[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 52738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26111]


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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: Survey of Business Owners and Self-Employed Persons (SBO) 
Pretest.
    Form Number(s): SBO-1, SBO-2.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 2,500 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 10,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau requests Office of Management and 
Budget approval to conduct a pretest of the 2002 Survey of Business 
Owners and Self-Employed Persons (SBO), previously known as the Survey 
of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises and the Survey of Women-Owned 
Business Enterprises (SMOBE/SWOBE). The SBO is conducted as part of the 
economic census program which is required by law to be taken every 5 
years under Title 13 of the United States Code, Sections 131 and 193. 
The 2002 SBO will collect data on the race, gender, and ethnicity for 
the person(s) owning the majority of rights, equity, or interest in 
businesses which reported any business activity on any one of the 
following Internal Revenue Service tax forms: 1040 (Schedule C), Profit 
or Loss from Business (Sole Proprietorship); 1065, U.S. Partnership 
Return of Income; or any one of the 1120 corporate tax forms. These 
data are needed to evaluate the extent and growth of business ownership 
by minorities and women in order to provide a framework for assessing 
and directing Federal, state, and local government programs designed to 
promote the activities of disadvantaged groups.
    The pretest is needed to test several significant changes to the 
questionnaire since previously conducted and the impact these changes 
will have on the estimates. The pretest is critical to assuring that 
the form can be completed by business owners with minimal burden and 
that the survey will provide meaningful, useful information.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 131 and 193.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Paperwork 
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: October 12, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-26111 Filed 10-16-01; 8:45 am]
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