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Dated: January 20, 2012.
Dallas Tonsager,
Under Secretary, Rural Development.
[FR Doc. 2012–1701 Filed 1–26–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
[Docket Number 120103003–1757–01]
Proposed Data Sharing Activity
Bureau of the Census,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice and request for public
comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Bureau of the
Census (Census Bureau) of the
Department of Commerce proposes to
share business data for statistical
purposes. More specifically, the Census
Bureau will share selected business data
of multi-location businesses with the
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of
the Department of Labor. In accordance
with the requirement of Section 524(d)
of the Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
of 2002, we are providing the
opportunity for public comment on this
data sharing action. Through the use of
these shared data, BLS will use the
Census Bureau’s multi-location
company data to achieve efficiencies in
the maintenance of its universe list of
U.S. businesses. The BLS employees
and agents who will have access to the
Census Bureau data protected by the
confidentiality provisions of Title 13 are
required to obtain Census Bureau Sworn
Special Status. These BLS employees
and agents must have suitable
background clearance and must
complete an annual Title 13 Awareness
Training.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before March 27, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
on this proposed program to the
Director, U.S. Census Bureau, Room
8H001, Mail Stop 0100, Washington, DC
20233.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shirin A. Ahmed, Assistant Director for
Economic Programs; Room 8K108, U.S.
Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233;
phone (301) 763–2558; or email
Shirin.Anne.Ahmed@census.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Introduction
The Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
of 2002 (CIPSEA) (Pub. L. 107–347,
sections 501–526, 44 U.S.C. 3501 note),
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and 13 U.S.C. 402 allow the Census
Bureau to share business data for
statistical purposes with the BLS.
Section 524(d) of CIPSEA requires
public notice of the intent to share data
(allowing 60 days for public comment),
whenever the data to be shared were
collected through mandatory reporting,
and the respondents were not informed
that the data could be shared among the
statistical agencies. Section 524 also
requires the Census Bureau to provide
information about the terms of the
written data sharing agreement. The
following are covered in this notice:
• Background;
• Data items to be shared with BLS;
• Improvement or creation of
products by use of data for statistical
purposes; and
• Legal authority regarding
confidentiality and data access.
Background
Both the Census Bureau and the BLS
compile and maintain their own,
separate comprehensive lists of active
U.S. businesses called universe lists.
The Census Bureau and BLS universe
lists are similar in content, and are
costly for the government to maintain.
The lists can also be burdensome on
businesses that are required to respond
to multiple surveys. However, these lists
are critical to the quality of source data
and the timely preparation of many key
indicators of U.S. economic
performance.
The Census Bureau and the BLS can
achieve major qualitative enhancements
and cost efficiencies through increased
data sharing. Specifically, the sharing of
these data will allow the two bureaus to
develop consistent industry
classifications of establishments and
companies and improve multi-location
coverage, thus improving the
comparability and accuracy of Federal
economic statistics.
In the 2002 Economic Report of the
President, the Council of Economic
Advisers noted the critical need for
reliable statistical data, and stated that
expanded sharing among Federal
statistical agencies would increase data
quality. In an October 2005 Workshop
on the Benefits of Interagency Business
Data Sharing sponsored by the National
Research Council, representatives of
several agencies advocated an increase
of business data sharing among Federal
statistical agencies. Moreover,
subsection 521(a) of CIPSEA finds that
enhanced sharing of business data
among these three Federal statistical
agencies will improve their ability to
track the large and rapidly changing
nature of U.S. business more accurately.
Consequently, section 522 of CIPSEA
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authorizes the sharing of business data
among three designated statistical
agencies—the Census Bureau, the BLS,
and the Department of Commerce’s
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). In
addition, section 523 of CIPSEA
mandates that heads of these agencies
identify opportunities to eliminate
duplication, reduce reporting burdens
and costs imposed on the public in
providing information for statistical
purposes, and enter into joint statistical
projects to improve the quality and
reduce the cost of statistical programs.
Over the past several years, the
Census Bureau and the BLS have
conducted comprehensive research to
evaluate each other’s business lists and
to analyze opportunities to improve
each list through increased data sharing.
This research confirms that data sharing
not only will improve the comparability
and accuracy of Federal economic
statistics, but will also produce
efficiencies.
Data Items To Be Shared With BLS
The BLS will benefit from selected
multi-location data, which already
exists in the Census Bureau’s Business
Register. The Business Register
combines administrative data with
Census-collected information to
produce a comprehensive business
universe list. Data from the 5-hear
Economic Censuses and the annual
Company Organization Survey (COS)
provide much of the organizational,
structural, and establishment-level data
for multi-lation companies. The
Economic Census also provides precise
industrial classifications based on the
value of product and/or service outputs.
The Census Bureau carries out a
separate data collection regarding multilocation companies, because
administrative records do not identify
the relationship among multi-location
companies and their affiliated Employer
Identification Number (EIN) entities and
establishments. All of these Census
Bureau data are collected under the
provisions of Title 13 of the United
States Code, sections 182, 195, 224, and
225.
The Census Bureau will furnish the
BLS with several categories of multilocation company data:
• North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS) codes
and associated multi-location
information, including the business
name and address; state, county, and
place geocodes; EINs; the source of the
NAICS codes; first quarter employment;
and first quarter and annual payroll.
• Enterprise linkages for multilocation companies, including the EINs
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and establishment-level linkages for
multi-location companies across states.
• Product-level codes from the
Economic Census and other economic
programs.
• Non-profit indicators from the
Economic Census.
• Foreign-ownership information
from the Economic Census and the COS,
including the names, addresses, and
EINs of multi-location companies with
indications of foreign ownership,
together with the foreign country codes.
The Census Bureau will provide only
data that are free of Federal Tax
Information.
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Improvement or Creation of Products
by Use of Data for Statistical Purposes
The BLS will use these shared data
exclusively for authorized statistical
purposes, as defined in section 502(9) of
CIPSEA. As a result, a number of
benefits will accrue to the Federal
government from this data-sharing
initiative. These benefits include the
improvement of existing data products
or creation of new data products. For
example, the sampling frames for BLS’
Producer Price Index and International
Price Program can be enhanced. The
BLS will use the Census Bureau’s
product-level codes and the associated
data to augment the sampling frames
and improve sampling strategies of
these two programs.
The comparability and accuracy of
Federal economic statistics will be
improved, through the use of more
consistent industry classifications. In
addition, certain statistical products
such as BLS’ Business Establishment
List will benefit from improved
coverage provided by the additional
Census Bureau data. The BEA will also
benefit from more consistent
macroeconomic statistics provided by
the Census Bureau and the BLS in
conducting its national accounts
programs.
Legal Authority Regarding
Confidentiality and Data Access
The sharing of confidential Census
Bureau business data is authorized
under Title 13, U.S.C., sections 8(b),
23(c), and 402; and CIPSEA. The Census
Bureau data are confidential under Title
13, U.S.C., sections 9 and 214. The BLS
data are protected under CIPSEA,
Subtitle A; the Trade Secrets Acts, 18
U.S.C., section 1905, and BLS
Commissioner’s Order No. 1–06,
‘‘Confidential Nature of BLS Statistical
Data.’’
Subtitle A of CIPSEA addresses
confidential information protection
afforded data that are acquired by
Federal agencies for exclusively
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statistical purposes under a pledge of
confidentiality. In accordance with the
requirements of section 512 of CIPSEA,
the BLS will use the shared data, which
was acquired under a pledge of
confidentiality, for exclusively
statistical purposes. BLS will ensure
that all confidential data will be
protected and will be accessible only to
authorized personnel with a workrelated ‘‘need to know.’’
In addition, the BLS employees and
agents who will have authorized access
to confidential Census Bureau data are
required to obtain Census Bureau Sworn
Special Status. They will be sworn to
observe the provisions of Title 13,
U.S.C., section 9, and will be advised of
the penalties for improper disclosure
under Title 13, U.S.C., section 214, and
section 513 of CIPSEA. Under both
provisions, the penalties are
imprisonment for no more than five
years, a fine of no more than $250,000,
or both. These BLS employees and
agents must also have suitable
background clearances and must
complete an annual Title 13 Awareness
Training.
To ensure the adequate safeguarding
of confidential business data, the
Census Bureau will also conduct annual
security reviews. The BLS will permit
access for the purpose of conducting
these reviews by appropriately sworn
employees.
Pursuant to section 524(d) of CIPSEA,
the Census Bureau and BLS intend to
enter into a written agreement for this
data sharing action, after taking into
consideration comments received in
response to this notice.
Dated: January 23, 2012.
Robert M. Groves,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–489–815]
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and
Tube From Turkey: Extension of Time
Limits for Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: January 27, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Flessner or Robert James, AD/CVD
Enforcement Office 7, Import
Administration, International Trade
AGENCY:
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Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–6312 and (202)
482–0649, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 28, 2011, the Department
published a notice of initiation of an
antidumping duty administrative review
for, inter alia, light-walled rectangular
pipe and tube from Turkey for the May
1, 2010, through April 30, 2011, period
of review (POR). See Initiation of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews and Request for
Revocation in Part, 76 FR 37781 (June
28, 2011) (Initiation Notice). This
review covers Noksel Celik Boru Sanayi
A.S. (Noksel). The preliminary results
for this administrative review are due
no later than January 31, 2012.
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary
Results
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires
the Department to complete the
preliminary results of an administrative
review within 245 days after the last day
of the anniversary month of an order for
which a review is requested. However,
if it is not practicable to complete the
review within this time period, section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the
Department to extend the time limit for
the preliminary results to a maximum of
365 days after the last day of the
anniversary month of an order for which
a review is requested.
The Department has determined it is
not practicable to complete this review
within the statutory time limit because
of significant issues that require
additional time to evaluate. These
include complicated issues involving
Noksel’s sales terms, use of multiple
currencies in both markets, duty
drawback claims, and certain movement
expenses. The Department requires
additional time to analyze sufficiently
information submitted by the
respondent in this administrative
review. Accordingly, the Department is
extending the time limit for completion
of the preliminary results of this
administrative review until no later than
May 30, 2012, which is 120 days from
the January 31, 2012, deadline and less
than 365 days after the last day of the
anniversary month of the order for
which this review was requested. The
final results continue to be due 120 days
after publication of the preliminary
results.
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with section 351.213(d)(4) of
the Department’s regulations and
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
[Docket Number 120103003-1757-01]
Proposed Data Sharing Activity
AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice and request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) of the
Department of Commerce proposes to share business data for statistical
purposes. More specifically, the Census Bureau will share selected
business data of multi-location businesses with the U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor. In accordance with
the requirement of Section 524(d) of the Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002, we are providing the
opportunity for public comment on this data sharing action. Through the
use of these shared data, BLS will use the Census Bureau's multi-
location company data to achieve efficiencies in the maintenance of its
universe list of U.S. businesses. The BLS employees and agents who will
have access to the Census Bureau data protected by the confidentiality
provisions of Title 13 are required to obtain Census Bureau Sworn
Special Status. These BLS employees and agents must have suitable
background clearance and must complete an annual Title 13 Awareness
Training.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before March 27, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments on this proposed program to the
Director, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 8H001, Mail Stop 0100, Washington,
DC 20233.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirin A. Ahmed, Assistant Director
for Economic Programs; Room 8K108, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC
20233; phone (301) 763-2558; or email Shirin.Anne.Ahmed@census.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency
Act of 2002 (CIPSEA) (Pub. L. 107-347, sections 501-526, 44 U.S.C. 3501
note), and 13 U.S.C. 402 allow the Census Bureau to share business data
for statistical purposes with the BLS. Section 524(d) of CIPSEA
requires public notice of the intent to share data (allowing 60 days
for public comment), whenever the data to be shared were collected
through mandatory reporting, and the respondents were not informed that
the data could be shared among the statistical agencies. Section 524
also requires the Census Bureau to provide information about the terms
of the written data sharing agreement. The following are covered in
this notice:
Background;
Data items to be shared with BLS;
Improvement or creation of products by use of data for
statistical purposes; and
Legal authority regarding confidentiality and data access.
Background
Both the Census Bureau and the BLS compile and maintain their own,
separate comprehensive lists of active U.S. businesses called universe
lists. The Census Bureau and BLS universe lists are similar in content,
and are costly for the government to maintain. The lists can also be
burdensome on businesses that are required to respond to multiple
surveys. However, these lists are critical to the quality of source
data and the timely preparation of many key indicators of U.S. economic
performance.
The Census Bureau and the BLS can achieve major qualitative
enhancements and cost efficiencies through increased data sharing.
Specifically, the sharing of these data will allow the two bureaus to
develop consistent industry classifications of establishments and
companies and improve multi-location coverage, thus improving the
comparability and accuracy of Federal economic statistics.
In the 2002 Economic Report of the President, the Council of
Economic Advisers noted the critical need for reliable statistical
data, and stated that expanded sharing among Federal statistical
agencies would increase data quality. In an October 2005 Workshop on
the Benefits of Interagency Business Data Sharing sponsored by the
National Research Council, representatives of several agencies
advocated an increase of business data sharing among Federal
statistical agencies. Moreover, subsection 521(a) of CIPSEA finds that
enhanced sharing of business data among these three Federal statistical
agencies will improve their ability to track the large and rapidly
changing nature of U.S. business more accurately. Consequently, section
522 of CIPSEA authorizes the sharing of business data among three
designated statistical agencies--the Census Bureau, the BLS, and the
Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). In
addition, section 523 of CIPSEA mandates that heads of these agencies
identify opportunities to eliminate duplication, reduce reporting
burdens and costs imposed on the public in providing information for
statistical purposes, and enter into joint statistical projects to
improve the quality and reduce the cost of statistical programs.
Over the past several years, the Census Bureau and the BLS have
conducted comprehensive research to evaluate each other's business
lists and to analyze opportunities to improve each list through
increased data sharing. This research confirms that data sharing not
only will improve the comparability and accuracy of Federal economic
statistics, but will also produce efficiencies.
Data Items To Be Shared With BLS
The BLS will benefit from selected multi-location data, which
already exists in the Census Bureau's Business Register. The Business
Register combines administrative data with Census-collected information
to produce a comprehensive business universe list. Data from the 5-hear
Economic Censuses and the annual Company Organization Survey (COS)
provide much of the organizational, structural, and establishment-level
data for multi-lation companies. The Economic Census also provides
precise industrial classifications based on the value of product and/or
service outputs. The Census Bureau carries out a separate data
collection regarding multi-location companies, because administrative
records do not identify the relationship among multi-location companies
and their affiliated Employer Identification Number (EIN) entities and
establishments. All of these Census Bureau data are collected under the
provisions of Title 13 of the United States Code, sections 182, 195,
224, and 225.
The Census Bureau will furnish the BLS with several categories of
multi-location company data:
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
codes and associated multi-location information, including the business
name and address; state, county, and place geocodes; EINs; the source
of the NAICS codes; first quarter employment; and first quarter and
annual payroll.
Enterprise linkages for multi-location companies,
including the EINs
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and establishment-level linkages for multi-location companies across
states.
Product-level codes from the Economic Census and other
economic programs.
Non-profit indicators from the Economic Census.
Foreign-ownership information from the Economic Census and
the COS, including the names, addresses, and EINs of multi-location
companies with indications of foreign ownership, together with the
foreign country codes.
The Census Bureau will provide only data that are free of Federal
Tax Information.
Improvement or Creation of Products by Use of Data for Statistical
Purposes
The BLS will use these shared data exclusively for authorized
statistical purposes, as defined in section 502(9) of CIPSEA. As a
result, a number of benefits will accrue to the Federal government from
this data-sharing initiative. These benefits include the improvement of
existing data products or creation of new data products. For example,
the sampling frames for BLS' Producer Price Index and International
Price Program can be enhanced. The BLS will use the Census Bureau's
product-level codes and the associated data to augment the sampling
frames and improve sampling strategies of these two programs.
The comparability and accuracy of Federal economic statistics will
be improved, through the use of more consistent industry
classifications. In addition, certain statistical products such as BLS'
Business Establishment List will benefit from improved coverage
provided by the additional Census Bureau data. The BEA will also
benefit from more consistent macroeconomic statistics provided by the
Census Bureau and the BLS in conducting its national accounts programs.
Legal Authority Regarding Confidentiality and Data Access
The sharing of confidential Census Bureau business data is
authorized under Title 13, U.S.C., sections 8(b), 23(c), and 402; and
CIPSEA. The Census Bureau data are confidential under Title 13, U.S.C.,
sections 9 and 214. The BLS data are protected under CIPSEA, Subtitle
A; the Trade Secrets Acts, 18 U.S.C., section 1905, and BLS
Commissioner's Order No. 1-06, ``Confidential Nature of BLS Statistical
Data.''
Subtitle A of CIPSEA addresses confidential information protection
afforded data that are acquired by Federal agencies for exclusively
statistical purposes under a pledge of confidentiality. In accordance
with the requirements of section 512 of CIPSEA, the BLS will use the
shared data, which was acquired under a pledge of confidentiality, for
exclusively statistical purposes. BLS will ensure that all confidential
data will be protected and will be accessible only to authorized
personnel with a work-related ``need to know.''
In addition, the BLS employees and agents who will have authorized
access to confidential Census Bureau data are required to obtain Census
Bureau Sworn Special Status. They will be sworn to observe the
provisions of Title 13, U.S.C., section 9, and will be advised of the
penalties for improper disclosure under Title 13, U.S.C., section 214,
and section 513 of CIPSEA. Under both provisions, the penalties are
imprisonment for no more than five years, a fine of no more than
$250,000, or both. These BLS employees and agents must also have
suitable background clearances and must complete an annual Title 13
Awareness Training.
To ensure the adequate safeguarding of confidential business data,
the Census Bureau will also conduct annual security reviews. The BLS
will permit access for the purpose of conducting these reviews by
appropriately sworn employees.
Pursuant to section 524(d) of CIPSEA, the Census Bureau and BLS
intend to enter into a written agreement for this data sharing action,
after taking into consideration comments received in response to this
notice.
Dated: January 23, 2012.
Robert M. Groves,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 2012-1804 Filed 1-26-12; 8:45 am]
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