[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 185 (Friday, September 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51736-51737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24862]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census
[Docket No. 990831240-9240-01]


Service Annual Survey

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of consideration.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Census Bureau is considering a proposal to conduct 
the 1999 Service Annual Survey (SAS). The results of the service annual 
program currently are published on a Standard Industrial Classification 
basis. Beginning with the survey year 1999, we will publish data using 
the new North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). With 
NAICS implementation, SAS will incorporate the previous Transportation 
Annual Survey and the Annual Survey of Communication Services into one 
service program. There will be an additional 149 new and emerging 
industries added to the Service Annual Survey, including Air Couriers, 
Publishing, Sound Recording, Waste Management and Remediation Services, 
and selected Financial Services. An Information Sector also will be 
added to the survey.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before October 25, 
1999.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to the Director, U.S. Census 
Bureau, Room 2049, Federal Building 3, Washington, DC 20233.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Bramblett, Chief, Current 
Services Branch, Service Sector Statistics Division, on (301) 457-2766.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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, Sections 
182, 224, and 225. The SAS will provide continuing and timely national 
statistical data for the period between the economic censuses. The next 
Economic Census will occur in the year 2002. Data collected in this 
survey will be within the general scope, type, and character of those 
inquiries covered in the Economic Census.
    Beginning with the survey year 1999, we will publish SAS data using 
NAICS. The structure of NAICS was developed in a series of meetings 
between the United States, Canada, and Mexico in the early to mid-
1990s. NAICS recognizes the rapid changes in both the U.S. and world 
economies by providing a means to classify new and emerging

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industries. The system was constructed on a production-oriented, or 
supply-based, conceptual framework.
    Effective with the 1999 survey, the Census Bureau proposes to 
change the SAS survey questionnaires to reflect the many changes 
brought about by NAICS. We are expanding the number of form types and 
are developing these forms to be more tailored to the industries they 
survey. The goal is to maximize industry coverage within our available 
resources.
    The revision to the SAS will increase industry coverage. 
Previously, a single summary report was produced for each of the three 
surveys. We will now produce multiple data products and reports by 
various sectors.
    The SAS will produce estimates of total receipts for all industries 
covered and source of receipts and other expanded data items for the 
following sectors:
     Trucking (484).
     Information (51).
     Selected industries in Finance and Insurance (52).
     Computer Systems Design and Related Services Industry 
(5415).
     Health and Social Assistance Sector (62) except subsector 
624 (Social Assistance).
    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 and Social Assistance (62).
     Arts, Entertainment and Recreation (71).
     Other Services (81).
    The Census Bureau need report only from a limited sample of service 
sector firms in the United States. The probability of a firm's 
selection is based on its revenue size (estimated from payroll). We 
will mail report forms to the firms covered by this survey and require 
their submission within thirty days after receipt.
    Preliminary information and recommendations received by the Census 
Bureau indicate that the data have significant application to the 
informational needs of government agencies, the public, and the 
service, transportation, information, finance, and other service 
industries. The data are not publicly available from nongovernmental or 
other governmental sources on a timely and continuing basis.
    This survey will be submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13. Copies of the proposed forms are available 
upon request to the Director of the Census Bureau (see ADDRESSES 
section).

    Dated: August 27, 1999.
Kenneth Prewitt,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 99-24862 Filed 9-23-99; 8:45 am]
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