Notice2024-19090
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Annual Integrated Economic Survey
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Published
August 26, 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 a proposed revision to the Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES), prior to the submission of the information collection request (ICR) to OMB for approval.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 165 (Monday, August 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68388-68390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19090]
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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; Annual Integrated Economic Survey
AGENCY: Census Bureau, Department of 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 a
proposed revision to the Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES),
prior to the submission of the
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information collection request (ICR) to OMB for approval.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received on or before October 25, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by
email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1e4a7671737f6d3054304d73776a765e7d7b706d6b6d30797168"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2c784443414d5f0266027f414558446c4f49425f595f024b435a">[email protected]</span></a>. Please reference Annual Integrated
Economic Survey (AIES) in the subject line of your comments. You may
also submit comments, identified by Docket Number USBC-2024-0021, 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 Edward Watkins, U.S. Census Bureau, Economy-wide Statistics Division
(EWD) by phone (301) 763-4750, or by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7a3f1e0d1b081e543f542d1b0e11131409543333333a191f14090f09541d150c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e1a48596809385cfa4cfb680958a888f92cfa8a8a8a182848f929492cf868e97">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES) is designed to
integrate and replace seven existing annual business surveys into one
survey. The AIES provides the only comprehensive national and
subnational data on business revenues, expenses, and assets on an
annual basis. The AIES is designed to combine Census Bureau collections
to reduce respondent burden, increase data quality, and allow the
Census Bureau to operate more efficiently to reduce long term costs.
The existing collections integrated into the AIES are the Annual Retail
Trade Survey (ARTS), Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS), Service
Annual Survey (SAS), Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM), Annual
Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES), Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders
Survey (M3UFO), and the Report of Organization.
The AIES collects the following information from employer
businesses in sample:
<bullet> Business characteristics, including employment, operating
status, organizational change, ownership information, and co-op status.
<bullet> Business classification, including business activity, type
of operation, and tax status.
<bullet> Revenue, including sales, shipments, and receipts, taxes,
contributions, gifts, and grants, products, e-commerce activity, and
other sources of revenue.
<bullet> Operating expenses, including purchased services, payroll,
benefits, and other detailed operating expenses.
<bullet> Capital expenditures and inventories.
<bullet> Robotic equipment expenditures and usage.
In preparation for the 2024 AIES, we are looking ahead and
evaluating options to reduce respondent burden. The Census Bureau is
considering a reduction in the content that we collect from
respondents. We have identified areas where we can reduce the content
collected from respondents without significantly impacting data users.
We are considering the consolidation of select items that pertain to
Revenues, Operating Expenses, Inventories, and Capital Expenditures. We
have identified the content we would like to reduce/consolidate and are
currently working with key stakeholders to incorporate feedback. Our
intention is that the reduction in content would have a positive impact
on respondents and would be of minimal or no impact to both internal
and external stakeholders, and the public.
All reduced/streamlined or combined content will be based on
research, debriefing interviews, and feedback received from survey
respondents during the 2023 collection period and any resulting
reduction in respondent burden will be included in the revision request
submitted to OMB after the conclusion of this 60-day comment period.
One of the key features of the AIES is the ability, with Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval, to add and delete questions based
on the importance of the economic situation at the time. The AIES may
include new questions each year based on relevant business topics.
Potential topics for such new questions could include technological
advances including but not limed to artificial intelligence, machine
learning, bioeconomy, financial technology robotics, exporting
practices, energy, globalization, major event or catastrophe, and
emerging societal trends. Any new questions or deletion of existing
questions will be submitted to OMB for review as a revision with 30-day
notice.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents are notified via email and/or letter about their
requirement to respond and how to access the survey, with responses due
within 30 days. Select businesses receive a reminder before the due
date through email or letter. Nonrespondents are followed up with up to
three email or mail reminders at one-month intervals.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607-1024.
Type of Review: Regular submission, request for a revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses, or other for profit or non-profit
institutions or organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 393,460 companies.
Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours and 23 minutes per company
(this estimate will be re-evaluated based on results of testing reduced
content).
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,336,892.
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: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 131, 182, and 193.
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.
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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. 2024-19090 Filed 8-23-24; 8:45 am]
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