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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: 2010 Census.
Form Number(s): Various.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0919.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Burden Hours: 23,990,300.
Number of Respondents: 146,746,000.
Average Hours Per Response: 9
minutes and 40 seconds.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census
Bureau (Census Bureau) requests
authorization from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
collect data from the public as part of
the 2010 Census. Article 1, Section 2 of
the United States Constitution mandates
that the U.S. House of Representatives
be reapportioned every 10 years by
conducting a national census of all
residents. In addition to the
reapportionment of the U.S. Congress,
by law, Census data are required in
order to redraw legislative district
boundaries. Census data also are used to
determine funding allocations for the
distribution of hundreds of billions of
dollars of federal and state funds each
year.
Census 2000 was an operational and
data quality success. However, that
success was achieved at great
operational risk and great expense. In
response to the lessons learned from
Census 2000, and in striving to better
meet our Nation’s ever-expanding needs
for social, demographic, and geographic
information, the U.S. Department of
Commerce and the Census Bureau
developed a multi-year effort to
completely modernize and re-engineer
the 2010 Census of Population and
Housing. This effort required an
iterative series of tests in 2003 thru 2008
that provided an opportunity to evaluate
new or improved question wording and
questionnaire design, methodologies,
and use of technology.
The 2003 Census Test was conducted,
and designed to evaluate alternative
self-response options and alternative
presentation of the race and Hispanic
origin question. The 2004 Census Test
studied new methods to improve
coverage, including procedures for
reducing duplication, and tested
respondent reaction to revised race and
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Hispanic origin questions, examples,
and instructions. The 2005 National
Census Test was designed to evaluate
variations of questionnaire content and
methodology; the 2006 Census Test
relied on the results of the 2004 Census
Test to expand on the number of new
and refined methods; the 2007 test
refined the design of the bilingual form;
and the scope of the 2008 Census Dress
Rehearsal was reduced to carrying out
address canvassing of neighborhoods to
improve these processes, along with
mailout/mailback processes. Many of
the results of these undertakings are
applied to the final plans for the 2010
Census operations where feasible.
From the 2010 Census, the Census
Bureau will produce the basic
population totals by state for
Congressional apportionment, as
mandated by the Constitution, and more
specifically elaborated in Title 13 U.S.
Code. Title 13 of the United States Code
also provides for the confidentiality of
responses to various surveys and
censuses.
In compliance with Public Law 94–
171, for each state, the Census Bureau
will tabulate total population counts by
race, Hispanic origin, and, for those 18
years of age and over, by a variety of
census geographic areas including
legislative district, voting district, and
census tabulation blocks. In compliance
with Public Law 94–171, the Census
Bureau also will tabulate housing unit
counts by occupancy status (and
vacant).
This clearance request covers the 50
states, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, and federally affiliated Americans
overseas. To enumerate these areas and
overseas Americans, there are several
planned operations that will be
performed by various staffs in the field,
at headquarters, regional census centers,
and at local census offices. These
operations are intended to improve the
accuracy of census coverage and reduce
operational risk compared to Census
2000. The clearance request for
enumeration of the U.S. Virgin Islands,
the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, the Pacific Island Area
of America Samoa will be covered
under a separate information collection
request to OMB.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: One-time.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,
Sections 141 & 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,
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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: September 3, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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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: 2008 Panel of the Survey of
Income and Program Participation,
Wave 2 Topical Modules.
Form Number(s): SIPP 28205(L)
Director’s Letter; SIPP/CAPI Automated
Instrument; SIPP 28003 Reminder Card.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0944.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Burden Hours: 143,303.
Number of Respondents: 94,500.
Average Hours Per Response: 30
minutes.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census
Bureau requests authorization from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to conduct the Wave 2 interview
for the 2008 Panel of the Survey of
Income and Program Participation
(SIPP). The core SIPP and reinterview
instruments were also cleared under
this OMB control number.
The SIPP represents a source of
information for a wide variety of topics
and allows information for separate
topics to be integrated to form a single
and unified database so that the
interaction between tax, transfer, and
other government and private policies
can be examined. Government domestic
policy formulators depend heavily upon
the SIPP information concerning the
distribution of income received directly
as money or indirectly as in-kind
benefits and the effect of tax and
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transfer programs on this distribution.
They also need improved and expanded
data on the income and general
economic and financial situation of the
U.S. population. The SIPP has provided
these kinds of data on a continuing basis
since 1983, permitting levels of
economic well-being and changes in
these levels to be measured over time.
The survey is molded around a
central ‘‘core’’ of labor force and income
questions that remain fixed throughout
the life of a panel. The core is
supplemented with questions designed
to answer specific needs, such as
estimating eligibility for government
programs, examining pension and
health care coverage, and analyzing
individual net worth. These
supplemental questions are included
with the core and are referred to as
‘‘topical modules.’’
The topical modules for the 2008
Panel Wave 2 are Work History,
Education and Training History, Marital
History, Fertility History, Migration
History, Household Relationships, and
Tax Rebate. These topical modules were
previously conducted in the SIPP 2004
Panel Wave 2 instrument, with the
exception of the Tax Rebate topical
module, which was previously
conducted in the SIPP 2008 Wave 1
instrument. Wave 2 interviews will be
conducted from January through April
2009.
The SIPP is designed as a continuing
series of national panels of interviewed
households that are introduced every
few years, with each panel having
durations of approximately 3 to 4 years.
The 2008 Panel is scheduled for four
years and four months and will include
thirteen waves, which will begin
September 1, 2008. All household
members 15 years old or over are
interviewed using regular proxyrespondent rules. They are interviewed
a total of thirteen times (thirteen waves),
at 4-month intervals, making the SIPP a
longitudinal survey. Sample people (all
household members present at the time
of the first interview) who move within
the country and reasonably close to a
SIPP primary sampling unit (PSU) will
be followed and interviewed at their
new address. Individuals 15 years old or
over who enter the household after
Wave 1 will be interviewed; however, if
these people move, they are not
followed unless they happen to move
along with a Wave 1 sample individual.
The OMB has established an
Interagency Advisory Committee to
provide guidance for the content and
procedures for the SIPP. Interagency
subcommittees were set up to
recommend specific areas of inquiries
for supplemental questions. The Census
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Bureau developed the 2008 Panel Wave
2 topical modules through consultation
with the SIPP OMB Interagency
Subcommittee. The questions for the
topical modules address major policy
and program concerns as stated by this
subcommittee and the SIPP Interagency
Advisory Committee.
Data provided by the SIPP are being
used by economic policymakers, the
Congress, state and local governments,
and federal agencies that administer
social welfare or transfer payment
programs, such as the Department of
Health and Human Services and the
Department of Agriculture.
The knowledge gained from these
‘‘core’’ items will be of limited value
without information about how the
respondents reached their status at the
time of the Wave 1 interview. The core,
therefore, is also supplemented with
questions designed to answer specific
needs, such as estimating eligibility for
government programs, examining
pension and health care coverage, and
analyzing financing of post-secondary
education. These supplemental
questions are included with the core
and are referred to as ‘‘topical
modules.’’ The questions in these
topical modules will help us reduce, if
not eliminate, the ‘‘left-censoring’’
analysis problem that occurs in nearly
all longitudinal surveys and cited as a
serious concern by our data users. Leftcensoring refers to the experiences of
individuals (or other units of
longitudinal analysis) prior to the start
of the longitudinal study period.
The questions for these topical
modules address major policy and
program concerns. Each component is
intended to provide explanatory data
describing likely relationships between
earlier life-course experiences and
current socioeconomic status. Personal
history data, when linked with data
derived from the panel interviews, yield
a powerful set of explanatory indicators,
which help analysts more fully
understand associations between social,
demographic, and economic events.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: Every 4 months.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, Section 182.
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,
PO 00000
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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: September 3, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Emerging Technology and Research
Advisory Committee; Notice of Open
Meeting
The Emerging Technology and
Research Advisory Committee (ETRAC)
will meet on September 23, 2008, at
10:30 a.m., in the Herbert C. Hoover
Building, Room 4830, 14th Street
between Constitution and Pennsylvania
Avenues, NW., Washington, DC. The
Committee advises the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration on technical questions
that affect controls on research and
emerging technology activities,
including those related to deemed
exports.
Agenda
1. Welcome and introductions.
2. Remarks from Bureau of Industry
and Security (BIS) management.
3. Current deemed export control
policy issues and initiatives, including
BIS’s notice of inquiry published on
May 19, 2008 (73 FR 28795) and
extended on August 22, 2008 (73 FR
49645) requesting comments on two
Deemed Export Advisory Committee
recommendations.
4. Emerging technology and research
and development issues.
5. U.S. competitiveness.
6. Public comments.
7. Priorities and workplan.
The open session will be accessible
via teleconference to 20 participants on
a first come, first serve basis. To join the
conference, submit inquiries to Ms.
Yvette Springer at
Yspringer@bis.doc.gov, no later than
September 16, 2008.
The meeting will be open to the
public and a limited number of seats
will be available. To the extent that time
permits, members of the public may
present oral statements to the
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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: 2008 Panel of the Survey of Income and Program
Participation, Wave 2 Topical Modules.
Form Number(s): SIPP 28205(L) Director's Letter; SIPP/CAPI
Automated Instrument; SIPP 28003 Reminder Card.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0944.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Burden Hours: 143,303.
Number of Respondents: 94,500.
Average Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests authorization from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct the Wave 2
interview for the 2008 Panel of the Survey of Income and Program
Participation (SIPP). The core SIPP and reinterview instruments were
also cleared under this OMB control number.
The SIPP represents a source of information for a wide variety of
topics and allows information for separate topics to be integrated to
form a single and unified database so that the interaction between tax,
transfer, and other government and private policies can be examined.
Government domestic policy formulators depend heavily upon the SIPP
information concerning the distribution of income received directly as
money or indirectly as in-kind benefits and the effect of tax and
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transfer programs on this distribution. They also need improved and
expanded data on the income and general economic and financial
situation of the U.S. population. The SIPP has provided these kinds of
data on a continuing basis since 1983, permitting levels of economic
well-being and changes in these levels to be measured over time.
The survey is molded around a central ``core'' of labor force and
income questions that remain fixed throughout the life of a panel. The
core is supplemented with questions designed to answer specific needs,
such as estimating eligibility for government programs, examining
pension and health care coverage, and analyzing individual net worth.
These supplemental questions are included with the core and are
referred to as ``topical modules.''
The topical modules for the 2008 Panel Wave 2 are Work History,
Education and Training History, Marital History, Fertility History,
Migration History, Household Relationships, and Tax Rebate. These
topical modules were previously conducted in the SIPP 2004 Panel Wave 2
instrument, with the exception of the Tax Rebate topical module, which
was previously conducted in the SIPP 2008 Wave 1 instrument. Wave 2
interviews will be conducted from January through April 2009.
The SIPP is designed as a continuing series of national panels of
interviewed households that are introduced every few years, with each
panel having durations of approximately 3 to 4 years. The 2008 Panel is
scheduled for four years and four months and will include thirteen
waves, which will begin September 1, 2008. All household members 15
years old or over are interviewed using regular proxy-respondent rules.
They are interviewed a total of thirteen times (thirteen waves), at 4-
month intervals, making the SIPP a longitudinal survey. Sample people
(all household members present at the time of the first interview) who
move within the country and reasonably close to a SIPP primary sampling
unit (PSU) will be followed and interviewed at their new address.
Individuals 15 years old or over who enter the household after Wave 1
will be interviewed; however, if these people move, they are not
followed unless they happen to move along with a Wave 1 sample
individual.
The OMB has established an Interagency Advisory Committee to
provide guidance for the content and procedures for the SIPP.
Interagency subcommittees were set up to recommend specific areas of
inquiries for supplemental questions. The Census Bureau developed the
2008 Panel Wave 2 topical modules through consultation with the SIPP
OMB Interagency Subcommittee. The questions for the topical modules
address major policy and program concerns as stated by this
subcommittee and the SIPP Interagency Advisory Committee.
Data provided by the SIPP are being used by economic policymakers,
the Congress, state and local governments, and federal agencies that
administer social welfare or transfer payment programs, such as the
Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of
Agriculture.
The knowledge gained from these ``core'' items will be of limited
value without information about how the respondents reached their
status at the time of the Wave 1 interview. The core, therefore, is
also supplemented with questions designed to answer specific needs,
such as estimating eligibility for government programs, examining
pension and health care coverage, and analyzing financing of post-
secondary education. These supplemental questions are included with the
core and are referred to as ``topical modules.'' The questions in these
topical modules will help us reduce, if not eliminate, the ``left-
censoring'' analysis problem that occurs in nearly all longitudinal
surveys and cited as a serious concern by our data users. Left-
censoring refers to the experiences of individuals (or other units of
longitudinal analysis) prior to the start of the longitudinal study
period.
The questions for these topical modules address major policy and
program concerns. Each component is intended to provide explanatory
data describing likely relationships between earlier life-course
experiences and current socioeconomic status. Personal history data,
when linked with data derived from the panel interviews, yield a
powerful set of explanatory indicators, which help analysts more fully
understand associations between social, demographic, and economic
events.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: Every 4 months.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Section 182.
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: September 3, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-20782 Filed 9-8-08; 8:45 am]
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