[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 4249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01395]
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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 2020 Census Field Tests to Automate
Field Data Collection Activities.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0971.
Form Number(s): TBD.
Type of Request: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously
approved collection for which approval has expired.
Number of Respondents: 36,000.
Average Hours per Response: 0.167.
Burden Hours: 6000.
Needs and Uses: All activities described directly support the
Census Bureau's efforts to maintain or improve quality while
controlling costs in the 2020 Census. The information collected from
households during these tests is to research new technologies to plan
the 2020 Census and motivating messages to encourage respondents to
participate. The Census Bureau will not publish any tabulations or
population estimates from the substantive results of tests conducted
under this clearance. However, methodological papers may be written
that include some tallies of response characteristics or problems, and
responses may be used to inform future research studies building upon
the results of these early tests.
Affected Public: Individuals and households.
Frequency: Once.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13, Section 9.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce
collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-01395 Filed 1-25-16; 8:45 am]
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