[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 44038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21858]


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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: Company Organization Survey.
    Form Number(s): NC-9901.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0444.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 144,500 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 85,000.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 1.7 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts the Company Organization 
Survey (COS) annually to update and maintain the Standard Statistical 
Establishment List (SSEL). The SSEL is a computerized list of all 
employer organizations and their establishments and contains such 
information as name, address, physical location, Standard Industrial 
Classification (SIC) code, employment size code, and company 
affiliation. It provides a single universe for the selection and 
maintenance of statistical samples of establishments, legal entities, 
or enterprises; provides a standard basis for assigning SIC codes; and 
provides establishment level data from multi-establishment companies 
that are summarized and published in the annual County Business 
Patterns series of reports. In this request for revision, we are 
amending instructions and adding relatively short reference lists for 
respondents to use as guides when reporting updated industrial 
classification information for selected establishments; reducing the 
panel size by implementing improved methodology for selectively 
targeting the collection to enterprises affected by changes in 
organization and/or operating characteristics; and removing a one-time 
data inquiry to selected respondents for collecting information on 
respondents' ability and interest in reporting data electronically in 
subsequent years.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Sections 182, 224, and 225.
    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: August 21, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Office, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-21858 Filed 8-26-96; 8:45 am]
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