[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 93 (Friday, May 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26360-26362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12195]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
Service Annual Survey
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before July 13, 1999.
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ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room
5033, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions
should be directed to Ruth Bramblett, Bureau of the Census, Room 2775-
FOB 3, Washington, DC 20233-6500, (301) 457-2766.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The services annual program consists of three separate surveys: the
Service Annual Survey (SAS), OMB No. 0607-0422; the Transportation
Annual Survey (TAS), OMB No. 0607-0798; and the Annual Survey of
Communication Services (ASCS), OMB No. 0607-0706.
SAS provides, for selected personal, business, entertainment,
health, social and other professional industries, total receipt
estimates for taxable firms and total revenue and expense estimates for
tax-exempt firms. TAS and ASCS provide total revenue and total expense
estimates for trucking and warehousing; and telephone, broadcasting,
cable television and other communication services, respectively. These
data are needed to provide a sound statistical basis for the formation
of policy by various governmental agencies. The Census Bureau is
authorized to conduct surveys necessary to furnish current data on
subjects covered by the major censuses authorized by Title 13, United
States Code. These surveys provide continuing and timely national
statistical data for the period between economic censuses.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the primary Federal user of
our annual program statistics, uses the information in developing the
national income and product accounts, compiling benchmark and annual
input-output tables, and computing gross domestic product (GDP) by
industry. Agencies of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) use
the data for policy development and program management and evaluation.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) uses the data as inputs to its
Producer Price Indexes and in developing productivity measurements. The
Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) uses the data for the
development for the National Health Expenditure Accounts. The Federal
Communication Commission (FCC) uses the data as a means for assessing
FCC policy. The Census Bureau uses the data to provide new insight into
changing structural and cost conditions that will impact the planning
and design of future economic census questionnaires. Private industry
also uses the data as a tool for marketing analysis.
Data are collected from all of the largest firms and from a sample
of small- and medium-sized businesses selected using a stratified
sampling procedure. The samples are reselected periodically, generally
at 5-year intervals. The largest firms continue to be canvassed when
the sample is re-drawn, while nearly all of the small- and medium-sized
firms from the prior sample are replaced. We collect these data by
using a mail-out/mail-back survey questionnaire.
The services annual program currently publishes estimates on a
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) basis. Beginning with survey
year 1999, we will publish using the North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS). The structure of NAICS was developed in
a series of meetings among the United States, Canada, and Mexico in the
early to mid-1990's. Due to the rapid changes in both the U.S. and the
world economies, NAICS was constructed on a production-oriented, or
supply based, conceptual framework. The system provides an updated way
to classify new and emerging industries.
Due to the many changes caused by NAICS, the vehicles for which we
will collect this information will change. The three separate surveys
will be replaced with sectoral coverage under the SAS. This revision to
SAS will incorporate the TAS and ASCS surveys, and increase industry
coverage. Whereas before, a single report was produced for each of the
three surveys, now this program will produce multiple data products.
Our goal in NAICS is to maximize industry coverage with our
available resources. The SAS will provide dollar volume estimates for
specific industries in the following NAICS sectors:
Transportation and Warehousing (48-49).
Information (51).
Finance and Insurance (52).
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing (53).
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54).
Administrative and Support, Waste Management and
Remediation Services (56).
Educational Services (61).
Health Care and Social Assistance (62).
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation (71).
Other Services (81).
Changes From an SIC to a NAICS Basis
Conversion from the SIC to a NAICS basis will dramatically affect
the data collection program. The most significant changes are:
There will be an additional 149 new and emerging
industries added to the SAS, including Air Couriers, Publishing, Sound
Recording, Waste Management and Remediation Services, and selected
Financial Services.
An Information sector is created. It brings together
industries that produce, manipulate and distribute information and
cultural products; those that provide the means to transmit or
distribute these products; and those that process data or
communications. Included in this sector are telecommunications and
broadcasting; motion pictures and sound recording; information and data
processing services; and publishers, including newspaper, book, and
periodical publishing previously covered in our Manufacturing program.
Hotels, Motels, Lodging and Boarding Houses will now be a
part of the Accommodations and Food Services sector (72), and surveyed
along with the Retail Sector in other programs.
Non-employers will be included for all sectors.
Use of administrative receipts data in lieu of surveying
small single establishment employer businesses and for all
nonemployers.
With the implementation of NAICS, we are expanding the
number of form types. We have developed these forms to be more tailored
to the industries surveyed. The report numbering system will change as
follows as a result of this migration:
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Old New Description
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B-514, B-515.................. SA-484 Transportation and
Warehousing.
B-514, B-515.................. SA-492 Couriers and Messengers.
B-524, B-525.................. SA-493 Warehousing and Storage.
MA-1000(L).................... SA-511 Newspaper Publishers.
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MA-1000(L).................... SA-511 Periodical Publishers.
MA-1000(L).................... SA-511 Book Publishers.
MA-1000(L).................... SA-511 Database and Directory
Publishers.
MA-1000(L).................... SA-511 Greeting Cards.
MA-1000(L).................... SA-511 All Other Publishers.
B-500T3....................... SA-511 Software Publishers.
B-500T........................ SA-512 Motion Picture and Sound
Recording Industries.
B-518, B-519.................. SA-513 Radio and Television
Broadcasting.
B-520, B-521.................. SA-513 Cable Distribution and
Program Distribution.
B-516, B-517.................. SA-513 Telecommunications.
B-500T3....................... SA-514 Information Services.
B-500M........................ SA-514 Libraries and Archives.
B-500T3....................... SA-514 On-Line Information
Services.
N/A........................... SA-523 Securities, Commodity
Contracts, and Other
Financial Investments
and Related Activities.
N/A........................... SA-524 Insurance Carriers and
Related Activities.
B-500T........................ SA-532 Rental and Leasing
Services.
B-500M........................ SA-541 Professional,
Scientific, and
Technical Services.
B-500T3....................... SA-541 Computer Systems Design
and Related Services.
B-500T, B-500M................ SA-560 Administrative and
Support Waste
Management and
Remediation Services.
B-500M........................ SA-610 Educational Services.
B-500M3....................... SA-621 Offices of Physicians.
B-500M3....................... SA-621 Offices of Dentists.
B-500M3....................... SA-621 Offices of
Chiropractors.
B-500M3....................... SA-621 Offices of Optometrists.
B-500M3....................... SA-621 Offices of Mental Health
Practitioners.
B-500M3....................... SA-621 Offices of Physical,
Occupational and Speech
Therapists and
Audiologists.
B-500M3....................... SA-621 Offices of Health
Practitioners.
B-500M........................ SA-621 Outpatient Care Centers.
B-500T........................ SA-621 Medical Laboratories.
B-500M........................ SA-621 Home Health Care
Services.
B-500M........................ SA-621 Other Ambulatory Health
Care Services.
B-500M........................ SA-622 Hospitals.
B-500M1....................... SA-623 Nursing and Residential
Care Facilities.
B-500M........................ SA-624 Social Assistance.
B-500M, B-500T................ SA-711 Performing Arts and
Related Industries.
B-500T........................ SA-712 Spectator Sports.
B-500T........................ SA-713 Amusement, Gambling, and
Recreation Industries.
B-500T........................ SA-811 Repair and Maintenance.
B-500T........................ SA-812 Personal and Laundry
Services.
B-500M........................ SA-813 Religious, Grantmaking,
Civic, Professional,
and Similar
Organizations.
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Through our established base of contacts, we will informally
contact firms by telephone to ensure that the data being requested are
available from existing company records or can be easily estimated,
that reporting instructions are clear and helpful, and that terminology
used on the questionnaires conforms to industry usage. Through these
informal consultations, we will also be able to establish an estimate
of the number of hours necessary for a company to complete the survey.
II. Method of Collection
We collect this information by mail, fax, and telephone follow-up.
III. Data
OMB Number: This revision to the Service Annual Survey (OMB No.
0607-0422) will now include Transportation Annual Survey (OMB No. 0607-
0798) and Annual Survey of Communications (OMB No. 0607-0706).
Form Number: Refer to Abstract.
Type of Review: Regular Submission.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, not-
for-profit institutions, Government hospitals and Federal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 50,000 under NAICS.
Estimated Time Per Response: On average, we expect 1 hour and 12
minutes as an estimate.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 60,000 hours under NAICS.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: The cost to the respondents for fiscal
year 2000 is estimated to be $1,059,600 based on the median hourly
salary of $17.66 for accountants and auditors. (Occupational Employment
Statistics-Bureau of Labor Statistics ``1997 National Occupational
Employment and Wage Estimates'') http://stats.bls.gov/oes/national/
oes__prof.htm.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code; Sections 182, 224,
and 225.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: May 7, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-12195 Filed 5-13-99; 8:45 am]
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