[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 44758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18253]


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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: Multiple Response Follow-up.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 1,500 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 7,500.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 12 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: As part of Census 2000, the Census Bureau is 
conducting a comprehensive program of evaluations designed to measure 
how well our programs, operations, and procedures performed. The 
Multiple Response Follow-up (MRFU) is included in this evaluation 
program. This evaluation will help determine how well the Primary 
Selection Algorithm (PSA) resolves multiple returns. The Census 2000 is 
the first census to provide a wide-range of methods of responding to 
the public, e.g., returning a questionnaire by mail, responding by 
telephone, or accessing the Internet. These methods will increase the 
likelihood of persons responding, but they will also create multiple 
responses (or ``multiple returns'') for some addresses (or Census IDs). 
PSA is the algorithm used to determine which persons from each of the 
multiple returns will and will not be included in the Census households 
for a given Census ID. It includes unduplication between returns and 
other types of resolution. We will select a nationally representative 
sample of Census IDs which had more than one Census 2000 return and 
conduct an interview of all those persons on any of the multiple 
returns to determine who was a resident on Census Day (April 1, 2000) 
and who was not. We will compare this information with the persons 
identified by PSA to be census residents. Evaluation results will be 
used to determine if PSA was successful in meeting its goals, and to 
identify areas of future research that will help us learn how we can 
improve the algorithm.
    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 6086, 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: July 14, 2000.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-18253 Filed 7-18-00; 8:45 am]
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