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Agenda
Welcome and Introductions
Thea Monet, Chair
North Carolina Advisory Committee
discussion of potential project
topics
Thea Monet, Chair
Open Comment
Staff/Advisory Committee
Public Participation
Adjournment
Dated: April 26, 2018.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
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[Docket Number 180319296–8296–01]
Final Content Design for the Prototype
2020 Census Redistricting Data File
Bureau of the Census,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of the Census
(U.S. Census Bureau) hereby provides
notification of the final design for the
Prototype 2020 Census Redistricting
Data File to be produced from the 2018
End-to-End Census Test. In addition,
this notice contains a summary of the
comments received in response to the
November 8, 2017 Federal Register
notice as well as the Census Bureau’s
responses to those comments. We are
issuing this notice to inform the public
of the expected data tables being
produced from the 2018 End-to-End
Census Test as part of Phase 3 (Data
Delivery phase) of the 2020 Census
Redistricting Data Program.
DATES: The Final Content Design for the
Prototype 2020 Census Redistricting
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May 31, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Whitehorne, Chief, Census
Redistricting and Voting Rights Data
Office, U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver
Hill Road, Room 4H057, Washington,
DC 20233, telephone (301) 763–4039, or
email rdo@census.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
provisions of Public Law 94–171, as
amended (Title 13, United States Code
(U.S.C.), Section 141(c)), the Director of
the Census Bureau is required to
provide the ‘‘officers or public bodies
with initial responsibility for legislative
apportionment or districting of each
state . . .’’ with the opportunity to
specify small geographic areas (e.g.,
census blocks, voting districts, wards,
and election precincts) for which they
wish to receive decennial census
population totals for the purpose of
reapportionment and redistricting.
By April 1 of the year following the
census, the Secretary of Commerce is
required to furnish those state officials
or their designees with population
counts for counties, cities, census
blocks, and state-specified congressional
districts, legislative districts, and voting
districts.
The 2020 Census Redistricting Data
Program was initially announced on
July 15, 2014, in the Federal Register
(79 FR 41258). This notice described the
program that the Census Bureau
proposed to adopt for the 2020 Census.
As seen in the 1990, 2000, and 2010
censuses, the 2020 Census Redistricting
Data Program is partitioned into several
phases. Phase 1, the Block Boundary
Suggestion Project, was announced in a
Federal Register notice on June 26, 2015
(80 FR 36765). This notice described the
procedures for the states to provide the
Census Bureau with their suggestions
for the 2020 Census tabulation block
inventory. Phase 2, the Voting District
Project, was announced in a Federal
Register notice on June 28, 2017 (82 FR
29276). This second phase specifically
provides states the opportunity to
provide the Census Bureau with their
voting district boundaries (election
precincts, wards, etc.). Phase 3 of the
2020 Redistricting Data Program is data
delivery.
The 2020 Census Redistricting Data
Program provides states the opportunity
to specify the small geographic areas for
which they wish to receive 2020 Census
population totals for the purpose of
reapportionment and redistricting. This
notice pertains to Phase 3, the Data
Delivery phase of the program, and the
content of the Prototype 2020 Census
Redistricting Data File that will be
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produced from the 2018 End-to-End
Census Test.
Summary of Comments Received in
Response to the ‘‘Proposed Content for
the Prototype 2020 Census Redistricting
Data File’’
On November 8, 2017, the Census
Bureau published a notice in the
Federal Register asking for public
comment on the ‘‘Proposed Content for
the Prototype 2020 Census Redistricting
Data File’’ (82 FR 51805). The Census
Bureau received three comments.
Comment 1: The comment expressed
support for keeping separate questions
on Hispanic origin and race.
Response to Comment 1: As this
Federal Register notice pertains to data
product format and not data collection
methods, this comment is considered
outside the scope of this notice.
Comment 2: The comment expressed
support for including the group quarters
tabulation as a part of the data product.
Response to Comment 2: The group
quarters tabulation will be included as
a part of the Prototype 2020
Redistricting Data File.
Comment 3: The comment expressed
support for a Middle East North African
race or ethnicity category for data
collection.
Response to Comment 3: As this
Federal Register notice pertains to data
product format and not data collection
methods, this comment is considered
outside the scope of this notice.
The Census Bureau will continue to
communicate with each state to ensure
all are well informed of the benefits of
working with the Census Bureau toward
a successful 2020 Census. In addition,
the Census Redistricting and Voting
Rights Data Office will continue to work
with each state to ensure that all are
prepared to participate in every phase of
the Redistricting Data Program. As
required by Public Law 94–171, every
state, regardless of its participation in
Phase 1 or Phase 2, will receive the
official redistricting data in Phase 3.
Final Content Design for the Prototype
2020 Census Redistricting Data File
This final content design takes into
account that the Census Bureau has now
determined that planned race and
ethnicity questions for the 2020 Census
will follow a two-question format. The
decision to use separate questions is
detailed in the 2020 Census
Memorandum Series as Memorandum
2018.02. It is available at: https://
www.census.gov/programs-surveys/
decennial-census/2020-census/
planning-management/memo-series/
2020-memo-2018_02.html.
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While the decision to use separate
questions means the final content
design announced here differs from
what was proposed in the previous
notice, the possibility of using separate
questions for race and ethnicity and its
effect on the prototype file design was
addressed in that notice. Using separate
questions follows the most current race
and ethnicity collection guidance set by
the Office of Management and Budget,
which remains unchanged since 1997.
In accordance with the provisions of
Title 13, U.S.C., Section 141(c), and on
behalf of the Secretary of Commerce, the
U.S. Census Bureau Director previously
requested comments on the proposed
content of the required population
counts being produced as part of Phase
3 of the 2020 Census Redistricting Data
Program.
The proposed content stated that
should the Census Bureau use separate
questions on race and ethnicity, then
the prototype file would revert to the
same design as that used for the 2010
Census. In addition, the proposed
content stated that regardless of whether
a separate or combined question format
is used in the 2020 Census, a group
quarters table will be added to assist
those states that reallocate populations
before redistricting. This table will
include the group quarters categories of:
Institutionalized populations
(correctional facilities for adults,
juvenile facilities, nursing facilities/
skilled nursing facilities, and other
institutional facilities) and
noninstitutionalized populations
(college/university student housing,
military quarters, and other noninstitutionalized facilities). The group
quarters table will include state, county,
county subdivision, voting district,
tract, and block geographic levels for the
total population in the group quarters
count. Thus, the final design of the
Prototype 2020 Census Redistricting
Data File will be the same design as that
used for the 2010 Census Redistricting
Data File, with the addition of a group
quarters table.
A schematic of the tables planned for
the Prototype 2020 Census Redistricting
File is available at the Census Bureau’s
FTP site at: https://www2.census.gov/
programs-surveys/decennial/rdo/about/
2020-census-program/Phase3/Phase3_
prototype_schematic_final.pdf.
Dated: April 24, 2018.
Ron S. Jarmin,
Associate Director for Economic Programs
Performing the Non-Exclusive Functions and
Duties of the Director Bureau of the Census.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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: International Trade
Administration.
Title: Export Trade Certificate of
Review.
OMB Control Number: 0625–0125.
Form Number(s): ITA–4093P.
Type of Request: Regular Submission.
Number of Respondents: 9.
Average Hours per Response: 32
hours (application); 2 hours (annual
report).
Burden Hours: 440 hours.
Needs and Uses: The collection of
information is necessary for both the
Departments of Commerce and Justice to
conduct an analysis, in order to
determine whether the applicant and its
members are eligible to receive the
protection of an Export Trade Certificate
of Review and whether the applicant’s
proposed export-related conduct meets
the standards in Section 303(a) of the
Act. The collection of information
constitutes the essential basis of the
statutory determinations to be made by
the Secretary of Commerce and the
Attorney General.
Affected Public: Business or other for
profit organizations; not-for-profit
institutions, and state, local or tribal
government.
Frequency: Submission of an
application form is required each time
an entity of the affected public applies
for a new or amended Export Trade
Certificate of Review. Completion of an
annual report is required one time per
year from existing Certificate holders.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
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
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
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: International Trade
Administration.
Title: Survey of International Air
Travelers (SIAT).
OMB Control Number: 0625–0227.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension and revision of a currently
approved information collection).
Number of Respondents: 300,000.
Average Hours per Response: 15
minutes.
Burden Hours: 75,000.
Needs and Uses: The Survey of
International Air Travelers (SIAT)
program, administered by the National
Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) of
the International Trade Administration
provides source data required to: (1)
Estimate international travel and
passenger fare exports, imports and the
trade balance for the United States, (2)
comply with the U.S. Travel Promotion
Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–145), collect,
analyze and report information to the
Corporation for Travel Promotion (CTP),
and support the National Export
Initiative (NEI–NEXT) to double U.S.
exports, (3) comply with the 1945, 1961,
1981, and 1996 travel and tourism
related acts to collect and publish
comprehensive international travel and
tourism statistics and other marketing
information, and (4) support the
continuation of the Travel & Tourism
Satellite Accounts for the United States,
which provide the only spending and
employment figures for the industry.
The SIAT program contains the core
data that is analyzed and communicated
by NTTO with other government
agencies, associations and businesses
that share the same objective of
increasing U.S. international travel
exports.
The SIAT assists NTTO in assessing
the economic impact of international
travel on state and local economies,
providing visitation estimates, key
market intelligence, and identifying
traveler and trip characteristics. The
U.S. Department of Commerce assists
travel industry enterprises to increase
international travel and passenger fare
exports for the country as well as
outbound travel on U.S. carriers. The
Survey program provides the only
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer.
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
[Docket Number 180319296-8296-01]
Final Content Design for the Prototype 2020 Census Redistricting
Data File
AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census (U.S. Census Bureau) hereby provides
notification of the final design for the Prototype 2020 Census
Redistricting Data File to be produced from the 2018 End-to-End Census
Test. In addition, this notice contains a summary of the comments
received in response to the November 8, 2017 Federal Register notice as
well as the Census Bureau's responses to those comments. We are issuing
this notice to inform the public of the expected data tables being
produced from the 2018 End-to-End Census Test as part of Phase 3 (Data
Delivery phase) of the 2020 Census Redistricting Data Program.
DATES: The Final Content Design for the Prototype 2020 Census
Redistricting Data File in this notice will be official May 31, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Whitehorne, Chief, Census
Redistricting and Voting Rights Data Office, U.S. Census Bureau, 4600
Silver Hill Road, Room 4H057, Washington, DC 20233, telephone (301)
763-4039, or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the provisions of Public Law 94-171,
as amended (Title 13, United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 141(c)), the
Director of the Census Bureau is required to provide the ``officers or
public bodies with initial responsibility for legislative apportionment
or districting of each state . . .'' with the opportunity to specify
small geographic areas (e.g., census blocks, voting districts, wards,
and election precincts) for which they wish to receive decennial census
population totals for the purpose of reapportionment and redistricting.
By April 1 of the year following the census, the Secretary of
Commerce is required to furnish those state officials or their
designees with population counts for counties, cities, census blocks,
and state-specified congressional districts, legislative districts, and
voting districts.
The 2020 Census Redistricting Data Program was initially announced
on July 15, 2014, in the Federal Register (79 FR 41258). This notice
described the program that the Census Bureau proposed to adopt for the
2020 Census. As seen in the 1990, 2000, and 2010 censuses, the 2020
Census Redistricting Data Program is partitioned into several phases.
Phase 1, the Block Boundary Suggestion Project, was announced in a
Federal Register notice on June 26, 2015 (80 FR 36765). This notice
described the procedures for the states to provide the Census Bureau
with their suggestions for the 2020 Census tabulation block inventory.
Phase 2, the Voting District Project, was announced in a Federal
Register notice on June 28, 2017 (82 FR 29276). This second phase
specifically provides states the opportunity to provide the Census
Bureau with their voting district boundaries (election precincts,
wards, etc.). Phase 3 of the 2020 Redistricting Data Program is data
delivery.
The 2020 Census Redistricting Data Program provides states the
opportunity to specify the small geographic areas for which they wish
to receive 2020 Census population totals for the purpose of
reapportionment and redistricting. This notice pertains to Phase 3, the
Data Delivery phase of the program, and the content of the Prototype
2020 Census Redistricting Data File that will be produced from the 2018
End-to-End Census Test.
Summary of Comments Received in Response to the ``Proposed Content for
the Prototype 2020 Census Redistricting Data File''
On November 8, 2017, the Census Bureau published a notice in the
Federal Register asking for public comment on the ``Proposed Content
for the Prototype 2020 Census Redistricting Data File'' (82 FR 51805).
The Census Bureau received three comments.
Comment 1: The comment expressed support for keeping separate
questions on Hispanic origin and race.
Response to Comment 1: As this Federal Register notice pertains to
data product format and not data collection methods, this comment is
considered outside the scope of this notice.
Comment 2: The comment expressed support for including the group
quarters tabulation as a part of the data product.
Response to Comment 2: The group quarters tabulation will be
included as a part of the Prototype 2020 Redistricting Data File.
Comment 3: The comment expressed support for a Middle East North
African race or ethnicity category for data collection.
Response to Comment 3: As this Federal Register notice pertains to
data product format and not data collection methods, this comment is
considered outside the scope of this notice.
The Census Bureau will continue to communicate with each state to
ensure all are well informed of the benefits of working with the Census
Bureau toward a successful 2020 Census. In addition, the Census
Redistricting and Voting Rights Data Office will continue to work with
each state to ensure that all are prepared to participate in every
phase of the Redistricting Data Program. As required by Public Law 94-
171, every state, regardless of its participation in Phase 1 or Phase
2, will receive the official redistricting data in Phase 3.
Final Content Design for the Prototype 2020 Census Redistricting Data
File
This final content design takes into account that the Census Bureau
has now determined that planned race and ethnicity questions for the
2020 Census will follow a two-question format. The decision to use
separate questions is detailed in the 2020 Census Memorandum Series as
Memorandum 2018.02. It is available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/2020-census/planning-management/memo-series/2020-memo-2018_02.html.
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While the decision to use separate questions means the final
content design announced here differs from what was proposed in the
previous notice, the possibility of using separate questions for race
and ethnicity and its effect on the prototype file design was addressed
in that notice. Using separate questions follows the most current race
and ethnicity collection guidance set by the Office of Management and
Budget, which remains unchanged since 1997.
In accordance with the provisions of Title 13, U.S.C., Section
141(c), and on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce, the U.S. Census
Bureau Director previously requested comments on the proposed content
of the required population counts being produced as part of Phase 3 of
the 2020 Census Redistricting Data Program.
The proposed content stated that should the Census Bureau use
separate questions on race and ethnicity, then the prototype file would
revert to the same design as that used for the 2010 Census. In
addition, the proposed content stated that regardless of whether a
separate or combined question format is used in the 2020 Census, a
group quarters table will be added to assist those states that
reallocate populations before redistricting. This table will include
the group quarters categories of: Institutionalized populations
(correctional facilities for adults, juvenile facilities, nursing
facilities/skilled nursing facilities, and other institutional
facilities) and noninstitutionalized populations (college/university
student housing, military quarters, and other non-institutionalized
facilities). The group quarters table will include state, county,
county subdivision, voting district, tract, and block geographic levels
for the total population in the group quarters count. Thus, the final
design of the Prototype 2020 Census Redistricting Data File will be the
same design as that used for the 2010 Census Redistricting Data File,
with the addition of a group quarters table.
A schematic of the tables planned for the Prototype 2020 Census
Redistricting File is available at the Census Bureau's FTP site at:
https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/rdo/about/2020-census-program/Phase3/Phase3_prototype_schematic_final.pdf.
Dated: April 24, 2018.
Ron S. Jarmin,
Associate Director for Economic Programs Performing the Non-Exclusive
Functions and Duties of the Director Bureau of the Census.
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