[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 36110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14222]


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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: Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Survey.
    Form Number(s): M-3(SD), M3-SD(I), M3-1-L1.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0008.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 24,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 6,000 monthly.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts the M3 survey, one of 
the principal Federal economic indicators, to collect monthly 
manufacturing data from a sample of firms in the manufacturing sector 
of the economy. Data requested are shipments, new orders, unfilled 
orders, total inventory, materials and supplies, work-in-process and 
finished goods. The data are used to analyze short- and long-term 
trends in the manufacturing sector and as related to other sectors of 
the economy. The shipments and inventory data are essential inputs into 
the gross domestic product accounts, while the orders data are direct 
inputs into the leading economic indicator series. The survey also 
provides valuable and timely data for economic planning and analysis to 
business firms, trade associations, research and consulting agencies, 
and academia on the domestic manufacturing sector.
    In this request, the total annual burden hours are revised upward 
to reflect an increase in the survey panel. The conversion of the 
survey from the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system to the 
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) will result in 
new and reconfigured industry categories, which will require a larger 
survey panel to ensure sufficient coverage in all industries.
    Affected Public: Businesses, large and small, or other for profit 
organizations.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, U.S.C., Sections 131 and 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.

    Dated: June 1, 2000.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-14222 Filed 6-6-00; 8:45 am]
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