[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]


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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

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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]
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