Notice2024-13668
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; High-Frequency Surveys Program/Household Pulse Survey
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Published
June 21, 2024
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Commerce DepartmentCensus Bureau
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52021-52022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13668]
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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; High-Frequency Surveys Program/Household Pulse Survey
On March 27, 2024, 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 4.1 of the Household
Pulse Survey (OMB No. 0607-1029, Exp. 01/31/27). The Department is
committed to ensuring that the data collected by the Household Pulse
Survey continue to meet information needs as they may evolve. This
notice serves to inform of the Department's intent to request clearance
from OMB to make some revisions to the Household Pulse Survey
questionnaire. To ensure that the data collected by the Household Pulse
Survey continue to meet emergent information needs as they evolve, the
Department submits the following Request for Revision to an Existing
Collection for a revised Phase 4.2 questionnaire 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.
Phase 4.2 includes new questions on access to transportation and
the internet and reinstated questions on the shortage of critical
items. There are also revisions to the response options for the ages of
children question and revisions to the text of the school enrollment
question. The question asking if there are any babies or infants in the
household and unemployment insurance items were removed. We are also
including a test of several different ways of collecting income and
expense information to determine which options best lower respondent
burden and increase response rates in internet mode. The results of
this test will be for internal use only.
It is the Department's intention to commence data collection using
the revised instrument on or about July 23, 2024. 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 15, 2024 (OMB No. 0607-1029) during a 30-
day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for
public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.
Title: High Frequency Surveys Program/Household Pulse Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607-1029.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission, Request for a Revision of a
Currently Approved Collection.
Number of Respondents: 264,600.
Average Hours per Response: .333 (20 minutes).
Burden Hours: 88,112.
Needs and Uses: The High-Frequency Surveys Program was established
as a natural progression from the creation of the Household Pulse
Survey. The Census Bureau developed the Household Pulse Survey to
produce near real-time data in a time of urgent and acute need to
inform federal and state action in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Changes in the measures over time provided insight into individuals'
experiences on social and economic dimensions during the period of the
pandemic. It has evolved to include content on other emergent social
and economic issues facing
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households and is designed to supplement the federal statistical
system's traditional benchmark data products with a new data source
that provides relevant and timely information based on a high-quality
sample frame, data integration, and cooperative expertise.
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 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 0607-1029.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-13668 Filed 6-20-24; 8:45 am]
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