[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 57 (Friday, March 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11807-11808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6920]



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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: 1995 Census Test - Integrated Coverage Measurement (Housing 
Unit Follow-up).
    Form Number(s): DG-1377.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0804.
    Type of Request: Extension, EMERGENCY REVIEW.
    Burden: 250 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2,241.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Needs and Uses:  Prompted by the need to improve estimation 
techniques during the decennial census, the Census Bureau has developed 
an Integrated Coverage Measurement (ICM) approach to be tested during 
the 1995 Census Test. The ICM approach will utilize a separately 
sampled group of blocks within the 1995 Census Test sites which will be 
independently listed and then interviewed in addition to being 
enumerated in the census test. We will reconcile differences between 
the independent roster obtained in the ICM interviews and the census 
test results. This reconciliation will allow us to measure our coverage 
of persons in missed housing units and coverage of persons missed 
within housing units enumerated in the census test. Before ICM 
interviews are conducted, the independent listing will be enhanced by 
matching to existing census records. We will use the Housing Unit 
Follow-up Form to resolve non-matches and duplicate addresses. ICM 
interviews will then be conducted at housing units on the ``enhanced 
listing.'' Emergency review of an extension of the current clearance is 
necessary because of delays in planned field work due to the Federal 
government shutdowns last year and earlier this year.
    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 18, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-6920 Filed 3-21-96; 8:45 am]
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