[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 55696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26757]


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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: Census Bureau.
    Title: Annual Retail Trade Report.
    Form Number(s): SA-44, -44A, -44C, -44N, -45, -45C, -721.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0013.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 9,437 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 23,337.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 24 and one half minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Bureau of the Census conducts the Annual Retail 
Trade Survey to collect annual totals of sales, inventories, inventory 
valuation methods, purchases, and accounts receivable balances from a 
sample of retail establishments in the United States. The estimates 
compiled from this survey are critical to the accurate measurement of 
total economic activity and are used in computing such indicators of 
economic well-being as the Gross Domestic Product and the National 
Income and Product Accounts. Survey results also provide valuable 
information for economic policy decisions and actions by the government 
and are widely used by private businesses, trade organizations, 
professional associations, and others for market research and analysis.
    In this request, we are changing report form numbers and adding new 
industry coverage to accommodate the changeover to NAICS based economic 
classifications, adding questions about on-line sales and e-commerce, 
and redrawing an overall smaller survey sample to reflect our 
discontinued collection of sales data at the establishment level.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, sections 182, 224, and 225.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    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: October 8, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-26757 Filed 10-13-99; 8:45 am]
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