[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 81 (Friday, April 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20727-20728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10262]


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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: Current Population Survey, May 2002 Race & Ethnicity 
Supplement.
    Form Number(s): None. The CPS is conducted by Census Bureau 
interviewers using laptop computers.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 1,283 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 57,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 1.35 minutes for each interviewed 
household.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau requests Office of Management and 
Budget clearance for the Race and Ethnicity Supplement to the May 2002 
Current Population Survey (CPS). The supplemental questions will be 
asked of all people 15 years of age and older who responded to the 
basic labor force questions. To answer these questions, respondents 
interviewed in person will select the appropriate race(s) and ethnic 
group from a proposed flashcard. It should be noted that--although the 
proposed race question includes an ``other'' category--the interviewers 
will be instructed not to read the ``other'' category, and the 
``other'' responses will not be tabulated nor reflected in the 
resulting public use data set.
    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a revised set of 
standards for collecting and reporting data on race and ethnicity in 
October 1997. These changes include altering the placement of the 
ethnicity question, allowing respondents to select more than one race, 
and adding a separate race category for Native Hawaiian or Other 
Pacific Islander. This supplement is designed to measure the effects of 
these changes on the demographic and economic characteristics of 
different racial and ethnic populations. The results will be used to 
plan for the implementation of the 1997 Standards in the CPS beginning 
in January 2003.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
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calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, room 6608, 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: April 22, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-10262 Filed 4-25-02; 8:45 am]
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