[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 51 (Friday, March 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16463-16464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05991]
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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: Generic Clearance for Master Address File (MAF) and
Topographically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER)
Updating Activities.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0809.
Form Number(s): Various.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Burden Hours: 8,924.
Number of Respondents: 163,529.
Average Hours per Response: 3 minutes and 16 seconds.
Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau requests approval from the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of the generic
clearance for a number of activities it plans to conduct to update its
Master Address File (MAF) and maintain the linkage between the MAF and
the Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing
(TIGER) database of address ranges and associated geographic
information. The Census Bureau plans to use the MAF-TIGER database
(MTdb) for post-Census 2010 evaluations, and as a sampling frame for
the American Community Survey and our other demographic current
surveys. The TIGER component of the MTdb is a geographic system that
maps the entire country in Census Blocks with applicable address ranges
or living quarter location information.
The generic clearance for the past three years has proved to be
very beneficial to the Census Bureau. The generic clearance allowed us
to utilize our limited resources on actual operational planning and
development of procedures. The extension will be especially beneficial
over the upcoming three years by enabling us to focus on the efforts to
improve procedures for the future 2020 Census and to continue updating
the MAF.
We will follow the protocol of past generic clearances: 30 days
before the scheduled start date of each census activity, we will
provide OMB with a detailed background on the activity, estimates of
respondent burden and samples of pertinent forms. After the close of
each fiscal year, we will also file a year-end summary report with OMB,
presenting the results of each activity conducted.
The following sections describe the activities to be included under
the clearance. The Census Bureau has conducted these activities (or
similar ones) previously and the respondent burden remains relatively
unchanged from one time to another.
Demographic Area Address Listing (DAAL)
The Demographic Area Address Listing (DAAL) program encompasses the
geographic area updates for the Community Address Updating System
(CAUS) and the area and group quarters frame listings for many ongoing
demographic surveys (the Current Population Survey, the Consumer
Expenditures Survey, etc.), and any other operations which choose to
use the Automated Listing and mapping System (ALMI) for evaluations,
assessments, or to collect updates for the MTdb. The CAUS program is
designed to address quality concerns relating to areas with high
concentrations of non-city-style addresses the MAF receives from the
U.S. Postal Service's Delivery Sequence File. The ongoing demographic
surveys, as part of the 2000 Sample Redesign Program, used the MAF as
one of several sources of addresses from which they selected their
samples. In fiscal year 2010, the DAAL operation accessed a job aid
used in the 2010 Address Canvassing operation to identify units in
small multi-unit structures. The DAAL program is a cooperative effort
among many divisions at the Census Bureau; it includes automated
listing software, systems, and procedures that will allow us to conduct
listing operations in a dependent manner based on information contained
in the MAF.
The DAAL operations will be conducted on an ongoing basis in
potentially any county across the country. Field Representatives (FRs)
will canvass selected Census 2010 tabulation blocks to improve the
address list in areas where substantial address changes may have
occurred that have not been added to the MAF through regular update
operations, and/or in blocks in the area or group quarters frame sample
for the demographic surveys. FRs will update existing address
information, and, when necessary, contact individuals to collect
accurate location and mailing address information. In general, contact
will occur only when the FR is adding a unit to the address list, and/
or the individual's address is not posted or visible to the FR. There
is no pre-determined or scripted list of questions asked as part of
this listing operation. If an address is not posted or visible to the
FR, the FR will ask about the address of the structure, the mailing
address, and, in some instances, the year the structure was built. If
the occupants of these households are not at home, the FR may attempt
to contact a neighbor to determine the best time to find the occupants
at home and/or to obtain the correct address information. At group
quarters, a facility manager is usually contacted to collect
information concerning the facility.
DAAL is an ongoing operation. Listing assignments are distributed
quarterly with the work conducted throughout the time period. We expect
that DAAL listing operation will be conducted throughout the entire
time period of the extension.
2020 Census Research and Testing Program
The 2020 Census Research and Testing program will conduct tests
from FY 13 through FY 15 to research methodologies to improve the
efficiency and effectiveness of the 2020 Census. Among the research is
Test 22, a test that will mainly involve the newly developed MAF error
model. The goal of the MAF error project is to determine the components
of MAF error and to develop an error model for use in measuring MAF
quality. The MAF error project will use data from existing programs as
well as data from Test 22
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to validate the recommended solution. Test 22 is currently scheduled to
be conducted in fiscal year 2013.
The MAF error project is a cooperative effort among many divisions
at the Census Bureau; it includes automated software, systems, and
procedures that will allow us to measure the quality of the MAF. Test
22 is currently a one-time project scheduled for fiscal year 2013.
Enumerators (Listers) will canvass blocks to provide complete list of
residential addresses. Listers will update existing address information
and, when necessary, contact individuals to collect accurate location
and mailing address information. In general, contact will occur only
when the Lister is adding a unit to the address list, and/or the
individual's address is not posted or visible to the Lister. Subsequent
analysis will determine the coverage of the address files, which will
allow for the creation of coverage measures.
The listed activities are not exhaustive of all activities that may
be performed under this generic clearance. We will follow the approved
procedure when submitting any additional activities not specially
listed here.
All activities described above directly support the Census Bureau's
efforts to update the MAF and the TIGER database on a regular basis so
that they will be available for use in conducting and evaluating
statistical programs the Census Bureau undertakes on a monthly, annual
or periodic basis.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 141 and 193.
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: March 12, 2013.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-05991 Filed 3-14-13; 8:45 am]
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