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[Federal Register: July 5, 1994]


                                                   VOL. 59, NO. 127

                                              Tuesday, July 5, 1994

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: Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3).
    Form Number(s): M-3(SD).
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0008.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 24,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 6,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts the M3 survey, one of 
the principal Federal economic indicators, to collect monthly 
manufacturing data from a sample of firms in the manufacturing sector 
of the economy. The data are used to analyze short- and long-term 
trends in the manufacturing sector and as related to other sectors of 
the economy. The shipments and inventory data are essential inputs into 
the gross domestic product accounts, while the orders data are direct 
inputs into the leading economic indicator series. The survey also 
provides valuable and timely data for economic planning and analysis to 
business firms, trade associations, research and consulting agencies, 
and academia on the domestic manufacturing sector.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, 
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 Gerald Tache, 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: June 28, 1994.
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 94-16211 Filed 7-1-94; 8:45 am]
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