[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 53317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25608]


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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 2000 Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation, Housing Unit 
and Person Interview Activities.
    Form Number(s): D-1301, D-1301(S), D-1301PR, D-1303, D-1303PR, D-
1340, D-1340PR, D-1360, D-1360PR, D-1309(L), D-1309(L)(S), D-1309(L)PR, 
D-31(A.C.E.), D-31(A.C.E.)PR.
    Agency Approval Number: Not available.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 103,162 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 315,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 7 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau requests approval from the Office 
of Management and Budget for clearance of the forms to be used in 
connection with the housing unit and person interview activities of the 
Census 2000 Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation (A.C.E.). The A.C.E. is a 
national survey of sample block clusters within the 50 states, the 
District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The Census Bureau developed the 
A.C.E. approach for measuring coverage of the population in the 
decennial census. In A.C.E., we independently count a sample of housing 
units and the people living in those units, then compare those results 
to the census. We then use this comparative information to produce 
final estimates of the coverage for Census 2000. The A.C.E. approach 
was tested in three sites during the Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal. The 
A.C.E. was formerly referred to as the Post-Enumeration Survey (PES) in 
the Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal.
    The Independent Listing Operation is the first data collection step 
in the A.C.E. process. It will be used to obtain a complete housing 
unit inventory of all addresses within the Census 2000 A.C.E. sample of 
block clusters before the Census 2000 enumeration commences. The 
materials for the Independent Listing were approved under OMB control 
number 0607-0863.
    This request is for clearance of the remainder of the Census 2000 
A.C.E. activities to be performed. They are: Housing Unit Follow-up; 
Targeted Extended Search Field Follow-up; CAPI Person Interview; Person 
Follow-up; and Final Housing Unit Follow-up. The results of these 
activities will be used to estimate coverage in Census 2000.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: 13 USC, Sections 141, 193, and 221.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (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 5027, 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 Susan Schechter, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: September 28, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-25608 Filed 9-30-99 8:45 am]
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