[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 88 (Monday, May 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 20213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11115]



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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: Questionnaire Pretesting Research.
    Form Number(s): Various.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0725.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 12,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 12,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 1 hour.
    Needs and Uses: In 1991, the Census Bureau obtained a generic 
clearance on an experimental basis, which relaxed some of the time 
constraints and enabled the Census Bureau to begin conducting extended 
cognitive and questionnaire design research as part of testing for its 
censuses and surveys. The clearance covered data collections in the 
demographic, economic, and decennial areas of the Census Bureau, and 
specifically applied to research that is focused on questionnaire 
design and procedures aimed at reducing measurement errors in surveys. 
Types of research include field testing, respondent debriefings, split 
sample experiments, cognitive interviews, and focus groups.The 
clearance has been in place since that time and the Census Bureau is 
now seeking a revision of the clearance. We are requesting an increase 
of 7,500 burden hours annually to conduct quick tests in the decennial 
area to test new ideas and refine or improve upon positive or unclear 
results from other tests.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, Businesses or other 
for-profit, Farms.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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: April 29, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-11115 Filed 5-3-96; 8:45 am]
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