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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 1220-0042	ICR Reference No: 202001-1220-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201909-1220-001
Agency/Subagency: DOL/BLS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Report on Occupational Employment and Wages
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 05/04/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 03/11/2020
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2023	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2020
Responses	266,489	0	307,822
Time Burden (Hours)	133,245	0	153,911
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	266,489	307,822	0	-41,333
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	133,245	153,911	1	-20,667
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The total number of responses and the annual time burden have decreased from the previous Office of Management and Budget inventory due to a decrease in the OES sample size and a reduction in the OES response rate from 73% to 70.5%. Small changes within the four Information Collections (private-voluntary, government-voluntary, private-mandatory, and government-mandatory) can be attributed to some States moving from voluntary to mandatory status. The OES survey is voluntary, but some States require completion of the survey.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $34,000,000

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: Samuel Fincher 202 691-6474 fincher.samuel@bls.gov