Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Spatial, Address, and Imagery Data Program, 95733 [2024-28269]

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• Census Bureau
• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 95733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28269]


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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; Spatial, Address, and Imagery Data Program

    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 Tuesday, July 2, 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: Spatial, Address, and Imagery Data Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-1008.
    Form Number(s): Feedback Form.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, request for a revision of a 
currently approved collection.
    Number of Respondents:
     Census Bureau Contact with Respondents: 1,500 (500/year).
     Census Bureau Acquisition of Respondent Geographic Data 
and Content Clarification: 750 (250/year).
     Feedback: 75 (25/year).
    Average Hours per Response:
     Census Bureau Contact with Respondents: 1 hour.
     Census Bureau Acquisition of Respondent Geographic Data 
and Content Clarification: 1.5 hours.
     Feedback: 1 hour.
    Burden Hours: 2,700 hours.
     Census Bureau Contact with Respondents: 1,500 hours.
     Census Bureau Acquisition of Respondent Geographic Data 
and Content Clarification: 1,125 hours.
     Feedback: 75 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Spatial, Address, and Imagery Data (SAID) 
Program is one of many voluntary geographic partnership programs that 
collects data to update and maintain the U.S. Census Bureau's 
geographic database, known as the Master Address File/Topologically 
Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) System. The 
MAF/TIGER System is vital for the Census Bureau to collect, process, 
tabulate, and disseminate data.
    The geographic framework within the MAF/TIGER System enables the 
Census Bureau field personnel to navigate to the appropriate locations 
for data collection. It enables the Census Bureau to define geographic 
boundaries, including census blocks, and accurately link demographic 
data from surveys and the decennial census to census blocks, locations, 
and areas, such as counties, cities, and school districts for data 
tabulation and dissemination.
    The SAID Program supports the Census Bureau's ongoing demographic 
surveys and 2030 Census planning efforts by continuing to improve 
address coverage, collect and update street centerlines, and enhance 
the overall quality and integrity of the MAF/TIGER System after major 
census update programs have concluded. The SAID Program provides the 
Census Bureau with a continuous method to obtain current, accurate, and 
complete address, street centerline, and imagery data.
    Since its inception, the SAID Program has allowed the Census Bureau 
to update addresses and street centerlines across the country. Moving 
forward, the SAID Program will continue to acquire addresses, street 
centerlines, and imagery in areas identified with housing unit growth 
or change or where the Census Bureau has inadequate coverage or data, 
to continue updating and improving the MAF/TIGER System.
    The Census Bureau is adding a feedback component to its geographic 
partnership programs to improve the administration of the respective 
program and potentially reduce the future burden. Participants may be 
asked to provide their feedback on materials, method(s) of data 
collection, manner of communications, and the usability of the program 
applications and tools.
    The SAID Program follows the process below:
     The Census Bureau invites partners in targeted areas to 
participate each fiscal year, including Tribal, State, county, and 
local governments; Federal agencies; and other authoritative 
organizations.
     Partners are asked to provide a current address list with 
associated location points and attributes, a street centerline file, 
and/or imagery data for their jurisdiction that is no more than two 
years old.
     Partners upload the requested data files using the Secure 
Web Incoming Module (SWIM) or equivalent file transfer module, deliver 
large imagery datasets on hard drives, or the Census Bureau acquires 
the files/data through direct download. If the data file size is too 
large to submit through SWIM, a hard drive will be sent to the 
participant for file upload and sent back to the Census Bureau.
     The Census Bureau validates, then updates the MAF/TIGER 
System with the address and street centerline data provided by partners 
and uses the provided imagery for quality control and change detection.
     The Census Bureau uses these updated addresses, streets, 
and imagery to support Census Bureau field operations, decennial census 
operations, ongoing demographic survey response collection, and data 
tabulation.
     The Census Bureau provides partners feedback regarding the 
data they supplied.
    Affected Public: Tribal, State, county, and local governments, and 
organizations as well as other Federal agencies.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: 13 U.S.C. 6, 16, 141, 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 0607-1008.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-28269 Filed 12-2-24; 8:45 am]
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