Federal Register: September 3, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 171)
DOCID: FR Doc 04-20106
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Labor Statistics Bureau
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice on or before November 2, 2004.
DOCUMENT 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 (PRA95) [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 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments concerning the proposed reinstatement of the ``Contingent Work Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS)'' to be conducted in February 2005. A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
SUMMARY:
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
I. Background
Since the mid1980s, there has been a growing belief among labor market researchers that employers require greater flexibility in their use of labor. As a result, many workers find themselves in ``contingent jobs'' that are structured to last for only limited duration or in alternative employment arrangements such as independent contracting, oncall work, working through a contract company, or through a temporary help firm. It is feared that workers with such employment may have little job security, low pay, and no employee benefits. This CPS supplement provides objective information about ``contingent work.'' II. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in comments that:
III. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the Contingent Work Supplement to the CPS.
Type of Review: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Contingent Work Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS).
OMB Number: 12200153.
Affected Public: Households.
Total Respondents: 43,500.
Frequency: Biennially.
Total Responses: 43,500.
Average Time Per Response: 8 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,800 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
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 also will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of August, 2004. Kimberley Hill,
Acting Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 0420106 Filed 9204; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer, telephone number 2026917628. (See ADDRESSES section.)