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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: Current Population Survey - November 1994 Computer Ownership 
and Usage Supplement.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 715 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 55,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 0.8 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: We request OMB approval to collect data concerning 
ownership and usage of home computers as a one-time supplement to the 
November 1994 Current Population Survey which will be conducted during 
the week of November 13 - 19. Questions will concern current use of 
computers and on-line services, interest in using such services if they 
are not being currently used, price sensitivity, privacy concerns, and 
use by school-age children. We will collect these data at the request 
of the Department of Commerce (DOC). The data gathered will allow DOC 
to analyze computer ownership and use (including use of on-line 
services) by various demographic and geographic segments of the 
population. The information will permit a better understanding of the 
actions required to meet the goal of ``universal service'' (ensuring 
that information resources are available to all at affordable prices) 
contained in the ``Agenda for Action'' released by the Information 
Infrastructure Task Force on September 15, 1993. It will also provide 
data for evaluating the size of the market for National Information 
Infrastructure services and products, which is important for 
stimulating private investment --another goal of the agenda.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One time only.
    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 
10201, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: October 20, 1994.
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 94-26445 Filed 10-24-94; 8:45 am]
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