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Dated: November 7, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E7–22229 Filed 11–13–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit 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 (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35).
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Census Coverage Measurement
2008 Person Interview and Person
Interview Reinterview Operations.
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden Hours: 2,636.
Number of Respondents: 15,813.
Average Hours Per Response: 10
minutes.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census
Bureau requests authorization from the
Office of Management and Budget to
conduct the Census Coverage
Measurement (CCM) Person Interview
(PI) and Person Interview Reinterview
(PIRI) operations as part of the 2008
Census Dress Rehearsal. The CCM
program for the dress rehearsal is a dry
run to ensure all planned coverage
measurement operations are working as
expected, they are integrated internally
and that they are coordinated with the
appropriate census operations. The
CCM operations planned for the dress
rehearsal, to the extent possible, will
mirror those that will be conducted for
the 2010 Census to provide estimates of
net coverage error and components of
coverage error (omissions and erroneous
enumerations) for housing units and
persons in housing units. The data
collection and matching methodologies
for previous coverage measurement
programs were designed only to
measure net coverage error, which
reflects the difference between
omissions and erroneous inclusions.
The 2008 CCM PI operations will use
a sample of approximately 14,375
housing units split evenly between
selected census tracts in San Joaquin
County, California; and Fayetteville,
North Carolina and nine surrounding
counties (Chatham, Cumberland,
Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery,
Moore, Richmond, and Scotland). The
PIRI operations will be in the same areas
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and will consist of 1,438 units to make
a total of 15,813 units.
The automated PI instrument will be
used to collect the following
information for persons in housing units
only:
1. Roster of people living at the
housing unit at the time of the CCM PI
Interview.
2. Census Day (April 1, 2008) address
information from people who moved
into the sample address since Census
Day.
3. Other addresses where a person
may have been counted on Census Day.
4. Other information to help us
determine where a person should have
been counted as of Census Day (relative
to Census residence rules). For example,
enumerators will probe for persons who
might have been left off the household
roster; ask additional questions about
persons who moved from another
address on Census Day to the sample
address; collect additional information
for persons with multiple addresses;
and collect information on the addresses
of other potential residences for
household members.
5. Demographic information for each
person in the household on Interview
Day or Census Day, including name,
date of birth, sex, race, Hispanic Origin,
and relationship.
6. Name and above information for
any person who has moved out of the
sample address since Census Day (if
known).
Census will also conduct a quality
control operation—PI Reinterview (PIRI)
on 10 percent of the PI cases. The
purpose of the operation is to confirm
that the PI enumerator conducted a PI
interview with an actual household
member or a valid proxy respondent
and conduct a full person interview
when falsification is suspected. If PIRI
results indicate falsified information by
the original enumerator, all cases
worked by the original enumerator are
reworked by reassigning the cases to a
different PI enumerator.
The 2008 CCM Test is needed in order
to test the entire operation with all steps
as developed from results of previous
tests. This is to ensure that they are
integrating properly and working as
expected. It is also important to test
timing of each part of the operation to
make sure they coordinated properly
with the census operations. This is
particularly important because 2008
dress rehearsal is the first time in the
2010 testing cycle that coverage
measurement operation for housing
units will be conducted.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: One time.
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Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.
Sections 141 and 193.
OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314.
Copies of the above information
collection proposal can be obtained by
calling or writing Diana Hynek,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of
Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dhynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB
Desk Officer either by fax (202–395–
7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: November 7, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E7–22235 Filed 11–13–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit 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 (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35).
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Survey of Industrial Research
and Development.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0912.
Form Number(s): RD–1, RD–1A.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Burden Hours: 70,750.
Number of Respondents: 32,000.
Average Hours Per Response: RD–1—
8 hours, and RD–1A—1.5 hours.
Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau
is requesting a revision of the currently
approved collection for the annual
Survey of Industrial Research and
Development the Survey) that is
conducted jointly by the U.S. Census
Bureau and the National Science
Foundation (NSF). Under a joint project
agreement between NSF and the Census
Bureau, the Census Bureau is
responsible for obtaining clearance of
the Survey.
The National Science Foundation Act
of 1950 as amended authorizes and
directs NSF ‘‘* * * to provide a central
clearinghouse for the collection,
interpretation, and analysis of data on
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scientific and engineering resources and
to provide a source of information for
policy formulation by other agencies of
the Federal government.’’ The Survey is
the vehicle with which NSF carries out
the industrial portion of this mandate.
NSF together with the Census Bureau,
the collecting and compiling agent,
analyze the data and publish the
resulting statistics.
Industry is the major performer of
research and development (R&D) in the
United States, spending over 70 percent
of total U.S. R&D outlays each year. A
consistent industrial R&D information
base is essential to government officials
formulating public policy, industry
personnel involved in corporate
planning, and members of the academic
community conducting research. To
develop policies designed to promote
and enhance science and technology,
past trends and the present status of
R&D must be known and analyzed.
Without comprehensive industrial R&D
statistics, it would be impossible to
evaluate the health of science and
technology in the United States or to
make comparisons between the
technological progress of our country
and that of other nations.
Statistics from the Survey are
published in NSF’s annual publication
series, Research and Development in
Industry, available via the Internet at
www.nsf.gov/statistics/industry. Since
1953, this survey has provided
continuity of statistics on R&D
expenditures by major industry groups
and by source of funds. Over the years,
questions on a number of additional
areas have been added to the Survey as
the need for this R&D information
became necessary for policy formulation
and research.
In the last request for OMB review,
response to five questions (total net
sales and total employment for the
company; and the amount of Federal
and total funds the company spent on
R&D and cost of R&D performed within
the company by state) was mandatory
and fulfilled the Census Bureau’s datacollecting mandate in Title 13, U.S.
Code, Sections 131, 182, 224, and 225.
Further, authorization to make the
entire survey mandatory every five years
to coincide with the Census Bureau’s
Economic Census was requested and
approved. The ‘all-mandatory’
requirement was last applied for the
2002 cycle of the Survey. The next
economic census will be conducted for
2007 and authorization to apply the
requirement is requested.
The Census Bureau and NSF also
request to add item 13 from Form RD–
1 to Form RD–1A—R&D by type of
expense. This item has been on the
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Form RD–1 for several years and survey
respondents have shown the ability to
provide data for this item. Collecting
this information on both forms will
allow the Census Bureau and NSF to
have a more complete estimate of R&D
expense by type.
The Census Bureau and the NSF are
planning a redesign of the Survey. The
Census Bureau will provide a separate
OMB submission for the redesigned
survey to be implemented for survey
year 2008.
Policy officials from many Federal
agencies rely on statistics from this
survey for essential information. For
example, total U.S. R&D expenditures
statistics have been used by the Bureau
of Economic Analysis (BEA) to update
the System of National Accounts and
BEA has established a separate R&D
satellite account in the System. Results
from the Survey are needed to develop
and subsequently update this detailed
satellite account. Also a data linking
project was designed to augment the
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) data
collected by BEA. This project was the
first conducted under new data sharing
legislation. The linking of the results of
the 1997 and 1999 cycles of the Survey
with BEA’s 1997 and 1999 FDI
benchmark files was the first
application of the Confidential
Information Protection and Statistical
Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) that allows
limited data sharing among selected
Federal statistical agencies. The Census
Bureau and NSF are preparing to
conduct annual linkage projects of the
R&D data to the FDI and USDIA data,
commencing with the 2004 survey files.
Plans also call for the possible linkage
of the 2007 and future survey files.
Further, the Census Bureau links data
collected by the Survey with other
statistical files. At the Census Bureau,
historical company-level R&D data are
linked to a file that contains information
on the outputs and inputs of companies’
manufacturing plants.
Researchers are able to analyze the
relationships between R&D funding and
other economic variables by using
micro-level data.
Many individuals and organizations
access the survey statistics via the
Internet and hundreds have asked to
have their names placed on the mailing
list for a paper copy of the annual SRS
InfoBrief that announces the availability
of statistics from each cycle of the
Survey. Information about the kinds of
projects that rely on statistics from the
Survey is available from internal records
of NSF’s Division of Science Resources
Statistics (SRS). In addition, survey
statistics are regularly printed in trade
publications and many researchers use
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the survey statistics from these
secondary sources without directly
contacting NSF or the Census Bureau.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.
Sections 131, 182, 224, and 225.
OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314.
Copies of the above information
collection proposal can be obtained by
calling or writing Diana Hynek,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of
Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dhynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB
Desk Officer either by fax (202–395–
7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: November 7, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E7–22273 Filed 11–13–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Monthly Wholesale
Trade Survey
U.S. Census Bureau,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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)).
To ensure consideration, written
comments must be submitted on or
before January 14, 2008.
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 the
Internet at dHynek@doc.gov).
DATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will submit 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 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35).
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Survey of Industrial Research and Development.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0912.
Form Number(s): RD-1, RD-1A.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Burden Hours: 70,750.
Number of Respondents: 32,000.
Average Hours Per Response: RD-1--8 hours, and RD-1A--1.5 hours.
Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau is requesting a revision of the
currently approved collection for the annual Survey of Industrial
Research and Development the Survey) that is conducted jointly by the
U.S. Census Bureau and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Under a
joint project agreement between NSF and the Census Bureau, the Census
Bureau is responsible for obtaining clearance of the Survey.
The National Science Foundation Act of 1950 as amended authorizes
and directs NSF ``* * * to provide a central clearinghouse for the
collection, interpretation, and analysis of data on
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scientific and engineering resources and to provide a source of
information for policy formulation by other agencies of the Federal
government.'' The Survey is the vehicle with which NSF carries out the
industrial portion of this mandate. NSF together with the Census
Bureau, the collecting and compiling agent, analyze the data and
publish the resulting statistics.
Industry is the major performer of research and development (R&D)
in the United States, spending over 70 percent of total U.S. R&D
outlays each year. A consistent industrial R&D information base is
essential to government officials formulating public policy, industry
personnel involved in corporate planning, and members of the academic
community conducting research. To develop policies designed to promote
and enhance science and technology, past trends and the present status
of R&D must be known and analyzed. Without comprehensive industrial R&D
statistics, it would be impossible to evaluate the health of science
and technology in the United States or to make comparisons between the
technological progress of our country and that of other nations.
Statistics from the Survey are published in NSF's annual
publication series, Research and Development in Industry, available via
the Internet at www.nsf.gov/statistics/industry. Since 1953, this
survey has provided continuity of statistics on R&D expenditures by
major industry groups and by source of funds. Over the years, questions
on a number of additional areas have been added to the Survey as the
need for this R&D information became necessary for policy formulation
and research.
In the last request for OMB review, response to five questions
(total net sales and total employment for the company; and the amount
of Federal and total funds the company spent on R&D and cost of R&D
performed within the company by state) was mandatory and fulfilled the
Census Bureau's data-collecting mandate in Title 13, U.S. Code,
Sections 131, 182, 224, and 225. Further, authorization to make the
entire survey mandatory every five years to coincide with the Census
Bureau's Economic Census was requested and approved. The `all-
mandatory' requirement was last applied for the 2002 cycle of the
Survey. The next economic census will be conducted for 2007 and
authorization to apply the requirement is requested.
The Census Bureau and NSF also request to add item 13 from Form RD-
1 to Form RD-1A--R&D by type of expense. This item has been on the Form
RD-1 for several years and survey respondents have shown the ability to
provide data for this item. Collecting this information on both forms
will allow the Census Bureau and NSF to have a more complete estimate
of R&D expense by type.
The Census Bureau and the NSF are planning a redesign of the
Survey. The Census Bureau will provide a separate OMB submission for
the redesigned survey to be implemented for survey year 2008.
Policy officials from many Federal agencies rely on statistics from
this survey for essential information. For example, total U.S. R&D
expenditures statistics have been used by the Bureau of Economic
Analysis (BEA) to update the System of National Accounts and BEA has
established a separate R&D satellite account in the System. Results
from the Survey are needed to develop and subsequently update this
detailed satellite account. Also a data linking project was designed to
augment the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) data collected by BEA. This
project was the first conducted under new data sharing legislation. The
linking of the results of the 1997 and 1999 cycles of the Survey with
BEA's 1997 and 1999 FDI benchmark files was the first application of
the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
(CIPSEA) that allows limited data sharing among selected Federal
statistical agencies. The Census Bureau and NSF are preparing to
conduct annual linkage projects of the R&D data to the FDI and USDIA
data, commencing with the 2004 survey files. Plans also call for the
possible linkage of the 2007 and future survey files. Further, the
Census Bureau links data collected by the Survey with other statistical
files. At the Census Bureau, historical company-level R&D data are
linked to a file that contains information on the outputs and inputs of
companies' manufacturing plants.
Researchers are able to analyze the relationships between R&D
funding and other economic variables by using micro-level data.
Many individuals and organizations access the survey statistics via
the Internet and hundreds have asked to have their names placed on the
mailing list for a paper copy of the annual SRS InfoBrief that
announces the availability of statistics from each cycle of the Survey.
Information about the kinds of projects that rely on statistics from
the Survey is available from internal records of NSF's Division of
Science Resources Statistics (SRS). In addition, survey statistics are
regularly printed in trade publications and many researchers use the
survey statistics from these secondary sources without directly
contacting NSF or the Census Bureau.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Sections 131, 182, 224, and 225.
OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dhynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245)
or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: November 7, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-22273 Filed 11-13-07; 8:45 am]
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