Notice2022-13313
Current Mandatory Business Surveys
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June 22, 2022
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Abstract
The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) will conduct the following current mandatory business surveys in 2022: Annual Business Survey, Annual Capital Expenditures Survey, Annual Retail Trade Survey, Annual Survey of Manufactures, Annual Wholesale Trade Survey, Business and Professional Classification Report, Business Enterprise Research and Development Survey, Management and Organizational Practices Survey, Management and Organizational Practices Survey for Hospitals, Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders Survey, Report of Organization, Service Annual Survey, and the Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey. We have determined that data collected from these surveys are needed to aid the efficient performance of essential governmental functions and have significant application to the needs of the public and industry. The data derived from these surveys, most of which have been conducted for many years, are not publicly available from nongovernmental or other governmental sources.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37307-37309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13313]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
[Docket Number 220519-0116]
Current Mandatory Business Surveys
AGENCY: Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of determination.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) will conduct the
following current mandatory business surveys in 2022: Annual Business
Survey, Annual Capital Expenditures Survey, Annual Retail Trade Survey,
Annual Survey of Manufactures, Annual Wholesale Trade Survey, Business
and Professional Classification Report, Business Enterprise Research
and Development Survey, Management and Organizational Practices Survey,
Management and Organizational Practices Survey for Hospitals,
Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders Survey, Report of Organization, Service
Annual Survey, and the Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey. We have
determined that data collected from these surveys are needed to aid the
efficient performance of essential governmental functions and have
significant application to the needs of the public and industry. The
data derived from these surveys, most of which have been conducted for
many years, are not publicly available from nongovernmental or other
governmental sources.
ADDRESSES: The Census Bureau will make available the reporting
instructions to the organizations included in the surveys. Additional
copies are available upon written request to the Director, 4600 Silver
Hill Road, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233-0101.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nick Orsini, Associate Director for
Economic Programs, Telephone: 301-763-1858; Email:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The surveys described herein are authorized
by Title 13, United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 182 and are necessary
to furnish current data on the subjects covered by the major censuses.
These surveys are made mandatory under the provisions of Sections 224
and 225 of Title 13, U.S.C. These surveys will provide continuing and
timely national statistical data for the period between economic
censuses. The data collected in the surveys will be within the general
scope and nature of those inquiries covered in the economic census. The
most recent economic census was conducted in 2018 for the reference
year 2017. The next economic census will occur in 2023 for the
reference year 2022.
Notice of specific reporting requirements for each survey,
including who is to report, the information to be reported, the manner
of reporting, and the time and place of filing reports, will be
provided by mail or email only to those required to complete these
surveys.
Annual Business Survey (ABS)
The ABS provides information on selected economic and demographic
characteristics for businesses and business owners by sex, ethnicity,
race, and veteran status. Further, the survey measures research and
development for microbusinesses, new business topics such as innovation
and technology, as well as other business characteristics. The ABS
includes all nonfarm employer businesses filing Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) tax forms as individual proprietorships, partnerships, or
any other type of corporation, with receipts of $1,000 or more. The ABS
is sponsored by the National Center for Science and Engineering
Statistics (NCSES) within the National Science Foundation (NSF) and
conducted by the Census Bureau for five years (2018-2022).
More information regarding the ABS can be found in the Information
Collection Request approved by the Office of Management and Budget on
June 17, 2021 at the following link: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202102-0607-002">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202102-0607-002</a>.
Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES)
The ACES collects annual data on the amount of business
expenditures for new and used structures and equipment from a sample of
non-farm, non-governmental companies, organizations, and associations.
Both employer and nonemployer companies are included in the survey. The
data are the sole source of investment in buildings and other
structures, machinery, and equipment by all private nonfarm businesses
in the United States, by the investing industry, and by kind of
investment.
More information regarding the ACES can be found in the Information
Collection Request approved by the Office of Management and Budget on
February 11, 2021 at the following link: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202012-0607-004">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202012-0607-004</a>.
Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS)
The ARTS collects data on annual sales, sales tax, e-commerce
sales, year-end inventories, total operating expenses, purchases, and
accounts receivable from a sample of employer firms with establishments
classified in retail trade as defined by the North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS). These data serve as a benchmark for the
more frequent estimates compiled from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey.
More information regarding the ARTS can be found in the Information
Collection Request approved by the Office of Management and Budget on
February 2, 2021 at the following link: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202010-0607-001">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202010-0607-001</a>.
Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM)
The ASM collects annual industry statistics, such as total value of
shipments, employment, payroll, workers' hours, capital expenditures,
cost of materials consumed, supplemental labor costs, and so forth.
This survey is conducted on a sample basis, and covers all
manufacturing industries, including data on plants under construction
but not yet in operation. The ASM data are used to benchmark and
reconcile monthly data on manufacturing production and inventories.
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More information regarding the ASM can be found in the Information
Collection Request approved by the Office of Management and Budget on
January 4, 2021 at the following link: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202011-0607-003">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202011-0607-003</a>.
Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS)
The AWTS collects data on annual sales, e-commerce sales, year-end
inventories held both inside and outside of the United States, method
of inventory valuation, total operating expenses, purchases, gross
selling value, and commissions from a sample of employer firms with
establishments classified in wholesale trade as defined by the NAICS.
These data serve as a benchmark for the more frequent estimates
compiled from the Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey.
More information regarding the AWTS can be found in the Information
Collection Request approved by the Office of Management and Budget on
December 10, 2020 at the following link: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202009-0607-002">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202009-0607-002</a>.
Business and Professional Classification Report
The Business and Professional Classification Report collects one-
time data on a firm's type of business activity from a sample of
businesses that were recently assigned Federal Employer Identification
Numbers or recently added to the scope of the Census Bureau's current
business surveys. The data are used to update the sampling frames for
our current business surveys. Additionally, the business classification
data will help ensure businesses are directed to complete the correct
report in the economic census.
More information regarding the Business and Professional
Classification Report can be found in the Information Collection
Request approved by the Office of Management and Budget on September
15, 2021 at the following link: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202105-0607-002">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202105-0607-002</a>.
Business Enterprise Research and Development Survey (BERD)
The BERD collects annual data on spending for research and
development activities by businesses. The BERD collects foreign as well
as domestic spending information, more detailed information about the
R&D workforce, and information regarding intellectual property from
U.S. businesses. The Census Bureau collects and compiles this
information in accordance with a joint project agreement between the
National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Census Bureau. The NSF posts
the joint project's information results on their website.
More information regarding the BERD can be found in the Information
Collection Request approved by the Office of Management and Budget on
December 15, 2021 at the following link: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202108-0607-005">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202108-0607-005</a>.
Management and Organizational Practices Survey (MOPS)
The MOPS will be conducted as a joint project by the Census Bureau,
the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Stanford School of
Humanities and Sciences, and the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered
Artificial Intelligence. The MOPS will collect information on
management and organizational practices of manufacturing firms at the
establishment level. Data obtained from the survey will allow the
Census Bureau to estimate a firm's stock of management and
organizational assets, specifically the use of establishment
performance data, such as production targets in decision-making and the
prevalence of decentralized decision rights. The results will provide
information on investments in management and organizational practices
thus providing a better understanding of the benefits from these
investments when measured in terms of firm productivity or firm market
value.
More information regarding the MOPS can be found in the Information
Collection Request approved by the Office of Management and Budget on
March 7, 2022 at the following link: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202111-0607-002">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202111-0607-002</a>.
Management and Organizational Practices Survey for Hospitals (MOPS-HP)
The MOPS-HP collects information on the use of structured
management practices from Chief Nursing Officers (CNOs) at
approximately 3,200 hospitals with the goal of producing four publicly-
available indices that measure key characteristics of these structured
management practices. The MOPS-HP collects data for reference years
2020 and 2019.
The MOPS-HP will provide a deeper understanding of the business
processes which impact an increasingly important sector of the economy;
total national health expenditures represented almost 18 percent of
U.S. gross domestic product in 2017 (National Center for Health
Statistics).
More information regarding the MOPS-HP can be found in the
Information Collection Request approved by the Office of Management and
Budget on June 25, 2021 at the following link: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202102-0607-003">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202102-0607-003</a>.
Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders Survey (M3UFO)
The M3UFO collects annual data on sales and unfilled orders in
order to provide annual benchmarks for unfilled orders for the monthly
Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) survey. The
M3UFO data are also used to determine whether it is necessary to
collect unfilled orders data for specific industries on a monthly
basis, as some industries are not requested to provide unfilled orders
data in the M3 Survey.
More information regarding the M3UFO can be found in the
Information Collection Request approved by the Office of Management and
Budget on September 23, 2021 at the following link: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202104-0607-003">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202104-0607-003</a>.
Report of Organization
The Report of Organization collects annual data on ownership or
control by a domestic or foreign parent and ownership of foreign
affiliates. This includes research and development, company activities
such as employees from a professional employer organization,
operational status, mid-March employment, first-quarter payroll, and
annual payroll of establishments from a sample of multi-establishment
enterprises in order to update and maintain a centralized, multipurpose
Business Register.
More information regarding the Report of Organization can be found
in the Information Collection Request approved by the Office of
Management and Budget on December 30, 2020 at the following link:
<a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202007-0607-007">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202007-0607-007</a>.
Service Annual Survey (SAS)
The SAS collects annual data on total revenue, select detailed
revenue, total and detailed expenses, and e-commerce revenue for a
sample of businesses in the service industries. These industries
include Utilities; Transportation and Warehousing; Information; Finance
and Insurance; Real Estate and Rental and Leasing; Professional,
Scientific, and Technical Services; Administration and Support and
Waste Management and Remediation Services; Educational Services; Health
Care and Social
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Assistance; Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; Accommodation and Food
Services; and Other Services as defined by the NAICS. These data serve
as a benchmark for the more frequent estimates compiled from the
Quarterly Services Survey.
More information regarding the SAS can be found in the Information
Collection Request approved by the Office of Management and Budget on
February 2, 2021 at the following link: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202012-0607-002">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202012-0607-002</a>.
Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS)
The VIUS will collect data to measure the physical and operational
characteristics of trucks from a sample of approximately 150,000
trucks. These trucks are selected from more than 190 million private
and commercial trucks registered with motor vehicle departments in the
50 states and the District of Columbia. The VIUS is the only
comprehensive source of information on the physical and operational
characteristics of the Nation's truck population. The VIUS provides
unique, essential information for government, business, and academia.
More information regarding the VIUS can be found in the Information
Collection Request approved by the Office of Management and Budget on
October 12, 2021 at the following link: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202108-0607-001">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202108-0607-001</a>.
Paperwork Reduction Act
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required
to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure
to comply with a collection of information subject to the requirements
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) unless that collection of
information displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number. In accordance with the PRA, 44 U.S.C., Chapter
45, OMB approved the surveys described in this notice under the
following OMB control numbers: ABS, 0607-1004; ACES, 0607-0782; ARTS,
0607-0013; ASM, 0607-0449; AWTS, 0607-0195; Business and Professional
Classification Report, 0607-0189; BERD, 0607-0912; MOPS, 0607-0963;
MOPS-HP, 0607-1016; M3UFO, 0607-0561; Report of Organization, 0607-
0444; SAS, 0607-0422; and VIUS, 0607-0892.
Based upon the foregoing, I have directed that the current
mandatory business surveys be conducted for the purpose of collecting
these data.
Robert L. Santos, Director, Census Bureau, approved the publication
of this Notice in the Federal Register.
Dated: June 14, 2022.
Mary Reuling Lenaiyasa,
Program Manager, Paperwork Reduction Act, Policy Coordination Office,
Census Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2022-13313 Filed 6-21-22; 8:45 am]
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