[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 103 (Friday, May 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34145-34146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13296]


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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: 2000 Panel of the Survey of Income and Program 
Participation, Wave 3.
    Form Number(s): SIPP/CAPI Automated Instrument.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0865.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 37,650.
    Number of Respondents: 26,250.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts the Survey of Income and 
Program Participation (SIPP) to collect information concerning the 
distribution of income received directly as money or indirectly as in-
kind benefits. SIPP data are used by economic policymakers, the 
Congress, state and local governments, and Federal agencies that 
administer social welfare and transfer payment programs such as the 
Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, and the Department of Agriculture.
    The SIPP is a longitudinal survey, in that households in the panel 
are interviewed at 4-month intervals or waves over the life of the 
panel. The duration of a panel is typically 3 to 4 years. The length of 
the 2000 SIPP Panel is subject to the approval of budget initiatives 
but is currently scheduled for one year and will include three waves of 
interviews.
    The survey is molded around a central core of labor force and 
income questions, health insurance questions, and questions concerning 
government program participation that remain fixed throughout the life 
of the panel. The core questions are asked in Wave 1 and are updated 
during subsequent interviews. The core is supplemented with additional 
questions or topical modules designed to answer specific needs.
    This request is for clearance of the topical modules for Wave 3. 
The core questionnaire and topical modules for Waves 1 and 2 were 
cleared previously. The topical modules for Wave 3 are: Medical 
Expenses and Utilization of Health Care (Adults and Children); Work 
Related Expenses and Child Support Paid; and Assets, Liabilities, and 
Eligibility. Wave 3 interviews will be conducted from October 2000 
through January 2001. Additionally, a reinterview for quality control 
purposes will be conducted with a small subsample of respondents 
throughout the life of the panel.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Every 4 months.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Section 182.
    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 5033, 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.


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    Dated: May 23, 2000.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-13296 Filed 5-25-00; 8:45 am]
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