[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 3275-3276] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-1372] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 1999 Survey of Program Dynamics. Form Number(s): Automated Survey Instrument, SPD-19105(Letter), SPD-19113(Letter). Agency Approval Number: 0607-0838. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection. Burden: 25,150 hours. Number of Respondents: 42,000. Avg Hours Per Response: 36 minutes. Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau seeks OMB approval to conduct the 1999 Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD). The SPD provides the basis for an overall evaluation of how well welfare reforms are achieving the aims of the Administration and the Congress and meeting the needs of the American people. This survey simultaneously measures the important features of the full range of welfare programs, including programs that are being reformed and those that are unchanged, and the full range of other important social, economic, demographic, and [[Page 3276]] family changes that will facilitate or limit the effectiveness of the reforms. The SPD is a longitudinal study that follows a subset of the respondents from the 1992 and 1993 panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). The SPD was first implemented in the Spring of 1997 with a bridge survey which provided a link to baseline data for the period prior to the implementation of welfare reforms. The first full-scale SPD was conducted in 1998. Annual surveys will be conducted through 2002. The data gathered for the 10-year period (1992- 2002) will aid in assessing short- to medium-term consequences of outcomes of the welfare legislation. The majority of questions used in the 1999 SPD will remain the same as those from 1998. New questions for 1999 have been requested by policymakers. These include questions on household expenditures, substance abuse, and extended measures of child well-being. A self- administered questionnaire for adolescents collected in 1998 will not be implemented in the 1999 SPD. Like the 1997 Bridge Survey and 1998 SPD, the 1999 SPD uses an automated questionnaire on laptops for personal visits and telephone interviews. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Frequency: Annually. Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary. Legal Authority: Title 42 USC, Section 614 (P.L. 104-193, Section 414). 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, Washington, DC 20503. Dated: January 15, 1999. Madeleine Clayton, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 99-1372 Filed 1-20-99; 8:145 am] BILLING CODE 3510-07-P