There were 10 notices published by the Labor Department in week ending March 4, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Information Collection Activities; Comment Request, was submitted on March 3, 2023.

The Labor Department published eight the week before, marking a 25 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 March 4

Title	Publication Date
Information Collection Activities; Comment Request	03/03/2023
Advisory Committee on Veterans' Employment, Training and Employer Outreach (ACVETEO); Meeting	03/03/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Ventilation Plan and Main Fan Maintenance Record	03/03/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Monitoring Report and Complaint/Apparent Violation Form	03/02/2023
Hexavalent Chromium Standards for General Industry, Shipyard Employment, and Construction; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements	03/02/2023
Public Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA)	03/01/2023
Derricks Standards Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements	02/28/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Information Collections: Employee Polygraph Protection Act	02/28/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Job Corps Application Data	02/28/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Information Collection-Housing Occupancy Certificates Under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act	02/28/2023