[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 151 (Friday, August 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 47540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-19883]


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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: 2011 Government Units Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0930.
    Form Number(s): GUS-1.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of an expired 
collection.
    Burden Hours: 57,375.
    Number of Respondents: 76,500.
    Average Hours per Response: 45 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The 2011 Government Units Survey will be used to 
update the universe list of public sector entities for the 2012 Census 
of Governments. Each of the estimated 76,500 non-school governments 
will be sent a form. Respondents will be asked to verify or correct the 
name and mailing address of the government, answer the questions on the 
form, and return the form.
    The directory survey for the 2007 Census of Governments, form G-30, 
was mailed to special district governments only. The form collected 
only basic information on the governing board, authorizing legislation, 
the Web address, agency activity, and employment and payroll data. The 
employment and payroll data were used in lieu of a response to the 
March 2007 Census of Governments: Employment, for special district 
governments. The Government Units Survey (GUS) collects more data and 
will be mailed to municipalities, townships, counties, and special 
districts. The GUS-1 consists of nine broad content areas: background 
information, debt, license and permit fees, taxes, retirement/pension 
plan, government activity, public services, judicial or legal 
activities, and finance. The first eight content areas consist 
predominantly of yes/no questions and are designed to collect 
information on the general characteristics of the government. The 
finance section of the questionnaire requests four numerical values: 
payroll, expenditures, revenues, and debt.
    The GUS will be used to produce the official count of local 
government units in the United States; to obtain descriptive 
information on the basic characteristics of governments; to identify 
and delete inactive units from the official list of public entities 
maintained by the Governments Division of the Census Bureau; to 
identify file duplicates and units that were dependent on other 
governments; and to update and verify the mailing addresses of 
governments. The basic characteristics collected with the GUS will 
allow us to reduce the burden on small governments by improving small 
area estimates and imputation methods from a smaller sample size.
    Affected Public: State, local or Tribal governments.
    Frequency: Every 5 years.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, Section 161, of the United States Code.
    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 
dhynek@doc.gov).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245) 
or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).

    Dated: August 2, 2011.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-19883 Filed 8-4-11; 8:45 am]
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