Public notices: Labor Department publishes 10 in week ending Jan. 29

There were 10 notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Jan. 29, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Self-Employment Assistance (SEA) Program, was submitted on January 28, 2022.

The Labor Department published 13 the week before, marking a 23.1 percent decrease.

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 Jan. 29

Title	Publication Date
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Self-Employment Assistance (SEA) Program	01/28/2022
UL LLC: Application for Expansion of Recognition and Proposed Modification to the NRTL Program's List of Appropriate Test Standards	01/26/2022
Bay Area Compliance Laboratories Corp.: Grant of Expansion of Recognition	01/26/2022
QPS Evaluation Services, Inc.: Grant of Renewal of Recognition	01/26/2022
MET Laboratories, Inc.: Application for Expansion of Recognition	01/26/2022
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Main Fan Operation and Inspection (I-A, II-A, III, and V-A mines)	01/26/2022
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Ground Control for Surface Coal Mines and Surface Work Areas of Underground Coal Mines	01/26/2022
Information Collection Activities; Comment Request	01/25/2022
Withdrawal of Notice of Proposed Exemption Involving the Retirement System of the American National Red Cross Located in Washington, DC	01/24/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Unemployment Insurance Data Validation (DV) Program	01/24/2022