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Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; High-Frequency Surveys
Program/Household Trends and
Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS)
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AGENCY:
Notice of Commission public
business meeting.
ACTION:
Friday, December 13, 2024, 10:00
a.m. EST.
DATES:
Meeting to take place
virtually and is open to the public via
livestream on the Commission’s
YouTube page: https://
www.youtube.com/user/USCCR/videos.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joe
Kim: 202–376–8371; publicaffairs@
usccr.gov.
In
accordance with the Government in
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Commission on Civil Rights is holding
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II. Business Meeting
A. A Discussion and Vote on the
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Briefing Report Topic on Language
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Magpantay.
B. Management and Operations.
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On July 22, 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 4.2 of the Household
Pulse Survey (OMB No. 0607–1029,
Exp. 01/31/27) and on July 12, 2024,
clearance was received to conduct the
tenth, eleventh, and twelfth Census
Household Panel topical operations
(OMB No. 0607–1025, Exp. 6/30/26).
The Household Trends and Outlook
Pulse Survey (HTOPS) 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 from OMB to
conduct HTOPS sample replenishment
and January and February topical
operations.
The purpose of the sample
replenishment baseline instrument is to
recruit a nationally representative
survey panel and also collect data on a
variety of topics of interest. The topical
survey that will field in January will
include a household roster update and
a section of assistance program income
questions that will be used to test
several possible changes being made in
preparation for the transition to a
multimode version of the Survey of
Income and Program Participation
(SIPP) the SIPP redesign effort on a
larger representative respondent sample.
The results of this test will be for
internal use only. The February topical
survey will include content from the
Household Pulse Survey. The
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Household Pulse Survey will continue
to serve as an experimental endeavor
coordinated with other federal agencies
to produce near real-time data to
understand the effects of current events,
including health events, natural disaster
events, or other social or economic
events facing the nation or a significant
portion of the nation.
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 Trends and
Outlook Pulse Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607–1029.
Form Number(s): Not yet determined.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Request for a Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Number of Respondents: Baseline:
18,000 respondents/Topicals 17,812
panel members.
Average Hours per Response:
Baseline: .400 (24 minutes); Topicals:
.333 (20 minutes).
Burden Hours: Baseline: 7,200/
Topical 3,300 per month.
Needs and Uses: The High-Frequency
Surveys Program was established as a
natural progression from the creation of
the Household Pulse Survey. The
Household Trends and Outlook Pulse
Survey (HTOPS) 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 HTOPS 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
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Agencies and the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB).
Panelists and households selected for
the HTOPS were recruited from the
Census Bureau’s gold standard Master
Address File. This ensures that HTOPS
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 HTOPS 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: Households.
Frequency: Monthly.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: 13 U.S.C. 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,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office
of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Docket No. 241127–0304]
RIN 0694–XC110
Impact of the Implementation of the
Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
on Legitimate Commercial Chemical,
Biotechnology, and Pharmaceutical
Activities Involving ‘‘Schedule 1’’
Chemicals (Including ‘‘Schedule 1’’
Chemicals Produced as Intermediates)
During Calendar Year 2024
Bureau of Industry and
Security, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of inquiry.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Industry and
Security (BIS) is seeking public
comments on the impact that
implementation of the Chemical
Weapons Convention (CWC or ‘‘the
Convention’’), through the Chemical
Weapons Convention Implementation
Act of 1998 and the Chemical Weapons
Convention Regulations (CWCR), has
had on commercial activities involving
‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals during calendar
year 2024. The purpose of this notice of
inquiry is to collect information to assist
BIS in its preparation of the annual
certification to the Congress on whether
the legitimate commercial activities and
interests of chemical, biotechnology,
and pharmaceutical firms are harmed by
such implementation. This certification
is required under Condition 9 of Senate
Resolution 75 (April 24, 1997), in which
the Senate gave its advice and consent
to the ratification of the CWC.
DATES: Comments must be received by
January 8, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this rule may
be submitted to the Federal rulemaking
portal at: www.regulations.gov. The
regulations.gov ID for this rule is: BIS–
2024–0054. Please refer to RIN 0694–
XC110 in all comments.
All filers using the portal should use
the name of the person or entity
submitting the comments as the name of
their files, in accordance with the
instructions below. Anyone submitting
business confidential information
should clearly identify the business
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nondisclosure and referring to the
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marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’
on the top of that page. The
corresponding non-confidential version
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marked ‘‘PUBLIC.’’ The file name of the
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with the character ‘‘P.’’ Any
submissions with file names that do not
begin with either a ‘‘BC’’ or a ‘‘P’’ will
be assumed to be public and will be
made publicly available at: https://
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Commenters submitting business
confidential information are encouraged
to scan a hard copy of the nonconfidential version to create an image
of the file, rather than submitting a
digital copy with redactions applied, to
avoid inadvertent redaction errors
which could enable the public to read
business confidential information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For questions on the Chemical
Weapons Convention requirements for
‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals, contact David
Johnston, Treaty Compliance Division,
(202) 482–2450, Email: David Johnston@
bis.doc.gov.
For questions on the submission of
comments, contact Logan Norton,
Regulatory Policy Division, (202) 482–
2440; Email: RPD2@bis.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In providing its advice and consent to
the ratification of the Convention on the
Prohibition of the Development,
Production, Stockpiling, and Use of
Chemical Weapons and Their
Destruction (CWC or ‘‘the Convention’’),
the Senate included, in Senate
Resolution 75 (S. Res. 75, April 24,
1997), several conditions to its
ratification. Condition 9, titled
‘‘Protection of Advanced
Biotechnology,’’ calls for the President
to certify to Congress on an annual basis
that ‘‘the legitimate commercial
activities and interests of chemical,
biotechnology, and pharmaceutical
firms in the United States are not being
significantly harmed by the limitations
of the Convention on access to, and
production of, those chemicals and
toxins listed in Schedule 1.’’ On July 8,
2004, President George W. Bush, by
Executive Order 13346, delegated his
authority to make the annual
certification to the Secretary of
Commerce.
The CWC is an international arms
control treaty that contains certain
verification provisions. In order to
implement these verification provisions,
the CWC established the Organization
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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 Trends and Outlook
Pulse Survey (HTOPS)
On July 22, 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 4.2 of the Household
Pulse Survey (OMB No. 0607-1029, Exp. 01/31/27) and on July 12, 2024,
clearance was received to conduct the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth
Census Household Panel topical operations (OMB No. 0607-1025, Exp. 6/
30/26). The Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS) 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 from OMB to conduct HTOPS sample
replenishment and January and February topical operations.
The purpose of the sample replenishment baseline instrument is to
recruit a nationally representative survey panel and also collect data
on a variety of topics of interest. The topical survey that will field
in January will include a household roster update and a section of
assistance program income questions that will be used to test several
possible changes being made in preparation for the transition to a
multimode version of the Survey of Income and Program Participation
(SIPP) the SIPP redesign effort on a larger representative respondent
sample. The results of this test will be for internal use only. The
February topical survey will include content from the Household Pulse
Survey. The Household Pulse Survey will continue to serve as an
experimental endeavor coordinated with other federal agencies to
produce near real-time data to understand the effects of current
events, including health events, natural disaster events, or other
social or economic events facing the nation or a significant portion of
the nation.
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 Trends and Outlook
Pulse Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607-1029.
Form Number(s): Not yet determined.
Type of Request: Regular submission. Request for a Revision of a
Currently Approved Collection.
Number of Respondents: Baseline: 18,000 respondents/Topicals 17,812
panel members.
Average Hours per Response: Baseline: .400 (24 minutes); Topicals:
.333 (20 minutes).
Burden Hours: Baseline: 7,200/Topical 3,300 per month.
Needs and Uses: The High-Frequency Surveys Program was established
as a natural progression from the creation of the Household Pulse
Survey. The Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS) 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 HTOPS 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
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Agencies and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Panelists and households selected for the HTOPS were recruited from
the Census Bureau's gold standard Master Address File. This ensures
that HTOPS 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 HTOPS 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: Households.
Frequency: Monthly.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: 13 U.S.C. 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,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-28849 Filed 12-6-24; 8:45 am]
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