[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 94 (Friday, May 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 27053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12955]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census


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: 1999 American Community Survey.
    Form Number(s): ACS-1, -1(GQ), -3(GQ), -10, -12(L), -13(L),-14(L), 
-16(L), -20, -30.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0810.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 227,500 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 425,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 32 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau is developing a methodology to 
produce ``long-form'' data on a continual basis that we traditionally 
have collected once a decade as part of the decennial census. This 
methodology is called continuous measurement (CM). Since the Census 
Bureau collects the long-form data only once every ten years, the data 
become out of date over the course of the decade. Also, there is an 
increasing need for data describing lower geographic detail. CM will 
provide current data throughout the decade for small areas and small 
subpopulations.
    The American Community Survey (ACS) is the data collection vehicle 
for CM. The Census Bureau began a test and demonstration of the 
capabilities of the survey collection and processing system in 1995. 
Four sites around the country were originally selected. This number has 
increased slightly through 1998 (presently nine sites). The 1999 ACS 
will be conducted in 45 sites, including the current nine sites. Over 
the next three years (1999--2001), we will be greatly expanding the 
number of sites covered and comparing ACS results to those of the long 
form which will be administered in the Census 2000. This 3-year period 
will help us to understand the differences between the ACS and the 
Census 2000 long form. Current plans are to put the ACS fully in place 
in 2003.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, 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: May 12, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 98-12955 Filed 5-14-98; 8:45 am]
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