[Federal Register: April 7, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 66)]
[Notices]               
[Page 17019-17020]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr07ap98-108]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

 
ETA-9000 Report on Internal Fraud Activities; 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 [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 proposed extension collection of the ETA-9000 Report on 
Internal Fraud Activities. A copy of the proposed information 
collection request 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 section below on or before June 8, 1998. The Department of 
Labor is particularly interested in comments which:
    <bullet> 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;
    <bullet> 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;
    <bullet> Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    <bullet> 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.

ADDRESSES: Harry B. Minor, Unemployment Insurance Service, Employment 
and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S4522, 200 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210, telephone number 
(202) 219-5211, ext. 108 (this is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The ETA-9000 is the only data source available on instances of 
internal fraud activities within the Unemployment Insurance (UI) 
program and on the results of safeguards that have been implemented to 
deter and detect instances of internal fraud. The report categorizes 
the major areas susceptible to internal (employee) fraud and provides 
actual and ``estimated'' (predictability or cost avoidance measures) 
workload. The information from this report has been used and will be 
used to review Internal Security (IS) operations and obtain information 
on composite shifting patterns of nationwide activity, and 
effectiveness in the area of internal fraud identification and 
prevention. Employment and Training Administration has used this report 
to assess the overall adequacy of internal security procedures in State 
Employment Security Agency (SESA) UI program administration.

II. Current Actions

    Continued collection of the ETA-9000 data will provide for a 
comprehensive evaluation of the UI IS program. The data is collected 
annually, and an analysis of the data received is formulated into a 
report summarizing the internal fraud cases uncovered by the 53 SESAs.

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    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Report on Internal Fraud Activities.
    OMB Number: 1205-0187.
    Agency Number: ETA 9000.
    Affected Public: State and Local Governments.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Total Responses: 53.
    Average Time per Response: 3 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 159 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 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: March 31, 1998.
Grace A. Kilbane,
Director, Unemployment Insurance Service.
[FR Doc. 98-9056 Filed 4-6-98; 8:45 am]
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