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years. The results of the surveys are
used to assess trends in R&D
expenditures by industry sector,
investigate productivity determinants,
formulate science and tax policy, and
compare individual company
performance with industry averages.
This survey is the Nation’s primary
source for international comparative
statistics on business R&D spending.
BERD will continue to collect the
following types of information:
• R&D expense based on accepted
accounting standards.
• Worldwide R&D of domestic
companies.
• Business segment detail.
• R&D related capital expenditures.
• Detailed data about the R&D
workforce.
• R&D strategy and data on the
potential impact of R&D on the market.
Beginning in 2019, in an effort to
reduce burden, BERD began rotating
select content off the survey in
alternating years. In 2019, questions
related to intellectual property and
technology transfer were removed from
the survey. In 2020, questions related to
detail of R&D performed by others,
activities with academia, industries of
business and specific federal agency
funding R&D, and areas of application
for R&D were removed and the
intellectual property and technology
transfer questions rotated back on. This
cycle of rotating content has continued.
In 2021, the Capital Expenditures
section was revised to collect additional
information on assets. Proposed at that
time was to collect two consecutive
years of data (for 2021 and 2022) and
rotate select asset content off the survey
in alternating years. So, in 2023, BERD
would have had a subset of the asset
content, and in 2024, all of the asset
content would have been included on
the survey. This proposed content
rotation did not occur in 2023.
However, the rotation will commence in
2024. Resulting in a subset of the asset
content collected in 2024 and all of the
asset content collected in 2025 and so
on, similar to the other rotating content.
Census and NCSES will continue to
explore content that could be collected
less frequently than annual in an effort
to continue to reduce respondent
burden.
Information from BERD will continue
to support NCSES’ responsibility to
collect information on Research and
Development for overall support for
Federal policy discussions, as required
under the America COMPETES
Reauthorization Act of 2010.
Policy officials from many Federal
agencies rely on these statistics for
essential information. Businesses and
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trade organizations rely on BERD data to
benchmark their industry’s performance
against others. For example, total U.S.
R&D expenditures statistics are used by
the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
for incorporating R&D as fixed
investment in updates to the National
Income and Product Accounts (NIPAs).
Also, NCSES, BEA and the Census
Bureau periodically seek to use BERD
data to augment global R&D investment
information that is obtained from BEA’s
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and
U.S. Direct Investment Abroad (USDIA)
surveys. Further, the Census Bureau
links data collected by BERD with other
statistical files. At the Census Bureau,
historical company-level R&D data are
linked to a file that contains information
on the outputs and inputs of companies’
manufacturing plants. Researchers can
analyze the relationships between R&D
funding and other economic variables
by using micro-level data.
Individuals and organizations access
the survey statistics via the internet in
annual InfoBriefs published by NCSES
that announce the availability of
statistics from each cycle of BERD and
detailed statistical table reports that
contain all the statistics NCSES
produces from BERD. Information about
the kinds of projects that rely on
statistics from BERD is available from
internal records of Census’ Center for
Economic Studies. In addition, survey
statistics are regularly cited in trade
publications and many researchers use
the survey statistics from these
secondary sources without directly
contacting NCSES or the Census Bureau.
Some of the users of the survey statistics
and the types of information they
request are described below.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: The survey is
conducted under the authority of Title
13, United States Code, Sections 8(b),
131, and 182; Title 42, United States
Code, Sections 1861–76 (National
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as
amended); and Section 505 within the
America COMPETES Reauthorization
Act of 2010.
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
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Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0607–0912.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
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; Current Population Survey
(CPS) 2025 Field Test
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 new
information collection, Current
Population Survey (CPS) 2025 Field
Test, 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 November 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments by
email to Kyra Linse, Survey Director,
Current Population Surveys via the
internet at dsd.cps@census.gov. Please
reference Current Population Survey
(CPS) 2025 Field Test in the subject line
of your comments. You may also submit
comments, identified by Docket Number
USBC–2024–0023, 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
SUMMARY:
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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 Kyra
Linse, Survey Director, Current
Population Surveys via the internet at
dsd.cps@census.gov, or by phone at
301–763–9280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
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The Census Bureau plans to request
clearance from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for the
collection of information related to a
field test of the Current Population
Survey (CPS) in calendar year 2025.
The CPS has been the source of
official government statistics on
employment and unemployment since
1942. The Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) and the Census Bureau jointly
sponsor the basic monthly survey. The
Census Bureau also prepares and
conducts all the field work. The CPS
collects labor force information for the
civilian noninstitutional population
including employment status, number
of hours worked, job search activities,
earnings, duration of unemployment,
and the industry and occupation
classification of the job held the
previous week. Data for the CPS are
currently collected by Census field
interviewers via in-person interviews or
by telephone.
The 2025 Field Test’s goal is to test
the use of an internet self-response
method to measure its success as a
possible method of contact and
interviewing with the goal of review
accuracy, reporting, and
representativeness. In addition, should
it prove as a viable response method,
the goal is to experiment with timing
and contacts in order to refine
procedures that best fit the needs of
CPS. This is the first of two major field
tests with the second in 2026, and an
ultimate goal to phase in changes to the
survey in 2027.
II. Method of Collection
The 2025 field test is planned for
April 2025 until November 2025. The
goal is to replicate the expected mode
interaction of adding a self-response
mode as close as possible to a
production environment. The first
interview will be conducted via
computer-assisted person interview
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(CAPI) mode, and most cases will be
followed up for three months with a mix
of internet Self Response and CAPI
follow-up based on the previous
month’s interview results and data
reported. All cases will be in sample for
four months. In addition, some cases
will be put on hold for two months and
then interviewed again in order to
replicate the break in a normal CPS in
a shorter interval. In addition, we will
conduct experiments such as question
wording, contact methods, and timing of
mode switching in order to measure the
best method to encourage response by
internet mode and the best wording for
accurate self-response reporting.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607–XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission,
New Information Collection Request.
Affected Public: Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
50,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 33,333 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 8(b),
141, and 182.
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
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information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Quarterly Survey of Public
Pensions
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 June 6, 2024,
during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days
for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau,
Commerce.
Title: Quarterly Survey of Public
Pensions.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0143.
Form Number(s): F–10.
Type of Request: Regular submission,
Request for an Extension, without
Change, of a Currently Approved
Collection.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Average Hours per Response: 45
minutes.
Burden Hours: 300.
Needs and Uses: The Quarterly
Survey of Public Pensions provides a
rich source of data on public retirement
systems administered by state and local
governments in the United States. Over
4.6 trillion dollars in public pension
assets in the financial markets are
controlled by a small number of large
retirement systems. The frame for the
2012 Census of Governments identified
3,992 public retirement systems
administered by state and local
governments. The 100 largest systems,
as measured by the system assets,
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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; Current Population Survey (CPS) 2025 Field Test
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 new information collection, Current Population Survey (CPS)
2025 Field Test, 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 November 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by
email to Kyra Linse, Survey Director, Current Population Surveys via
the internet at [email protected]. Please reference Current Population
Survey (CPS) 2025 Field Test in the subject line of your comments. You
may also submit comments, identified by Docket Number USBC-2024-0023,
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
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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 Kyra Linse, Survey Director, Current Population Surveys via the
internet at [email protected], or by phone at 301-763-9280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Census Bureau plans to request clearance from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for the collection of information related
to a field test of the Current Population Survey (CPS) in calendar year
2025.
The CPS has been the source of official government statistics on
employment and unemployment since 1942. The Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) and the Census Bureau jointly sponsor the basic monthly survey.
The Census Bureau also prepares and conducts all the field work. The
CPS collects labor force information for the civilian noninstitutional
population including employment status, number of hours worked, job
search activities, earnings, duration of unemployment, and the industry
and occupation classification of the job held the previous week. Data
for the CPS are currently collected by Census field interviewers via
in-person interviews or by telephone.
The 2025 Field Test's goal is to test the use of an internet self-
response method to measure its success as a possible method of contact
and interviewing with the goal of review accuracy, reporting, and
representativeness. In addition, should it prove as a viable response
method, the goal is to experiment with timing and contacts in order to
refine procedures that best fit the needs of CPS. This is the first of
two major field tests with the second in 2026, and an ultimate goal to
phase in changes to the survey in 2027.
II. Method of Collection
The 2025 field test is planned for April 2025 until November 2025.
The goal is to replicate the expected mode interaction of adding a
self-response mode as close as possible to a production environment.
The first interview will be conducted via computer-assisted person
interview (CAPI) mode, and most cases will be followed up for three
months with a mix of internet Self Response and CAPI follow-up based on
the previous month's interview results and data reported. All cases
will be in sample for four months. In addition, some cases will be put
on hold for two months and then interviewed again in order to replicate
the break in a normal CPS in a shorter interval. In addition, we will
conduct experiments such as question wording, contact methods, and
timing of mode switching in order to measure the best method to
encourage response by internet mode and the best wording for accurate
self-response reporting.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607-XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission, New Information Collection
Request.
Affected Public: Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 50,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 33,333 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 8(b), 141, and 182.
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 Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-22369 Filed 9-27-24; 8:45 am]
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