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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: Continuous Measurement System--Random Digit Dialing Test.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 21,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 28,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 45 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau is developing and evaluating a 
design to continuously measure the long-form data that has 
traditionally been collected once a decade as part of the decennial 
census. Under the Continuous Measurement System (CMS) a long-form 
questionnaire would be mailed to a sample of different addresses 
contained in our master address file (MAF) each month. Continuously 
collecting the long-form data will not only provide more timely data, 
but will lessen respondent burden in the decennial census. The first 
phase in this research is to conduct a survey in approximately 2,000 
different households each month over a 14 month period. The objectives 
of this test are to determine the feasibility and costs of a telephone 
nonrespondent follow-up component for the CMS, examine question wording 
to collect ``rolling'' or accumulated income estimates based on 5 years 
of data, review possible seasonal effects on income estimates, 
prototype the processing system, and research the cost and 
effectiveness of using cross-reference directories to obtain phone 
numbers. Random Digit Dialing (RDD) will be employed in the test as a 
means of sampling and for obtaining telephone numbers of households.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    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: August 15, 1994.
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 94-20402 Filed 8-18-94; 8:45 am]
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