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SUMMARY: 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
(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This
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 revision of the
‘‘American Time Use Survey (ATUS).’’
A copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained
by contacting the individual listed
below in the Addresses section of this
notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
Addresses section of this notice on or
before May 31, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Amy A.
Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2
Massachusetts Avenue, NE.,
Washington, DC 20212, telephone
number (202) 691–5118. (This is not a
toll free number.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer,
telephone number (202) 691–5118. (See
ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
measures of material prosperity as
proxies for quality of life. Time-use data
substantially augment these quality-oflife measures. The data also can be used
in conjunction with wage data to
evaluate the contribution of non-market
work to national economies. This
enables comparisons of production
between nations that have different
mixes of market and non-market
activities.
The ATUS develops nationally
representative estimates of how people
spend their time. Respondents also
report who was with them during
activities, where they were, how long
each activity lasted, and if they were
paid.
All of this information has numerous
practical applications for sociologists,
economists, educators, government
policymakers, businesspersons, lawyers,
and others, potentially answering the
following questions:
• Do the ways people use their time
vary across demographic and labor force
characteristics, such as age, sex, race,
ethnicity, employment status, earnings,
and education?
• How much time do parents spend
in the company of their children, either
actively providing care or being with
them while socializing, relaxing, or
doing other things?
• How are earnings related to leisure
time—do those with higher earnings
spend more or less time relaxing and
socializing?
• Where do people work—at a
workplace, in their homes, or someplace
else?
• For application in personal injury
or wrongful death cases, how much
non-market work, such as child care or
housework, is done by members of
selected demographic groups? This
input helps lawyers to approximate a
value of such work in these cases.
The ATUS data are collected on an
ongoing, monthly basis, so time series
data will eventually become available,
allowing analysts to identify changes in
how people spend their time.
I. Background
According to economist William
Nordhaus, ‘‘Inadequate data on time use
is the single most important gap in
federal statistics’’ (1997). Approximately
50 other countries collect, or will soon
collect, time-use data. Such data are
considered important indicators of
quality of life. They measure, for
example, time spent with children,
working, sleeping, or doing leisure
activities. In the United States, several
existing Federal surveys collect income
and wage data for individuals and
families, and analysts often use such
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the
revision of the American Time Use
Survey. This survey collects information
on how individuals in the United States
use their time. Collection is done on a
continuous basis with the sample drawn
monthly. The survey sample is drawn
from households completing their final
month of interviews for the Current
Population Survey (CPS). Households
are selected to ensure a representative
demographic sample, and one
individual from each household is
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection, Comment
Request
ACTION:
Notice.
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selected to take part in one Computer
Assisted Telephone Interview. The
interview asks respondents to report all
of their activities for one pre-assigned
24-hour day, the day prior to the
interview. A short series of summary
questions and CPS updates follows the
core time diary collection.
Beginning in October 2005, after the
summary questions and CPS updates, a
few questions sponsored by the
Economic Research Service of the
United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) will be asked. These questions
will be included in the survey for up to
27 months (through December 2007). An
evaluation of question performance will
be done during the first year to
determine the full fielding period. These
questions will measure time
respondents spent doing ‘‘secondary
eating’’ (eating while doing something
else). They also will measure
respondent height and weight in order
to enable the computation of respondent
body mass index (BMI). In addition,
there will be questions about household
grocery shopping and food preparation,
participation in school meal programs
for household children, and eligibility
for food stamp benefits. After each full
year of collection, annual national
estimates of time use for an average
weekday or weekend day will be
available.
Because the ATUS sample is a subset
of households completing interviews for
the CPS, the same demographic
information collected from that survey
is available for the ATUS respondents.
Comparisons of activity patterns,
including secondary eating, and
answers from other USDA-sponsored
questions across characteristics such as
sex, race, age, and education of the
respondent, as well as the presence of
children and the number of adults living
in the respondent’s household, are
possible.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: American Time Use Survey.
OMB Number: 1220–0175.
Affected Public: Individuals.
Total Respondents: 13,920.
Frequency: Monthly.
Total Responses: 13,920.
Average Time Per Response: 24
minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,568
hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
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III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• Evaluate whether the collection of
this information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the
information has practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information that is
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those asked
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.
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 in Washington, DC, this 21st day of
March, 2005.
Cathy Kazanowski,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 05–6120 Filed 3–28–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Proposed Information Collection
Request Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations;
Attestations by Employers Using Alien
Crewmembers for Longshore Activities
at Locations in the State of Alaska
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a preclearance 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
(PRA95), 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
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collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. Currently, the
Employment and Training
Administration, Office of National
Programs, Division of Foreign Labor
Certification, is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension to
the collection of information on the
Attestation by Employers Using Alien
Crewmembers for Longshore Activities
at Locations in the State of Alaska. A
copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained
by contacting the office listed below in
the addressee section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before
May 31, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send comments and
questions regarding the collection of
information on Form ETA 9033,
Attestations by Employers Using Alien
Crewmembers for Longshore Activities
at Locations in the State of Alaska,
should be directed to William L.
Carlson, Chief, Division of Foreign
Labor Certification, Employment and
Training Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room C–4318,
Washington, DC 20210, (202) 693-3010
(this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The information collection is required
due to amendments to Section 258 of
the Immigration and Nationality Act
(INA) (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) The
amendments created a prevailing
practice exception to the general
prohibition on the performance of
longshore work by alien crewmembers
at locations in the State of Alaska.
Under the prevailing practice exception,
before any employer may use alien
crewmembers to perform longshore
activities at locations in the State of
Alaska, it must submit an attestation to
ETA containing the elements prescribed
by the INA.
The INA further requires that the
Department make available for public
examination in Washington, DC, a list of
employers which have filed attestations,
and for each such employer, a copy of
the employer’s attestation and
accompanying documentation it has
received.
In order for the Department to meet its
statutory responsibilities under the INA,
there is a need for an extension of an
existing collection of information
pertaining to employers’ seeking to use
alien crewmembers to perform
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longshore activities at locations in the
State of Alaska.
Because the prevailing practice
exception remains in the Statute, ETA is
requesting a one-hour marker as a place
holder for this collection of information.
ETA has not received any attestations
under the prevailing practice exception
within the last three years. An
information collection request will be
submitted to increase the burden should
activities recommence.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor is
particularly interested in comments
which:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection 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; and
• 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 collections techniques or
other forms of information, e.g.,
permitting electronic submissions of
responses.
III. Current Actions
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection without
change.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration.
Title: Attestations by Employers Using
Alien Crewmembers for Longshore
Activities at Locations in the State of
Alaska.
OMB Number: 1205–0352.
Agency Number: ETA 9033A.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit.
Total Respondents: 100.
Estimate Total Annual Burden Hours:
300.
Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (Operating/
Maintaining): $0.
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
ICR; they will also be become a matter
of public record.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection, Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This 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 revision of the ``American Time Use Survey (ATUS).'' A copy of
the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by
contacting the individual listed below in the Addresses section of this
notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
Addresses section of this notice on or before May 31, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Washington, DC 20212, telephone number
(202) 691-5118. (This is not a toll free number.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer,
telephone number (202) 691-5118. (See Addresses section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
According to economist William Nordhaus, ``Inadequate data on time
use is the single most important gap in federal statistics'' (1997).
Approximately 50 other countries collect, or will soon collect, time-
use data. Such data are considered important indicators of quality of
life. They measure, for example, time spent with children, working,
sleeping, or doing leisure activities. In the United States, several
existing Federal surveys collect income and wage data for individuals
and families, and analysts often use such measures of material
prosperity as proxies for quality of life. Time-use data substantially
augment these quality-of-life measures. The data also can be used in
conjunction with wage data to evaluate the contribution of non-market
work to national economies. This enables comparisons of production
between nations that have different mixes of market and non-market
activities.
The ATUS develops nationally representative estimates of how people
spend their time. Respondents also report who was with them during
activities, where they were, how long each activity lasted, and if they
were paid.
All of this information has numerous practical applications for
sociologists, economists, educators, government policymakers,
businesspersons, lawyers, and others, potentially answering the
following questions:
Do the ways people use their time vary across demographic
and labor force characteristics, such as age, sex, race, ethnicity,
employment status, earnings, and education?
How much time do parents spend in the company of their
children, either actively providing care or being with them while
socializing, relaxing, or doing other things?
How are earnings related to leisure time--do those with
higher earnings spend more or less time relaxing and socializing?
Where do people work--at a workplace, in their homes, or
someplace else?
For application in personal injury or wrongful death
cases, how much non-market work, such as child care or housework, is
done by members of selected demographic groups? This input helps
lawyers to approximate a value of such work in these cases.
The ATUS data are collected on an ongoing, monthly basis, so time
series data will eventually become available, allowing analysts to
identify changes in how people spend their time.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
revision of the American Time Use Survey. This survey collects
information on how individuals in the United States use their time.
Collection is done on a continuous basis with the sample drawn monthly.
The survey sample is drawn from households completing their final month
of interviews for the Current Population Survey (CPS). Households are
selected to ensure a representative demographic sample, and one
individual from each household is selected to take part in one Computer
Assisted Telephone Interview. The interview asks respondents to report
all of their activities for one pre-assigned 24-hour day, the day prior
to the interview. A short series of summary questions and CPS updates
follows the core time diary collection.
Beginning in October 2005, after the summary questions and CPS
updates, a few questions sponsored by the Economic Research Service of
the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be asked. These
questions will be included in the survey for up to 27 months (through
December 2007). An evaluation of question performance will be done
during the first year to determine the full fielding period. These
questions will measure time respondents spent doing ``secondary
eating'' (eating while doing something else). They also will measure
respondent height and weight in order to enable the computation of
respondent body mass index (BMI). In addition, there will be questions
about household grocery shopping and food preparation, participation in
school meal programs for household children, and eligibility for food
stamp benefits. After each full year of collection, annual national
estimates of time use for an average weekday or weekend day will be
available.
Because the ATUS sample is a subset of households completing
interviews for the CPS, the same demographic information collected from
that survey is available for the ATUS respondents. Comparisons of
activity patterns, including secondary eating, and answers from other
USDA-sponsored questions across characteristics such as sex, race, age,
and education of the respondent, as well as the presence of children
and the number of adults living in the respondent's household, are
possible.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: American Time Use Survey.
OMB Number: 1220-0175.
Affected Public: Individuals.
Total Respondents: 13,920.
Frequency: Monthly.
Total Responses: 13,920.
Average Time Per Response: 24 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,568 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
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III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in
comments that:
Evaluate whether the collection of this information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information has practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information that is collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those asked 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.
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 in Washington, DC, this 21st day of March, 2005.
Cathy Kazanowski,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 05-6120 Filed 3-28-05; 8:45 am]
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