Unemployment compensation claims, financial management and data on disaster unemployment assistance (DUA) activity are needed for timely program evaluation necessary for competent administration of Sections 410 and 423 of the Act. Workload items are also used with fiscal reports to estimate the cost of administering the Act.
The burden previously reported for cost expense has been taken out. Program office staff are unaware of any sort of reporting or burden at the state or Federal level associated with this item. It may have referred to standard forms that were used in the past, however there is no current or proposed reporting in this collection beyond the ETA 902, ETA 9130 and the narrative final report. Finally, the burden previously claimed for miscellaneous recordkeeping has been removed. With improved electronic reporting, many of the tasks previously described (e.g. microfilming, storage of paper documents) are not longer operational. The burden listed for submittal of the ETA 902 should represent an accurate estimate of all of the work associated with meeting the reporting requirements in this collection. Prior burden hours included forms states use for claims-taking and to process claimants information for determining DUA eligibility. These are operational forms and not required reports that states submit to OWS and should not be included in this burden collection. The ETA 9130 report burden(formerly S.F. 269) is accounted for under the existing collection number 1205-0461, and should not have been included in the hour burden for this collection.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form ETA-902 Employment and Training Administration Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Handbook and Operating Forms, Including ETA 90-2, Disaster Payment Activities Under the Stafford Disaster Act
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Employment and Training Administration Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Handbook and Operating Forms, Including ETA 90-2, Disaster Payment Activities Under the Stafford Disaster Act