Notice2024-15935
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement
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July 19, 2024
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Commerce DepartmentCensus Bureau
Abstract
The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, invites 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. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment on the proposed revision of the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to the Current Population Survey, prior to the submission of the information collection request (ICR) to OMB for approval.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58716-58717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15935]
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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; Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic
Supplement
AGENCY: Census Bureau, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, invites 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. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment on the
proposed revision of the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC)
to the Current Population Survey, prior to the submission of the
information collection request (ICR) to OMB for approval.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received on or before September 17,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by
email to the Current Population Surveys Branch email address at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0c4d3c48ec3d0d3e0c3c5ced3d5d38ec7cfd6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="482c3b2c662b383b082b2d263b3d3b662f273e">[email protected]</span></a>. Please reference the Annual Social and Economic
Supplement (ASEC) in the subject line of your comments. You may also
submit comments, identified by Docket Number USBC-2024-0018, to the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. All comments
received are part of the public record. No comments will be posted to
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> for public viewing until after the comment
period has closed. Comments will generally be posted without change.
All Personally Identifiable Information (for example, name and address)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do
not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information. You may submit attachments to electronic
comments in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF file formats.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed
to Kyra Linse, Survey Director, Current Population Surveys via the
internet at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#abcfd8cf85c8dbd8ebc8cec5d8ded885ccc4dd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7a1e091e54190a093a191f14090f09541d150c">[email protected]</span></a>, or by phone at 301-763-9280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Census Bureau plans to request clearance from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for the collection of data concerning the
Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to be conducted in
conjunction with the February, March, and April Current Population
Survey (CPS). The Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics
sponsor this supplement, which had its beginnings in 1942. This
collection is authorized under title 13, United States Code, sections
141 and 182; and title 29, United States Code, sections 1-9. The
current clearance expires December 31, 2024. The ASEC data collection
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questions and design will remain unchanged from its most recent
collection in 2024, with the exception of a small number of additional
questions on childcare. Adding questions on childcare to the ASEC is
crucial to understanding the childcare landscape in the United States.
While similar questions are asked on other federal surveys, the ASEC
includes other measures of economic well-being, such as the official
poverty and supplemental poverty measures. Including these additional
questions will allow for more direct policy relevant analyses of the
respondent group. Data gathered can provide valuable insights into the
usage, accessibility, and difficulties faced by parents and caregivers,
informing better policy outcomes. The data gathered would also advance
research called for by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,
and Medicine to improve the treatment of childcare in the supplemental
poverty measure. A deeper understanding of these childcare dynamics can
also help identify gaps and enhance family well-being.
Information on work experience, personal income, noncash benefits,
current and previous year health insurance coverage, employer-sponsored
insurance take-up, and migration is collected through the ASEC. The
work experience items in the ASEC provide a unique measure of the
dynamic nature of the labor force as viewed over a one-year period.
These items produce statistics that show movements in and out of the
labor force by measuring the number of periods of unemployment
experienced by people, the number of different employers worked for
during the year, the principal reasons for unemployment, and part-/
full-time attachment to the labor force. We can make indirect
measurements of discouraged workers and others with a casual attachment
to the labor market.
The income data from the ASEC are used by social planners,
economists, government officials, and market researchers to gauge the
economic well-being of the country as a whole, and selected population
group of interest. Government planners and researchers use these data
to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of various assistance
programs. Market researchers use these data to identify and isolate
potential customers. Social planners use these data to forecast
economic conditions and to identify special groups that seem to be
especially sensitive to economic fluctuations. Economists use ASEC data
to determine the effects of various economic forces, such as inflation,
recession, recovery, and so on, and their differential effects on
various population groups.
The ASEC is the official source of national poverty estimates
calculated in accordance with the Office of Management and Budget's
Statistical Policy Directive 14. Two other important national estimates
derived from the ASEC are real median household income and the number
and percent of individuals without health insurance coverage.
The ASEC also contains questions related to (1) medical
expenditures; (2) presence and cost of a mortgage on property; (3)
child support payments; and (4) amount of childcare assistance
received. These questions enable analysts and policymakers to obtain
better estimates of family and household income, and more precisely
gauge poverty status.
II. Method of Collection
The ASEC information will be collected by both personal visit and
telephone interviews in conjunction with the regular February, March
and April CPS interviewing. All interviews are conducted using
computer-assisted interviewing.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607-0354.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission. Request for a Revision of a
Currently Approved Collection.
Affected Public: Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 78,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 25 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 32,500.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0 (This is not the cost of
respondents' time, but the indirect costs respondents may incur for
such things as purchases of specialized software or hardware needed to
report, or expenditures for accounting or records maintenance services
required specifically by the collection.)
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, sections 141 and
182; and title 29, United States Code, sections 1-9.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department/Bureau
to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy
of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed
collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden
on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include, or summarize, each comment in our
request to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address,
phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information
in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--
including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly
available at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold
your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-15935 Filed 7-18-24; 8:45 am]
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