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Agenda
I. Welcome and Introductions
—Rollcall
Planning Meeting
—Discuss Civil Rights Topics for Civil
Rights Project
II. Other Business
III. Open Comment
IV. Adjournment
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Dated: March 17, 2017.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
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Federal Advisory Committee Act that
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Monday, April 3, 2017, at 12:00 noon
CST for the purpose of a discussion on
civil rights topics affecting the state.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
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Agenda
Welcome and Roll Call
Civil Rights Topics in Arkansas
Future Plans and Actions
Public Comment
Adjournment
Dated: March 16, 2017.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
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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 Construction,
Questionnaire for the Building Permit
Official.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0125.
Form Number(s): SOC–QBPO.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 1,017.
Average Hours per Response: 15
minutes.
Burden Hours: 254.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census
Bureau is requesting a revision of the
currently approved collection for the
Survey of Construction Questionnaire
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for the Building Permit Official (SOC–
QBPO). The information collected on
the SOC–QBPO is necessary to carry out
the sampling for the Survey of Housing
Starts, Sales and Completions (OMB
number 0607–0110), also known as the
Survey of Construction (SOC).
Government agencies and private
companies use statistics from the SOC
to monitor and evaluate the large and
dynamic housing construction industry.
The SOC–QBPO is an electronic
questionnaire. The field representatives
(FRs) either call or visit the respondents
to enter their survey responses into a
laptop computer using the Computer
Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI)
software formatted for the SOC–QBPO.
We will continue to use the current
CAPI questionnaire with modifications
to the form for the purpose of improving
the process of accurately classifying
permitted units and to eliminate the
collection of information deemed no
longer necessary for the proper sample
selection for the SOC. The overall length
of the interview will not change. The
sample size slightly increased due to the
increase in total number of permitissuing jurisdictions.
The Census Bureau FRs use the SOC–
QBPO to obtain information on the
operating procedures of a permit office.
This enables them to locate, classify,
list, and sample building permits for
residential construction. These permits
are used as the basis for the sample
selected for SOC. The Census Bureau
also uses the information to verify and
update the geographic coverage of
permit offices.
Failure to collect this information
would make it difficult, if not
impossible, to accurately classify and
sample building permits for the SOC.
Data for two principal economic
indicators are produced from the SOC:
New Residential Construction (housing
starts and housing completions) and
New Residential Sales. Government
agencies use these statistics to evaluate
economic policy, measure progress
towards the national housing goal, make
policy decisions, and formulate
legislation. For example, the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System uses data from this survey to
evaluate the effect of interest rates in
this interest-rate sensitive area of the
economy. The Bureau of Economic
Analysis (BEA) uses the data in
developing the Gross Domestic Product
(GDP). The private sector and other data
users from Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) and the
National Association of Home Builders
(NAHB) use the information for
estimating the demand for housing,
building materials and the many
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products used in new housing and to
schedule production, distribution, and
sales efforts. The financial community
uses the data to estimate the demand for
short-term (construction loans) and
long-term (mortgages) borrowing.
Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal
government.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, Sections 131 and 182.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
PRA Departmental Lead, 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: Annual Survey of
Entrepreneurs.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0986.
Form Number(s): None, electronic
collection.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 290,000.
Average Hours per Response: 35
minutes.
Burden Hours: 169,167.
Needs and Uses: In an effort to
improve the timely measurement of
business dynamics in the United States,
the Census Bureau is conducting the
Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE).
The ASE provides annual data on the
characteristics of businesses and
business owners. The ASE is a
supplement to the 5-year Survey of
Business Owners (SBO). ASE estimates
include the number of firms, sales/
receipts, annual payroll, and
employment by gender, ethnicity, race,
and veteran status. The ASE is
conducted jointly by the Ewing Marion
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Kauffman Foundation, the Minority
Business Development Agency (MBDA),
and the Census Bureau for three
reference years (2014–2016).
This collection allows the Census
Bureau to collaborate on the
implementation of a key National
Academies recommendation for
improving the measurement of business
dynamics in the U.S. economy, which
recommended:
‘‘The Census Bureau Survey of
Business Owners (SBO) should be
conducted on an annual basis. The
survey should include both a
longitudinal component and a flexible,
modular design that allows survey
content to change over time. In addition,
the Census Bureau should explore the
possibility of creating a public-use
(anonymized) SBO or a restricted access
version of the data file.’’
—Lynch, Lisa M., John Haltiwanger, and
Christopher Mackie, eds.
Understanding Business Dynamics:
An Integrated Data System for
America’s Future. National
Academies Press, 2007.
The ASE includes all nonfarm
employer businesses filing Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) tax forms as
individual proprietorships,
partnerships, or any type of corporation,
and with receipts of $1,000 or more. The
ASE samples approximately 290,000
employer businesses. The sample is
stratified by metropolitan statistical area
(MSA), frame, and age of business. The
Census Bureau selects large companies
with certainty. These companies are
selected based on volume of sales,
payroll, or number of paid employees.
All certainty cases are sure to be
selected and represent only themselves.
The ASE has been conducted for
survey years 2014 and 2015 and will
continue for 2016 per the agreement
between the Census Bureau and the
survey sponsors. There are no final
plans to conduct the ASE beyond survey
year 2016. However, the Census Bureau
is exploring options to maintain this
collection for future survey years.
Content for the ASE includes
questions from the 2012 SBO (form
SBO–1) with additional questions on
sources of capital and financial barriers
that are asked each survey year. The
ASE also includes a series of new
questions each survey year based on a
relevant business topic determined prior
to data collection. Each year the new
module of questions is submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for approval. The Census Bureau
is requesting approval to field the 2016
ASE. The module selected for the 2016
ASE focuses on business advice and
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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 Construction, Questionnaire for the Building
Permit Official.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0125.
Form Number(s): SOC-QBPO.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 1,017.
Average Hours per Response: 15 minutes.
Burden Hours: 254.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau is requesting a revision of
the currently approved collection for the Survey of Construction
Questionnaire
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for the Building Permit Official (SOC-QBPO). The information collected
on the SOC-QBPO is necessary to carry out the sampling for the Survey
of Housing Starts, Sales and Completions (OMB number 0607-0110), also
known as the Survey of Construction (SOC). Government agencies and
private companies use statistics from the SOC to monitor and evaluate
the large and dynamic housing construction industry.
The SOC-QBPO is an electronic questionnaire. The field
representatives (FRs) either call or visit the respondents to enter
their survey responses into a laptop computer using the Computer
Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) software formatted for the SOC-
QBPO. We will continue to use the current CAPI questionnaire with
modifications to the form for the purpose of improving the process of
accurately classifying permitted units and to eliminate the collection
of information deemed no longer necessary for the proper sample
selection for the SOC. The overall length of the interview will not
change. The sample size slightly increased due to the increase in total
number of permit-issuing jurisdictions.
The Census Bureau FRs use the SOC-QBPO to obtain information on the
operating procedures of a permit office. This enables them to locate,
classify, list, and sample building permits for residential
construction. These permits are used as the basis for the sample
selected for SOC. The Census Bureau also uses the information to verify
and update the geographic coverage of permit offices.
Failure to collect this information would make it difficult, if not
impossible, to accurately classify and sample building permits for the
SOC. Data for two principal economic indicators are produced from the
SOC: New Residential Construction (housing starts and housing
completions) and New Residential Sales. Government agencies use these
statistics to evaluate economic policy, measure progress towards the
national housing goal, make policy decisions, and formulate
legislation. For example, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System uses data from this survey to evaluate the effect of interest
rates in this interest-rate sensitive area of the economy. The Bureau
of Economic Analysis (BEA) uses the data in developing the Gross
Domestic Product (GDP). The private sector and other data users from
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the National
Association of Home Builders (NAHB) use the information for estimating
the demand for housing, building materials and the many products used
in new housing and to schedule production, distribution, and sales
efforts. The financial community uses the data to estimate the demand
for short-term (construction loans) and long-term (mortgages)
borrowing.
Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal government.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 131 and
182.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce
collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395-5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
PRA Departmental Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-05774 Filed 3-22-17; 8:45 am]
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