Notice2024-17290
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for Emergency Economic Information Collections
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Published
August 6, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentCensus Bureau
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63915-63916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17290]
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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; Generic Clearance for Emergency Economic Information
Collections
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 May 29, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.
Title: Generic Clearance for Emergency Economic Information
Collections.
OMB Control Number: 0607-1019.
Form Number(s): Various.
Type of Request: Regular submission, Request for an Extension,
without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection.
Number of Respondents: 300,000.
Average Hours Per Response: 10 minutes.
Burden Hours: 50,000.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau plans to request a 3-year
extension of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the
Generic Clearance for Emergency Economic Information Collections
(EEIC). The EEIC provides the quick turn-around necessary for
conducting emergency economic information collections in response to
unanticipated international, national, or regional declared emergencies
or events of national interest arising as a direct result of declared
emergencies having a significant economic impact on U.S. businesses
and/or state or local governments. The purpose of the collections is to
gauge and monitor the economic impact of such events on U.S. businesses
or organizations and state or local governments.
Emergencies, once declared by the authorized state or federal
official or entity, that could trigger the need for an EEIC may have
global, national, or regional impact on U.S. businesses and
governments, and include the following examples:
--Pandemic or other health emergency
--Natural or manmade disaster
--Acts of war or terrorism
--Civil unrest or insurrection
Other events of national interest arising as a direct result of
declared emergencies may also have a significant impact on U.S.
businesses or governments. General categories of national interest
events arising as a direct result of declared emergencies which could
trigger the need for an EEIC are:
--Economic crises
--Financial crises
--International geo-political instabilities
--Resource shortages
--Cyberterrorism
--New legislation passed as a direct result of a declared emergency
EEIC questions may be included as supplemental questions on
existing Census Bureau surveys or conducted as new special-purpose
surveys. The data will be collected by paper or electronic instruments,
depending on the survey or program.
EEIC questions will be chosen from a pretested Question Bank. For
some subjects, the Question Bank includes specific questionnaire
content. In other cases, the Question Bank includes topics which will
then be addressed with questions designed to meet data needs that arise
during a future unknown event. Some questions have been cognitively
tested and should be considered final; some may require testing for
final wording. Questions that may require testing and refinement are
annotated in the Question Bank. As the Question Bank matures with new
or revised content, the Census Bureau will resubmit the bank for
review.
Prior to adding EEIC questions to any survey, the Census Bureau
will consult with OMB and submit a request for approval, allowing
between 3 and 10 business days for OMB action. Over the existing period
of clearance, the EEIC Generic Clearance was used to clear supplemental
questions which were added to existing surveys, responsive to
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both recession conditions resulting from the COVID 19 Pandemic and
various severe weather events which occurred in 2022.
As data collections will be tailored to the emergency, users of the
data may vary, but may include: federal, state, or local officials
charged with decision- making during the emergency; business leaders
and policymakers wishing to develop plans to ameliorate the effects of
the emergency; academics and members of the press wishing to study and
disseminate information about the emergency; and the public. The data
collected will help us understand how and why data we collect in our
ongoing surveys may be affected by the emergency, as well as allow us
to disseminate data as part of existing releases, new releases, or
experimental releases.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 131, 161 and 182.
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 0607-1019.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-17290 Filed 8-5-24; 8:45 am]
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