Notice2024-24387
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 2025 Census Household Survey
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Published
October 22, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentCensus Bureau
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84328-84329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24387]
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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; 2025 Census Household Survey
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. This notice allows for 30 days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.
Title: 2025 Census Household Survey.
Form Number(s): None. All information will be collected
electronically.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Number of Respondents: 100,000.
Average Hours per Response: 10 minutes.
Burden Hours: 6,667.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau conducts surveys of
individuals, households, and businesses to provide quality data about
our nation's people and economy. Many Census Bureau surveys offer the
option of responding to the survey online. The Census Bureau
understands the critical importance of protecting the data provided by
our survey respondents, while offering them
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a familiar, efficient, and manageable user experience. The Census
Bureau hopes to achieve these goals through the adoption of industry
best practices and popular solutions in use across the internet.
One element of a user's online survey response experience is
logging in to the survey. The Census Bureau plans to request Office or
Management and Budget (OMB) approval to conduct a test of various log
in and authentication methods for surveys that would offer additional
protection to respondent data, while facilitating respondents' ability
to return to the survey on multiple occasions without having to re-
enter data. This test is referred to as the 2025 Census Household
Survey Test.
The Census Bureau proposes to test four log in and authentication
methods: the current log in method used by surveys like the American
Community Survey (ACS) and three additional methods. The current method
requires users to enter a 12-digit code that is sent to them in the
mail from the Census Bureau in addition to the use of a generated 4-
digit PIN for re-entry, with security questions for individuals who
forget their PIN. The three additional methods require user
verification through a two-factor authentication process, where a user
would provide information like an email, phone number, or account log
in (e.g., Microsoft) and then enter an 8-digit verification code that
has been sent to them in email or text in addition to a 12-digit code
that has been mailed to them by the Census Bureau.
The test will study which industry-standard authentication methods
works best for respondents in a dependent survey response setting by
measuring log in success. The test will be designed to measure log in
success for subpopulations, including historically undercounted
populations.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: This is a one-time survey.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, U.S. Code, Section 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 0607-0971.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-24387 Filed 10-21-24; 8:45 am]
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