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Supporting
Statement
Arbitration
Services Personal Data Sheet
National
Mediation Board (NMB)
A.
JUSTIFICATION:
Section
153 and 183 of the Railway Labor Act, provide for the use of
arbitrators in the resolution of disputes concerning the application
or interpretation of provisions of a collective bargaining agreement
in the airline and railroad industries. The NMB maintains a roster
of arbitrators for this purpose. The NMB must have a means for
interested individuals to apply for inclusion on this roster. This
form is the application for inclusion on this roster.
This
collection is necessary to provide the NMB with professional
experience for arbitrators, so that they can be included on our
roster. We need to ensure that the arbitrators that are on our
roster are qualified and experienced. The form contains questions
that allow the NMB to verify qualifications of each arbitrator prior
to inclusion on the roster.
There
is no improved technological method for obtaining this information.
The burden on the parties is minimal in completing the Arbitration
Services - Personal Data Sheet.
This
information does not exist in duplicate elsewhere in the agency; it
is received from new arbitrators when they want to be included on
our roster.
The
respondents to this collection are individual contractors and small
businesses or entities. However, the submission of this brief
collection is necessary in order for the National Mediation Board to
comply with Sections 153 and 183 of the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C.
The form includes only the pertinent information required for the
NMB to verify the professional experience and qualifications of the
arbitrator.
The
collection of this information is vital for the NMB to comply with
the Railway Labor Act which requires that the NMB provide
arbitrators to resolve disputes concerning the application or
interpretation of provisions of a collective bargaining agreement in
the airline and railroad industries. The NMB is required to provide
experts in this field and without this collection would not be able
to validate qualifications.
The
information requested by the NMB is consistent with the general
information collection guidelines of C.F.R. 1320.8 (b) (3). The
burden on the individuals is minimal in completing the Arbitration
Services - Personal Data Sheet. We do not require submission of
more than one copy of any document. Information requested of
respondents is confidential in nature and is protected by internal
procedures to the extent permitted by law.
A
notice regarding the Arbitration Services - Personal Data Sheet was
published in the Federal Register on April 28, 2006, page 25249, for
public comment. The NMB did not receive any comments on this
published notice. There have been no recent consultations
regarding the form. (See attached copy of notice.)
No payments or gifts have been
provided by the NMB to any respondents of the form.
The
information collected is confidential in nature and is protected by
internal procedures to the extent permitted by law.
There are no questions of a
sensitive nature on the form.
The
total time
burden on respondents
is 25 hours annually – this is the time required to collect
information. After consulting with a small sample of people
involved with the collection of this information, the time to
complete this information collection is estimated to average 1 hour
per response, including gathering the data needed and completion and
review of the information.
1.Number of
respondents per year 25
2.Estimated
time per respondent 1 hour
3.Total
Burden hours per year 25
(25 submissions x 1 hour)
The
total collection
and mail cost burden on respondents
is estimated at $948.00
annually
($937.50 time cost burden + $10.50 mail cost burden.)
The respondents will not
incur any capital costs or start up costs for this collection.
Cost burden on respondents –
detail:
(1) The total time burden
annual cost is $937.50
The salary that the NMB pays
arbitrators is $37.50 per hour; it is estimated that it takes one
hour to complete the Arbitration Services - Personal Data Sheet form.
The total burden is estimated at 25 hours, therefore the total time
burden cost is estimated at $937.50 per year.
Time Burden Basis: total
hourly burden per year = 25
$37.50 per hour – based on arbitrator’s hourly rate
$37.50 x 25 hours per year = $937.50
(2)
The total annual mailing cost to respondents is $10.50
Number
of requests mailed per year 25
Total
estimated cost $10.50
(25 x .42 stamp)
The
total annualized
Federal cost
is
$892.06
– this involves printing, mailing the form upon request of the
arbitrator and processing the Arbitration Services - Personal Data
Sheet , (see a., b., and c. below).
a. Printing
cost $ .75
(estimated
cost per copy is .25 x 3 = $.75)
b. Mailing
costs $ 8.31
Mailing costs basis:
Forms are requested approximately 3 times per year, (most requestors
obtain the form from the internet, few actually request that we
provide the form to them) - it takes 5 minutes to print out the form
and prepare it for mail.
Postage cost = $1.26
3 (times per year) x .42 (cost of postage)
Staff cost = $7.05
$.47 per minute (GS 9 $58,318 = $27.94 per hr.
60)
$.47 x 5 minutes per mailing = $2.35
$2.35 x 3 times per year = $7.05
Total Mailing Costs = $8.31
c. Processing
Costs = $883.00
Processing costs basis
(processing cost): Arbitration Services - Personal Data Sheets are
submitted approximately 25 times per year and it takes 1 hour for the
Arbitration Department to process each application
Staff cost = $679.00
$35.32 per hour (GS 12 $73,720 = $35.32 per hr.)
$35.32 x 25 times per year = $883.00
Item
13 Program Change & 14 Adjustments – this collection was
not previously included in the Paperwork Reduction Act process.
The
information collected by the request will not be published.
The NMB will display the OMB
expiration date on the form.
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(c) – the form does not reduce the burden on small entities;
however, the burden is minimized and voluntary. The submission of
this brief collection is necessary in order for the National
Mediation Board to comply with Sections 153 and 183 of the Railway
Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. The form includes only the pertinent
information required for the NMB to verify the professional
experience and qualifications of the arbitrator.
19 (f) – the form does
not indicate the retention period for record keeping requirements.
19
(i) - the form is not part of a statistical survey.
B.
COLLECTIONS OF INFORMATION EMPLOYING STATISTICAL METHODS
Not
applicable to this collection.
| File Type | application/msword |
| File Title | Supporting Statement |
| Author | Grace Ann Leach |
| Last Modified By | dv212 |
| File Modified | 2009-02-19 |
| File Created | 2003-03-11 |