[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14552-14553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: X96-10402]



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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 National Census Survey, aka. Administrative Records 
Notification Evaluation.
    Form Number(s): DN-1A, DN-1B, DN-2A, DN-2B.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 10,030 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 27,200.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 22 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau is testing the use of 
administrative records in the Census 2000 to estimate the 
characteristics of nonresponding households, supplement data for 
respondents that return incomplete forms, and estimate the number of 
persons missed within households. To enhance the usability of 
administrative record information, the Census Bureau is also 
considering asking respondents in the Census 2000 to provide their 
Social Security number (SSN). To further research in these areas the 
Census Bureau plans to conduct the Administrative Records Notification 
Evaluation (ARNE). Approximately 27,000 respondents nationwide will 
receive census forms to complete and mail back (both short- and long-
form versions will be used). Accompanying the forms will be one of two 
different introductory letters containing varying statements addressing 
our use of administrative records. Additionally,

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some respondents will be asked to provide their SSN. Response rates to 
the different mail treatments will assist in the decision of how to 
inform respondents about our use of administrative records and will 
measure respondent sensitivity to asking for SSN.
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    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 27, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96- 7948 Filed 4-1-96; 8:45 am]
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