[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53317-53318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25609]


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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: Service Annual Survey.
    Form Number(s): Numerous.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0422.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 60,072 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 78,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 1 hour 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau seeks Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) authorization to combine information that is currently 
collected under three separate surveys into one program. With the 
implementation of the North American Industry Classification System 
(NAICS), we plan to combine the Transportation Annual Survey (TAS) (OMB 
#0607-0798) and the Annual Survey of Communication Services (ASCS) (OMB 
#0607-0706) into the Service Annual Survey (SAS). This revision also 
will include industry coverage in sectors not previously covered in 
SAS. This will facilitate the collection, tabulation, presentation, and 
data analysis relating to firms. It also will promote uniformity and 
comparability in the presentation of statistical data describing the 
economy.
    The SAS provides dollar volume estimates of the total output of 
services sector firms in the United States. The data produced are 
critical to the accurate measurement of total economic activity. We 
will collect information for both 1998 and 1999 to ensure a consistent 
NAICS time series, beginning

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with the 1997 Economic Census forward.
    The Bureau of Economic Analysis, the primary Federal user, uses 
survey information to develop the national income and product accounts, 
compile benchmark and annual input-output tables, and compute gross 
domestic product (GDP) by industry. The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses 
these data as inputs to its Producer Price Indexes and in developing 
productivity measurements. Other Federal agencies use the data for 
gauging regulatory impact, policy development and program development, 
management and evaluation. International agencies use the data to 
compare total domestic output to changing international activity. 
Private industry also uses these data as a tool for marketing analysis.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Sections 182, 224, and 225.
    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. 99-25609 Filed 9-30-99; 8:45 am]
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