Week ending Oct. 23: Labor Department publishes 13 notices

There were 13 notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Oct. 23, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request: VETS' Jobs for Veterans State Grants Program Reporting, was submitted on October 22, 2021.

The Labor Department published eight the week before, marking a 62.5 percent increase.

The Department provides billions in unemployment insurance, which peaked around 2011 though spending had declined before the pandemic. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, claimed the Department funds "ineffective and duplicative services" and overregulates the workplace.

Notices are required documents detailing rules and regulations being proposed by each federal department. This allows the public to see what issues legislators and federal departments are focusing on.

Any person or organization can comment on the proposed rules. Departments and agencies must then address “significant issues raised in comments and discuss any changes made,” the Federal Register says.

Notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Oct. 23

Title	Publication Date
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request: VETS' Jobs for Veterans State Grants Program Reporting	10/22/2021
Bay Area Compliance Laboratories Corp.: Application for Expansion of Recognition	10/22/2021
Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health	10/22/2021
Investigations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance	10/21/2021
Determinations Regarding Eligiblity To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance	10/21/2021
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Web-Based Hotline	10/20/2021
On-Site Consultation Agreements; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements	10/20/2021
Labor Surplus Area Classification	10/19/2021
Notice Announcing the Methodology To Distribute Outcome Payments to States for the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) Program in Accordance With Title III, Section 306(f)(2) of the Social Security Act (SSA)	10/19/2021
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Occupational Noise Exposure	10/19/2021
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Guam Military Base Realignment Contractors Recruitment Standards	10/18/2021
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; O*Net Data Collection Program	10/18/2021
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)	10/18/2021