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Sheleen Dumas,
PRA Department Lead, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; State & Local
Government Finance Collections
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: State & Local Government
Finance Collections.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0585.
Form Number(s): F–5, F–11, F–12, F–
13, F–28, F–29, F–32.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 26,447.
Average Hours per Response: 2 hours
and 51 minutes.
Burden Hours: 75,150.
Needs and Uses: The State & Local
Government Finance program is the
only known comprehensive source of
state and local government finance data
collected on a nationwide scale using
uniform definitions, concepts, and
procedures. The Census Bureau
implements this program through
conducting a full census every five years
(years ending in 2 and 7) and annual
sample surveys in the interim years. The
Census Bureau has conducted the
Census of Governments every five years
since 1957 and phased in the annual
surveys over the subsequent years.
Currently, we are requesting approval
to conduct the 2017 Census of
Governments: Finance component and
the 2018 and 2019 Annual Survey of
State Government Tax Collections,
Annual Survey of State Government
Finances, the Annual Survey of Local
Government Finances, and the Annual
Survey of Public Pensions. These
surveys collect data on state government
finances and estimates of local
government revenue, expenditure, debt,
assets, and pension systems nationally
and within state areas. Data are
collected for all agencies, departments,
and institutions of the fifty state and
approximate 77,000 local governments
(counties, municipalities, townships,
and special districts) during the census
years, and for a sample of the local
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governments (approximately 11,000) for
the survey years. An additional 13,000
units of school districts are covered in
a separate request.
Over the past several years, the
programs covered by this request have
moved towards eliminating collection
by paper form as much as possible. The
only exception to this is the F–13 form,
which is still sent as a paper form
because the small number of
respondents does not justify the cost of
converting it to an electronic form.
Below is a short description of each the
forms utilized in our general collection
methods:
F–5. State governments provide
detailed data on their tax collections
using a spreadsheet that they receive via
email. Much of this detail is not
available in the state’s primary source
document. An attachment is included
with the email providing the respondent
with the OMB approval number,
authority and confidentiality
statements, and burden estimate.
F–11 and F–12. State and local
government pension systems provide
data on their receipts, payments, assets,
membership, and beneficiaries. The
actuarial content of the F–11 and F–12
forms is in the process of being
reviewed to remove outdated questions
and replace them with questions that
are more relevant based on current
accounting standards and data user
interest. The current burden estimates of
2 hours for F–11 and 2.5 hours for F–
12 are not expected to change because
of these updates. These forms are
completed online via electronic
collection instrument.
F–13. State agencies provide data not
included in the audits, electronic files
and other primary sources the Census
Bureau uses to compile state
government financial data. Form F–13 is
used to collect data from state insurance
trust systems. Respondents to this
survey receive a paper form.
F–28. Counties, cities, and townships
provide data on revenues, expenditures,
debt, and assets. These forms are
completed online via electronic
collection instrument.
F–29. Multi-function special district
governments provide data on revenues,
expenditures, debt, and assets. These
forms are completed online via
electronic collection instrument.
F–32. Single-function special district
governments and dependent agencies of
local governments provide data on
revenues, expenditures, debt and assets.
These forms are completed online via
electronic collection instrument.
In addition to these more traditional
collection methods, the Census Bureau
also collects electronic data files
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through arrangements with state
governments, central collection
arrangements with local governments,
and using customized electronic
reporting instruments.
These data are widely used by
Federal, state, and local legislators,
policy makers, analysts, economists,
and researchers to follow the changing
characteristics of the government sector
of the economy. The data are also
widely used by the media and
academia.
More specifically, the Census Bureau
provides its state and local government
finance data annually to the Bureau of
Economic Analysis (BEA) for use in
measuring and developing estimates of
the government sector of the economy
in the National Income and Product
Accounts. The Census Bureau also
provides these data to the Federal
Reserve Board for constructing the Flow
of Funds Accounts.
Additionally, the state and local
government data are also needed as
inputs into the Justice Expenditure and
Employment Extract Series, produced
by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and
the National Health Expenditure
Accounts produced by the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services. The
data are also published annually in the
Digest of Education Statistics produced
by National Center for Education
Statistics, the Economic Report of the
President produced by the Council of
Economic Advisors, and the source data
are used as input into the State and
Local Governments Fiscal Outlook
published by the Government
Accountability Office. In addition, the
data are used by the National Science
Foundation as inputs into the state
government R&D expenditures.
In recent years, state and local
government financial information has
garnered significant media attention and
policy coverage. As such, timely state
and local government finance data are
critical in light of current financial
conditions of state and local
governments, as they provide insight
into the complex nature and fiscal
health of state and local government
finances.
Beginning with the 1993 annual data
series, all data, summary tables, and
files have been released on the Internet.
At the Internet site, (census.gov/govs/)
users will find documentation,
summary tables and files.
Affected Public: State, local or Tribal
government.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,
Sections 161 and 182.
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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 Department Lead, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017–07950 Filed 4–19–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–07–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Submission for OMB Review; Renewal
of Currently Approved Information
Collection; Comment Request; Limited
Access Death Master File Systems
Safeguards Attestation Forms
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: National Technical
Information Service (NTIS), Commerce.
Title:
(A) ‘‘Limited Access Death Master
File (LADMF) Accredited Conformity
Assessment Body Systems Safeguards
Attestation Form’’ (ACAB Systems
Safeguards Attestation Form).
(B) ‘‘Limited Access Death Master File
(LADMF) State or Local Government
Auditor General (AG) or Inspector
General (IG) Systems Safeguards
Attestation Form’’ (AG or IG Systems
Safeguards Attestation Form).
OMB Control Number: 0692–0016.
Form Number(s): NTIS FM100A and
NTIS FM100B.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
currently approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents:
ACAB Systems Safeguards Attestation
Form: NTIS expects to receive
approximately 500 ACAB Systems
Safeguards Attestation Forms from
Persons and Certified Persons annually.
AG or IG Systems Safeguards
Attestation Form: NTIS expects to
receive approximately 60 AG or IG
Systems Safeguards Attestation Forms
from Persons and Certified Persons
annually.
Average Hours per Response:
ACAB Systems Safeguards Attestation
Form: 3 hours.
AG or IG Systems Safeguards
Attestation Form: 3 hours.
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Burden Hours:
ACAB Systems Safeguards Attestation
Form: 1,500 (500 x 3 hours = 1,500
hours).
AG or IG Systems Safeguards
Attestation Form: 180 (60 x 3 hours=180
hours).
Needs and Uses: NTIS issued a final
rule establishing a program through
which persons may become eligible to
obtain access to Death Master File
(DMF) information about an individual
within three years of that individual’s
death. The final rule was promulgated
under Section 203 of the Bipartisan
Budget Act of 2013, Public Law 113–67
(Act). The Act prohibits the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary) from disclosing
DMF information during the three-year
period following an individual’s death
(Limited Access DMF), unless the
person requesting the information has
been certified to access the Limited
Access DMF pursuant to certain criteria
in a program that the Secretary
establishes. The Secretary delegated the
authority to carry out Section 203 to the
Director of NTIS.
On December 30, 2014, NTIS initially
described a ‘‘Limited Access Death
Master File Systems Safeguards
Attestation Form’’ in the notice of
proposed rulemaking (79 FR 78314 at
78321). To accommodate the
requirements of the final rule, NTIS is
using both the ACAB Systems
Safeguards Attestation Form and the AG
or IG Systems Safeguards Attestation
Form.
The ACAB Systems Safeguards
Attestation Form requires an
‘‘Accredited Conformity Assessment
Body’’ (ACAB), as defined in the final
rule, to attest that a Person seeking
certification or a Certified Person
seeking renewal of certification has
information security systems, facilities
and procedures in place to protect the
security of the Limited Access DMF, as
required under Section 1110.102(a)(2) of
the final rule. The ACAB Systems
Safeguards Attestation Form collects
information based on an assessment by
the ACAB conducted within three years
prior to the date of the Person or
Certified Person’s submission of a
completed certification statement under
Section 1110.101(a) of the final rule.
This collection includes specific
requirements of the final rule, which the
ACAB must certify are satisfied, and the
provision of specific information by the
ACAB, such as the date of the
assessment and the auditing standard(s)
used for the assessment.
Section 1110.501(a)(2) of the final rule
provides that a state or local government
office of AG or IG and a Person or
Certified Person that is a department or
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agency of the same state or local
government, respectively, are not
considered to be owned by a common
‘‘parent’’ entity under Section
1110.501(a)(1)(ii) for the purpose of
determining independence, and
attestation by the AG or IG is possible.
The AG or IG Systems Safeguards
Attestation Form is for the use of a state
or local government AG or IG to attest
on behalf of a state or local government
department or agency Person or
Certified Person. The AG or IG Systems
Safeguards Attestation Form requires
the state or local government AG or IG
to attest that a Person seeking
certification or a Certified Person
seeking renewal of certification has
information security systems, facilities
and procedures in place to protect the
security of the Limited Access DMF, as
required under Section 1110.102(a)(2) of
the final rule. The AG or IG Systems
Safeguards Attestation Form collects
information based on an assessment by
the state or local government AG or IG
conducted within three years prior to
the date of the Person or Certified
Person’s submission of a completed
certification statement under Section
1110.101(a) of the final rule. This
collection includes specific
requirements of the final rule, which the
state or local government AG or IG must
certify are satisfied, and the provision of
specific information by the state or local
government AG or IG, such as the date
of the assessment.
Affected Public: Accredited
Conformity Assessment Bodies and state
or local government Auditors General or
Inspectors General attesting that a
Person seeking certification or a
Certified Person seeking renewal of
certification under the final rule for the
‘‘Certification Program for Access to the
Death Master File’’ has information
security systems, facilities and
procedures in place to protect the
security of the Limited Access DMF, as
required by the final rule.
Frequency: Once every three years.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory
for a Person seeking certification or
renewal of certification for access to the
Limited Access DMF to have an
Accredited Conformity Assessment
Body or state or local government
Auditor General or Inspector General
submit this attestation.
This information collection request
may be viewed at 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
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 75 (Thursday, April 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18608-18609]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-07950]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; State & Local
Government Finance Collections
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: State & Local Government Finance Collections.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0585.
Form Number(s): F-5, F-11, F-12, F-13, F-28, F-29, F-32.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 26,447.
Average Hours per Response: 2 hours and 51 minutes.
Burden Hours: 75,150.
Needs and Uses: The State & Local Government Finance program is the
only known comprehensive source of state and local government finance
data collected on a nationwide scale using uniform definitions,
concepts, and procedures. The Census Bureau implements this program
through conducting a full census every five years (years ending in 2
and 7) and annual sample surveys in the interim years. The Census
Bureau has conducted the Census of Governments every five years since
1957 and phased in the annual surveys over the subsequent years.
Currently, we are requesting approval to conduct the 2017 Census of
Governments: Finance component and the 2018 and 2019 Annual Survey of
State Government Tax Collections, Annual Survey of State Government
Finances, the Annual Survey of Local Government Finances, and the
Annual Survey of Public Pensions. These surveys collect data on state
government finances and estimates of local government revenue,
expenditure, debt, assets, and pension systems nationally and within
state areas. Data are collected for all agencies, departments, and
institutions of the fifty state and approximate 77,000 local
governments (counties, municipalities, townships, and special
districts) during the census years, and for a sample of the local
governments (approximately 11,000) for the survey years. An additional
13,000 units of school districts are covered in a separate request.
Over the past several years, the programs covered by this request
have moved towards eliminating collection by paper form as much as
possible. The only exception to this is the F-13 form, which is still
sent as a paper form because the small number of respondents does not
justify the cost of converting it to an electronic form. Below is a
short description of each the forms utilized in our general collection
methods:
F-5. State governments provide detailed data on their tax
collections using a spreadsheet that they receive via email. Much of
this detail is not available in the state's primary source document. An
attachment is included with the email providing the respondent with the
OMB approval number, authority and confidentiality statements, and
burden estimate.
F-11 and F-12. State and local government pension systems provide
data on their receipts, payments, assets, membership, and
beneficiaries. The actuarial content of the F-11 and F-12 forms is in
the process of being reviewed to remove outdated questions and replace
them with questions that are more relevant based on current accounting
standards and data user interest. The current burden estimates of 2
hours for F-11 and 2.5 hours for F-12 are not expected to change
because of these updates. These forms are completed online via
electronic collection instrument.
F-13. State agencies provide data not included in the audits,
electronic files and other primary sources the Census Bureau uses to
compile state government financial data. Form F-13 is used to collect
data from state insurance trust systems. Respondents to this survey
receive a paper form.
F-28. Counties, cities, and townships provide data on revenues,
expenditures, debt, and assets. These forms are completed online via
electronic collection instrument.
F-29. Multi-function special district governments provide data on
revenues, expenditures, debt, and assets. These forms are completed
online via electronic collection instrument.
F-32. Single-function special district governments and dependent
agencies of local governments provide data on revenues, expenditures,
debt and assets. These forms are completed online via electronic
collection instrument.
In addition to these more traditional collection methods, the
Census Bureau also collects electronic data files through arrangements
with state governments, central collection arrangements with local
governments, and using customized electronic reporting instruments.
These data are widely used by Federal, state, and local
legislators, policy makers, analysts, economists, and researchers to
follow the changing characteristics of the government sector of the
economy. The data are also widely used by the media and academia.
More specifically, the Census Bureau provides its state and local
government finance data annually to the Bureau of Economic Analysis
(BEA) for use in measuring and developing estimates of the government
sector of the economy in the National Income and Product Accounts. The
Census Bureau also provides these data to the Federal Reserve Board for
constructing the Flow of Funds Accounts.
Additionally, the state and local government data are also needed
as inputs into the Justice Expenditure and Employment Extract Series,
produced by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the National Health
Expenditure Accounts produced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services. The data are also published annually in the Digest of
Education Statistics produced by National Center for Education
Statistics, the Economic Report of the President produced by the
Council of Economic Advisors, and the source data are used as input
into the State and Local Governments Fiscal Outlook published by the
Government Accountability Office. In addition, the data are used by the
National Science Foundation as inputs into the state government R&D
expenditures.
In recent years, state and local government financial information
has garnered significant media attention and policy coverage. As such,
timely state and local government finance data are critical in light of
current financial conditions of state and local governments, as they
provide insight into the complex nature and fiscal health of state and
local government finances.
Beginning with the 1993 annual data series, all data, summary
tables, and files have been released on the Internet. At the Internet
site, (census.gov/govs/) users will find documentation, summary tables
and files.
Affected Public: State, local or Tribal government.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 161 and 182.
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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 Department Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-07950 Filed 4-19-17; 8:45 am]
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