Week ending Feb. 11: Labor Department publishes 13 notices

There were 13 notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Feb. 11, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP), was submitted on February 10, 2023.

The Labor Department published 11 the week before, marking an 18.2 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 Feb. 11

Title	Publication Date
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP)	02/10/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Job Corps Enrollee Allotment Determination	02/09/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Job Corps Health Questionnaire	02/09/2023
Proposed Exemptions From Certain Prohibited Transaction Restrictions	02/09/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Benefit Appeals Report	02/09/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Student Experiences Assessment (SEA) of Job Corps Centers	02/09/2023
Labor Certification Process for the Temporary Employment of H-2A and H-2B Foreign Workers in the United States: Annual Update to Allowable Monetary Charges for Agricultural Workers' Meals and for Travel Subsistence Reimbursement, Including Lodging	02/09/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Public Comment	02/08/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Requests for District Director Action	02/08/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Student Safety Assessment (SSA) of Job Corps Centers	02/07/2023
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program: Notice of Federal Agency With Adequate Safeguards To Satisfy the Confidentiality Requirement of the Social Security Act (SSA)	02/07/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Job Corps Placement and Assistance Record	02/07/2023
Cadmium in Construction Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements	02/06/2023