[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2644-2645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1177]


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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: Survey of Program Dynamics--Bridge Survey.

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    Form Number(s): SPD-1(L), 1(L)SP, 2(L), 3.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 26,875 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 35,000.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 45 minutes--interview; 11 minutes--
reinterview.
    Needs and Uses: With the August 22, 1996 signing of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 
104-193), the Bureau of the Census is required to conduct the Survey of 
Program Dynamics (SPD) using as the sample households from the 1992 and 
1993 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). The SPD will be 
a large, longitudinal, nationally-representative study that measures 
features of the welfare programs, including both programs that are 
being reformed and those that remain unchanged. The SPD will also 
measure other important social, economic, demographic and family 
changes that reflect the effectiveness of the welfare reforms.
    A sample of respondents originally in the 1992 and 1993 SIPP panels 
will be interviewed once a year from 1997-2001, and perhaps longer 
depending on funding. Separate OMB clearance requests will be submitted 
for a 1997 pretest and the 1998-2001 surveys. Prior to conducting the 
pretest of the initial SPD questionnaire, the Bureau of the Census will 
conduct a bridge survey (the subject of this request) during April-June 
1997 using the March 1997 Current Population Survey (CPS) 
questionnaire, which contains annual retrospective questions on work 
experience, earnings, program participation, and health insurance 
coverage. A portion of the bridge survey panel, approximately 10 
percent, will be reinterviewed for quality control purposes.
    This bridge survey and data already gathered in the 1992 and 1993 
SIPP panels will provide baseline data for approximately 35,000 
households for the period prior to the implementation of the welfare 
reform activities. With the pretest in the fall of 1997, the full 
survey implementation in the spring of 1998, and annually thereafter 
through 2001, the data gathered for the 10-year period (1992-2001) will 
aid in assessing short to medium-term consequences or outcomes of the 
welfare legislation. We plan to utilize a financial incentive program 
in the bridge survey as an attempt to attain a higher response rate. 
Some households that complete an interview will receive a small 
monetary gift for their cooperation in the survey. We will observe how 
this financial incentive affects response rates.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 42 U.S.C., Section 614 (Pub. L. 104-193, 
Sect. 414).
    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: January 8, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-1177 Filed 1-16-97; 8:45 am]
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