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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Survey of Income
and Program Participation (SIPP) 2013
Event History Calendar—Field Test
U.S. Census Bureau,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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: To ensure consideration, written
comments must be submitted on or
before August 10, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at jjessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Nathaniel McKee, Census
Bureau, Room HQ–7H137 Washington,
DC 20233–8400, (301) 763–5244 (or via
the Internet at
nathanial.b.mckee@census.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
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I. Abstract
The Census Bureau plans to conduct
a field test for the 2013 SIPP Event
History Calendar (SIPP–EHC) from
January to March of 2013. The SIPP is
a household-based survey designed as a
continuous series of national panels.
The SIPP represents a source of
information for a wide variety of topics
and allows the integration of
information for separate topics to form
a single, unified database allowing for
the examination of the interaction
between tax, transfer, and other
government and private policies.
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
transfer programs on that distribution.
They also need improved and expanded
data on the income and general
economic and financial situation of the
U.S. population, which the SIPP has
provided on a continuing basis since
1983. The SIPP has measured levels of
economic well-being and permitted
measurement of changes in these levels
over time.
The SIPP–EHC is molded around a
central ‘‘core’’ of labor force and income
questions that are supplemented with
questions designed to address specific
needs in complementary subject areas.
The 2013 SIPP–EHC again uses an Event
History Calendar (EHC) that facilitates
the collection of dates of events and
spells of coverage, as did the 2010,
2011, and 2012 SIPP–EHC.
The content of the 2013 SIPP–EHC
will match that of the 2012 SIPP–EHC
very closely. The SIPP–EHC design does
not contain freestanding topical
modules; however, a portion of
traditional SIPP topical module content
is integrated into the 2013 SIPP–EHC
interview. Examples of this content
include questions on medical expenses,
child care, retirement and pension plan
coverage, marital history, adult and
child well-being, and others. The EHC
should assist the respondent’s ability to
recall events accurately over the longer
reference period and provide increased
data quality and inter-topic consistency
for dates reported by respondents.
The 2013 SIPP–EHC field test will
revisit survey respondents who were
first interviewed in the 2011 SIPP–EHC
field test and then again in the 2012
SIPP–EHC field test. The 2013 SIPP–
EHC will interview respondents using
the previous calendar year 2012 as the
reference period and is the final
evaluation in the transition of the SIPP
program to annual interviewing. The
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2013 SIPP–EHC will be the second test
of the revised interviewing method
structure that will follow adults (age 15
years and older) who move from the
prior wave household, as well as the
second test incorporating dependent
data from the prior wave in the current
EHC interview. Dependent data, which
is information collected from the prior
wave interview brought forward to the
current interview, is a crucial
component added to the 2012 SIPP–
EHC to reduce the possible impact of
seam bias for longitudinal uses of the
monthly data. The 2013 SIPP–EHC will
be the first opportunity to evaluate
situations where original sample people
(OSP) have the chance to have moved
out in the prior wave and then return.
The 2013 SIPP–EHC will be the last
opportunity before full production to
refine instrument improvements,
evaluate the ability to follow movers,
implement dependent data use, and
produce an initial evaluation of attrition
related to the new instrument design
and interview interval. Although the
sample is limited to high-poverty strata
in 20 states and cannot represent the
characteristics of the test if
implemented in a full nationally
representative sample, we can
effectively compare the same
geographies and characteristics for the
same period in the 2008 panel of the
production SIPP. As with the 2012 field
test, 2013 SIPP–EHC will be a critical
final test for the functionality of all of
the interrelated systems to locate and reinterview respondents after a year.
The Census Bureau plans to use
Computer Assisted Recorded Interview
(CARI) technology for some of the
respondents during the 2013 SIPP–EHC.
CARI is a data collection method that
captures audio along with response data
during computer-assisted personal and
telephone interviews (CAPI & CATI).
With the respondent’s consent, a
portion of each interview is recorded
unobtrusively and both the sound file
and screen images are returned with the
response data to a central location for
coding. The CARI technology will be
used in conjunction with the 2013
SIPP–EHC and add about 1,000 burden
hours to the overall total for 2013. The
CARI respondents for the 2013 field test
were first interviewed and recorded
during the 2012 SIPP–EHC CARI field
test, which was a separate sample
utilizing a CARI enabled version of the
2012 SIPP–EHC instrument. In 2013, the
CARI sample will be combined with the
SIPP–EHC sample, which will test the
capability of the SIPP–EHC instrument
to perform multiple paths during the
same interview period. The SIPP–EHC
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CARI sample is a Wave 2 interview,
while the 2012 SIPP–EHC sample will
be in its third wave for 2013. The CARI
recordings will not be limited to only
the previously recorded cases; instead,
the sample will contain both previously
recorded cases and some Wave 3 cases
that will be recorded in 2013. This is a
critical evaluation, as evidence from
external surveys suggests that simply
asking the consent question could be
associated with a significant increase in
survey length. External researchers at
the Institute for Social Research at the
University of Michigan suspect that
improved FR adherence to protocol is
one of the sources for the longer
interviews. Additionally, we need
information on the association between
CARI, interview length, and interview
quality.
By reviewing the recorded portions of
the interview, quality assurance analysts
can evaluate the likelihood that the
exchange between the field
representative and respondent is
authentic and follows critical survey
protocol as defined by the sponsor and
based on best practices. The 2013 SIPP–
EHC field test instrument will utilize
the CARI Interactive Data Access
System (CARI System), an innovative,
integrated, multifaceted monitoring
system that features a configurable webbased interface for behavior coding,
quality assurance, and coaching. This
system assists in coding interviews for
measuring question and interviewer
performance and the interaction
between interviewers and respondents.
Approximately 3,000 households are
expected to be interviewed for the 2013
SIPP–EHC field test, which is comprised
of approximately 2,000 cases returning
for a third wave from the 2012 SIPP–
EHC and approximately 1,000 cases
returning for a second wave from the
2012 SIPP–EHC CARI. We estimate that
each household contains 2.1 people
aged 15 and above, yielding
approximately 6,300 person-level
interviews in this field test. Interviews
take 60 minutes per adult on average,
consequently the total annual burden
for 2013 SIPP–EHC field test interviews
will be 6,300 hours in FY 2013.
srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
II. Method of Collection
The 2013 SIPP–EHC field test
instrument will consist of one
household interview that will reference
the calendar year 2012. The interview is
conducted in person with all household
members 15 years old or over using
regular proxy-respondent rules.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607–0957.
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Form Number: SIPP/CAPI Automated
Instrument.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
6,300 people.
Estimated Time per Response: 60
minutes per person on average.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 6,300.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: The
only cost to respondents is their time.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, Section 182.
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Yufeng Wei, a/k/a Annie Wei, 165
Beech Street, Belmont, MA 02378;
Order Denying Export Privileges
the Export Administration Regulations
(the ‘‘Regulations’’) to end-users in
China between 2004 and 2007,
including to entities on the BIS Entity
List, and for military end-uses. Wei was
also convicted of illegally exporting
military electronic components
designated on the U.S. Munitions List to
China through Hong Kong between 2004
and 2007. In addition, Wei was
convicted of conspiring over a period of
10 years to violate IEEPA and AECA (18
U.S.C. 371); aiding and abetting (18
U.S.C. 2); filing false shipping
documents with the Department of
Commerce (18 U.S.C. 1001); and use of
fraudulently obtained resident card (18
U.S.C. 1546(a)). Wei was sentenced to
36 months in prison and a $1,300
Special Assessment. Wei is also listed
on the Department of State’s Debarred
List.
Section 766.25 of the Export
Administration Regulations (‘‘EAR’’ or
‘‘Regulations’’) 1 provides, in pertinent
part, that ‘‘[t]he Director of the Office of
Exporter Services, in consultation with
the Director of the Office of Export
Enforcement, may deny the export
privileges of any person who has been
convicted of a violation of the [Export
Administration Act (‘‘EAA’’)], the EAR,
or any order, license or authorization
issued thereunder; any regulation,
license, or order issued under the
International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706); 18
U.S.C. 793, 794 or 798; section 4(b) of
the Internal Security Act of 1950 (50
U.S.C. 783(b)), or section 38 of the Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778).’’ 15
CFR 766.25(a); see also Section 11(h) of
the EAA, 50 U.S.C. app. § 2410(h). The
denial of export privileges under this
provision may be for a period of up to
10 years from the date of the conviction.
15 CFR 766.25(d); see also 50 U.S.C.
app. 2410(h). In addition, Section 750.8
of the Regulations states that the Bureau
of Industry and Security’s Office of
Exporter Services may revoke any
Bureau of Industry and Security (‘‘BIS’’)
licenses previously issued in which the
person had an interest in at the time of
his conviction.
On January 28, 2011, in the U.S.
District Court, District of Massachusetts,
Yufeng Wei, a/k/a Annie Wei (‘‘Wei’’)
was convicted of violating the
International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C.1701 et seq.
(2000)) (‘‘IEEPA’’) and violating Section
38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2778 (2000)) (‘‘AECA’’).
Specifically, Wei was convicted of
illegally exporting various electronic
components and other items subject to
1 The Regulations are currently codified in the
Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR parts 730–
774 (2011). The Regulations issued pursuant to the
Export Administration Act (50 U.S.C. app. §§ 2401–
2420 (2000)) (‘‘EAA’’). Since August 21, 2001, the
EAA has been in lapse and the President, through
Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001 (3 CFR,
2001 Comp. 783 (2002)), which has been extended
by successive Presidential Notices, the most recent
being that of August 12, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 50661
(August 16, 2011)), has continued the Regulations
in effect under the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.
(2000)).
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: June 5, 2012.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012–14016 Filed 6–8–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Survey of
Income and Program Participation (SIPP) 2013 Event History Calendar--
Field Test
AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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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: To ensure consideration, written comments must be submitted on
or before August 10, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th
and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet
at jjessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions
should be directed to Nathaniel McKee, Census Bureau, Room HQ-7H137
Washington, DC 20233-8400, (301) 763-5244 (or via the Internet at
nathanial.b.mckee@census.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Census Bureau plans to conduct a field test for the 2013 SIPP
Event History Calendar (SIPP-EHC) from January to March of 2013. The
SIPP is a household-based survey designed as a continuous series of
national panels. The SIPP represents a source of information for a wide
variety of topics and allows the integration of information for
separate topics to form a single, unified database allowing for the
examination of the interaction between tax, transfer, and other
government and private policies. 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 transfer programs on that distribution. They also
need improved and expanded data on the income and general economic and
financial situation of the U.S. population, which the SIPP has provided
on a continuing basis since 1983. The SIPP has measured levels of
economic well-being and permitted measurement of changes in these
levels over time.
The SIPP-EHC is molded around a central ``core'' of labor force and
income questions that are supplemented with questions designed to
address specific needs in complementary subject areas. The 2013 SIPP-
EHC again uses an Event History Calendar (EHC) that facilitates the
collection of dates of events and spells of coverage, as did the 2010,
2011, and 2012 SIPP-EHC.
The content of the 2013 SIPP-EHC will match that of the 2012 SIPP-
EHC very closely. The SIPP-EHC design does not contain freestanding
topical modules; however, a portion of traditional SIPP topical module
content is integrated into the 2013 SIPP-EHC interview. Examples of
this content include questions on medical expenses, child care,
retirement and pension plan coverage, marital history, adult and child
well-being, and others. The EHC should assist the respondent's ability
to recall events accurately over the longer reference period and
provide increased data quality and inter-topic consistency for dates
reported by respondents.
The 2013 SIPP-EHC field test will revisit survey respondents who
were first interviewed in the 2011 SIPP-EHC field test and then again
in the 2012 SIPP-EHC field test. The 2013 SIPP-EHC will interview
respondents using the previous calendar year 2012 as the reference
period and is the final evaluation in the transition of the SIPP
program to annual interviewing. The 2013 SIPP-EHC will be the second
test of the revised interviewing method structure that will follow
adults (age 15 years and older) who move from the prior wave household,
as well as the second test incorporating dependent data from the prior
wave in the current EHC interview. Dependent data, which is information
collected from the prior wave interview brought forward to the current
interview, is a crucial component added to the 2012 SIPP-EHC to reduce
the possible impact of seam bias for longitudinal uses of the monthly
data. The 2013 SIPP-EHC will be the first opportunity to evaluate
situations where original sample people (OSP) have the chance to have
moved out in the prior wave and then return. The 2013 SIPP-EHC will be
the last opportunity before full production to refine instrument
improvements, evaluate the ability to follow movers, implement
dependent data use, and produce an initial evaluation of attrition
related to the new instrument design and interview interval. Although
the sample is limited to high-poverty strata in 20 states and cannot
represent the characteristics of the test if implemented in a full
nationally representative sample, we can effectively compare the same
geographies and characteristics for the same period in the 2008 panel
of the production SIPP. As with the 2012 field test, 2013 SIPP-EHC will
be a critical final test for the functionality of all of the
interrelated systems to locate and re-interview respondents after a
year.
The Census Bureau plans to use Computer Assisted Recorded Interview
(CARI) technology for some of the respondents during the 2013 SIPP-EHC.
CARI is a data collection method that captures audio along with
response data during computer-assisted personal and telephone
interviews (CAPI & CATI). With the respondent's consent, a portion of
each interview is recorded unobtrusively and both the sound file and
screen images are returned with the response data to a central location
for coding. The CARI technology will be used in conjunction with the
2013 SIPP-EHC and add about 1,000 burden hours to the overall total for
2013. The CARI respondents for the 2013 field test were first
interviewed and recorded during the 2012 SIPP-EHC CARI field test,
which was a separate sample utilizing a CARI enabled version of the
2012 SIPP-EHC instrument. In 2013, the CARI sample will be combined
with the SIPP-EHC sample, which will test the capability of the SIPP-
EHC instrument to perform multiple paths during the same interview
period. The SIPP-EHC
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CARI sample is a Wave 2 interview, while the 2012 SIPP-EHC sample will
be in its third wave for 2013. The CARI recordings will not be limited
to only the previously recorded cases; instead, the sample will contain
both previously recorded cases and some Wave 3 cases that will be
recorded in 2013. This is a critical evaluation, as evidence from
external surveys suggests that simply asking the consent question could
be associated with a significant increase in survey length. External
researchers at the Institute for Social Research at the University of
Michigan suspect that improved FR adherence to protocol is one of the
sources for the longer interviews. Additionally, we need information on
the association between CARI, interview length, and interview quality.
By reviewing the recorded portions of the interview, quality
assurance analysts can evaluate the likelihood that the exchange
between the field representative and respondent is authentic and
follows critical survey protocol as defined by the sponsor and based on
best practices. The 2013 SIPP-EHC field test instrument will utilize
the CARI Interactive Data Access System (CARI System), an innovative,
integrated, multifaceted monitoring system that features a configurable
web-based interface for behavior coding, quality assurance, and
coaching. This system assists in coding interviews for measuring
question and interviewer performance and the interaction between
interviewers and respondents.
Approximately 3,000 households are expected to be interviewed for
the 2013 SIPP-EHC field test, which is comprised of approximately 2,000
cases returning for a third wave from the 2012 SIPP-EHC and
approximately 1,000 cases returning for a second wave from the 2012
SIPP-EHC CARI. We estimate that each household contains 2.1 people aged
15 and above, yielding approximately 6,300 person-level interviews in
this field test. Interviews take 60 minutes per adult on average,
consequently the total annual burden for 2013 SIPP-EHC field test
interviews will be 6,300 hours in FY 2013.
II. Method of Collection
The 2013 SIPP-EHC field test instrument will consist of one
household interview that will reference the calendar year 2012. The
interview is conducted in person with all household members 15 years
old or over using regular proxy-respondent rules.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607-0957.
Form Number: SIPP/CAPI Automated Instrument.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,300 people.
Estimated Time per Response: 60 minutes per person on average.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,300.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: The only cost to respondents is their
time.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Section 182.
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: June 5, 2012.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-14016 Filed 6-8-12; 8:45 am]
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