[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 10359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5351]


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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 of 1995, Public Law 104-
13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
    Agency: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: American Community Survey Group Quarters Screening Test.
    Form Number(s): ACS-2(GQ).
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0836.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 75 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 450.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Planning is currently underway for the 1998 
American Community Survey (ACS). Data from the ACS will determine the 
feasibility of a continuous measurement system that provides 
socioeconomic data on a continual basis throughout the decade.
    As part of 1998 ACS testing, a sample of Group Quarters (GQs) will 
be enumerated. GQs include places such as student dorms, correctional 
facilities, hospitals, nursing homes, shelters, and military quarters. 
The forms and procedures for all enumeration aspects of the 1998 ACS, 
including GQ enumeration, have been separately approved by OMB. The 
Census Bureau must also test its procedures for collecting screening 
information from GQ operators prior to the GQ enumeration begins. The 
screening operation, the subject of this request, will serve to update 
information we already have on-hand about the GQ and its residency, 
tell us if the GQ is within scope for ACS enumeration, and, most 
importantly, allow us to determine if a mail enumeration of the 
residents is possible. If a mail enumeration is not possible, face-to-
face interviews with GQ residents will be necessary.
    In this request, we are increasing the burden hours to accommodate 
for the ACS site expansion in 1998. We are also testing only one 
version of the screening form this year (as opposed to three in 1997). 
Other minor procedural changes have also been made.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, farms.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C, Section 182.
    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: February 24, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 98-5351 Filed 3-2-98; 8:45 am]
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