[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27004-27005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11338]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: State and Local Government Finance Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0585.
    Form Number(s): F-5, F-11, F-12, F-12(S), F-13, F-25, F-28, F-29, 
F-32, F-42.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden Hours: 74,358.
    Number of Respondents: 31,409.
    Average Hours per Response: 2 hours and 22 minutes average across 
all forms.
    Needs and Uses: This survey provides government finance data for 
state and local governments. It is the only known comprehensive source 
of state and local government finance data collected on a nationwide 
scale using uniform definitions, concepts, and procedures. This survey 
is conducted annually, as a national census every five years, and as a 
sample survey in each of the four intervening years. The Census Bureau 
provides these data to the Federal Reserve Board for constructing the 
Nation's Flow of Funds Accounts and the Bureau of Economic Analysis for 
the National Income and Product Accounts. The data are also used to 
monitor the government sector of the economy and to formulate, develop, 
and review public policy. Federal agencies, state and local 
governments, and the private sector all use these data. The respondents 
to this survey are state and local government officials.
    Our planned form changes for FY2011 include adding additional tax 
collection line items on the F-5 form and collecting one additional 
market value item on the F-11, F-12, and F-12(S) forms. The expected 
burden hour estimate will remain unchanged for these forms. In 
addition, for the 2012 retirement F-11, F-12, and F-12(S) forms, we 
plan to add additional collection detail for membership and benefits 
for defined benefit plans, receipts/payments for defined benefit plans, 
holdings and investment for defined benefit plans, and actuarial 
information for defined benefit plans (F-12 only). The burden hour 
estimate will increase from 2.0 to 2.5 hours for each of the respective 
forms.
    Affected Public: State, local or tribal government.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 161 and 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent

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within 30 days of publication of this notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, 
OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245) or e-mail 
([email protected]).

    Dated: May 5, 2011.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-11338 Filed 5-9-11; 8:45 am]
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