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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 1220-0032	ICR Reference No: 201601-1220-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201409-1220-002
Agency/Subagency: DOL/BLS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Annual Refiling Survey
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: 02/19/2016
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/10/2016
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2017	12/31/2017	12/31/2017
Responses	959,209	0	959,209
Time Burden (Hours)	100,296	0	100,296
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	959,209	959,209
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	100,296	100,296
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 decrease in total hours requested, from 153,642 to 100,296, is due to the curtailment in the QCEW program decided upon by the DOL and OMB. This curtailment, described previously, was accomplished in part by reducing the scope and frequency of the ARS. The reduction strategy was devised to have minimal impact on data quality, to maintain the ability to identify industry developments, and to preserve budget flexibility.