Notice2024-01034
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Census Household Panel Topical 4, Topical 5, and Topical 6 Operations
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Published
January 19, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 3635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01034]
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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; Census Household Panel Topical 4, Topical 5, and Topical 6
Operations
On December 8, 2023, 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 the second and third Census
Household Panel topical operations (OMB No. 0607-1025, Exp. 6/20/26).
The Census Household Panel 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 topical operations 4, 5, and 6.
Topical surveys 4 and 5 will include content from Pew's National
Public Opinion Reference Survey and the National Center for Health
Statistics' Research and Development Survey. These are being asked for
methodological reasons to study the representativeness of the
originally recruited panel members along different benchmarked
dimensions. Additionally, in Topical 4, we ask some questions about
improving the CHP respondent experience. In Topical survey 6, we are
incorporating a self-administered version of the Survey of Income and
Program Participation (SIPP) roster and demographic questions into the
Census Household Panel to test their usability in the field. The
Department of Commerce will submit the following information collection
request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or
after the date of publication of this notice. 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 6, 2023, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.
Title: Census Household Panel Topical 4, Topical 5, and Topical 6
Operations.
OMB Control Number: 0607-1025.
Form Number(s): Not yet determined.
Type of Request: Request for a Revision of a Currently Approved
Collection.
Number of Respondents: 11,000 panel members.
Average Hours per Response: 4 hours per year (20 minutes for
monthly collection).
Burden Hours: 43,956.
Needs and Uses: The Census Household Panel 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 Census Household Panel 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 Agencies and the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB).
Panelists and households selected for the Panel were recruited from
the Census Bureau's gold standard Master Address File. This ensures the
Panel 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, and for experimental
purposes, Topical 4 invitations will include pressure-sealed post-
cards. Questionnaires will be mainly internet self-response. The Panel
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: Individuals or Households.
Frequency: Monthly.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 141,182 and
193.
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 0607-1025.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-01034 Filed 1-18-24; 8:45 am]
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