[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 9424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5471]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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: 1996 Test Census - Integrated Coverage Measurement (ICM) 
Activities (Independent Listing and Housing Unit Follow up).
    Form Number(s): DT-1302, DT-1302A, DT-1314, DT-1377.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 511 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 10,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 2\1/2\ minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau requests OMB approval of the 
activities and instruments associated with conducting the initial 
phases of ICM research in the 1996 Census Test. Prompted by the need to 
improve statistical methodology for estimating population coverage 
during the decennial census, the Bureau of the Census developed the ICM 
approach. In ICM, a sample of census blocks are separately enumerated 
during a census to obtain an independent roster. The independent roster 
is then compared to the census results to measure coverage of housing 
units and of persons in missed housing units and coverage of persons in 
housing units included in the census. The ICM approach was first tested 
in the 1995 Census Test. ICM Research in the 1996 Test Census will 
expand upon results from that earlier test. The instruments and 
procedures for the 1996 Test Census have been separately submitted to 
OMB for review. Additionally, the later stages of ICM research during 
the 1996 Test Census (personal interviewing and final follow ups) will 
be submitted separately at a later date, as they are still in the 
developmental stages.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jerry Coffey, (202) 395-7314.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Acting DOC Forms Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3272, 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 within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Jerry Coffey, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: March 4, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-5471 Filed 3-7-96; 8:45 am]
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