Notice2024-11836
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Business and Professional Classification Report
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May 30, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 105 (Thursday, May 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46854-46855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11836]
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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; Business and Professional Classification Report
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
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collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on
March 8, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.
Title: Business and Professional Classification Report.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0189.
Form Number(s): SQ-CLASS.
Type of Request: Regular submission, Request for an Extension,
without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection.
Number of Respondents: 60,000.
Average Hours per Response: 13 minutes.
Burden Hours: 13,000.
Needs and Uses: This request is for continued clearance of the
Business and Professional Classification Report (SQ-CLASS Report). The
primary purpose of the SQ-CLASS Report is to meet the ongoing sample
needs of the Census Bureau's current business surveys of the retail
trade, wholesale trade, and services portions of the economy as defined
by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The data
collected by the SQ-CLASS Report are used to update the samples in our
current business surveys to reflect newly opened establishments.
Additionally, establishments in the five-year economic census will
receive data collection instruments specifically tailored to their
industry based on the classification information obtained by the SQ-
CLASS Report. Businesses in Support Activities for Crop Production
(NAICS 1151) and Support Activities for Animal Production (NAICS 1152)
are included in the scope and collection of the Economic Census. To
ensure that businesses are properly classified, the scope of the SQ-
CLASS Report includes businesses in the Agriculture Sector (NAICS
Sector 11) that are not fully classified. This accounts for
approximately 600 cases in the SQ-CLASS Report's sample each year.
To keep current with rapid changes in the marketplace caused by new
businesses (a.k.a. births) the Census Bureau samples newly assigned
Employer Identification Numbers (EINs) obtained from the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS). Each EIN can only be selected once for the SQ-
CLASS Report. EINs selected for the SQ-CLASS Report sample are asked to
provide data about the establishment(s) associated with the new EIN
including a more reliable measure of size, consisting of sales in two
recent months, company affiliation information, a new or more detailed
industry classification code, and other key information needed to
maintain proper coverage of the business universe on the Business
Register (BR) for the current business surveys.
Based on information collected on the SQ-CLASS Report form, EINs
meeting the criteria for inclusion in the Census Bureau's current
business surveys are eligible for a second phase of sampling. The
retail, wholesale, and services EINs selected in this second sampling
are asked to report monthly for the retail and wholesale surveys and
quarterly for the services survey.
The Economic Census and the current business surveys represent the
primary source of facts about the structure and function of the U.S.
economy, providing essential information to government and the business
community in making sound decisions. This information helps build the
foundation for the calculation of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and
other economic indicators. Crucial to its success are the accuracy and
reliability of the BR data, which provides the Economic Census and
current business surveys with their establishment lists. Critical to
the quality of information housed in the BR is that each of the
statistical units has an accurate industry classification, measure of
size, activity status, and physical address. The vital information
obtained from the SQ-CLASS Report is fed back to the BR to represent
changes in industries and confirm coverage between the years of the
Economic Census.
We are not proposing any major changes to the collection. Minimal
changes are being made to the economic activity descriptions in the
primary business activity question on the SQ-CLASS Report. Respondents
will continue to choose the economic sector of their business and then
select their type of business from a list of business activities based
on their response to the economic sector question. If the respondent
does not see their business activity listed, then they will provide a
brief description of their business activity. This is the same
methodology that the Census Bureau uses in the Economic Census to
assign industry classification.
Frequency: One time.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: The Census Bureau conducts this survey under the
authority of an Act of Congress, Title 13, U.S.C., Sections 131, 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 0607-0189.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-11836 Filed 5-29-24; 8:45 am]
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