[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56865-56866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24101]


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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: 2000 Panel of the Survey of Income and Program 
Participation, Wave 4 Topical Module.
    Form Number(s): SIPP 2045(L), Director's Letter, 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 per person.
    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

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modules designed to answer specific needs.
    This request is for clearance of the topical modules for Wave 4. 
The core questionnaire and topical modules for Waves 1, 2, and 3 were 
cleared previously. The topical modules for Wave 4 are: Annual Income 
and Retirement Accounts, Taxes, Work Schedule, Child Care, and 
Children's Well-Being. Wave 4 interviews will be conducted from 
February 2001 through May 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 and 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 Madeleine Clayton, 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: September 14, 2000.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-24101 Filed 9-19-00; 8:45 am]
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