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email to ADDP.NSCH.List@census.gov.
Please reference National Survey of
Children’s Health in the subject line of
your comments. You may also submit
comments, identified by Docket Number
USBC–2021–0026, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. All comments
received are part of the public record.
No comments will be posted to https://
www.regulations.gov for public viewing
until after the comment period has
closed. Comments will generally be
posted without change. All Personally
Identifiable Information (for example,
name and address) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information. You may submit
attachments to electronic comments in
Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF
file formats.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Carolyn
Pickering, Survey Director, by way of
phone (301–763–3873) or email
(Carolyn.M.Pickering@census.gov).
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I. Abstract
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; National Survey of Children’s
Health
Census Bureau, Commerce.
Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment on the proposed revision of
the National Survey of Children’s
Health, prior to the submission of the
information collection request (ICR) to
OMB for approval.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before January 10, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments by
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Sponsored primarily by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services’ Health Resources Services
Administration’s Maternal and Child
Health Bureau (HRSA MCHB), the
National Survey of Children’s Health
(NSCH) is designed to produce data on
the physical and emotional health of
children under 18 years of age who live
in the United States. The United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) and
the United States Department of Health
and Human Services’ Center for Disease
Control and Prevention, National Center
on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities (CDC–NCBDDD) sponsor
supplemental content on the NSCH.
Additionally, the upcoming cycle of the
NSCH plans to include five returning
age-based or state-based oversamples
and one new region-based oversample.
The age-based oversample would be
funded by the United States Department
of Health and Human Services’ Center
for Disease Control and Prevention,
National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion (CDC–
NCCDPHP). The state- or region-based
oversamples would be sponsored by
Children’s Health Care of Atlanta, the
State of Colorado, the State of Nebraska,
the Ohio Department of Health, the
Oregon Center for Children and Youth
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with Special Health Care Needs, and the
State of Tennessee.
The NSCH collects information on
factors related to the well-being of
children, including access to health
care, in-home medical care, family
interactions, parental health, school and
after-school experiences, and
neighborhood characteristics. The goal
of the 2022 NSCH is to provide HRSA
MCHB, the supplemental sponsoring
agencies, states, regions, and other data
users with the necessary data to support
the production of national estimates
yearly and state- or region-based
estimates with pooled samples on the
health and well-being of children, their
families, and their communities as well
as estimates of the prevalence and
impact of children with special health
care needs.
NSCH is seeking clearance to make
the following changes:
• Increased sample size—The MCHB
sponsored NSCH sample plus the
separately sponsored age-, state-, or
region-based oversamples will be
approximately 360,000 addresses for the
2022 NSCH, compared with 300,000 in
2021. The increased sample will allow
individual states and agencies to
produce statistically sound child health
estimates in a fewer number of pooled
years than if the sample were to remain
the same annually, thereby resulting in
more timely age-, state- and regionbased health estimates of children.
• Revised questionnaire content—The
NSCH questionnaires with newly
proposed and revised content from the
sponsors at HRSA MCHB are currently
undergoing two rounds of cognitive
testing. This testing request was
submitted under the generic clearance
package and approved by OMB.1 Based
on the results, a final set of proposed
new and modified content will be
included in the full OMB ICR for the
2022 NSCH.
• Oversamples 2—In order to inform
various priorities that are otherwise not
supported by the NSCH, some
stakeholders have shown interest in
sponsoring an oversample of particular
populations as part of the annual NSCH
administration. Currently, there are five
states, one region, and one federal
partner contributing to an oversample as
part of the 2022 NSCH. Four states
(Colorado, Nebraska, Ohio, and Oregon)
1 Generic Clearance Information Collection
Request: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAViewIC?ref_nbr=201909-0607002&icID=248532.
2 State Oversampling in the National Survey of
Children’s Health: Feasibility, Cost, and Alternative
Approaches https://census.gov/content/dam/
Census/programs-surveys/nsch/NSCH_State_
Oversample_Summary_Document.pdf.
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and the Atlanta, GA Metro Area were
initially oversampled in 2020 or 2021
and are continuing with the option as
part of the 2022 NSCH. One additional
state (Tennessee) will be oversampled
for the first time in 2022. CDC–
NCCDPHP is supporting an oversample
of households with young children.
Additionally, MCHB is requesting
oversamples within the states of
California, New York, Pennsylvania,
and Wyoming.
Besides the proposed changes listed
above, the 2022 NSCH will proceed
with the current design outlined in the
previous OMB ICR package, including
the use of incentives. Response rates for
the unconditional monetary incentive
group continues to show a statistically
significant difference over the control
group that did not receive an
unconditional monetary incentive. As
part of the initial screener mailing, 90%
will include $5 and 10% will not
receive an incentive. The incentive
assignment to each sampled address
would still be random as was done in
prior cycles and approved by OMB.
Additionally, the use of a $5 or $10
incentive with the initial paper topical
mailing will be used. We will continue
to make modifications to data collection
strategies based on modeled information
about paper or internet response
preference. Results from prior survey
cycles will continue to be used to
inform the decisions made regarding
future cycles of the NSCH.
From prior cycles of the NSCH, using
American Association for Public
Opinion Research definitions of
response, we can expect for the 2022
NSCH an overall screener completion
rate to be about 44.5% and an overall
topical completion rate to be about
36.0%. This is different from the overall
response rate, which we expect to be
about 40.3%.
II. Method of Collection
The 2022 NSCH plan for the web
push data collection design includes
approximately 70% of the production
addresses receiving an initial invite
with instructions on how to complete an
English or Spanish-language screener
questionnaire via the web. Households
that decide to complete the web-based
survey will be taken through the
screener questionnaire to determine if
they are eligible for one of three topical
instruments. Households that list at
least one child who is 0 to 17 years old
in the screener are directed into a
topical questionnaire immediately after
the last screener question. If a
household in the web push treatment
group decides to complete the paper
screener, the household may have a
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chance to receive an additional topical
questionnaire incentive. This group will
receive two web survey invitation letters
requesting their participation in the
survey prior to receiving up to two
additional paper screener
questionnaires in the second and third
follow-up mailings.
The 2022 NSCH plan for the mixedmode data collection design includes up
to 30% of the production addresses
receiving a paper screener questionnaire
in either the initial or the first
nonresponse follow-up and instructions
on how to complete an English or
Spanish language screener
questionnaire via the web. Households
that decide to complete the web-based
survey will follow the same screener
and topical selection path as the web
push. Households that choose to
complete the paper screener
questionnaire rather than completing
the survey on the internet and that have
eligible children will be mailed a paper
topical questionnaire upon receipt of
their completed paper screener at the
Census Bureau’s National Processing
Center. If a household in the mixedmode group chooses to complete the
paper screener instead of completing the
web-based screener via the internet,
then the household may receive an
additional topical questionnaire
incentive. This group will receive both
a web survey invitation letter along with
a mailed paper screener questionnaire
with either the initial invitation or the
first follow-up and each additional
nonresponse follow-up mailing.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607–0990.
Form Number(s): NSCH–S1 (English
Screener), NSCH–T1 (English Topical
for 0- to 5-year-old children), NSCH–T2
(English Topical for 6- to 11-year-old
children), NSCH–T3 (English Topical
for 12- to 17-year-old children), NSCH–
S–S1 (Spanish Screener), NSCH–S–T1
(Spanish Topical for 0- to 5-year-old
children), NSCH–S–T2 (Spanish Topical
for 6- to 11-year-old children), and
NSCH–S–T3 (Spanish Topical for 12- to
17-year-old children).
Type of Review: Regular submission,
Request for a Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Affected Public: Parents, researchers,
policymakers, and family advocates.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
131,884.
Estimated Time per Response: 5
minutes per screener response and 35–
36 minutes per topical response, which
in total is approximately 40–41 minutes
for households with eligible children.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 46,587.
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Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 (This is not the cost of
respondents’ time, but the indirect costs
respondents may incur for such things
as purchases of specialized software or
hardware needed to report, or
expenditures for accounting or records
maintenance services required
specifically by the collection.).
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.
Section 8(b); 42 U.S.C. Section 701; 42
U.S.C. Section 1769d(a)(4)(B); and 42
U.S.C. Section 241.
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
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
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Business Pulse Survey
AGENCY:
Census Bureau, Commerce.
Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
ACTION:
The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment on the proposed new Business
Pulse Survey prior to the submission of
the information collection request (ICR)
to OMB for approval.
SUMMARY:
To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before January 10, 2022.
DATES:
Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments by
email to Thomas.J.Smith@census.gov.
Please reference Business Pulse Survey
in the subject line of your comments.
You may also submit comments,
identified by Docket Number USCB–
2021–0027, to the Federal e-Rulemaking
Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. All
comments received are part of the
public record. No comments will be
posted to https://www.regulations.gov for
public viewing until after the comment
period has closed. Comments will
generally be posted without change. All
Personally Identifiable Information (for
example, name and address) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information. You may submit
attachments to electronic comments in
Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF
file formats.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to
Stephanie Studds, Chief, Economic
Indicator Division, 301–763–2633, and
stephanie.lee.studds@census.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Abstract
The U.S. Census Bureau plans to
request a 3-year approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for a new survey, the Business
Pulse Survey. During the Coronavirus
pandemic, the Census Bureau launched
new weekly and monthly programs to
measure the pandemic’s impact on the
economy. The Census Bureau was
commended by policy makers, media,
academia, and other stakeholders on its
timeliness and rapid response to their
data needs to understand the impact of
the pandemic on the economy. The
Census Bureau has a need to collect and
publish economic baseline data on a
frequent, ongoing basis.
The Business Pulse Survey will be a
new experimental survey with biweekly data collection and publication.
This continuous near real time data
publication will provide a baseline of
the U.S. economy and will measure
change as a result of current and future
economic shocks. The ongoing nature of
the Business Pulse Survey is in response
to stakeholder feedback on the Small
Business Pulse Survey (SBPS), which
was that economic baseline or ‘norms’
data would have been helpful to have in
comparison to the SBPS data on
pandemic impact.
The Business Pulse Survey will
evolve and progress to its full desired
scope over time, in stages or phases. The
Census Bureau plans to learn from the
incremental progress of the Business
Pulse Survey and make improvements
to the survey as it matures. Initially, the
Business Pulse Survey will be an
expansion of the Small Business Pulse
Survey (OMB Number: 0607–1014). The
SBPS was restricted to small businesses
with 1–499 employees and included
only a single island territory, Puerto
Rico. The Business Pulse Survey’s
initial sample criteria will include all
single unit employer businesses in the
U.S. and U.S. Island Areas. At full
scope, the Business Pulse Survey will
allow for data collection from
businesses across most non-farm sectors
of the U.S. economy, while producing
statistics on employer and nonemployer businesses across all employer
size classes, as well as geographically
detailed data on the fifty U.S. states,
Washington DC, and the U.S. Island
Areas.
The Business Pulse Survey will
collect the following high-level topics:
• Overall current business performance
or business climate
• Change in operating revenues/sales/
receipts
• Change in employment
• Change in hours of paid employees
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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; National Survey of Children's Health
AGENCY: Census Bureau, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment on the
proposed revision of the National Survey of Children's Health, prior to
the submission of the information collection request (ICR) to OMB for
approval.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received on or before January 10, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by
email to [email protected]. Please reference National Survey of
Children's Health in the subject line of your comments. You may also
submit comments, identified by Docket Number USBC-2021-0026, to the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. All comments
received are part of the public record. No comments will be posted to
https://www.regulations.gov for public viewing until after the comment
period has closed. Comments will generally be posted without change.
All Personally Identifiable Information (for example, name and address)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do
not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information. You may submit attachments to electronic
comments in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF file formats.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed
to Carolyn Pickering, Survey Director, by way of phone (301-763-3873)
or email ([email protected]).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Sponsored primarily by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services' Health Resources Services Administration's Maternal and Child
Health Bureau (HRSA MCHB), the National Survey of Children's Health
(NSCH) is designed to produce data on the physical and emotional health
of children under 18 years of age who live in the United States. The
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the United States
Department of Health and Human Services' Center for Disease Control and
Prevention, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities (CDC-NCBDDD) sponsor supplemental content on the NSCH.
Additionally, the upcoming cycle of the NSCH plans to include five
returning age-based or state-based oversamples and one new region-based
oversample. The age-based oversample would be funded by the United
States Department of Health and Human Services' Center for Disease
Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion (CDC-NCCDPHP). The state- or region-based
oversamples would be sponsored by Children's Health Care of Atlanta,
the State of Colorado, the State of Nebraska, the Ohio Department of
Health, the Oregon Center for Children and Youth
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with Special Health Care Needs, and the State of Tennessee.
The NSCH collects information on factors related to the well-being
of children, including access to health care, in-home medical care,
family interactions, parental health, school and after-school
experiences, and neighborhood characteristics. The goal of the 2022
NSCH is to provide HRSA MCHB, the supplemental sponsoring agencies,
states, regions, and other data users with the necessary data to
support the production of national estimates yearly and state- or
region-based estimates with pooled samples on the health and well-being
of children, their families, and their communities as well as estimates
of the prevalence and impact of children with special health care
needs.
NSCH is seeking clearance to make the following changes:
Increased sample size--The MCHB sponsored NSCH sample plus
the separately sponsored age-, state-, or region-based oversamples will
be approximately 360,000 addresses for the 2022 NSCH, compared with
300,000 in 2021. The increased sample will allow individual states and
agencies to produce statistically sound child health estimates in a
fewer number of pooled years than if the sample were to remain the same
annually, thereby resulting in more timely age-, state- and region-
based health estimates of children.
Revised questionnaire content--The NSCH questionnaires
with newly proposed and revised content from the sponsors at HRSA MCHB
are currently undergoing two rounds of cognitive testing. This testing
request was submitted under the generic clearance package and approved
by OMB.\1\ Based on the results, a final set of proposed new and
modified content will be included in the full OMB ICR for the 2022
NSCH.
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Oversamples \2\--In order to inform various priorities
that are otherwise not supported by the NSCH, some stakeholders have
shown interest in sponsoring an oversample of particular populations as
part of the annual NSCH administration. Currently, there are five
states, one region, and one federal partner contributing to an
oversample as part of the 2022 NSCH. Four states (Colorado, Nebraska,
Ohio, and Oregon) and the Atlanta, GA Metro Area were initially
oversampled in 2020 or 2021 and are continuing with the option as part
of the 2022 NSCH. One additional state (Tennessee) will be oversampled
for the first time in 2022. CDC-NCCDPHP is supporting an oversample of
households with young children. Additionally, MCHB is requesting
oversamples within the states of California, New York, Pennsylvania,
and Wyoming.
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\2\ State Oversampling in the National Survey of Children's
Health: Feasibility, Cost, and Alternative Approaches https://census.gov/content/dam/Census/programs-surveys/nsch/NSCH_State_Oversample_Summary_Document.pdf.
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Besides the proposed changes listed above, the 2022 NSCH will
proceed with the current design outlined in the previous OMB ICR
package, including the use of incentives. Response rates for the
unconditional monetary incentive group continues to show a
statistically significant difference over the control group that did
not receive an unconditional monetary incentive. As part of the initial
screener mailing, 90% will include $5 and 10% will not receive an
incentive. The incentive assignment to each sampled address would still
be random as was done in prior cycles and approved by OMB.
Additionally, the use of a $5 or $10 incentive with the initial paper
topical mailing will be used. We will continue to make modifications to
data collection strategies based on modeled information about paper or
internet response preference. Results from prior survey cycles will
continue to be used to inform the decisions made regarding future
cycles of the NSCH.
From prior cycles of the NSCH, using American Association for
Public Opinion Research definitions of response, we can expect for the
2022 NSCH an overall screener completion rate to be about 44.5% and an
overall topical completion rate to be about 36.0%. This is different
from the overall response rate, which we expect to be about 40.3%.
II. Method of Collection
The 2022 NSCH plan for the web push data collection design includes
approximately 70% of the production addresses receiving an initial
invite with instructions on how to complete an English or Spanish-
language screener questionnaire via the web. Households that decide to
complete the web-based survey will be taken through the screener
questionnaire to determine if they are eligible for one of three
topical instruments. Households that list at least one child who is 0
to 17 years old in the screener are directed into a topical
questionnaire immediately after the last screener question. If a
household in the web push treatment group decides to complete the paper
screener, the household may have a chance to receive an additional
topical questionnaire incentive. This group will receive two web survey
invitation letters requesting their participation in the survey prior
to receiving up to two additional paper screener questionnaires in the
second and third follow-up mailings.
The 2022 NSCH plan for the mixed-mode data collection design
includes up to 30% of the production addresses receiving a paper
screener questionnaire in either the initial or the first nonresponse
follow-up and instructions on how to complete an English or Spanish
language screener questionnaire via the web. Households that decide to
complete the web-based survey will follow the same screener and topical
selection path as the web push. Households that choose to complete the
paper screener questionnaire rather than completing the survey on the
internet and that have eligible children will be mailed a paper topical
questionnaire upon receipt of their completed paper screener at the
Census Bureau's National Processing Center. If a household in the
mixed-mode group chooses to complete the paper screener instead of
completing the web-based screener via the internet, then the household
may receive an additional topical questionnaire incentive. This group
will receive both a web survey invitation letter along with a mailed
paper screener questionnaire with either the initial invitation or the
first follow-up and each additional nonresponse follow-up mailing.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607-0990.
Form Number(s): NSCH-S1 (English Screener), NSCH-T1 (English
Topical for 0- to 5-year-old children), NSCH-T2 (English Topical for 6-
to 11-year-old children), NSCH-T3 (English Topical for 12- to 17-year-
old children), NSCH-S-S1 (Spanish Screener), NSCH-S-T1 (Spanish Topical
for 0- to 5-year-old children), NSCH-S-T2 (Spanish Topical for 6- to
11-year-old children), and NSCH-S-T3 (Spanish Topical for 12- to 17-
year-old children).
Type of Review: Regular submission, Request for a Revision of a
Currently Approved Collection.
Affected Public: Parents, researchers, policymakers, and family
advocates.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 131,884.
Estimated Time per Response: 5 minutes per screener response and
35-36 minutes per topical response, which in total is approximately 40-
41 minutes for households with eligible children.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 46,587.
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Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0 (This is not the cost of
respondents' time, but the indirect costs respondents may incur for
such things as purchases of specialized software or hardware needed to
report, or expenditures for accounting or records maintenance services
required specifically by the collection.).
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Section 8(b); 42 U.S.C. Section
701; 42 U.S.C. Section 1769d(a)(4)(B); and 42 U.S.C. Section 241.
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 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. 2021-24503 Filed 11-8-21; 8:45 am]
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