[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 156 (Thursday, August 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43369-43370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21791]


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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: United States Census 2000.
    Form Number(s): D-1, D-1(E), D-1(E)SUPP, D-1(HF), D-1(UL), D-
1A(UL), D-2, D-2(E), D-2(E)SUPP, D-2(HF), D-2(UL), D-2A(UL), D-10, D-
13, D-15A, D-15B, D-20A, D-20B, D-21, D-23, D-806, D-5(L), D-5(L)(UL), 
D-9, D-9(UL), D-13(L), D-16A(L), D-16A(L)(UL), D-16B(L), D-16B(L)(UL), 
D-19A(L), D-19B(L), D-19C(L), D-5, D-5(UL), D-6, D-6(UL), D-6(ACR),D-7, 
D-7(UL), D-12, D-14, D-8A, D-8B, D-40, D-42.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 26,761,200 hours when the Census is taken in Year 2000.
    Number of Respondents: 106,200,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Short form B 10 minutes, Long form B 38 
minutes, Follow-up form B 8 minutes, Reinterview B 5 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The United States Constitution mandates that a 
census of the Nation's population and housing be taken every ten years. 
The Census Bureau's goal in Census 2000 is to take the most accurate 
and cost-effective census possible. The importance of an accurate 
decennial census cannot be overstated. Census data are used to 
reapportion the House of Representatives and redraw legislative 
district boundaries, ensuring that political representation is 
distributed accurately, and to determine funding allocations for the 
distribution of billions of dollars of federal and state funds each 
year. Census data tell us what we know about our country; they are the 
definitive benchmark for virtually all demographic information used by 
state, local, and tribal governments, policy makers, educators, 
journalists, and community and nonprofit organizations.
    The strategic plan for Census 2000 includes four fundamental 
precepts:

Build partnerships at every stage of the process
Keep it simple
Make smart use of technology
Use statistical sampling

    The current census design operations have been defined, planned, 
and scheduled to integrate all four precepts.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 141 and 
193.
    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 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 Nancy Kirkendall, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.


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    Dated: August 10, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-21791 Filed 8-12-98; 8:45 am]
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