[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46630-46631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17894]


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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: Business and Professional Classification Report.
    Form Number(s): SQ-CLASS.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0189.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 9,448.
    Number of Respondents: 43,600.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 13 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau sponsors the SQ-CLASS, ``Business 
and Professional Classification Report,'' to collect information needed 
to keep the retail, wholesale, and service samples current with the 
business universe. Because of rapid changes in the marketplace caused 
by the emergence of new businesses, the death of others, and changes in 
company organization, the Census Bureau canvasses by mail a sample of 
new Employer Identification Numbers (EINs) obtained from the Internal 
Revenue Service (IRS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA). 
Each firm selected in this sample is canvassed once for data on the 
establishment(s) associated with the new EIN. From the perspective of 
the business firms, this is a one-time collection of data on newly 
assigned EINs. A different sample of EINs is canvassed four times a 
year.
    We plan to revise the SQ-CLASS form to improve the assignment of 
kind-of-business codes based on the new North American Industry 
Classification System (NAICS). Questions have been rearranged on the 
form to improve the flow. One question has been removed and respondents 
are asked to provide two additional percentages. We do not expect these 
inquiries to increase burden.
    The completed SQ-CLASS form provides sales, receipts or revenue, 
company organization, new or refined NAICS codes, and other key 
information needed for sampling to maintain proper coverage of the 
universe. Based on the

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collected information, EINs meeting the criteria for inclusion in the 
Bureau's retail, wholesale, or service surveys are subjected to a 
second sampling. The retail and wholesale EINs selected in this second 
sampling are placed on a panel to report in our monthly surveys. An 
additional panel of selected units are included in the annual surveys. 
The selected service cases report on an annual basis.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: One time only.
    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 
by 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: July 11, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-17894 Filed 7-15-02; 8:45 am]
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