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OMB Control No: 1205-0245	ICR Reference No: 201901-1205-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201805-1205-004
Agency/Subagency: DOL/ETA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Program
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 02/13/2019
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/04/2019
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2019	08/31/2019	08/31/2019
Responses	165,074	0	165,074
Time Burden (Hours)	535,312	0	535,312
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	165,074	165,074
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	535,312	535,312
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The current total hour burden set forth in the ICR for both paid and denied claims is 535,312 hours with a total of 165,074 responses. The activities for the BAM remains unchanged and reflects the continued emphasis on gathering, verifying and reporting payment accuracy information as mandated by law and regulation. The revised burden from the previous submission reflects a simpler methodology used for computation and also corrects errors identified in the computation of burden.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $130,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Walter Parker 202 693-2778 parker.walter@dol.gov