Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; High-Frequency Surveys Program/Household Pulse Survey, 52021-52022 [2024-13668]

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• Census Bureau
• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52021-52022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13668]


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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; High-Frequency Surveys Program/Household Pulse Survey

    On March 27, 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 Phase 4.1 of the Household 
Pulse Survey (OMB No. 0607-1029, Exp. 01/31/27). The Department is 
committed to ensuring that the data collected by the Household Pulse 
Survey continue to meet information needs as they may evolve. This 
notice serves to inform of the Department's intent to request clearance 
from OMB to make some revisions to the Household Pulse Survey 
questionnaire. To ensure that the data collected by the Household Pulse 
Survey continue to meet emergent information needs as they evolve, the 
Department submits the following Request for Revision to an Existing 
Collection for a revised Phase 4.2 questionnaire 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.
    Phase 4.2 includes new questions on access to transportation and 
the internet and reinstated questions on the shortage of critical 
items. There are also revisions to the response options for the ages of 
children question and revisions to the text of the school enrollment 
question. The question asking if there are any babies or infants in the 
household and unemployment insurance items were removed. We are also 
including a test of several different ways of collecting income and 
expense information to determine which options best lower respondent 
burden and increase response rates in internet mode. The results of 
this test will be for internal use only.
    It is the Department's intention to commence data collection using 
the revised instrument on or about July 23, 2024. 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 15, 2024 (OMB No. 0607-1029) during a 30-
day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for 
public comments.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.
    Title: High Frequency Surveys Program/Household Pulse Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-1029.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, Request for a Revision of a 
Currently Approved Collection.
    Number of Respondents: 264,600.
    Average Hours per Response: .333 (20 minutes).
    Burden Hours: 88,112.
    Needs and Uses: The High-Frequency Surveys Program was established 
as a natural progression from the creation of the Household Pulse 
Survey. The Census Bureau developed the Household Pulse Survey to 
produce near real-time data in a time of urgent and acute need to 
inform federal and state action in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. 
Changes in the measures over time provided insight into individuals' 
experiences on social and economic dimensions during the period of the 
pandemic. It has evolved to include content on other emergent social 
and economic issues facing

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households and 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.
    Affected Public: Households.
    Frequency: Households will be selected once to participate in a 20-
minute survey.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 8(b), 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 0607-1029.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-13668 Filed 6-20-24; 8:45 am]
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