[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 1998)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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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: 1998 Survey of Program Dynamics.
    Form Number(s): The automated survey instrument has no form number. 
Respondent letters are: SPD-9805(L), -9805(L)SP, and -9813(L).
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0838.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 25,150 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 49,800.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Interview--30 minutes; Reinterview--10 
minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD) is a person-
based survey designed as a data collection vehicle that can provide the 
basis for an overall evaluation of how well welfare reforms are 
achieving the aims of the Administration and the Congress, and meeting 
the needs of the American people.
    The SPD will be a large, longitudinal, nationally-representative 
study that measures participation in 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 will allow analysis of the effectiveness of the 
welfare reforms.
    The first interview for the SPD was a bridge survey conducted in 
the spring of 1997. The bridge survey provides a link to baseline data 
for the period prior to the implementation of the welfare reform.
    Data collection will be conducted from 1998 to 2001. Data will be 
collected using a Computer-Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) automated 
questionnaire instrument, from a nationally representative sample of 
U.S. households. A separate interview will be obtained for each 
adolescent member, ages 12 to 17, of our sample households. The 
adolescent interview will be administered by audio-cassette, while the 
adolescent records the answers in a paper answer booklet. A small 
sample of households will be selected for reinterview. The reinterview 
process assures that all households were properly contacted, and that 
the data are valid.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 42 USC, Section 614 (Pub. L. 104-193, 
Section 414).
    OMB Desk Officer: Nancy Kirkendall, (202) 395-7313.
    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 Nancy Kirkendall, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: January 7, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 98-876 Filed 1-13-98; 8:45 am]
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