Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48759-48760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23295]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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: Census Bureau.
    Title: 2000-2002 American Community Survey.
    Form Number(s): ACS-1, ACS-1(GQ), ACS-3(GQ), ACS-290.

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    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0810.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 603,550 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2,945,400.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 37 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau is developing a methodology to 
collect and update every year demographic, social, economic, and 
housing data that is essentially the same as the ``long-form'' data 
that the Census Bureau traditionally has collected once a decade as 
part of the decennial census. This methodology is called continuous 
measurement (CM). Since the Census Bureau collects the long-form data 
only once every ten years, the data become out of date over the course 
of the decade. Also, there is an increasing need for data describing 
lower geographic detail. CM will provide current data throughout the 
decade for small areas and small subpopulations.
    The American Community Survey (ACS) is the data collection vehicle 
for CM. The Census Bureau began a test and demonstration of the 
capabilities of the survey collection and processing system in 1995. 
Presently, the ACS is conducted in 36 counties. In November of 1999, as 
part of the decennial program to make a transition from the Census 2000 
long form to collecting long-form data throughout the decade, we will 
begin ACS data collection in 1,203 counties. This data collection will 
allow for comparison of estimates from Census 2000 with estimates from 
the ACS for all states, large cities, and population subgroups, and 
will help data users and the Census Bureau understand the differences 
between estimates from the ACS and the Census 2000 long form. Current 
plans are to put the ACS fully in place in 2003.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Section 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Linda Hutton, (202) 395-7858.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5033, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
LEngelme@doc.gov).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Linda Hutton, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: September 1, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-23295 Filed 9-7-99; 8:45 am]
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