National Directory of New Hires; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

National Directory of New Hires; Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

OMB No.: New.

Description: Public Law 104-193, the ``Personal Responsibility and

Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996,'' requires the Office of

Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) to develop a National Directory of New

Hires (NDNH) to improve the ability of State child support agencies to

locate noncustodial parents and collect child support across State

lines.

The NDNH will contain employment, earning and unemployment

compensation data on all employees within the United States. The law

requires States and territories to periodically transmit new hire data

received from employers to the NDNH, and to transmit quarterly wage and

unemployment compensation claims data to the NDNH on a quarterly basis.

Employers must report specified information (based on information

reported on the IRS W-4 Form) on all new hires to State agencies for

transmittal to the NDNH. States will transmit all data to the NDNH

electronically. The purpose of the NDNH is to develop a repository of

information on newly-hired employees, and on the earnings and

unemployment compensation claims data on all employees, to provide the

necessary information to locate child support obligors, and to

establish and enforce child support orders.

Respondents: States and Employers.

Annual Burden Estimates

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Average

Number of Number of burden Total burden

Instrument respondents responses per hours per hours

respondent response

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New Hire: Employers Reporting Manually............. \1\ 5,166,00 \2\ 3.484 .0417 750,531

New Hire: Employers Reporting Electronically \1\... \1\ 1,134,000 \2\ 37,037 \3\ .00028 11,760

New Hire: States................................... 54 \4\ 83.333 \5\ 266.668 1,200,001

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Multistate Employers' Notification Form............ 375,000 1 .050 18,750

Quarterly Wage and Unemployment Compensation....... 54 \6\ 4 .033 7.13

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,981,049.

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Footnotes:

The above numbers are based on the following:

\1\ Eighteen percent of all employers will report manually and 82% will report electronically (based on SSA's

experience).

\2\ For the ``Employers'' tiers, ``response'' is defined as the number of new hire reports. Thirty percent of

all new hire reports will be reported manually and 70% will be reported electronically (based on SSA's

experience).

\3\ Based on the assumption that employers reporting new hires electronically will most likely transmit their

reports in a batch file, thus significantly reducing the per-response burden.

\4\ For the ``States'' tiers, ``response'' is defined as the number of transmissions to the NDNH. All States are

required by law to transmit new hire data to the NDNH electronically, within three business days after

entering the data into the SDNH. There are 250 business days per year. States will send a transmission once

every three business days, which is equal to 83.333 transmissions per year.

\5\ Based on the average number of reports per transmission and the average burden per new hire report. The

average number of reports per transmission is calculated by dividing 60,000,000 (total number of new hire

reports) by 54 (total number of States). The result (1,111,111) is then divided by 83.333 (estimated number of

transmission per State, see above explanation). Based on this calculation, the average number of reports per

transmission is 13,333.39 reports. The average burden per new hire report is estimated to be .02 hours (1.2

minutes), which is based on a range of two seconds to four minutes. The burden is estimated to be two seconds

per report for the 70% of new hire reports submitted to the State electronically. This two second burden

estimate is based on the same batch-file assumption as above, and includes data receipt and data transmission.

If the State has to manually enter the new hire data before transmitting to the NDNH (which is the case for

30% of all new hire reports), the burden is estimated to be four minutes (based on the number of characters in

a record). The average burden hours per report (.02) multiplied by the average number of reports per

transmission (13,333.39) is equal to the average burden hours per transmission (266.668).

\6\ ``Response'' is defined here as the number to transmissions to the NDNH. States are required to transmit

quarterly wage and unemployment compensation data four times a year.

Record Layouts and Field Descriptions for Input to the National Directory of New Hire (NDNH)

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Location/

Field name position Length Alpha/numeric Description remarks Mandatory/optional

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W4 Transmitter Record

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Record Identifier................ 1-2 2 A/N `H4'.................... M.

Transmitter State Code........... 3-4 2 N State FIPS code (for M for states.

states only).

Transmitter Agency Code.......... 5-13 9 A/N Federal Agency Code (for M for agencies.

federal agencies only).

Transmission Type................ 14-15 2 A/N `W4' for W4 data........ M.

Department of Defense............ 16 1 A `A' for active duty..... M for DOD.

Code............................. ......................... `C' for civilian.

......................... `R' for reserves.

......................... States may leave this

field blank.

Version Control Number........... 17-18 2 A/N Must be `01', controlled M.

by OCSE.

Date Stamp....................... 19-26 8 N Format = YYYYMMDD....... M.

......................... Must be current system

date of file

generation.

Batch Number..................... 27-32 6 N Sequential number to M.

identify a submission

as unique.

Filler........................... 33-801 769 A/N Spaces. To be used for

future versions.

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W4 Total Record

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Record Identifier................ 1-2 2 A/N `T4'.................... M.

Data Record Count................ 3-13 11 N Total record for M.

transmission, including

header and trailer

records.

Filler........................... 14-801 788 A/N Spaces. To be used for

future versions.

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W4 Data Record

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Record Identifier................ 1-2 2 A/N `W4'.................... M.

Employee SSN..................... 3-11 9 N As reported by employee. M.

Employee Name:

First Name................... 12-27 16 A At least one character.. M.

No special characters.

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Middle Name.................. 28-43 16 A If non-blank, must be at O.

least one character.

No special characters.

Last Name.................... 44-73 30 A At least one character.. M.

No special characters,

except for hyphen.

Employee Addresses:

Street Address (line 1)...... 74-113 40 A/N Non-blank............... M.

Street Address (line 2)...... 114-153 40 A/N If your address line is O.

less than 40

characters, do.

Street Address (line 3)...... 154-193 40 A/N Not concatenate into one O.

line..

City......................... 194-218 25 A At least two characters. M.

No special characters,

except for hyphen.

State........................ 219-220 2 A Valid state or territory M.

abbreviation.

Zip Code (1)................. 221-225 5 N Must be numeric......... M.

Zip Code (2)................. 226-229 4 A/N If present, must be O.

numeric.

Employee Foreign Address:

Foreign Country Code......... 230-231 2 A/N Refer to U.S. Department M for foreign address.

of Commerce FIPS code

manual, National

Institute of Standards

and Technology, FIPS

PUB 10-4 (April 1995).

Foreign Country Name......... 232-256 25 A/N If present, at least two O.

characters.

Foreign Zip Code............. 257-271 15 A/N ........................ O.

Employee Date of Birth........... 272-279 8 A/N If present, numberic.... O.

Format--YYYYMMDD.

Employee Date of Hire............ 280-287 8 A/N If present, numeric..... O.

Format--YYYYMMDD.

Employee State of Hire........... 288-289 2 A Alphabetic state or O.

territory abbreviation.

Federal EIN...................... 290-298 9 N Federal Employer M.

Identification Number.

State EIN........................ 299-310 12 A/N If no FEIN is available, O.

send the State Ein.

If present and less than .....................................

12 characters, left

justify.

Employer Name.................... 311-355 45 A/N At least two characters.

Employer Address................. ............ ........... ......................... FEIN address from W4.

Street Address (line 1)...... 356-395 40 A/N At least two characters. M.

Street Address (line 2)...... 396-435 40 A/N If your address line is O.

less than 40

characters, do.

Street Address (line 3)...... 436-475 40 A/N Not concatenate into one O.

line..

City......................... 476-500 25 A At least two characters. M.

State........................ 501-502 2 A Valid state or territory M.

abbreviation.

Zip Code (1)................. 503-507 5 N Must be numeric......... M.

Zip Code (2)................. 508-511 4 A/N If present, must be O.

numeric.

Employer Foreign Address:

Foreign Country Code......... 512-513 2 A/N Refer to U.S. Department M for foreign address.

of Commerce FIPS code

manual, National

Institute of Standards

and Technology, FIPS

PUB 10-4 (April 1995).

Foreign Country Name......... 514-538 25 A/N If present, at least two O.

characters.

Foreign Zip Code............. 539-553 15 A/N ........................ O.

Employer Optional Address........ ............ ........... ......................... This address will be O.

blank if only

collecting one address.

If there is a second

address, it should be

the address where child

support orders should

be sent.

Street Address (line 1)...... 554-593 40 A/N If your address line is O.

less than 40

characters, do.

Street Address (line 2)...... 594-633 40 A/N Not concatenate into one O.

line..

Street Address (line 3)...... 634-673 40 A/N ........................ O.

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City......................... 674-698 25 A If present, at least two O.

characters.

State........................ 699-700 2 A If present, valid state O.

or territory

abbreviation.

Zip Code (1)................. 701-705 5 A/N If present, must be O.

numeric.

Zip Code (2)................. 706-709 4 A/N If present, must be O.

numeric.

Employer Optional Foreign

Address:

Foreign Country Code............. 710-711 2 A/N Refer to U.S. Department O.

of Commerce FIPS code

manual, National

Institute of Standards

and Technology, FIPS

PUB 10-4 (April 1995).

Foreign Country Name............. 712-736 25 A/N If present, at least two O.

characters.

Foreign Zip Code................. 737-751 15 A/N ........................ O.

Filler........................... 752-801 50 A/N Spaces. To be used for

future versions.

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Quarterly Wage Transmitter Record

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Record Identifier................ 1-2 2 A `HQ'.................... M.

Transmitter State Code........... 3-4 2 N State FIPS code (for M for states.

states only).

Transmitter Agency Code.......... 5-13 9 A/N Federal Agency Code (for M for agencies.

federal agencies only).

Transmission Type................ 14-15 2 A/N `QW' for quarterly wage M.

data.

Department of Defense Code....... 16 1 A `A' for active duty..... M for DOD.

`C' for civilian........ .....................................

`R' for reserves........

States may leave this

field blank.

Version Control Number........... 17-18 2 A/N Must be `01', controlled M.

by OCSE.

Date Stamp....................... 19-26 8 N Format=YYYYMMDD......... M.

......................... Must be current system

date of file

generation.

Batch Number..................... 27-32 6 N Sequential number to M.

identify a submission

as unique.

Filler........................... 33-601 569 A/N Spaces. To be used for

future versions.

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Quarterly Wage Total Record

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Record Identifier................ 1-2 2 A `TQ'.................... M.

Data Record Count................ 3-13 11 N Total record count for M.

transmission, including

header and trailer

record.

Filler........................... 14-601 588 A/N Spaces. To be used for

future versions.

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Quarterly Wage Data Record

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Record Identifier................ 1-2 2 A `QW'.................... M.

Employee SSN..................... 3-11 9 N As reported by employee. M.

Employee Name:

First Name................... 12-27 16 A At least one character.. M.

......................... No special characters.

Middle Name.................. 28-43 16 A If non-blank, must be at O.

least one character.

......................... No special characters.

Last Name.................... 44-73 30 A At least one character.. M.

......................... No special characters,

except for hyphen.

Employee Wage Amount............. 74-84 11 N Last two positions are M.

decimal places.

No negative values,

zeroes are allowed.

......................... Gross amount paid within

the quarter.

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Reporting Period................. 85-89 5 N Format--QYYYY for M.

Calendar year.

......................... Q=1 for Jan-Mar.

......................... Q=2 for Apr-Jun.

......................... Q=3 for Jul-Sep.

......................... Q=4 for Oct-Dec.

Federal EIN...................... 90-98 9 N Federal Employer M.

Identification Number.

State EIN........................ 99-110 12 A/N If present and less than O.

12 characters, left

justify.

Employer Name.................... 111-155 45 A/N At least two characters. M.

Employer Address................. ............ ........... ......................... FEIN address............

Street Address (line 1)...... 156-195 40 A/N At least two characters. M.

Street Address (line 2)...... 196-235 40 A/N If your address line is O.

less than 40

characters, do.

Street Address (line 3)...... 236-275 40 A/N Not concatenate into one O.

line..

City......................... 276-300 25 A At least two characters. M.

State........................ 301-302 2 A Valid state or territory M.

abbreviation.

Zip Code (1)................. 303-307 5 N ........................ M.

Zip Code (2)................. 308-311 4 A/N If present, must be O.

numeric.

Employer Foreign Address:

Foreign Country Code......... 312-313 2 A/N Refer to U.S. Department M for foreign address.

of Commerce FIPS code

manual, National

Institute of Standards

and Technology, FIPS

PUB 10-4 (April 1995).

Foreign Country Name......... 314-338 25 A/N If present, at least two O.

characters.

Foreign Zip Code............. 339-353 15 A/N ........................ O.

Employer Optional Address........ ............ ........... ......................... This address will be .....................................

blank if only

collecting one address.

If there is a second

address, it should be

the address where child

support orders should

be sent.

Street Address (line 1)...... 354-393 40 A/N At least two characters. O.

Street Address (line 2)...... 394-433 40 A/N If your address is less O.

than 40 characters, do.

Street Address (line 3)...... 434-473 40 A/N Not concatenate into one O.

line..

City......................... 474-498 25 A If present, at least two O.

characters.

State........................ 499-500 2 A If present, valid state O.

or territory

abbreviation.

Zip Code (1)................. 501-505 5 A/N If present, must be O.

numeric.

Zip Code (2)................. 506-509 4 A/N If present, must be O.

numeric.

Employer Optional Foreign

Address:

Foreign Country Code......... 510-511 2 A/N Refer to U.S. Department O.

of Commerce FIPS code

manual, National

Institute of Standards

and Technology, FIPS

PUB 10-4 (April 1995).

Foreign Country Name......... 512-536 25 A/N If present, at least two O.

characters.

Foreign Zip Code............. 537-551 15 A/N ........................ O.

Filler........................... 552-601 50 A/N Spaces. To used for

future versions.

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UI Transmitter Record

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Record Identifier................ 1-2 2 A `HU'.................... M.

Transmitter State Code........... 3-4 2 N State FIPS code (for M for states.

states only).

Transmitter Agency Code.......... 5-13 9 A/N Federal Agency Code (for M for agencies.

federal agencies only).

Transmission Type................ 14-15 2 A/N `UI' for unemployment M.

insurance data.

Filler........................... 16 1 A/N ........................ M for DOD.

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Version Control Number........... 17-18 2 A/N Must be `01', controlled M.

by OCSE.

Date Stamp................... 19-26 8 N Format=YYYYMMDD......... M.

Must be current system

date of file

generation.

Batch Number 27-32............... 27-32 6 N Sequential number to M.

identify a submission

as unique.

Filler........................... 32-295 263 A/N Spaces. To be used for

future versions.

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UI Total Record

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Record Identifier................ 1-2 2 A `TU'.................... M.

Data Record Count................ 3-13 11 N Total record count for M.

transmission, including

header and trailer

record.

Filler........................... 14-295 282 A/N Spaces. To be used for

future versions.

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Record Identifier................ 1-2 2 A `UI'.................... M.

Claimant SSN..................... 3-11 9 N As reported by claimant. M.

Claimant Name:

First Name................... 12-27 16 A At least one character.. M.

No special characters...

Middle Name.................. 28-43 16 A In non-blank, must be at O.

least one character.

No special characters.

Last Name.................... 44-73 30 A At least one character.. M.

No special characters,

except for hyphen.

Claimant Address:

Street Address (line 1)...... 74-113 40 A/N Non-blank............... M.

Street Address (line 2)...... 114-153 40 A/N If your address line is O.

less than 40

characters, do.

Street Address (line 3)...... 154-193 40 A/N Not concatenate into one O.

line.

City......................... 194-218 25 A At least two characters. M.

No special characters,

except for hyphen.

State........................ 219-220 2 A Valid state or territory M.

abbreviation.

Zip Code (1)................. 221-225 5 N Must be numeric......... M.

Zip Code (2)................. 226-229 4 A/N If present, must be O.

numeric.

Benefit Amount................... 230-240 11 N Last two positions are M.

decimal places.

No negative values,

zeroes are allowed.

Gross amound paid within

the quarter before

withholding offsets.

This amount is a total

of all benefits that

are tracked

electronically.

Reporting Period................. 241-245 5 N Format--QYYYY for M.

Calendar year.

Q=1 for Jan-Mar.

Q=2 for Apr-Jun.

Q=3 for Jul-Sep.

Q=4 for Oct-Dec.

Filler........................... 246-295 50 A/N Spaces. To be used for

future versions.

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Supplement to New Hire Record Specifications

At the suggestion of the workgroup that assisted in developing the

record specifications for the National Directory of New Hires (NDNH),

this is an accompanying document that contains some additional

clarification or explanation of items in the record specifications.

Mandatory Fields: The legislation mandates the collection of only

the following six data elements from the W-4 form:

Employee SSN

Employee Name

Employee Address

Employee Name

Employee Address

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Employee ID number

On the W-4 record specifications these fields are marked with (M)

to designate mandatory. There are three additional optional fields that

are highly desirable for the New Hire data base. These are:

Employee Date of Birth

Employee Date of Hire

Employee State of Hire

While the legislation precludes the federal government from

mandating the collection and retention of additional data elements, the

states are not bound by those rules. The New Hire record specifications

were developed in collaboration with State child support enforcement

staff, State Employment Security Agency (SESA) staff, and federal and

Department of Defense staff. Consequently, the specifications include

additional data elements that can be collected by the states and passed

to the NDNH. These data elements can then be used by the states and

other authorized users of NDNH data.

Following are some clarifying statements that apply to all of the

NDNH data elements and record formats.

All data is to be in EBCDIC format.

All alphanumeric data are to be in upper case.

I. All alphanumeric data are to be left justified.

II. All numeric data are to right justified and zero filled.

III. All dates are to be in the Year 2000-complaint format of

YYYYMMDD.

IV. Name and city data are to be stripped of special characters

except for the hyphen.

State and territory abbreviations in addresses should be the US

Postal Service abbreviations.

Name fields should not include suffixes such as ``Jr.'', ``Sr.'',

and ``III''.

The NDNH will contain two addresses for the employer. The first

address is that noted on the W-4 form. The second address is where

child support orders should be sent. If only one address is available

or known, use the first set of address data elements and leave the

second set of data elements blank. National standard codes are to be

used for foreign country code abbreviations as assigned by the

Department of Commerce FIPS codes (FIPS PUB 10-4).

V. For Quarterly Wage data, the employee wage amount is to be the

gross amount paid during the quarter, regardless of when the amount was

earned.

For Unemployment Insurance data, the benefit amount is to be the

gross amount paid within the quarter before any deductions or offsets

are applied, regardless of when the benefit was earned or accrued.

When in doubt, send the data. While the NDNH wants to receive

clean, edited data, we want to receive all data in a timely manner.

Consequently, if some data is missing or incomplete at the time of

transmission, include the record(s) in the transmission. Hopefully,

this will also make processing easier at the State level.

Output records returned from the NDNH will contain all of the input

data sent to the NDNH and indications of errors or changes that took

place at the federal level.

VI. States have the option of receiving error records. The NDNH

will maintain a matrix of which states want to be notified of errors

and which do not.

Input Records

When sending data to the federal level, there will be three record

types in each transmission of data. These will include a header record,

a series of data records, and concluded by a trailer record.

Header Record

The header record will be the first record in the data set and will

contain the following fields.

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Field name Comments

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Record Identifier............ Enter `H4' for W4 data.

Enter `HQ' for Quarterly Wage data.

Enter `HU' for Unemployment Insurance

data.

Transmitter State Code....... Refer to US Department of Commerce FIPS

code manual, National Institute of

Standards and Technology, FIPS PUB 10-4

(April 1995).

Transmitter Agency Code...... Some federal agencies act as service

bureaus for other federal agencies.

Enter the Federal Employer

Identification Number (FEIN) of the

agency transmitting the data to the

National Directory of New Hires.

Transmission Type............ Identifies the type of data in this data

set.

Enter `W4' for W4 data.

Enter `QW' for Quarterly Wage data.

Enter `UI' for Unemployment Insurance

data.

Department of Defense Code... This field is mandatory only for DOD data

transmissions. All others can ignore

this field. DOD data is separated into

several categories. This field indicates

with category of data is being

transmitted.

Enter `A' for active duty personnel.

Enter `C' for civilian personnel.

Enter `R' for reservist personnel.

Version Control Number....... It is assumed that the system will be

modified over time to accommodate future

requirements. The version Control Number

indicates which version of the system is

in operation and will provide a means of

communicating with data suppliers about

record formats.

Enter `01' until notified by OCSE to

change this value.

Date Stamp................... Enter the system generated date on the

date the data set is transmitted to the

federal level. Enter the date in the

format YYYYMMDD.

Batch Number................. A sequential number generated by the

transmitting agency. This field is to

uniquely identify a transmission. Do not

repeat batch numbers.

Filler....................... Each record contains filler to be used

for future versions of the record

formats.

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Total Record

Each data set is to be terminated with a Total Record which will

contain the count of the total number of records transmitted in this

data set.

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Field name Comments

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Record Identifier............ Enter `T4' for W4 data.

Enter `TQ' for Quarterly Wage data.

Enter `TU' for Unemployment Insurance

data.

Data Record Count............ Enter the total number of records

transmitted in this data set, including

the header and trailer records. This

will be used to verify that all records

are received and processed.

Filler....................... Spaces. To be used for future versions of

the system.

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Data Record

Each of the data records for W4, Quarterly Wage, and UI is

different in several ways. Following is further explanation of some of

the data elements in those record layouts. See the Record Layout

specifications for detailed information on all data elements.

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Field name Comments

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Record Identifier............ Enter `W4' for the W4 record.

Enter `QW' for the Quarterly Wage record.

Enter `UI' for the Unemployment Insurance

record.

Foreign Address Data Elements If an address supplied for the employee

or employer is outside the United

States, include the Foreign Country Code

for the address, the Foreign Country

Name, and the Foreign Zip Code.

Employee Wage Amount (QW).... For Quarterly Wage data, provide the

gross amount paid to the employee during

the quarter, regardless of when the

amount was earned.

Reporting Period............. Use the quarters that correspond to the

calendar year rather than quarters that

correspond to fiscal accounting periods.

Use the format QYYYY where:

Q = 1 for January-March.

Q = 2 for April-June.

Q = 3 for July-September.

Q = 4 for October-December.

Benefit Amount (UI).......... The UI Benefit Amount is the gross amount

paid within the reporting quarter before

any withholding offsets are applied.

This amount should be the sum of

benefits received from all programs

tracked electronically by the State.

However, only include those benefits

that are housed in the same hardware

environment. Do not include benefits

from sources that must be translated or

imported to the mainframe environment.

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Output Records

FPLS will return records to the data transmitters when errors were

detected. The states can elect to have these records returned for error

resolution or not as they choose. Federal agencies, however, will

receive all error records from each transmittal.

The record formats for the error records are identical to the input

record provided by the submitter except that error codes will be

appended that explain the nature of the error. Errors can occur at the

transmission level and at the individual record level.

Transmission Control Records: This is the output equivalent of the

input TRANSMITTER RECORD and includes counts of records received,

records rejected, error records returned, records posted to the

National Director of New Hires, records posted to the Suspense File,

and up to five Error Codes pertaining to the transmission level error

conditions encountered.

Data Records: Each output version of the input DATA RECORD had

appended to it up to five record level error codes that indicate the

nature of the error encountered during editing. It also contains a

Social Security Number Verification Indicator that indicates whether

multiple valid SSNs were encountered during the SSN verification

process. In addition, a corrected SSN is returned if during the SSN

verification process the supplied SSN was determined to be incorrect

and the verification procedure was able to provide the correct SSN.

Total Records: No transmission total records will be returned to

the submitting State or federal agency.

Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be

obtained by writing to The Administration for Children and Families,

Office of Information Services, Division of Information Resource

Management Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447,

Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer.

OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the

collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of

this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best

assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of

publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office

of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attn: Ms. Wendy Taylor.

In addition, comments may also be forwarded to ACF at the following

address: The Administration for Children and Families, Office of

Information Services, Division of Information Resources, 370 L'Enfant

Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: Reports Clearance Officer,

Internet address: [email protected].

Dated: September 23, 1997.

Robert Driscoll,

Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97-25769 Filed 9-26-97; 8:45 am]

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