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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Household Pulse Survey
U.S. Census Bureau,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
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 the
potential for extending data collection
for the Household Pulse Survey During
COVID–19 Epidemic. The Household
Pulse Survey was launched on April 23,
2020 with approval from the Office of
Management and Budget to continue
data collection through July 31, 2020
(OMB No. 0607–1013). The Department
of Commerce may determine it prudent
to continue the Household Pulse Survey
after July 31, 2020. This notice serves to
inform the public about this possible
continuance.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding the continued
Household Pulse Survey information
collection must be received on or before
August 3, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Cassandra Logan, Survey Director, U.S.
Census Bureau, by email to
Cassandra.Logan@census.gov or
PRAcomments@doc.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0607–
1013 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to
Cassandra Logan, Survey Director, U.S.
Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Road,
HQ–7H157, Washington, DC 20233,
(301) 763–1087, and Cassandra.Logan@
census.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
The Census Bureau has developed the
Household Pulse Survey as an
experimental endeavor in cooperation
with five other federal agencies. The
survey is designed to produce near realtime data in a time of urgent and acute
need. Changes in the measures over
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time will provide insight into
individuals’ experiences on social and
economic dimensions during the period
of the Covid–19 pandemic. This survey,
conducted under the auspices of the
Census Bureau’s Experimental Data
Series (https://www.census.gov/data/
experimental-data-products.html), is
designed to supplement the federal
statistical system’s traditional
benchmark data products with a new
data source that provides relevant and
timely information based on a high
quality sample frame, data integration,
and cooperative expertise.
Question domains contributed by the
Census Bureau (Census), Economic
Research Service (ERS), Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS), National Center for
Health Statistics (NCHS), National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES),
and the Department of Housing (HUD)
seek to measure employment status,
spending, food security, housing,
health, and education disruptions.
Many of the questions that will be asked
on this survey have been fielded on
other surveys in the past. However,
some of the questions are new, designed
to explore potential impacts associated
with the COVID–19 pandemic response.
II. Method of Collection
The Census Bureau will conduct this
information collection online using
Qualtrics as the data collection
platform. Qualtrics currently is used at
the Census Bureau for research and
development surveys and provides the
necessary agility to deploy the
Household Pulse Survey quickly and
securely. It operates in the Gov Cloud,
is FedRAMP authorized at the moderate
level, and has an Authority to Operate
from the Census Bureau to collect
personally identifiable and Titleprotected data.
The Census Bureau will sample
approximately 2,159,000 housing units,
with an additional approximately
1,100,000 housing units each
subsequent week of data collection. The
survey will be administered over the
course of 24 weeks starting April 23,
2020. Households will be contacted via
email and asked to complete
approximately 50 questions focused on
employment, spending, food security,
housing, health and educational
disruption. Prior to production the
survey was estimated to take 20
minutes; the actual time for survey
participants to complete the survey now
that it is in production is approximately
11 minutes.
Weekly survey estimates will be
produced by weighting the results to
various demographic controls from
auxiliary sources like the Census Bureau
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official population estimates and the
American Community Survey. Weekly
source and accuracy documentation will
provide details about the methods and
quality of the survey estimates.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607–1013.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
The total number of respondents is
estimated at 93,400 per week (a
reduction in the initial estimate of
108,000) for 24 weeks (an extension
from the 12 weeks initially planned) for
a total estimate of 2,241,600
respondents.
Estimated Time per Response: 11
minutes (actual time in production;
initial estimate was 20 minutes).
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 410,960.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, Sections 8(b), 182 and 196.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
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cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Notice of Request for Public
Comments on Section 232 National
Security Investigation of Imports of
Vanadium
Background
Bureau of Industry and
Security, Office of Technology
Evaluation, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of request for public
comments.
AGENCY:
On May 28, 2020, in response
to a petition, the Secretary of Commerce
(the ‘‘Secretary’’) initiated an
investigation to determine the effects on
the national security from imports of
vanadium. This investigation has been
initiated under section 232 of the Trade
Expansion Act of 1962, as amended.
Interested parties are invited to
submit written comments, data,
analyses, or other information pertinent
to the investigation to the Department of
Commerce’s (the ‘‘Department’’) Bureau
of Industry and Security by July 20,
2020. Rebuttal comments will be due by
August 17, 2020. While the Department
is interested in any information related
to this investigation that the public can
provide, this notice identifies particular
issues of significance.
DATES: The due date for filing comments
is July 20, 2020. The due date for
rebuttal comments is August 17, 2020.
Rebuttal comments may only address
issues raised in comments filed on or
before July 20, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submissions: All written
comments on the notice must be
addressed to Section 232 Vanadium
Investigation and filed through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. To submit
comments via https://
www.regulations.gov, enter docket
number BIS–2020–0002 on the home
page and click ‘‘search.’’ The site will
provide a search results page listing all
documents associated with this docket.
Find a reference to this notice and click
on the link entitled ‘‘Comment Now!’’
(For further information on using https://
www.regulations.gov, please consult the
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resources provided on the website by
clicking on ‘‘How to Use This Site.’’)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Industrial Studies Division, Bureau of
Industry and Security, U.S. Department
of Commerce, (202) 482–5481,
Vanadium232@bis.doc.gov. Unless
otherwise protected by law, any
information received from the public
during the course of this investigation
may be made publicly available. For
more information about the section 232
program, including the regulations and
the text of previous investigations,
please see www.bis.doc.gov/232.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On May 28, 2020, in response to a
petition, the Secretary initiated an
investigation under section 232 of the
Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 1862), to determine
the effects on the national security from
imports of vanadium. If the Secretary
finds that vanadium is being imported
into the United States in such quantities
or under such circumstances as to
threaten to impair the national security,
the Secretary shall so advise the
President in his report on the findings
of the investigation.
Written Comments
This investigation is being undertaken
in accordance with part 705 of the
National Security Industrial Base
Regulations (15 CFR parts 700 to 709)
(‘‘NSIBR’’). Interested parties are invited
to submit written comments, data,
analyses, or information pertinent to
this investigation to the Department’s
Office of Technology Evaluation no later
than July 20, 2020. Rebuttal comments
submitted in response to issues raised in
comments received on or before July 20,
2020 may be filed no later than August
17, 2020.
The Department is particularly
interested in comments and information
directed to the criteria listed in § 705.4
of the NSIBR as they affect national
security, including the following:
(i) Quantity of or other circumstances
related to the importation of vanadium;
(ii) Domestic production and
productive capacity needed for
vanadium to meet projected national
defense requirements;
(iii) Existing and anticipated
availability of human resources,
products, raw materials, production
equipment, and facilities to produce
vanadium;
(iv) Growth requirements of the
vanadium industry to meet national
defense requirements and/or
requirements for supplies and services
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necessary to assure such growth
including investment, exploration, and
development;
(v) The impact of foreign competition
on the economic welfare of the
vanadium industry;
(vi) The displacement of any domestic
vanadium production causing
substantial unemployment, decrease in
the revenues of government, loss of
investment or specialized skills and
productive capacity, or other serious
effects;
(vii) Relevant factors that are causing
or will cause a weakening of our
national economy; and
(viii) Any other relevant factors,
including the use and importance of
vanadium in critical infrastructure
sectors identified in Presidential Policy
Directive 21 (Feb. 12, 2013) (for a listing
of those sectors see https://
www.dhs.gov/cisa/criticalinfrastructure-sectors).
Requirements for Written Comments
The https://www.regulations.gov
website allows users to provide
comments by filling in a ‘‘Type
Comment’’ field, or by attaching a
document using an ‘‘Upload File’’ field.
The Department prefers that comments
be provided in an attached document.
The Department prefers submissions in
Microsoft Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat
(.pdf). If the submission is in an
application format other than those two,
please indicate the name of the
application in the ‘‘Type Comment’’
field. Please do not attach separate cover
letters to electronic submissions; rather,
include any information that might
appear in a cover letter in the comments
themselves. Similarly, to the extent
possible please include any exhibits,
annexes, or other attachments in the
same file as part of the submission itself
rather than in separate files. Comments
will be placed in the docket and open
to public inspection, except information
determined to be confidential as set
forth in § 705.6 of the NSIBR.
Comments may be viewed on https://
www.regulations.gov by entering docket
number BIS–2020–0002 in the search
field on the home page.
Material submitted by members of the
public that is properly marked business
confidential information and accepted
as such by the Department will be
exempted from public disclosure as set
forth in § 705.6 of the NSIBR. Anyone
submitting business confidential
information should clearly identify the
business confidential portion at the time
of submission, file a statement justifying
nondisclosure and referring to the
specific legal authority claimed, and
provide a non-confidential submission
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Household Pulse Survey
AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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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 the
potential for extending data collection for the Household Pulse Survey
During COVID-19 Epidemic. The Household Pulse Survey was launched on
April 23, 2020 with approval from the Office of Management and Budget
to continue data collection through July 31, 2020 (OMB No. 0607-1013).
The Department of Commerce may determine it prudent to continue the
Household Pulse Survey after July 31, 2020. This notice serves to
inform the public about this possible continuance.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding the continued
Household Pulse Survey information collection must be received on or
before August 3, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
Cassandra Logan, Survey Director, U.S. Census Bureau, by email to
[email protected] or [email protected]. Please reference OMB
Control Number 0607-1013 in the subject line of your comments. Do not
submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed
to Cassandra Logan, Survey Director, U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver
Hill Road, HQ-7H157, Washington, DC 20233, (301) 763-1087, and
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Census Bureau has developed the Household Pulse Survey as an
experimental endeavor in cooperation with five other federal agencies.
The survey is designed to produce near real-time data in a time of
urgent and acute need. Changes in the measures over time will provide
insight into individuals' experiences on social and economic dimensions
during the period of the Covid-19 pandemic. This survey, conducted
under the auspices of the Census Bureau's Experimental Data Series
(https://www.census.gov/data/experimental-data-products.html), is
designed to supplement the federal statistical system's traditional
benchmark data products with a new data source that provides relevant
and timely information based on a high quality sample frame, data
integration, and cooperative expertise.
Question domains contributed by the Census Bureau (Census),
Economic Research Service (ERS), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS),
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES), and the Department of Housing (HUD) seek
to measure employment status, spending, food security, housing, health,
and education disruptions. Many of the questions that will be asked on
this survey have been fielded on other surveys in the past. However,
some of the questions are new, designed to explore potential impacts
associated with the COVID-19 pandemic response.
II. Method of Collection
The Census Bureau will conduct this information collection online
using Qualtrics as the data collection platform. Qualtrics currently is
used at the Census Bureau for research and development surveys and
provides the necessary agility to deploy the Household Pulse Survey
quickly and securely. It operates in the Gov Cloud, is FedRAMP
authorized at the moderate level, and has an Authority to Operate from
the Census Bureau to collect personally identifiable and Title-
protected data.
The Census Bureau will sample approximately 2,159,000 housing
units, with an additional approximately 1,100,000 housing units each
subsequent week of data collection. The survey will be administered
over the course of 24 weeks starting April 23, 2020. Households will be
contacted via email and asked to complete approximately 50 questions
focused on employment, spending, food security, housing, health and
educational disruption. Prior to production the survey was estimated to
take 20 minutes; the actual time for survey participants to complete
the survey now that it is in production is approximately 11 minutes.
Weekly survey estimates will be produced by weighting the results
to various demographic controls from auxiliary sources like the Census
Bureau official population estimates and the American Community Survey.
Weekly source and accuracy documentation will provide details about the
methods and quality of the survey estimates.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607-1013.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals and households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: The total number of respondents is
estimated at 93,400 per week (a reduction in the initial estimate of
108,000) for 24 weeks (an extension from the 12 weeks initially
planned) for a total estimate of 2,241,600 respondents.
Estimated Time per Response: 11 minutes (actual time in production;
initial estimate was 20 minutes).
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 410,960.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 8(b), 182
and 196.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department/Bureau
to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy
of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed
collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden
on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other personal identifying information in
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including
your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available
at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold your
personal identifying information from public review, we
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cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-11966 Filed 6-2-20; 8:45 am]
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