[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 171 (Friday, September 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53267-53268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22440]


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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 Followup Interview.
    Form Number(s): D-1301 (EFU), D-1301 (EFU) S, D-1379.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 8,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 40,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 12 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau requests approval from the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance of the Evaluation Followup 
Interview (EFU). This instrument will be used to assist in the 
evaluation of Census 2000 and the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation 
(A.C.E.) processes.
    The Census Bureau developed the A.C.E. approach for measuring 
coverage of the population in the decennial census. In the A.C.E., the 
Census Bureau independently counts a sample of housing units and the 
people living in those units, then compares those results to the 
census. The Census Bureau then uses this comparative information to 
produce final estimates of the coverage for Census 2000.
    The objective of the EFU is to measure and evaluate data collection 
and measurement error associated with the A.C.E. process. Data 
collection error can be caused by enumerators, respondents, or the 
questionnaire design. An example of error caused by a respondent is 
misunderstanding of the residence rules. Errors caused by an enumerator 
include falsifying part of a roster or reading a question incorrectly 
in a way that changes the meaning for the respondent. If the 
questionnaire does not make it clear who should be counted at a 
residence, error can occur, too.
    The EFU is designed to collect information to evaluate the scope of 
data collection error. The EFU is a reinterview of some of the 
households in a subsample of A.C.E. clusters. It is similar to the 
A.C.E. Person Followup Interview (PFU), but with more questions on 
specific types of group quarters, other residences and move in and move 
out dates to help get the ``best'' residency status and person match 
code classifications for all sample persons. The EFU will ask about

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specific people who were rostered in either the Census, the A.C.E., or 
both.
    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) 482-3129, 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: August 18, 2000.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-22440 Filed 8-31-00; 8:45 am]
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