[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 63 (Friday, March 31, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17255-17256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8003]


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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 Evaluation: Response Process for Selected 
Language Groups.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 1,667 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 5,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau would like to better understand 
how non-English speaking respondents cope with the census. The Census 
2000 Evaluation of Response Process for Selected Language Groups will 
consist of a follow-up survey of census long form responding households 
that indicate Spanish, Vietnamese, or Russian is spoken at home. 
Questions asked in this follow-up survey will evaluate the respondents' 
awareness of the census in general, its purposes, the language 
assistance programs, and the respondents' use of such programs. Some of 
these programs include, but are not limited to, questionnaires and Be 
Counted forms in Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Tagalog, and Vietnamese; 
Questionnaire Assistance Centers (QACs), which provide Language 
Assistance Guides (LAGs) in 49 additional languages and some bilingual 
clerks; bilingual enumerators during follow-up operations; and 
Telephone Questionnaire Assistance (TQA) in Spanish, Korean, Chinese, 
Tagalog, and Vietnamese. Results from this study will help evaluate the 
effectiveness of the language assistance programs, and will help in the 
planning of the 2010 Census.
    The follow-up survey will be conducted by telephone with specially 
trained bilingual interviewers. Approximately 4,500 cases will be drawn 
equally from each of the three language groups under study. 
Approximately 500 households that indicate only English is spoken at 
home will also be interviewed for comparison purposes. Half of the 
sample will be interviewed in early to mid-June, 2000, from the 
universe of households responding to the census through the mail, and 
half will be interviewed in early to mid-August, 2000, from the 
universe of households responding to the census through an enumerator.

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    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, 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 27, 2000.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-8003 Filed 3-30-00; 8:45 am]
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