Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 115 (Thursday, June 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 31447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14628]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: 1996 Continuous Measurement Survey.
    Form Number(s): CMS-1, CMS-10, CMS-12, CMS-13, CMS-14, CMS-15, CMS-
16, CMS-20, CMS-30.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 108,500 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 217,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau is developing and evaluating a 
design to continuously measure the long-form data that has 
traditionally been collected once a decade as part of the decennial 
census. Continuously collecting the long-form data will provide more 
timely data. Under Continuous Measurement (CM) a long-form 
questionnaire is mailed to a national sample of different housing units 
each month. Follow-up for nonresponse is conducted on a sample basis 
using a combination of telephone and personal visit. A small test of CM 
procedures was conducted in 1995 in approximately 2,000 households. The 
1996 CM Survey will be a full-scale implementation in 6 sites 
throughout the country selected to represent typical urban and rural 
cities and counties. Data will be collected over a 14-month period in 
approximately 10,500 housing units each month. A separate national 
sample of 5,000 housing units will be selected each month to 
participate in a mail response rate test. The objectives of the 1996 CM 
Survey are to test all phases of the proposed CM process, obtain real-
time cost and productivity data, and evaluate the CM data quality and 
coverage.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Maria Gonzalez, (202) 395-7313.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Gerald Tache, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202) 
482-3271, Department of Commerce, room 5312, 14th and Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Maria Gonzalez, OMB Desk Officer, room 
10201, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: June 9, 1995.
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 95-14628 Filed 6-14-95; 8:45 am]
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