[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 59167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23663]


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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: Current Population Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0049.
    Form Number(s): CPS-263, CPS-263(SP), CPS-264, CPS-264(SP), CPS-
266, BC-1428, BC-1428(SP), BC-1433, BC-1433(SP), CPS-692, CPS-504.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden Hours: 19,347.
    Number of Respondents: 59,000.
    Average Hours per Response: The demographic items within the 
monthly CPS interview (including school enrollment) take about 1.6 
minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests authorization from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to increase the universe for 
three of the questions within the Current Population Survey (CPS). The 
monthly school enrollment question in the Current Population Survey has 
long been collected for people from age 16 up to the age of 24, but 
changes in the population dictate a need to increase the universe up to 
the age of 54. Raising the age of respondents to which the monthly 
enrollment question is provided will substantially increase the data 
resources with which analysts and researchers identify the effects of 
federal education and training policies on key, policy-relevant 
populations. This change is sponsored by the National Center for 
Education Statistics (NCES).
    The primary purpose of collecting the school enrollment data from 
the CPS is to relate demographic characteristics (age, sex, race, 
education, occupation, and income) to school enrollment behavior. 
Federal, state, and local governments; college institutions; research 
groups; and other private organizations use the school enrollment data 
collected. Increasing the universe will provide data on how federal 
investments in education and training are affecting those over 24. 
Additionally, monthly data allows us to measure adult enrollment in 
education that does not necessarily coincide with typical enrollments 
in the Fall for younger adults. Further, it allows better measurement 
of how enrollment responds both to changes in the business cycle and 
government policy--federal student aid training programs--that is not 
possible with any other federal data source.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

    Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182.

    OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0336, 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 within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245) 
or email ([email protected]).

    Dated: September 21, 2012.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-23663 Filed 9-25-12; 8:45 am]
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