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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

    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: 1993 Survey of Housing Starts, Sales, and Completions.
    Form Number(s): SOC 900, 900.1, 900.1(L), 900A, 900A.1, 900A.1(L).
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0110.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 4,849 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 6,865.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 12 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Survey of Housing Starts, Sales, and 
completions, also known as the Survey of Construction (SOC), is 
conducted by Census to collect information on construction 
characteristics from a sample of home builders, real estate agents, and 
new home owners. The survey is conducted by mailing out a questionnaire 
to respondents. A Census interviewer calls the respondent a few days 
later to transcribe the information onto another form. During the 
period of 1995 to 1996, Census plans to gradually replace the 
transcription form with an automated format on laptop computer. The 
change will be transparent to respondents except that the interviewer 
will be able to perform interactive editing of the respondents' answers 
during the interview. The data gathered are used to publish estimates 
of the number of new residential housing units started, under 
construction and completed, and the number of new homes sold and for 
sale. Statistics from the SOC are used by government agencies and 
private companies to monitor and evaluate this sector of the economy.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, businesses or other 
for-profit institutions, small businesses or organizations.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Maria Gonzalez, (202) 395-7313.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Edward Michals, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3271, Department of Commerce, room 5312, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Maria Gonzalez, OMB Desk Officer, room 
3208, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: February 24, 1994.
Edward Michals,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 94-4620 Filed 2-28-94; 8:45 am]
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