Notice2024-27652
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for 2030 Census Small-Scale Tests, Evaluations, and Database Updates
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Published
November 26, 2024
Issuing agencies
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27652]
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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 2030 Census Small-Scale Tests,
Evaluations, and Database Updates
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 September 11, 2024, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.
Title: Generic Clearance for Census Bureau Field Tests and
Evaluations.
OMB Control Number: 0607-XXXX.
Form Number(s): Not yet determined.
Type of Request: Regular submission, New Information Collection
Request.
Number of Respondents: 162,000-175,000 per year.
Average Hours per Response: 18 minutes.
Burden Hours: 51,000-53,100 hours annually.
Needs and Uses: The upper range for the proposed annual burden
hours is a slight reduction from the 55,000 hours the Census Bureau
estimated in the 60-day Federal Register Notice for this generic
information collection, and that figure was reduced for programmatic
reasons.
The U.S. Census Bureau is committed to conducting research towards
developing a well-managed, cost-effective, high quality decennial
census. To that end, the Census Bureau requests OMB approval for a new
generic clearance to conduct a series of studies to research and
evaluate how to improve data collection activities for 2030 Census
programs at the Census Bureau. These studies will explore how the
Census Bureau can improve efficiency, data quality, and response rates
and reduce respondent burden in future census and survey operations,
evaluations and experiments. This research program is for database
updates, respondent communication, questionnaire and procedure
development and evaluation purposes. We will use data tabulations to
evaluate the results of questionnaire testing. Data will also be used
to update address databases and other datasets used to plan and conduct
larger tests and the 2030 Census itself.
Affected Public: Individuals or households, businesses or other for
profit, farms.
Frequency: Once.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13, Sections 141, 191, 193, 221, and 223.
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 the title of the collection.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-27652 Filed 11-25-24; 8:45 am]
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