[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60209-60210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24347]


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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: Service Annual Survey.
    Form Number(s): SA-484, SA-492, SA-493, SA-511, SA-512, SA-513, SA-
514, SA-523, SA-532, SA-541, SA-560, SA-621, SA-622, SA-623, SA-624, 
SA-711, SA-712, SA-713, SA-811, SA-812, SA-813.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0422.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 39,822 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 48,686.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 49 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Service Annual Survey (SAS) provides, for 
selected service industries, total revenue estimates for taxable firms 
and total revenue and expense estimates for tax-exempt firms. Selected 
service industries include professional, scientific and technical 
services; administrative and support services; health care and social 
assistance; telecommunications, publishing, broadcasting and other 
information service industries; trucking, courier and messenger, and 
warehousing; selected financial services; and arts, entertainment and 
recreation. Data are collected on number of locations, total receipts 
(revenue) and receipts by source, total expenses and expenses by type, 
and percentage of receipts by class of client. The SAS provides 
continuing and timely national statistical data for the period between 
economic censuses.
    The data produced in SAS are critical to the accurate measurement 
of total economic activity. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the 
primary Federal user, uses the information to develop the national 
income and product accounts, compile benchmark and annual input-output 
tables, and compute gross domestic product (GDP) by industry. Agencies 
of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) use the data for policy 
development and program management and evaluation. The Bureau of Labor 
Statistics (BLS) uses these data as inputs to its Producer Price 
Indexes and in developing productivity measurements. The Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) use the data for program planning 
and development of the

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National Health Expenditure Accounts. The Federal Communications 
Commission (FCC) uses these data to assess the impact of regulatory 
policies. The Census Bureau uses these data to provide new insight into 
changing structural and cost conditions that will impact the planning 
and design of future economic census questionnaires. International 
agencies use the data to compare total domestic output to changing 
international activity. Private industry also uses these data as a tool 
for marketing analysis.
    Every five years we add items requested by the Bureau of Economic 
Analysis for use in their input-output tables. This is done in 
conjunction with the mailout of the Business Expenses Survey. For the 
2002 survey year, we are revising forms in the following sectors: Radio 
and Television Broadcasting (NAICS 5131), Cable Networks and Program 
Distribution (NAICS 5132), and Telecommunications (NAICS 5133). BEA has 
requested the following detailed expense items: contract labor, 
purchased communications, purchased utilities (electricity, other 
utilities), taxes and license fees, legal and accounting services, 
computer services, management services, and purchased materials and 
supplies (expensed computer related supplies, other purchased 
materials). BEA also requested additional detail on lease and rental, 
and purchased repair and maintenance services items. They include: (1) 
Land, buildings, structures, store space, and offices, and (2) 
Machinery, equipment, and other items, excluding computer software. 
Since the detailed expense items are part of items currently reported, 
we don't expect an increase in respondent burden. Additionally, the 
sales tax question will be removed for the 2002 survey year.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 182, 224 & 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)482-3129, 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 20, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-24347 Filed 9-24-02; 8:45 am]
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