There were 21 notices published by the Labor Department in week ending March 25, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Occupational Requirements Survey, was submitted on March 24, 2023.

The Labor Department published seven the week before, marking a 200 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 25

Title	Publication Date
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Occupational Requirements Survey	03/24/2023
Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards	03/24/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Interstate Arrangement for Combining Employment and Wages	03/24/2023
Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards	03/24/2023
Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards	03/24/2023
215th Meeting of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans; Notice of Meeting	03/24/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Report of Construction Contractor's Wage Rates	03/23/2023
Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards	03/23/2023
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Periodic Medical Surveillance Examinations for Coal Miners	03/21/2023
Student Data Form; Revision of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements	03/21/2023
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Safety Defects; Examination, Correction, and Records	03/21/2023
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Respirator Program Records	03/21/2023
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Health Standards for Diesel Particulate Matter Exposure (Underground Coal Mines)	03/21/2023
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Application for Waiver of Surface Facilities Requirements	03/21/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Safety and Health Statistics Cooperative Agreement Application Package	03/21/2023
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Radiation Sampling and Exposure Records	03/21/2023
National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Work Group: Notice of Meeting	03/21/2023
Respirable Crystalline Silica Standards for General Industry, Shipyards, and Construction; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements	03/21/2023
Notice on Reallotment of Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act Title I Formula Allotted Funds for Dislocated Worker Activities for Program Year 2022	03/20/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Lead in General Industry Standard	03/20/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Job Corps Hall of Fame	03/20/2023