[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 6, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 469] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-220] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request DOC has submitted 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: Bureau of the Census. Title: United States Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal Large Household Follow-up. Form Number(s): DX-1(HF), -2(HF), 19A(L), -19B(L), -19C(L), and Spanish translations. Agency Approval Number: None. Type of Request: New collection. Burden: 3,629 hours. Number of Respondents: 23,500. Avg Hours Per Response: Short form--6 minutes; Long form--25 minutes. Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau has made the development of user- friendly forms a key strategy to reduce respondent burden. The Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal questionnaire (a five-person questionnaire with a continuation roster to list up to seven additional individuals) is shorter than a comparable seven-person detailed version. This strategy is expected to lessen the public perception that responding to the census is an arduous task. The objective of the Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal Large Household Follow-up is to acquire detailed characteristic data for households with more than five members. We will mail a customized questionnaire package to those specific households which listed six or more individuals on the original dress rehearsal census questionnaire. The customized mailing package will consist of the following items: (1) An outgoing envelope addressed to either the respondent name reported on the original returned questionnaire or the Person 1 name; (2) A letter listing the names of all persons on the original questionnaire for whom detailed characteristics were provided and the names of all persons listed on the roster. The letter will request the respondent provide detailed characteristics for the additional individuals listed on the roster; (3) A continuation questionnaire(s) designed for Person 6 through Person 12; and (4) a Business Reply Mail return envelope for the respondent to return the continuation questionnaire. Only one follow-up mailing will be conducted for each identified large household. No personal visit or telephone follow-up is planned. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Frequency: One-time. Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory. Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Sections 141 and 193. OMB Desk Officer: Nancy Kirkendall, (202) 395-7313. Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5327, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to Nancy Kirkendall, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503. Dated: December 30, 1997. Linda Engelmeier, Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and Organization. [FR Doc. 98-220 Filed 1-5-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-07-P