Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Census Household Panel Topical 7, Topical 8, and Topical 9 Operations, 24425-24426 [2024-07406]

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• Census Bureau
• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 68 (Monday, April 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24425-24426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07406]


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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; Census Household Panel Topical 7, Topical 8, and Topical 9 
Operations

    On February 26, 2024, the Department of Commerce received clearance 
from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to conduct the fourth, fifth, and sixth 
Census Household Panel topical operations (OMB No. 0607-1025, Exp. 6/
30/26). The Census Household Panel is designed to ensure availability 
of frequent data collection for nationwide estimates on a variety of 
topics for a variety of subgroups of the population. This notice serves 
to inform of the Department's intent to request clearance

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from OMB to conduct topical operations 7, 8, and 9.
    The Topical 7 (May) questionnaire will ask respondents about their 
opinions on government data collection and data use. The June survey 
(Topical 8) will test changes to the Current Population Survey's Annual 
Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) interviewer administered 
questions for suitability in internet self-response mode. Specifically, 
the items tested include questions on health insurance, out-of-pocket 
medical costs, migration, and child care. Similarly, for the July 
topical questionnaire (Topical 9), interviewer administered ASEC 
questions will be tested for suitability in internet self-response 
mode. These items include pensions, retirement (withdrawals, interest, 
and contributions), and SNAP and school meal receipt, which are key 
income sources used to measure the level of poverty in the U.S. The 
Department of Commerce will submit the following information collection 
request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or 
after the date of publication of this notice. We invite 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. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on February 6, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.
    Title: Census Household Panel Topical 7, Topical 8, and Topical 9 
Operations.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-1025.
    Form Number(s): Not yet determined.
    Type of Request: Request for a Revision of a Currently Approved 
Collection.
    Number of Respondents: 10,367 panel members.
    Average Hours per Response: 4 hours per year (20 minutes for 
monthly collection).
    Burden Hours: 41,427.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Household Panel is a probability-based 
nationwide nationally-representative survey panel designed to test the 
methods to collect data on a variety of topics of interest, and for 
conducting experimentation on alternative question wording and 
methodological approaches. The goal of the Census Household Panel is to 
ensure availability of frequent data collection for nationwide 
estimates on a variety of topics and a variety of subgroups of the 
population, meeting standards for transparent quality reporting of the 
Federal Statistical Agencies and the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB).
    Panelists and households selected for the Panel were recruited from 
the Census Bureau's gold standard Master Address File. This ensures the 
Panel is rooted in this rigorously developed and maintained frame and 
available for linkage to administrative records securely maintained and 
curated by the Census Bureau. Invitations to complete the monthly 
surveys will be sent via email and SMS messages. Questionnaires will be 
mainly internet self-response. The Panel will maintain 
representativeness by allowing respondents who do not use the internet 
to respond via computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI). All 
panelists will receive an incentive for each complete questionnaire. 
Periodic replenishment samples will maintain representativeness and 
panelists will be replaced after a period of three years.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 141, 182 
and 193.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0607-1025.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-07406 Filed 4-5-24; 8:45 am]
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