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Operating Assets, of a U.S. Business
Enterprise, Including Real Estate, and
the BE–12 (benchmark) and BE–15
(annual) surveys, which provide data on
the overall operations of U.S. affiliates.
Affected Public: U.S. businesses or
other for-profit institutions.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: International
Investment and Trade in Services
Survey Act (Pub. L. 94–472, 22 U.S.C.
3101–3108).
OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202)
395–3093.
You may obtain copies of the above
information collection proposal by
writing Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6025,
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, or e-mail
dhynek@doc.gov.
Send comments on the proposed
information collection within 30 days of
publication of this notice to the Office
of Management and Budget, O.I.R.A.,
Attention PRA Desk Officer for BEA,
e-mail pbugg@omb.eop.gov, or by FAX
at 202–395–7245.
Dated: December 11, 2006.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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Submission for OMB Review:
Comment Request
DOC has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
clearance the following proposal for
collection of information under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13.
Bureau: International Trade
Administration.
Title: International Trade Specialist
Counseling Session Survey.
Agency Form Number: ITA–4154P.
OMB Number: 0625–0253.
Type of Request: Revisions, Regular
Submission.
Burden: 284.
Number of Respondents: 1700.
Avg. Hours per Response: 10 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The International
Trade Administration’s U.S.
Commercial Service is mandated by
Congress to help U.S. businesses,
particularly small and medium-sized
companies, export their products and
services to global markets. To
accomplish its mission effectively, the
U.S. Commercial Service needs ongoing
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feedback on its programs. In addition to
collecting client feedback for pay-foruse products/events provided by the
U.S. Commercial Service’s international
offices, the U.S. Commercial Service
would like to institutionalize
Counseling Session Surveys to obtain
client feedback from U.S. businesses
that have engaged in ‘‘counseling
sessions’’ with CS International Trade
Specialists in the domestic offices
(known as U.S. Export Assistance
Centers). Counseling sessions occur
when an International Trade Specialist
from one of the U.S. Commercial
Service’s domestic offices works with a
client to determine their international
marketing interests and provide ‘‘global
trade solutions’’.
This information collection item
allows the U.S. Commercial Service to
solicit clients’ opinions about the
counseling services provided by
International Trade Specialists located
in domestic offices known as U.S.
Export Assistance Centers. The
information is used for program
improvement, strategic planning, and
allocation of resources. The surveys are
part of ITA’s effort to implement
objectives of the National Performance
Review (NPR) and Government
Performance and Results Act (GPRA).
Survey responses will acquaint ITA
managers with firms’ perceptions and
assessments of export-assistance
counseling provided by International
Trade Specialists in U.S. Export
Assistance Centers. This information is
critical for improving the level of
service provided to U.S. businesses by
the U.S. Commercial Service’s
International Trade Specialists. Survey
responses are used to assess client
satisfaction, assess priorities, and
identify areas where service levels and
benefits differ from client expectations.
Clients benefit because the information
is used to improve services provided to
the public. In addition, respondents will
benefit from more effective follow-up to
their unmet needs and expectations and
more efficient resolution to their
exporting issues and challenges.
Without this information, the U.S.
Commercial Service is unable to
systematically determine client
perceptions about the quality and
benefit of its export counseling services.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for profit, not-for-profit institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondents Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit, voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker,
(202) 395–3897.
Copies of the above information
collection can be obtained by writing
Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork
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Clearance Officer, Department of
Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230. E-mail: dHynek@doc.gov.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent to
David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer,
David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov or fax
(202) 395–7285 within 30 days of the
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register.
Dated: December 11, 2006.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Boundary and Annexation Survey
(BAS)
ACTION:
Proposed collection; comment
request.
SUMMARY: The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other federal agencies to take
this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before February 13,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6625,
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via e-mail to
DHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
forms and instructions should be
directed to Laura Waggoner, Geography
Division, U.S. Census Bureau,
Washington, DC 20233–7400. In
addition, you can contact her by calling
(301) 763–1099, or sending an e-mail to
geo.bas@census.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Census Bureau conducts the
Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)
to collect and maintain information
about the inventory of the legal
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boundaries for, and the legal actions
affecting the boundaries of counties and
equivalent governments, incorporated
places, minor civil divisions, Census
Areas of Alaska, Hawaiian Homelands,
and federally recognized legal American
Indian and Alaska Native areas
(including the Alaska Native Regional
Corporations). This information
provides an accurate identification of
geographic areas for the Census Bureau
to use in conducting the decennial and
economic censuses and ongoing surveys
such as the American Community
Survey (ACS). The BAS supports the
following additional programs:
• Population Estimates Program.
• Special Census.
• Geographic Update Population
Certification Program.
• Other statistical programs of the
Census Bureau and the legislative
programs of the Federal Government.
No other Federal agency collects this
data, nor is there a standard for
collection of this information at the state
level. The Census Bureau’s BAS is a
unique boundary survey providing a
standard result for use by Federal, State,
local, and tribal governments and by
commercial, private, and public
organizations. The Census Bureau
integrates the information collected in
the BAS into the MAF/TIGER database.
The MAF component of the database is
the Census Bureau’s permanent list of
addresses for individual living quarters.
The TIGER component is a computer
file that contains geographic
information representing the position of
boundaries, roads, rivers, railroads, and
other census-required map features and
attributes.
Through the BAS, the Census Bureau
asks each government official to provide
updates to their boundaries and to
review materials for their jurisdiction to
verify the correctness of the information
portrayed. County officials are asked to
provide changes to the inventory of
governments and their boundaries.
The Census Bureau may enter into
agreements with individual states to
modify the list of minor civil divisions
and/or incorporated places included in
the BAS to reflect only entities with
boundary changes. In addition, the
Census Bureau includes each newly
incorporated place in the year following
notification of its incorporation. Every
year, the BAS includes a single
respondent request for the State of
Alaska and the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico (including status and
updates for municipio, barrio, barriopueblo, and subbarrio boundaries). The
State of Hawaii provides updates for the
Hawaiian homeland boundary and
status information.
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II. Method of Collection
The Census Bureau has developed
several methods to collect information
on status and updates for legal
boundaries. These methods are:
• Consolidation agreements.
• Advanced response.
• Traditional paper submission.
• Digital submission.
• Master Address File/Topologically
Integrated Geographic Encoding
Referencing (MAF/TIGER) partnership
software.
• Internet (Web BAS).
The government officials from state
governments have an opportunity to
participate in consolidation agreements
to reduce the burden of response for
their local governments. If a state
government has legislation requiring
local governments to report all legal
boundary updates to a state agency
(including a map of the annexed area),
the state has the option to provide all
the updates for their counties (and all
associated governments within each
county). The state provides the Census
Bureau with a list of counties where the
state agrees to provide a consolidated
update of boundary changes for these
counties and all entities within them.
The Census Bureau notifies the
governments within the counties that
the state will be submitting the
boundary updates for them and as a
reminder to submit their updates to the
state.
State governments that have
legislation requiring governments to
report all legal boundary updates to a
state agency will also have the
opportunity to participate in a
consolidation agreement. The state
updates the list of minor civil divisions
and/or incorporated places that will be
surveyed to include only those entities
known by the state as having boundary
changes. The Census Bureau sends BAS
materials to those local governments.
If a county government has legislation
requiring local governments to report all
legal boundary updates to the county, or
if the local governments agree that the
county will provide the updates, then
the Census Bureau will provide
materials only to the county and send a
notification to the local governments
reminding them to send their updates to
the county.
Another method of collection is
advanced response, which involves an
announcement letter and a one-page
form for the state and county
governments who do not have a
consolidation agreement. Under
advanced response, counties, tribes and
local governments indicate whether or
not they have boundary changes to
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report and provide a current contact
person. The advanced response method
reduces cost and respondent burden
through savings on materials and effort.
All governments receive this
notification with the exception of newly
incorporated governments, governments
with state or county agreements, and
governments who participated in other
Census Bureau programs such as
Geographically Updated Population
Certification Program or Special Census.
If a government requests materials
through advanced response, they may
choose to receive these materials as a
traditional paper package or one of three
digital media types (MAF/TIGER
Partnership Software, Digital BAS, or
Web BAS).
The traditional paper package
contains large-format maps, printed
forms and supplies to complete the
survey. The respondent completes the
BAS form and draws the boundary
updates on the maps using pencils
provided in the package.
The MAF/TIGER Partnership
Software is a method in which the
respondent installs software on their
personal computer. The Census Bureau
provides the software and spatial data to
make their boundary updates. The
minimum requirement for this software
is Windows 98, as well as a media
burner (such as CD–ROM or DVD). The
key to this approach—and to all the
digital methods—is the correction and
update of Census Bureau spatial data.
Another digital response option is
Digital Submission. This option allows
the respondent to complete the BAS
electronically through a digital file. The
Census Bureau provides spatial data to
update boundaries to their correct
spatial location. The entity submits the
updated file on electronic media, such
as CD–ROM or DVD, or through File
Transfer Protocol (FTP) on the Internet.
The last digital response option is
Web BAS. The Census Bureau provides
the participating government with a
password to access the BAS program
through the Internet. The respondent
updates both their forms and maps
using a single Internet site.
A BAS package includes the following
items for each respondent:
1. Introductory letter from the
Director of the Census Bureau.
2. Appropriate BAS Form(s) that
contains entity-specific identification
information.
a. BAS–1—incorporated places.
b. BAS–2—counties, parishes,
boroughs, city and boroughs.
c. BAS–3—minor civil divisions.
d. BAS–4—newly incorporated places
or newly activated incorporated places.
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e. BAS–5—American Indian and
Alaska Native Areas.
3. BAS Respondent Guide.
4. Set of maps or other media showing
the current boundary of the government.
5. Return postage-paid envelope to
submit boundary changes.
6. Postcard to notify the Census
Bureau of no changes to the boundary.
7. Supplies for updating paper maps.
A local contact from each government
verifies the legal boundary, and then
provides boundary changes and updated
contact information. The official signs
the materials, verifies the forms and
returns the information to the Census
Bureau. The key dates for governments
are as follows:
1. Advanced response is e-mailed,
faxed or mailed to the local contact in
September/October of each year.
2. BAS package of materials is
shipped during the month of January of
each year.
3. Requests to change the method of
participation (i.e., paper to digital
submission) are due February 15th of
each year.
4. Responses for inclusion in the ACS
Sampling and Population Estimation
Program tabulation are due April 1st of
each year.
Legal Authority: Title 13, U.S.C. 6.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: December 11, 2006.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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III. Data
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Number: 0607–0151.
Form Numbers: BAS–1, BAS–2, BAS–
3, BAS–4, and BAS–5.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: State, county, local
and tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
Advanced response .......................
Packages with changes ..................
Packages with no changes or no
response ......................................
32,500
13,000
12,875
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours:
ESTIMATED TIME PER RESPONSE
Advanced response ................
Boundary updates ...................
No boundary updates .............
30 minutes
6 hours
4 hours
TOTAL HOURS PER YEAR
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Hours
Advanced response ..............
Packages with changes ........
Packages with no changes
or no response ..................
16,250
78,000
Total ...............................
145,750
51,500
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$3,041,803.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Market Segmentation of Moderate U.S.
Exporters—Focus Groups
ACTION:
Proposed collection; comment
request.
SUMMARY: The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burdens, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the
continuing information, as required
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before February 13,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6625,
14th & Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230. E-mail:
dHynek@doc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Request for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
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directed to: Gary Rand, 14th &
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230; Phone number: 202–482–
0691; E-mail: Gary.Rand@mail.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
In an effort to remain relevant to the
marketplace and optimize our
respective operations, the Commercial
Service (CS), Manufacturing Extension
Partnership (MEP), Census Bureau
(Census), and Export-Import Bank (ExIm) have formed a project team to
conduct market segmentation research
and analysis. Market segmentation is a
systematic approach for identifying
clusters of companies with similar
needs and behavior, and developing
service offerings and sales/marketing
approaches targeted at segments with
the greatest return on investment.
The purpose of this initiative is to
gain market knowledge and generate
statistically valid characterizations
about the needs and buying behavior of
exporting companies, with a particular
focus on Moderate exporters, for
instance:
(1) What are the challenges/barriers to
exporting and international growth, for
various types of companies?
(2) What are their service needs, real
and perceived?
(3) In what areas do they want outside
assistance?
(4) What are their attitudes and
purchasing behavior about working with
outside resources on exporting,
including private consultants and
government trade specialists?
(5) When and why do exporters
purchase outside services for export
assistance? What is the landscape of
export service providers?
(6) What are the key drivers of export
success? What are the characteristics
associated with success? Our focus here
is getting the companies into the market,
introducing them to the local partners,
giving them the tools and the
opportunities to make the deals, i.e.,
success is defined as getting the
companies ‘‘to the plate’’. What do we
need to learn in this area to be more
effective?
From this research, services, pricing,
and messaging may be repositioned to
address the exporting needs of small
and medium-sized businesses.
II. Method of Collection
The CS, MEP, Census, and Ex-Im have
contracted with Pacific Consulting
Group (PCG) to conduct focus group
interviews to gain insight into the
attitudes, needs, and behaviors of
moderate exporters.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before February 13,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th
and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via e-mail to
DHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection forms and instructions should be
directed to Laura Waggoner, Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau,
Washington, DC 20233-7400. In addition, you can contact her by calling
(301) 763-1099, or sending an e-mail to geo.bas@census.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Census Bureau conducts the Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)
to collect and maintain information about the inventory of the legal
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boundaries for, and the legal actions affecting the boundaries of
counties and equivalent governments, incorporated places, minor civil
divisions, Census Areas of Alaska, Hawaiian Homelands, and federally
recognized legal American Indian and Alaska Native areas (including the
Alaska Native Regional Corporations). This information provides an
accurate identification of geographic areas for the Census Bureau to
use in conducting the decennial and economic censuses and ongoing
surveys such as the American Community Survey (ACS). The BAS supports
the following additional programs:
Population Estimates Program.
Special Census.
Geographic Update Population Certification Program.
Other statistical programs of the Census Bureau and the
legislative programs of the Federal Government.
No other Federal agency collects this data, nor is there a standard
for collection of this information at the state level. The Census
Bureau's BAS is a unique boundary survey providing a standard result
for use by Federal, State, local, and tribal governments and by
commercial, private, and public organizations. The Census Bureau
integrates the information collected in the BAS into the MAF/TIGER
database. The MAF component of the database is the Census Bureau's
permanent list of addresses for individual living quarters. The TIGER
component is a computer file that contains geographic information
representing the position of boundaries, roads, rivers, railroads, and
other census-required map features and attributes.
Through the BAS, the Census Bureau asks each government official to
provide updates to their boundaries and to review materials for their
jurisdiction to verify the correctness of the information portrayed.
County officials are asked to provide changes to the inventory of
governments and their boundaries.
The Census Bureau may enter into agreements with individual states
to modify the list of minor civil divisions and/or incorporated places
included in the BAS to reflect only entities with boundary changes. In
addition, the Census Bureau includes each newly incorporated place in
the year following notification of its incorporation. Every year, the
BAS includes a single respondent request for the State of Alaska and
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (including status and updates for
municipio, barrio, barrio-pueblo, and subbarrio boundaries). The State
of Hawaii provides updates for the Hawaiian homeland boundary and
status information.
II. Method of Collection
The Census Bureau has developed several methods to collect
information on status and updates for legal boundaries. These methods
are:
Consolidation agreements.
Advanced response.
Traditional paper submission.
Digital submission.
Master Address File/Topologically Integrated Geographic
Encoding Referencing (MAF/TIGER) partnership software.
Internet (Web BAS).
The government officials from state governments have an opportunity
to participate in consolidation agreements to reduce the burden of
response for their local governments. If a state government has
legislation requiring local governments to report all legal boundary
updates to a state agency (including a map of the annexed area), the
state has the option to provide all the updates for their counties (and
all associated governments within each county). The state provides the
Census Bureau with a list of counties where the state agrees to provide
a consolidated update of boundary changes for these counties and all
entities within them. The Census Bureau notifies the governments within
the counties that the state will be submitting the boundary updates for
them and as a reminder to submit their updates to the state.
State governments that have legislation requiring governments to
report all legal boundary updates to a state agency will also have the
opportunity to participate in a consolidation agreement. The state
updates the list of minor civil divisions and/or incorporated places
that will be surveyed to include only those entities known by the state
as having boundary changes. The Census Bureau sends BAS materials to
those local governments.
If a county government has legislation requiring local governments
to report all legal boundary updates to the county, or if the local
governments agree that the county will provide the updates, then the
Census Bureau will provide materials only to the county and send a
notification to the local governments reminding them to send their
updates to the county.
Another method of collection is advanced response, which involves
an announcement letter and a one-page form for the state and county
governments who do not have a consolidation agreement. Under advanced
response, counties, tribes and local governments indicate whether or
not they have boundary changes to report and provide a current contact
person. The advanced response method reduces cost and respondent burden
through savings on materials and effort. All governments receive this
notification with the exception of newly incorporated governments,
governments with state or county agreements, and governments who
participated in other Census Bureau programs such as Geographically
Updated Population Certification Program or Special Census.
If a government requests materials through advanced response, they
may choose to receive these materials as a traditional paper package or
one of three digital media types (MAF/TIGER Partnership Software,
Digital BAS, or Web BAS).
The traditional paper package contains large-format maps, printed
forms and supplies to complete the survey. The respondent completes the
BAS form and draws the boundary updates on the maps using pencils
provided in the package.
The MAF/TIGER Partnership Software is a method in which the
respondent installs software on their personal computer. The Census
Bureau provides the software and spatial data to make their boundary
updates. The minimum requirement for this software is Windows 98, as
well as a media burner (such as CD-ROM or DVD). The key to this
approach--and to all the digital methods--is the correction and update
of Census Bureau spatial data.
Another digital response option is Digital Submission. This option
allows the respondent to complete the BAS electronically through a
digital file. The Census Bureau provides spatial data to update
boundaries to their correct spatial location. The entity submits the
updated file on electronic media, such as CD-ROM or DVD, or through
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) on the Internet.
The last digital response option is Web BAS. The Census Bureau
provides the participating government with a password to access the BAS
program through the Internet. The respondent updates both their forms
and maps using a single Internet site.
A BAS package includes the following items for each respondent:
1. Introductory letter from the Director of the Census Bureau.
2. Appropriate BAS Form(s) that contains entity-specific
identification information.
a. BAS-1--incorporated places.
b. BAS-2--counties, parishes, boroughs, city and boroughs.
c. BAS-3--minor civil divisions.
d. BAS-4--newly incorporated places or newly activated incorporated
places.
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e. BAS-5--American Indian and Alaska Native Areas.
3. BAS Respondent Guide.
4. Set of maps or other media showing the current boundary of the
government.
5. Return postage-paid envelope to submit boundary changes.
6. Postcard to notify the Census Bureau of no changes to the
boundary.
7. Supplies for updating paper maps.
A local contact from each government verifies the legal boundary,
and then provides boundary changes and updated contact information. The
official signs the materials, verifies the forms and returns the
information to the Census Bureau. The key dates for governments are as
follows:
1. Advanced response is e-mailed, faxed or mailed to the local
contact in September/October of each year.
2. BAS package of materials is shipped during the month of January
of each year.
3. Requests to change the method of participation (i.e., paper to
digital submission) are due February 15th of each year.
4. Responses for inclusion in the ACS Sampling and Population
Estimation Program tabulation are due April 1st of each year.
III. Data
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Number: 0607-0151.
Form Numbers: BAS-1, BAS-2, BAS-3, BAS-4, and BAS-5.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: State, county, local and tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
Advanced response............................................. 32,500
Packages with changes......................................... 13,000
Packages with no changes or no response....................... 12,875
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:
Estimated Time Per Response
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Advanced response........................ 30 minutes
Boundary updates......................... 6 hours
No boundary updates...................... 4 hours
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Total Hours Per Year
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Hours
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Advanced response....................................... 16,250
Packages with changes................................... 78,000
Packages with no changes or no response................. 51,500
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Total............................................... 145,750
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Estimated Total Annual Cost: $3,041,803.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, U.S.C. 6.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: December 11, 2006.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-21320 Filed 12-14-06; 8:45 am]
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