[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23269-23271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09101]
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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
Topologically
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Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) Update
Activities.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0809.
Form Number(s): DF-31DA(E/S) Confidentiality Notice Listing and
Mapping Application Screen Shots.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Number of Respondents:
FY16: 60,000 HH, 2,000 GQs
FY17: 60,000 HH, 2,000 GQs
FY18: 60,000 HH, 2,000 GQs
Average Hours per Response: 3 min/HH; 10 min/GQs.
Burden Hours:
FY16: 3,333
FY17: 3,333
FY18: 3,333
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 Referencing System
(TIGER) of address ranges and associated geographic information. This
MAF/TIGER database (MTdb) serves as the national repository for all of
the spatial, geographic, and residential address data needed for census
and survey data collection, data tabulation, data dissemination,
geocoding services, and map production. The MAF contains all known
living quarters and serves as the base of the census frame, to deliver
questionnaires and postcards and to facilitate in-person data
collection. The goal is to have each address in the MAF linked to a
geographic location in TIGER, the Census Bureau's mapped spatial
database. This linkage also ensures that the census data are processed
and tabulated in the correct geographic location.
The Census Bureau established the first MAF/TIGER System to support
the Census 2000 enumeration. The objective was to build and maintain a
permanent housing unit address list and linked spatial database for
future use. The 1990 Census Address Control File was the initial base
for the MAF. The United States Postal Service (USPS) Delivery Sequence
File (DSF) provided regular updates to the MAF in city-style address
areas. Census 2000 frame operations were the first decennial census
operations to update the MAF. Census 2000 enumeration operations
supplied additional updates to the MAF.
After Census 2000, the advent of the American Community Survey
(ACS), an ongoing census survey to collect community information,
strengthened the need for MTdb updates throughout the decade. Between
2000 and 2010, the Census Bureau continued to use the USPS's DSF to
update the MAF at least twice a year. In addition, the ACS established
the Community Address Updating System, a program that provides field
verified address updates to the MAF particularly in areas where the DSF
is deficient. The Census Bureau used the addresses in the MTdb for the
address frame for the 2010 Census and all frame-building operations and
will do so again for the 2020 Census. These addresses are also used as
a sampling frame for the American Community Survey and our other
demographic current surveys. Maintenance activities for the MTdb are
ongoing.
The generic clearance has proved to be very beneficial to the
Census Bureau. The generic clearance has 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 and continue updating the MTdb for the 2020 Census and
current surveys.
The Census Bureau 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. The estimated number of respondents
is based on historical contact data and applied to the number of Census
blocks in sample.
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 National Health Interview Survey, the area and group
quarters (GQ) frame listings for many ongoing demographic surveys (the
Current Population Survey, the Consumer Expenditures Survey, etc.), and
any other operations that use the MTdb as a frame for data collection.
As noted above, the CAUS program was designed to address quality
concerns relating to areas with high concentrations of noncity-style
addresses and to provide a rural counterpart to the update of city-
style addresses the Census Bureau will receive from the U.S. Postal
Service's DSF. The ongoing demographic surveys, as part of the 2000
Sample Redesign Program, use the MTdb as one of several sources of
addresses from which they select their samples.
The DAAL program is a cooperative effort among many divisions at
the Census Bureau; it includes automated listing software, systems, and
procedures that allow us to conduct address listing operations in a
dependent manner based on information contained in the MTdb. The DAAL
operations are conducted on an ongoing basis in potentially any county
across the country. Census Bureau field staff canvass selected 2010
Census tabulation blocks in an effort to improve the address list in
areas where substantial address changes may have occurred that have not
been added to the MTdb through regular update operations, and/or in
blocks in the area or group quarters frame sample for the demographic
surveys. Staff update existing information and, when necessary, contact
individuals to collect accurate location and mailing address
information. In general, contact with a household occurs only when the
staff is adding a unit to the address list, there is a missing mailing
address flag, and/or the individual's address is not posted or visible
to the staff. There is no pre-determined or scripted list of questions
asked for households as part of this listing operation. If an address
is not posted or visible to the staff, they inquire 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 staff may attempt to contact a neighbor to obtain the
correct address information. DAAL collects Group Quarters information
from all GQs in the selected blocks, and although there is not a
scripted list of questions, the staff will ask information about the GQ
such as the number of beds, the GQ name, and so on.
DAAL is an ongoing operation. Listing assignments are distributed
regularly, with the work conducted throughout the time period. We
expect the DAAL listing operation will be conducted throughout the
entire time period of the extension of this clearance.
MAF Coverage Study
The MAF Coverage Study (MAFCS) is planned as an ongoing Census
Bureau effort to update the MTdb for current surveys and the Decennial
Census, as well as to produce MTdb coverage
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estimates at national and sub-national levels. The coverage estimates
produced as a result of the MAFCS design will allow the Census Bureau
to establish a baseline coverage measure for the MTdb and yearly
measures to assess the impacts of ongoing address updates on the MTdb.
In addition to the traditional updates from the United States Postal
Service and current surveys, the Census Bureau now continuously updates
the MTdb with data from local data providers through the Geographic
Support Systems (GSS). The MAFCS estimates will allow the Census Bureau
to assess the updates from the GSS as well as other ongoing updates.
MAFCS will leverage existing Census Bureau programs and systems to
achieve these objectives. MAFCS data are collected by DAAL staff;
hence, there will be a large increase to the DAAL operation workload.
During Fiscal Year 2016, the bulk of the production field data
collection (18,500 blocks) will occur from April 2016 through September
2017. In subsequent fiscal years, the field data collection will be
spread over a 12-month period from October through September. The MAFCS
uses probabilistic sampling methods to select blocks to canvass in the
United States (except remote areas of Alaska) and Puerto Rico. Blocks
for Puerto Rico will be selected for Fiscal Year 2017 and canvassing
will not begin until April 2017. Blocks that are known to include
public lands, nonresidential military facilities, or only street
medians are out of scope for the MAFCS.
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 specifically
listed here.
All activities described above directly support the Census Bureau's
efforts to update the MTdb on a regular basis so that the most current
MTdb 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: Continuous throughout the three years.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 United States Code, Sections 141 and 193.
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.
Dated: April 15, 2016.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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