Proposed Collection; Comment Request
[01/13/2004]
Volume 69, Number 8, Page 2010-2011
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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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 Standards Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed collection: Claim for Reimbursement-
Assisted Reemployment (CA-2231). A copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed
below in the addresses section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
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addresses section below on or before March 15, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
(202) 693-0418, fax (202) 693-1451, E-mail bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please
use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or Email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) administers the
Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA). Section 8104(a) of the Act
provides vocational rehabilitation services to eligible injured Federal
employees that are paid from the Employees' Compensation Fund.
Authority has been granted to OWCP to use amounts from the fund to
reimburse a private sector employer who has hired a rehabilitated
injured Federal employee for a portion of his or her salary. The
information collected on Form CA-2231 provides OWCP with the necessary
remittance information for the employer, documents the hours of work,
certifies the payment of wages to the claimant for which reimbursement
is sought, and summarizes the nature and costs of the wage
reimbursement program for a prompt decision by OWCP. This information
collection is currently approved for use through June 30, 2004.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments
which:
[sbull] 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;
[sbull] 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;
[sbull] Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
[sbull] 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
The Department of Labor seeks the extension of approval to collect
this information to ensure timely and accurate payments to eligible
employers for reimbursement claims.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Claim for Reimbursement-Assisted Reemployment.
OMB Number: 1215-0178.
Agency Number: CA-2231.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions.
Total Respondents: 20.
Total Annual Responses: 80.
Average Time per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 40.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $32.00.
Comments submitted in response to this notice 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: January 6, 2004.
Bruce Bohanon,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-640 Filed 1-12-04; 8:45 am
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