[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 21790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10905]



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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: Annual Retail Trade Report.
    Form Number(s): B-151, B-151A, B-151D, B-153, B-153D.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0013.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 8,686 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 20,805.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 25 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Bureau of the Census conducts the Annual Retail 
Trade Survey to collect annual totals of sales, inventories, inventory 
valuation methods, purchases, and accounts receivable balances from a 
sample of retail establishments in the United States. The estimates 
compiled from this survey are critical to the accurate measurement of 
total economic activity and are used in computing such indicators of 
economic well-being as the Gross Domestic Product and the National 
Income and Product Accounts. Survey results also provide valuable 
information for economic policy decisions and actions by the government 
and are widely used by private businesses, trade organizations, 
professional associations, and others for market research and analysis. 
This request for revision informs OMB of some recent methodological 
changes the Census Bureau has implemented for estimating retail 
nonemployers and recent employer births. We now use new Employer 
Identification Numbers (EINs) and administrative records provided by 
the Internal Revenue Service for estimating these components of retail 
trade. Previously we used an area sample.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annual.
    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 
10201, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: April 27, 1995.
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 95-10905 Filed 5-2-95; 8:45 am]
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