# Proposed Information Retention Request Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; Job Orders and Work Applications

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** August 1, 1997
- **Citation:** 62 FR 41428

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

Proposed Information Retention Request Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations; Job Orders and Work Applications

AGENCY: 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 retention
of information in accordance with the

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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PA) (44 U.S. 3506(c)(2)(A). Currently,
the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting comments
concerning the request for extension of OMB approval on continuing
recordkeeping requirements for Job Orders and Work Applications.
A copy of the proposed information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the employee listed below in the contact section
of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before September 30,
1997. Written comments should evaluate whether the proposed
recordkeeping requirement is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will
have practical utility, and evaluate the accuracy of the agency's
estimate of the burden of the proposed recordkeeping requirements.

ADDRESSES: Pearl Wah, U.S. Employment Service, Employment and Training
Administration, Department of Labor, Room N-4470, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, 202-219-5185 (This is not a toll-
free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

States collect basic labor exchange information, using a system of
their choice. The exact information to be collected is determined by
the State. It is information that is essential to the operation of the
labor exchange job placement service and normally collected as part of
Job Matching. At a minimum, information to be collected is that which
enables the State to comply with regulations under 20 CFR; Part 652,
and the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended.
The requirement to retain information under 20 CFR 652.8(d)(5) is:
``Each State shall retain basic documents for the minimum period
specified below:
(i). Work application: one year
(ii). Job order: one year.''

II. Current Actions

This is a request for OMB approval under the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) of an extension to previously
approved recordkeeping requirement assigned OMB Control No. 1205-0001.
There is no change in burden.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
Title: Work Application/Job Order Recordkeeping.
ORB Number: 1205-0001.
Frequency: Recordkeeping.
Affected Public: State governments.
Number of Respondents: 52.
Estimated Cost Per Respondent: No cost to respondent.
Estimated Burden Hours: 208.

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Hours Total
Items States per year (hours)
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Worker Application........................ 52 4 208
Job Order................................. 52 4 208
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(52 States include Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia)
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: July 26, 1997.
John R. Beverly, III,
Director, U.S. Employment Service.
[FR Doc. 97-20347 Filed 7-31-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510-30-M

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