Notice2026-11172
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; High-Frequency Surveys Program/Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS)
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June 4, 2026
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 107 (Thursday, June 4, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 33687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-11172]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; High-Frequency Surveys Program/Household
Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS)
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. On January
15, 2025, the Department of Commerce (Department) received clearance
from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to conduct the Household Trends and
Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS) recruitment operation, January topical
operation and February topical operation (0607-1029). We received
approval for the March, April, and May HTOPS collections on April 11,
2025. On June 16, 2025, we were approved for the June and August 2025
topical collections. On September 24, 2025, we were approved for the
September, October, and December 2025 topical collections. On March 12,
2026, we were approved for the March and May 2026 data collections. The
HTOPS is designed to ensure availability of frequent data collection
for nationwide estimates on a variety of topics for a variety of
subgroups of the population. This notice serves to inform of the
Department's intent to request clearance from OMB to conduct the HTOPS
2026 July, September, and November data collections. The July,
September, and November surveys will include content from the Household
Pulse Survey. Household Pulse Survey content continues to serve as an
experimental endeavor in cooperation with other federal agencies to
produce near real-time data to understand the effects of current
events, including health events, and other social or economic events
facing the nation or a significant portion of the nation.
Data collected in the HTOPS demonstrates the ability to quickly
collect and disseminate high-frequency data products that inform the
public in urgent circumstances. Data products will include public-use
data files and detailed data tables, which can be used by federal,
state, and local agencies; academic and non-government organizations;
the media; and the public.
It is the Department's intention to commence data collection using
the revised instruments on or about July 1, 2026, September 2, 2026,
and October 28, 2026. 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 publication to the
Federal Register on December 9, 2024 (89 FR 97582), February 28, 2025
(90 FR 10879), May 13, 2025 (90 FR 20272), August 20, 2025 (90 FR
40560), and February 9, 2026 (91 FR 5705) during a 30-day comment
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.
Title: High Frequency Surveys Program/Household Trends and Outlook
Pulse Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607-1029.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission, Request for a Revision of a
Currently Approved Collection.
Number of Respondents: 13,564 (162,768 annually).
Average Hours Per Response: .333 (20 minutes).
Burden Hours: 4,517 (54,202 annually).
Needs and Uses: The High-Frequency Surveys Program was established
as a natural progression from the creation of the Household Pulse
Survey. The Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey is a probability-
based, nationwide, nationally representative survey designed to test
methods to collect data on a variety of topics of interest, and for
conducting experimentation on alternative question wording and
methodological approaches. The goal of the HTOPS is to ensure
availability of frequent data collection for nationwide estimates on a
variety of topics and a variety of subgroups of the population, meeting
standards for transparent quality reporting of the federal statistical
agencies and the Office of Management and Budget.
Households selected for the HTOPS are recruited from the Census
Bureau's gold standard Master Address File. This ensures that the HTOPS
is rooted in this rigorously developed and maintained frame and
available for linkage to administrative records securely maintained and
curated by the Census Bureau. Invitations to complete the monthly
surveys will be sent via mailed letters. Questionnaires will be mainly
internet self-response. The HTOPS will maintain representativeness by
allowing respondents who do not use the internet to respond via
computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI). Each HTOPS monthly
data collection will rely on an independent, cross-sectional sample to
maintain representativeness.
Affected Public: Households.
Frequency: Monthly.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 141, 182
and 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 0607-1029.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary of
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2026-11172 Filed 6-3-26; 8:45 am]
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