[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 57 (Thursday, March 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 15613]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7136]


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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 Content Reinterview Survey.
    Form Number(s): D-1010.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 20,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 30,000.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: As part of its plan to evaluate the quality of data 
collected in the Census 2000, the Census Bureau plans to conduct the 
Census 2000 Content Reinterview Survey (CRS). The evaluation of the 
quality of data collected in the Census 2000 is important for both data 
users and census planners. Data users must have knowledge of the 
accuracy and reliability of the data in order to make informed 
decisions about how errors in the data may affect the conclusions they 
draw from analyzing the data. Census planners require similar 
information to develop and test methods to improve the overall quality 
of the data produced in future censuses.
    The purpose of the CRS is twofold. First, it will be used to 
estimate response variance for most items on the census long form. To 
measure response variance, the reinterview will re-ask the same set of 
questions applying, to the extent possible, similar survey procedures 
and replicating a similar set of conditions. Secondly, the reinterview 
will be used to make historical comparisons to previous studies of 
census content error.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 141 and 193.
    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 
[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: March 16, 2000.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-7136 Filed 3-22-00; 8:45 am]
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