[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72186-72215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30653]



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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The FTC intends to conduct a survey of consumers to advance 
its understanding of the incidence of consumer fraud and allow it to 
better serve people who experience it. Before gathering this 
information, the FTC is seeking public comments on its proposed 
consumer research. Comments will be considered before the FTC submits a 
request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 3, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Secretary, Federal Trade 
Commission, Room H-159, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20580, or by e-mail to [email protected] as prescribed below. The 
submissions should include the submitter's name, address, telephone 
number and, if available, FAX number and e-mail address. All 
submissions should be captioned ``Consumer Fraud Survey--FTC File No. 
P014412.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be addressed to Nat Wood, Assistant Director, Officer of 
Consumer and Business Education, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal 
Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580. 
Telephone: (202) 326-3407; e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FTC invites comments on: (1) Whether the 
proposed collections of information are necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the FTC, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the FTC's 
estimate of the burden of the proposed collections of information; (3) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of collecting 
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of responses. The FTC will submit the 
proposed information collection requirements to OMB for review, as 
required by the PRA (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).
    If a comment contains nonpublic information, it must be filed in 
paper form, and the first page of the document must be clearly labeled 
``confidential.'' Comments that do not contain any nonpublic 
information may instead be filed in electronic form (in ASCII format, 
WordPerfect, or Microsoft Word) as part of or as an attachment to email 
messages directed to the following e-mail box: [email protected]. 
Such comments will be considered by the Commission and will be 
available for inspection and copying at its principal office in 
accordance with section 4.9(b)(6)(ii) of the Commission's rules of 
practice, 16 CFR section 4.9(b)(6)(ii).

1. Description of the Collection of Information and Proposed Use

    The FTC proposes to survey approximately 3,000 consumers in order 
to gather specific information on the incidence of consumer fraud in 
the general population. This information will be collected on a 
voluntary basis, and the identities of the consumers will remain 
confidential. The FTC has contracted with a consumer research firm to 
identify consumers and conduct the survey. The results will assist the 
FTC in determining whether the type and frequency of consumer frauds 
collected in its Consumer Sentinel database of fraud complaints 
representatively reflect the incidence of consumer fraud in the general 
population and will inform the FTC about how best to combat consumer 
fraud.

2. Estimated Hours Burden

    The FTC will pretest the survey on approximately 100 respondents to 
ensure that all questions are easily understood. This pretest will take 
approximately 15 minutes per person and 25 hours as a whole (100 
respondents x 15 minutes each). Answering the consumer survey will 
require approximately 15 minutes per respondent and 750 hours as a 
whole (3,000 respondents x 15 minutes each). Thus, cumulative total 
hours attributable to the consumer research will approximate 775 hours.

3. Estimated Cost Burden

    The cost per respondent should be negligible. Participation is 
voluntary and will not require start-up, capital, or labor expenditures 
by respondents.

    By direction of the Commission.
Benjamin I. Berman,
Acting Secretary.

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[FR Doc. 02-30653 Filed 12-3-02; 8:45 am]
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