[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 247 (Monday, December 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72313-72314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33467]


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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 Survey of Program Dynamics.
    Form Number(s): CAI Automated Instrument.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0838.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 25,150 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 42,000.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 36 minutes per respondent, 10 minutes per 
reinterview.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau seeks OMB approval to conduct the 
2000 Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD). The SPD provides the basis for 
an overall evaluation of how well welfare reforms are achieving the 
aims of the Administration and the Congress and meeting the needs of 
the American people. This survey simultaneously measures the important 
features of the full range of welfare programs, including programs that 
are being reformed and those that are unchanged, and the full range of 
other important social, economic, demographic, and family changes that 
will facilitate or limit the effectiveness of the reforms.
    The SPD is a longitudinal study that follows a subset of the 
respondents from the 1992 and 1993 panels of the Survey of Income and 
Program Participation (SIPP). The SPD was first implemented in the 
spring of 1997 with a bridge survey that provided a link to baseline 
data for the period prior to the implementation of welfare reforms. The 
first full-scale SPD was conducted in 1998. Annual surveys will be 
conducted through 2002. The data gathered for the 10-year period (1992-
2002) will aid in assessing short-to medium-term consequences of 
outcomes of the welfare legislation.
    The majority of questions used in the 2000 SPD will remain the same 
as those from the 1999 SPD. However, some new questions for 2000 have 
been requested by policymakers. These include questions on children's 
residential history and changes to questions about public assistance 
and work training. Like the 1997 SPD Bridge survey, the 1998 SPD, and 
the 1999 SPD, the 2000 SPD uses a computer-assisted

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interviewing instrument on laptops for personal visits and telephone 
interviews.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Section 182, and 
Public Law 104-193, Section 414 (signed 8/22/96), Title 42, United 
States Code, Section 614.
    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 21, 1999.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-33467 Filed 12-23-99; 8:45 am]
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