[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 157 (Monday, August 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44479-44480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21102]


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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: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Census Employment Inquiry.
    Form Number(s): BC-170.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0139.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 762,500 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 3,050,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The BC-170, Census Employment Inquiry, is used by 
the Census Bureau to collect information such as personal data and work 
experience from job applicants. The BC-170 is used throughout the 
census and intercensal years in situations which require the 
establishment of a temporary

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office and/or involve special, one-time survey operations. Applicants 
completing the form are applying for temporary jobs in office and field 
positions (clerks, enumerators, crew leaders, supervisors). Selecting 
officials review the information shown on the form to determine the 
best qualified applicants. The form has been demonstrated to meet our 
recruitment needs for temporary workers and requires significantly less 
burden than the Office of Personnel Management Optional Forms that are 
available for use by the public when applying for Federal positions.
    Current efforts to hire an enormous temporary workforce for Census 
2000 will significantly increase the usage of the BC-170. The 2000 
Census is the largest peacetime mobilization of civilians that 
enumerate and account for the population of the United States. We 
expect to recruit approximately 3,000,000 applicants for Census 2000 
jobs.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Section 23.
    OMB Desk Officer: Linda Hutton, (202) 395-7858.
    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 5033, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 or via the internet at 
LE[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Linda Hutton, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 10, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-21102 Filed 8-13-99; 8:45 am]
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