Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Decennial Census Temporary, Intermittent Applicant Information Collection, 96938-96939 [2024-28703]

Agencies

• Census Bureau
• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 235 (Friday, December 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 96938-96939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28703]


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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; Decennial Census Temporary, Intermittent Applicant Information 
Collection

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, Decennial Census Temporary, 
Intermittent Applicant Information Collection, 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 Monday, February 
10, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by 
email to census.gov">FLD.Decennial.Oversight@census.gov. Please reference Decennial 
Census Temporary, Intermittent Applicant Information Collection, in the 
subject line of your comments. You may also submit comments, identified 
by Docket Number USBC-2024-0030, 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 Anna Parikos, Chief, Decennial Administrative Branch, 301-763-7209,

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and census.gov">FLD.Decennial.Oversight@census.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The Census Bureau is implementing an electronic Decennial Census 
Temporary, Intermittent Applicant Information Collection to gather 
information from job seekers needed to fill temporary, intermittent 
Decennial Census Program positions, starting with the 2026 Census Test. 
Questions used to qualify and select applicants for positions are in 
the job application information section of the collection. This section 
collects Social Security number, date of birth, contact information, 
citizenship status, selective service and veteran's preference status 
and documentation, Federal employment/annuity status, access to 
transportation, hours of availability and related job experience. The 
supplemental voluntary applicant information section includes questions 
found on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC's) common 
use form 3046-0046, Demographic Information on Applicants for Federal 
Employment, developed to support EEOC Management Directive (MD) 715-1. 
The voluntary questions also include recruiting source and education 
questions to help improve future recruiting efforts.
    This collection gathers basic information needed for all temporary, 
intermittent decennial positions, streamlining the application process 
for both the applicant and the Census Bureau, by allowing applicants to 
be considered for several positions with one set of application data. 
To further evaluate each applicant's fit for positions, after 
completing the Decennial Census Temporary, Intermittent Applicant 
Information Collection, applicants will answer position related 
assessment questions.
    The Census Bureau discontinued a similar collection for the Current 
Surveys, Special Census, and Decennial Census Programs under OMB No. 
0607-0139.

II. Method of Collection

    Data will be gathered electronically in a system called, Decennial 
Administrative, Recruiting, Hiring, and Training System (DARHTS). 
Applicants will visit census.gov, click on a link to access the DARHTS, 
create an account and proceed to complete the job application 
information, the supplemental voluntary applicant information, and then 
the position specific assessment questionnaires. The DARHTS system will 
create an electronic PDF output of the job application information 
questions and the applicant respondent's answers as a record. If the 
applicant respondent makes subsequent changes to their job application 
information, the system will create additional PDF documents for each 
change submission. Each PDF created will include the OMB clearance 
number and the expiration date.
    The Census Bureau is not including for clearance an online Spanish 
version of DARHTS or paper versions of the job application information 
or supplemental voluntary applicant information for the three-year 
period covered by this request. The current collection does not require 
these job application alternatives. Subsequent renewals will include 
the Spanish and paper versions, when the collection is rolled out to 
Puerto Rico and remote parts of Alaska.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0607-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission, New Information Collection 
Request.
    Affected Public: Individuals interested in being considered for 
temporary, intermittent decennial census jobs.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 12,000 over 3 years.
    Estimated Time per Response: 20 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,333 average per year, 4,000 
total over 3 years.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Section 23a and 23; 
EEOC Management Directive (MD) 715-1 and Executive Order 13548.

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,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-28703 Filed 12-5-24; 8:45 am]
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