | 636 |
| Subtotal | | | | | 4,452 | |
| ETA | Measure | Number of | Sampled cases | Total cases | Hours per | Total hrs/year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 9056 | Nonmonetary Determination Quality, Core Measure | 23 Small States | 240 | 5,520 | 1 | 5,520 |
| 9056 | Nonmonetary Determination Quality, Core Measure | 30 Large States | 400 | 12,000 | 1 | 12,000 |
| 9057 | Lower Authority Appeals Quality, Core Measure | 42 Small States | 80 | 3,360 | 3.5 | 11,760 |
| 9057 | Lower Authority Appeals Quality, Core Measure | 11 Large States | 160 | 1,760 | 3.5 | 6,160 |
| Subtotal | | | | | 35,440 | |
*Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents:* $0.
Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval of the information collection request; they will also become a matter of public record.
Dated: Signed at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of September 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.