[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 68668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31769]


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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: 2000 Annual Demographic Survey--Supplement to the Current 
Population Survey.
    Form Number(s): CPS-580, -580(SP), -676, -676(SP).
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0354.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 20,833 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 50,000.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 25 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts the Annual Demographic 
Survey (ADS) every year in March in conjunction with the Current 
Population Survey (CPS). The Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, and the Department of Health and Human Services sponsor 
this supplement. In the ADS, we collect information on work experience, 
personal income and noncash benefits, household noncash benefits, 
health insurance coverage, participation in welfare reform benefits, 
race, and migration.
    The work experience items in the ADS provide a unique measure of 
the dynamic nature of the labor force as viewed over a one-year period. 
These items produce statistics that show movements in and out of the 
labor force by measuring the number of periods of unemployment 
experienced by persons, the number of different employers worked for 
during the year, the principal reasons for unemployment, and part-/
full-time attachment to the labor force. The income data from the ADS 
are used by social planners, economists, Government officials, and 
market researchers to gauge the economic well-being of the Nation as a 
whole, and selected population groups of interest. Government planners 
and researchers use these data to monitor and evaluate the 
effectiveness of various assistance programs. Market researchers use 
these data to identify and isolate potential customers. Social planners 
use these data to forecast economic conditions and to identify special 
groups that seem to be especially sensitive to economic fluctuations. 
Economists use March data to determine the effects of various economic 
forces, such as inflation, recession, recovery, etc., and their 
differential effects on various population groups. Researchers evaluate 
March income data not only to determine poverty levels, but also to 
determine whether Government programs are reaching eligible households.
    The March 2000 ADS contains, for the most part, the same items from 
last year. We have made improvements to the welfare reform questions 
based on cognitive testing.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Section 182 and Title 29 USC, 
Sections 1-9.
    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: December 3, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-31769 Filed 12-7-99; 8:45 am]
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