[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 36 (Friday, February 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8226-8227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4310]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


Current Population Survey (CPS)--Race and Ethnicity Supplement

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
and other federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before April 23, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Madeleine Clayton, 
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 
6086, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via 
the Internet at [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions 
should be directed to Teresa Hicks, Census Bureau, FOB 3, Room 3340, 
Washington, DC 20233-8400, (301) 
457-3806.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The Census Bureau plans to request clearance for the collection of 
data concerning the Race and Ethnicity Supplement to be conducted in 
conjunction with the May 2002 CPS. Title 13, United States Code, 
Section 182, and Title 29, United States Code, Sections 1-9, authorize 
the collection of the CPS information. The Census Bureau is sponsoring 
this supplement.
    Per Office of Management and Budget mandate, the CPS must revise 
its collection of race and ethnic data in January 2003. In order for 
the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to properly analyze the impact of 
this revision on the CPS data, a set of overlap statistics showing the 
effect of this change is necessary. The May supplement will ask the 
race and ethnicity questions identically to how they will be asked in 
January 2003. The result will be a complete set of labor force 
statistics from the CPS that will contain race and ethnicity data 
captured with both the current and the January 2003 procedures. This 
dataset will allow the BLS and other users of CPS data to comprehend 
the impact of the change in

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the race and ethnicity questions on statistics derived from the CPS.

II. Method of Collection

    The race and ethnicity information will be collected by both 
personal visit and telephone interviews in conjunction with the regular 
May CPS interviewing. All interviews are conducted using computer-
assisted interviewing.

III. Data

    OMB Number: None.
    Form Number: There are no forms. We conduct all interviews on 
computers.
    Type of Review: Regular.
    Affected Public: Households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 57,000.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1.35 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,283.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: The only cost to respondents is that 
of their time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, U.S.C., Section 182, and Title 29, 
U.S.C., Sections 1-9.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for the Office of Management and Budget 
approval of this information collection; they also will become a matter 
of public record.

    Dated: February 19, 2002.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-4310 Filed 2-21-02; 8:45 am]
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