[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 161 (Thursday, August 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 44608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22399]



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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: 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: 300 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 900.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: In 1999 the American Community Survey (ACS) will be 
conducted in 53 counties. Data from the ACS will determine the 
feasibility of a continuous measurement system that provides 
socioeconomic data on a continual basis throughout the decade. The 
Census Bureau must provide a sample of persons residing in Group 
Quarters (GQs) the opportunity to be interviewed for the ACS. GQs 
include places such as student dorms, correctional facilities, 
hospitals, nursing homes, shelters, and military quarters. Obtaining 
characteristic information from the GQs will ensure that we include the 
necessary people residing at GQs in the 1999 ACS.
    A GQ screening operation is being conducted in conjunction with 
1998 ACS activities. This request revises the existing GQ clearance for 
use in the 1999 ACS. Major changes are in the estimated number of 
respondents and in the estimated time per response. In 1998 we are 
screening a sample of the GQs in eight counties. In 1999 we will screen 
a sample of the GQs in 53 counties. After completing one-third of the 
1998 screening, we have learned that screening averages about 20 
minutes per response instead of 10 minutes as originally estimated. In 
1999 we will use the same questionnaire for screening that we are using 
in 1998, Form ACS-2(GQ), ACS GQ Screening.
    This screening operation 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.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, 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: August 14, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-22399 Filed 8-19-98; 8:45 am]
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