[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 168 (Monday, August 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46214-46215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23295]


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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 Company Organization Survey.
    Form Number(s): NC-9901, NC-9901a.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0444.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.

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    Burden: 140,000.
    Number of Respondents: 90,000.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 1 hour and 33 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts the annual Company 
Organization Survey (COS) in order to update and maintain a central, 
multipurpose business register, known as the Standard Statistical 
Establishment List (SSEL). In particular, the COS supplies critical 
information to the SSEL concerning the establishment composition, 
organizational structure, and operating characteristics of multi-
establishment enterprises. The SSEL serves two fundamental purposes:
    First and most important, it provides sampling populations and 
enumeration lists for the Census Bureau's economic surveys and 
censuses, and it serves as an integral part of the statistical 
foundation underlying those programs.
    Second, it provides establishment data that serve as the basis for 
the annual County Business Patterns (CBP) statistical series.
    The COS is typically conducted as a detailed inquiry sent to a 
sample of multi-establishment companies. In years ending in 2 & 7, the 
COS is conducted in conjunction with the economic censuses and is sent 
to the universe of multi-establishment companies but requests much less 
detailed information. This is done to coordinate the COS with the 
quinquennial economic census and minimize burden for both collections. 
The Census Bureau will conduct the 1998 COS similar to the 1996 COS, 
the most recent non-census COS.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, Not-
for-profit institutions, Farms, State, local or Tribal government.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 131, 182, 224, and 225.
    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 25, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-23295 Filed 8-28-98; 8:45 am]
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