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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: 1995 Census Test - Integrated Coverage Measurement (ICM) 
Independent Listing.
    Form Number(s): DG-1302, DG-1314, DG-31.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 750 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 30,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 1.5 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Prompted by the need to improve estimation 
techniques during the decennial census, the Census Bureau has developed 
the Integrated Coverage Measurement (ICM) approach. This approach will 
be tested in the 1995 Census Test. The ICM test will utilize a 
separately sampled group of blocks within the test sites which will be 
independently listed before the census test is conducted. The results 
of the independent listing will be compared to the housing unit list 
resulting from the census test in a 3-step process: first, computer 
matching, next, clerical matching, and finally, a reinterview to 
reconcile differences between the two lists. This reconciliation will 
identify both housing units missed and those erroneously included in 
the census test. This request is for OMB clearance of the listing phase 
of the ICM test. The remainder of the ICM approach--the reinterview 
phase--will be submitted to OMB separately. The ICM approach supports 
one of the 1995 Census Test objectives--to use sampling and statistical 
estimation to reduce the differential undercount and census costs. 
Results of this test of the ICM approach will be applied to the Year 
2000 Decennial Census.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One time only.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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: August 8, 1994.
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 94-19696 Filed 8-11-94; 8:45 am]
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