[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43698-43699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21727]


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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: 1997 Company Organization Survey.
    Form Number(s): NC-9901.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0444.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 90,832 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 181,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts the annual Company 
Organization Survey (COS) in order to update and maintain a central, 
multipurpose business register, known as the Standard Statistical 
Establishment List (SSEL). In particular, the COS supplies critical 
information to the SSEL concerning the establishment composition, 
organizational structure, and operating characteristics of multi-
establishment enterprises. The SSEL serves two fundamental purposes:

--First and most important, it provides sampling populations and 
enumeration lists for the Census Bureau's economic surveys and 
censuses, and it serves as an integral part of the statistical 
foundation underlying those programs. Essential for this purpose is the 
SSEL's ability to identify all known United States business 
establishments and their parent enterprises. Further, the SSEL must 
accurately record basic business attributes needed to control sampling 
and enumeration. These attributes include industrial and geographic 
classifications, measures of size and economic activity, ownership 
characteristics, and contact information (for example, name and 
address).
--Second, it provides establishment data that serve as the basis for 
the annual County Business Patterns (CBP) statistical series. CBP 
reports present data on number of establishments, first quarter 
payroll, annual payroll, and mid-March employment summarized by 
industry and employment size class for the United States, states, the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, counties, and county-equivalents. No 
other annual or more frequent series of industry statistics provides 
comparable detail,

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particularly for small geographic areas.

    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Sections 131, 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, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5327, 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 5, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-21727 Filed 8-14-97; 8:45 am]
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