[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 179 (Monday, September 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 58353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23431]


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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: 2002 Report of Organization (Company Organization Survey).
    Form Number(s): NC-99001.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0444.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 91,255 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 182,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau is requesting a revision of the 
currently approved Company Organization Survey (COS) data collection 
for the 2002 survey year. The Census Bureau will conduct the 2002 COS 
in conjunction with the 2002 Economic Census and will coordinate these 
collections so as to minimize response burden. The Census Bureau will 
add a question in the 2002 COS in order to enhance content. We will 
include a question on the number of leased employees working in the 
company.
    The Census Bureau conducts the annual COS in order to update and 
maintain a central, multipurpose Business Register (BR), formerly known 
as the Standard Statistical Establishment List (SSEL). In particular, 
the COS supplies critical information on the composition, 
organizational structure, and operating characteristics of 
multiestablishment enterprises.
    COS inquiries to each of the 182,000 multiestablishment enterprises 
will include questions on ownership or control by a domestic parent, 
ownership or control by a foreign parent, and ownership of foreign 
affiliates. Additional COS inquiries will apply to approximately 5,000 
enterprises that operate some 25,000 establishments classified in 
industries that are out-of-scope of the Economic Censuses. These 
additional inquiries will list an inventory of establishments and 
request updates to the inventory, including additions, deletions, and 
changes to Federal Employer Identification number, name and address, 
and industrial classification. Further, the additional inquiries will 
collect the following basic operating data for each listed 
establishment: end-of-year operating status, mid-March employment, 
first quarter payroll, and annual payroll. The Economic Census will 
collect data for all other establishments of multiestablishment 
enterprises, including those items listed above.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions; Farms; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 131, 182, 224, and 225.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, room 6625, 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 10, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-23431 Filed 9-13-02; 8:45 am]
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