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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 60 / Thursday, March 27, 2008 / Notices
Done at Washington, DC, on: March 24,
2008.
Karen L. Hulebak,
Acting U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
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Sunshine Act Notice
United States Commission on
Civil Rights.
ACTION: Notice of meeting and briefing.
DATE AND TIME: Friday, April 4, 9:30 a.m.
PLACE: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights,
624 Ninth Street, NW., Rm. 540,
Washington, DC 20425.
AGENCY:
Briefing Agenda
Topic: The Impact of Illegal
Immigration on the Wages &
Employment Opportunities of Black
Workers.
I. Introductory Remarks by Chairman
II. Speakers’ Presentations
III. Questions by Commissioners and
Staff Director
IV. Adjourn Briefing
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting Chief, Public
Affairs Unit, (202) 376–8582.
Dated: March 25, 2008.
David Blackwood,
General Counsel.
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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: Current Population Survey,
Basic Demographic Items.
Form Number(s): CPS–263, CPS–
263(SP), CPS–264, CPS–264(SP), CPS–
266, BC–1428, BC–1428(SP), BC–1433,
BC–1433(SP),CPS–692, CPS–504.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0049.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Burden Hours: 18,013.
Number of Respondents: 59,000.
Average Hours Per Response: 1 and a
half minutes.
Needs and Uses: The purpose of this
request for review is for the U.S. Census
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Bureau to obtain clearance from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for the collection of basic
demographic information on the Current
Population Survey (CPS). The CPS has
been the source of official government
statistics on employment and
unemployment for over 50 years. The
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the
Census Bureau jointly sponsor the basic
monthly survey, and the Census Bureau
prepares and conducts all the field
work. The Census Bureau provides the
BLS with data files and tables. The BLS
seasonally adjusts, analyzes, and
publishes the results for the labor force
data in conjunction with the
demographic characteristics. In
accordance with the OMB’s request, the
Census Bureau and the BLS divide the
clearance request in order to reflect the
joint sponsorship and funding of the
CPS program. Title 29, United States
Code, Sections 1–9, authorizes the
collection of labor force data in the CPS.
The demographic information
provides a unique set of data on selected
characteristics for the civilian
noninstitutional population. Some of
the demographic information Census
collect is age, marital status, gender,
Armed Forces status, education, race,
origin, and family income. These data is
used in conjunction with other data,
particularly the monthly labor force
data, as well as periodic supplement
data. We also use these data
independently for internal analytic
research and for evaluation of other
surveys. In addition, we need these data
to correctly control estimates of other
characteristics to the proper proportions
of age, gender, race, and origin.
Census use the data from the CPS on
household size and composition, age,
education, ethnicity, and marital status
to compile monthly averages or other
aggregates for national and sub-national
estimates. The data is used in four
principal ways: In association with
other data, such as monthly labor force
or periodic supplement publications; for
internal analytic research; for evaluation
of other surveys and survey results; and
as a general purpose sample and survey.
The demographic data are central to
the publication of all labor force data in
the BLS’ monthly report Employment
and Earnings. The data set that results
from combining the monthly labor force
data with the demographic data
provides analysts with the ability to
understand labor force patterns of many
subpopulation groups. This is
particularly important since the federal
government often directs initiatives at
special groups that historically have not
conformed to general labor force
participation patterns.
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Analysts also use the demographic
data in association with all supplement
publications. (Census describe
supplements later in this section.) For
example, publications that use these
data are Fertility of American Women,
School Enrollment—Social and
Economic Characteristics of Students
and Educational Attainment in the
United States (Series P–20).
Comparably, researchers are able to
characterize the population within the
subject area of the many supplements
conducted in conjunction with the CPS.
For instance, the Annual Social and
Economic Supplement identifies which
subpopulation groups, as established by
the demographic variables, experience
the highest incidence of poverty. While
Census collect and support
independently the demographic
variables, the labor force data, and the
supplement inquiries, their use as a
combined data set enhances the utility
of each.
The Census Bureau also uses the
demographic data extensively for
internal analytic work. For example,
these data is used to develop estimates
of family and household types and
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
populations. Census use these estimates
to identify population trends between
decennial censuses and to analyze the
growth and distribution of various racial
and ethnic groups. It may then be used
in preparing reports on these subjects or
in determining the accuracy of
population controls used throughout the
Census Bureau. As is noted below, we
use the demographic data to improve
our postcensal population estimates
(that is, the components of emigration
and undocumented immigration).
Also, Census use the CPS as a source
for other survey samples. A household
remains in the CPS sample for 16
months. Other surveys conducted by the
Census Bureau may use a CPS sample
when it is no longer part of the CPS. In
2006, the National Survey of Fishing,
Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated
Recreation, sponsored by the
Department of the Interior, used retired
cases from the CPS samples. The
ongoing American Time Use Survey,
sponsored by the BLS uses expired CPS
sample. By using the CPS demographics
to select their samples, other surveys
have been able to avoid screening
samples and to obtain accurate
estimates by demographics.
Another use of the demographic data
is in evaluating other survey results. For
example, analysts control the results of
the National American Housing Survey
to the CPS monthly averages of
households. Similarly, in order to
determine the plausibility of the results
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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Sunshine Act Notice
AGENCY: United States Commission on Civil Rights.
ACTION: Notice of meeting and briefing.
DATE AND TIME: Friday, April 4, 9:30 a.m.
PLACE: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 624 Ninth Street, NW., Rm. 540,
Washington, DC 20425.
Briefing Agenda
Topic: The Impact of Illegal Immigration on the Wages & Employment
Opportunities of Black Workers.
I. Introductory Remarks by Chairman
II. Speakers' Presentations
III. Questions by Commissioners and Staff Director
IV. Adjourn Briefing
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting Chief, Public
Affairs Unit, (202) 376-8582.
Dated: March 25, 2008.
David Blackwood,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 08-1081 Filed 3-25-08; 2:34 pm]
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