Notice2021-13454
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Household Pulse Survey
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June 24, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 119 (Thursday, June 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33214-33215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13454]
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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; Household Pulse Survey
On March 18, 2021, 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 3.1 of the Household
Pulse Survey (OMB No. 0607-1013, Exp. 10/31/23). The Household Pulse
Survey was designed to meet a need for timely information associated
with household experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Department is committed to ensuring that the data collected by
the Household Pulse Survey continue to meet information needs as they
may evolve over the course of the pandemic. This notice serves to
inform of the Department's intent to submit an emergency clearance
request to OMB to make some revisions to the Household Pulse Survey
questionnaire. To ensure public burden is not increased, the revisions
would reflect the removal of questions for which utility has declined
over time, and the addition of topics based on public comment
previously received and in consult with other Federal agencies.
Removals include questions on Unemployment Insurance applications;
Social Security Administration program receipt and application; Reasons
for changed spending; Ride sharing/transit use; trips over 100 miles;
Spending on groceries and prepared foods; Delayed and Forgone medical
care; Child care; and K-12 computer use and internet access.
Additionally, post-secondary education items will be held until closer
to the fall terms. New questions focus on the Child Tax Credit; sexual
orientation and gender identity (SOGI); rent/mortgage arrears; utility
arrears and restrictions; summer catchup education activities for K-12;
preventive health care for children; and application for Medicaid or
exchange coverage. It is the Department's intention to commence data
collection using the revised instrument on or about July 21, 2021. The
Department 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. Public comments were
previously sought on the Household Pulse Survey via the Federal
Register on May 19, 2020, June 3, 2020, February 1, 2021, and again on
April 13, 2021. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments on the proposed revisions.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.
Title: Household Pulse Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607-1013.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Emergency Clearance Request.
Number of Respondents: 3,150,000
Average Hours per Response: 20 minutes.
Burden Hours: 1,039,500.
Needs and Uses: Data produced by the Household Pulse Survey are
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designed to inform on a range of topics related to households'
experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic. Topics to date have included
employment, facility to telework, travel patterns, income loss,
spending patterns, food and housing security, access to benefits,
mental health and access to care, intent to receive the COVID-19
vaccine, and educational disruption (K-12 and post-secondary). The
requested revision, if approved by OMB, will remove selected items from
the questions for which utility has declined and add questions based on
information needs expressed via public comment and in consult with
other Federal agencies. The overall burden to the public will remain
unchanged.
The Household Pulse Survey was initially launched in April, 2020 as
an experimental project (see <a href="https://www.census.gov/data/experimental-data-products.html">https://www.census.gov/data/experimental-data-products.html</a>) under emergency clearance from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) initially granted April 19, 2020; regular
clearance was subsequently sought and approved by OMB on October 30,
2020 (OMB No. 0607-1013; Exp. 10/30/2023).
Affected Public: Households.
Frequency: Households will be selected once to participate in a 20-
minute survey.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 8(b), 182
and 196.
This information collection request may be viewed at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. 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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
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 0607-1013.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-13454 Filed 6-23-21; 8:45 am]
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