Labour market · 10/06/1999

Employment and Training Administration, Unemployment Insurance Service: Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; State Quality Service Plan

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 (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning the new State Quality Service Plan (SQSP), which was designed in consultation with end users, and will replace the Program Budget Plan (PBP), which has been used for more than a decade. Guidelines for completion and submittal of the SQSP are contained in a handbook, which has been designed not to become obsolete annually, as was the case with the PBP. Fiscal year-specific information such as Federal Program Focus, or additional budget allocations, will be