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Round 20 will be a predominantly
telephone survey. We anticipate that
approximately 90 percent of interviews
will be completed by telephone, with
the remaining interviews being
conducted in person.
The round 20 questionnaire will
resemble the round 19 questionnaire
with few modifications. New questions
for the round 20 questionnaire include
questions on hours worked from home,
on the value of a job, on labor market
volatility due to Coronavirus pandemic,
on contracting of Coronavirus, on
vaccines, on applications for
Unemployment Compensation, on
criminal background checks, on internet
access and on the respondents’ previous
on experience with NLSY97’s
Coronavirus supplemental survey. In
addition, we have made attempts to

streamline the questionnaire so that it
will be shorter and less burdensome for
respondents. To this end, fewer
questions will be asked about college
enrollment, non-compete agreements,
device ownership, chronic pain, and the
use of pain killers.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility.
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
Total
respondents

Form

Frequency

including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
Title: National Longitudinal Survey of
Youth 1997.
OMB Number: 1220–0157.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Average
time per
response
(minutes)

Total
responses

Estimated
total
burden
(hours)

Main NLSY97: September 2021–June 2022 ......................
Validation interview: October 2021–June 2022 ..................

6,650
133

One-time ........
One-time ........

6,650
133

75
4

8,312.5
8.9

Totals * ..........................................................................

6,650

........................

6,783

........................

8,321

Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, January 19,
2021.
Eric Molina,
Acting Chief, Division of Management
Systems.
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program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of
the ‘‘Occupational Requirements
Survey.’’ A copy of the proposed
information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the individual
listed below in the ADDRESSES section of
this notice.
Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or
before March 29, 2021.
DATES:

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information Collection Activities;
Comment Request
Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

ADDRESSES:

The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This

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Send comments to Nora
Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
2 Massachusetts Avenue NE,
Washington, DC 20212. Written
comments also may be transmitted by
email to BLS_PRA_Public@bls.gov.

Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, at
202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free
number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
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I. Background
The Occupational Requirements
Survey (ORS) is a nationwide survey
that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
is conducting at the request of the Social
Security Administration (SSA). Three
years of data collection and capture for
the ORS will start in 2021 and end in
mid-2024.
Estimates produced from the data
collected by the ORS will be used by the
SSA to update occupational
requirements data for administering the
Social Security Disability Insurance
(SSDI) and Supplemental Security
Income (SSI) programs.
The ORS occupational information
will allow SSA adjudicators to clearly
associate the assessment of a claimant’s
physical and mental functional capacity
and vocational profile with work
requirements. BLS will compute
percentages of workers with various
characteristics, such as skill and
strength level. SSA will use this
information to provide statistical
support for the medical-vocational rules
used at step 5 of sequential evaluation
regarding the number of unskilled jobs
that exist at each level of exertion in the
national economy.
The Social Security Administration,
Members of Congress, and
representatives of the disability
community have all identified
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requirements of work in today’s
economy as crucial to the equitable and
efficient operation of the Social Security
Disability (SSDI) program.
The ORS collects data from a sample
of employers. These requirements of
work data consist of information about
the duties, responsibilities, and critical
job tasks for a sample of occupations for
each sampled employer.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the
Occupational Requirements Survey.
The ORS collects data on the
requirements of work, as defined by the
SSA’s disability program:
(1) An indicator of ‘‘time to
proficiency,’’ defined as the amount of
time required by a typical worker to
learn the techniques, acquire the
information, and develop the facility
needed for average job performance,
comparable to the Specific Vocational
Preparation (SVP) used in the
Dictionary of Occupational Titles
(DOT).
(2) Physical Demand characteristics/
factors of occupations, measured in
such a way to support SSA disability
determination needs, comparable to
measures in Appendix C of the Selected
Characteristics of Occupations (SCO).
(3) Environmental Conditions,
measured in such a way to support SSA
disability determination needs,
comparable to measures in Appendix D
of the SCO.
(4) Data elements that describe the
mental and cognitive demands of work.

(5) Occupational task lists of
occupations, defined as the critical job
function and key job tasks, to validate
the reported requirements of work,
comparable to data identified in the
Employment and Training
Administration’s (ETA’s) O*NET
Program.
The ORS data is collected using a
two-stage stratified design and includes
sample cell definitions and allocations
to accommodate the goal to produce
estimates for as many occupations as
possible. Occupations for private
industry establishments are selected
before the sample is fielded.
Occupational selection for government
units generally occurs after
establishment contact. The probability
of an occupation being selected after the
sample is fielded will be proportionate
to its employment within the
establishment.
BLS will disseminate the data from
the ORS on the BLS public website
(www.bls.gov/ors). The design uses a
five-year rotation with complete
estimates published after the full sample
has been collected. Interim results will
be produced and disseminated on an
annual basis.
ORS collection uses several forms
(having unique private industry and
government collection versions). For
those sampled establishments that are in
the current National Compensation
Survey (NCS), ORS uses NCS data and
forms for those data elements that
overlap.
ORS data are defined to balance SSA’s
adjudication needs with the ability of

the respondent to provide data. With
this clearance, BLS is continuing
collection of existing data.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility.
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
Title of Collection: Occupational
Requirements Survey.
OMB Number: 1220–0189.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit; not-for-profit institutions; and
State, local, and tribal government.
All figures in the table below are
based on a three-year average.

Respondents

Average
responses
per year

Total number
of responses

Average
minutes

Total hours

11,200

1.04

11,700

107

20,947

Three-year average .............................................................

COLLECTION FORMS
Occupational Requirements Survey (Private Industry Sample).
Occupational Requirements Survey (State and
local government sample).

List form numbers, ORS Form 15–1P, ORS Name form, Establishment Collection Forms
Form 4 PPD–4PF, ORS Form 4 PPD–4PAF.
for Private Industry.
List form numbers, ORS Form 15–1G, ORS Name form, Establishment Collection Forms
Form 4 PPD–4GF, ORS Form 4 PPD–
for Governments.
4GAF.

Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they also
will become a matter of public record.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 22nd day
of January 2021.
Mark Staniorski,
Chief, Division of Management Systems.
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President and Congress for Fiscal Year
2021
Executive Office of the
President, Office of Management and
Budget.

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