Notice2024-06226
Current Mandatory Business Surveys
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Published
March 25, 2024
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Commerce DepartmentCensus Bureau
Abstract
The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) will conduct the following current mandatory business surveys in 2024: Annual Integrated Economic Survey, Annual Business Survey, Business and Professional Classification Report, and the Business Enterprise Research and Development 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 89, Number 58 (Monday, March 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20629-20630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06226]
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Federal Register / Vol. 89 , No. 58 / Monday, March 25, 2024 /
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
[Docket Number: 240305-0069]
X-RIN 0607-XC075
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 2024: Annual Integrated
Economic Survey, Annual Business Survey, Business and Professional
Classification Report, and the Business Enterprise Research and
Development 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:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#80cee9e3ebaecff2f3e9eee9c0e3e5eef3f5f3aee7eff6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="baf4d3d9d194f5c8c9d3d4d3fad9dfd4c9cfc994ddd5cc">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The surveys described herein are authorized
by title 13, United States Code (U.S.C.), sections 131 and 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 2023 for the
reference year 2022. The next economic census will occur in 2028 for
the reference year 2027.
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 Integrated Economic Survey (AIES)
The AIES is a new survey designed to combine several existing
Census Bureau annual survey collections to reduce respondent burden and
simultaneously increase data quality and operational efficiencies. The
AIES integrates and replaces the following existing annual collections:
the Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS) (Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number 0607-0013), the Annual Wholesale Trade Survey
(AWTS) (OMB control number 0607-0195), the Service Annual Survey (SAS)
(OMB control number 0607-0422), the Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM)
(OMB control number 0607-0449), the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey
(ACES) (OMB control number 0607-0782), the Manufacturer's Unfilled
Orders Survey (M3UFO) (OMB control number 0607-0561), and the Report of
Organization (OMB control number 0607-0444).
The AIES covers all domestic, private, non-farm employer businesses
in the U.S. (50 States and the District of Columbia) as defined by the
2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Exclusions
are most foreign operations of U.S. businesses and most government
operations (including the U.S. Postal Service), agricultural production
companies, and private households. The AIES sample is selected from a
frame of approximately 5.4 million companies constructed from the
Business Register (BR), which is the Census Bureau's master business
list.
The AIES estimates will include data on employment; revenue
including sales; shipments; receipts; taxes, contributions; gifts and
grants; products; e-commerce activity; operating expenses including
purchased services; payroll; benefits; rental payments; utilities;
interest; equipment; materials and supplies; other detailed operating
expenses; and assets which includes capital expenditures; inventories;
depreciable assets; and robotics.
The AIES will provide continuous and timely national and
subnational statistical data on the economy. Government program
officials, industry organization leaders, economic and social analysts,
business entrepreneurs, and domestic and foreign researchers in
academia, business, and government will use statistics from AIES.
More information regarding the AIES can be found in the Information
Collection Request approved by the Office of Management and Budget on
February 7, 2024 at the following link: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202310-0607-003">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202310-0607-003</a>
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.
More information regarding the ABS can be found in the Information
Collection Request approved by the Office of Management and Budget on
April 24, 2023 at the following link: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202301-0607-003">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202301-0607-003</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
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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 BERD 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>.
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: AIES, 0607-1024; ABS, 0607-1004; Business and
Professional Classification Report, 0607-0189; and BERD, 0607-0912.
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: March 19, 2024.
Shannon Wink,
Program Analyst, Policy Coordination Office, U.S. Census Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2024-06226 Filed 3-22-24; 8:45 am]
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