[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 156 (Wednesday, August 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 48336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20613]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


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: 2003 Annual Survey of Manufactures.
    Form Number(s): MA-1000(L), MA-10000(S).
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0449.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 187,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 55,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 3.4 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau requests a reinstatement with 
change, of a previously approved collection for the Annual Survey of 
Manufactures (ASM). The Census Bureau has conducted the ASM since 1949 
under the mandatory requirements of Title 13, United States Code to 
provide key measures of manufacturing activity during intercensal 
periods. In census years ending in ``2'' and ``7,'' we mail and collect 
the ASM as part of the Economic Census covering the Manufacturing 
Sector. The content of the questionnaires for the 2003 ASM is modified 
from the 2001 ASM report form. We plan to collect data on leased 
employees, their payroll including fringe benefits and hours worked. 
These data were collected for the first time as part of the 2002 
Economic Census.
    The ASM furnishes up-to-date estimates of employment and payrolls, 
hours and wages of production workers, value added by manufacture, cost 
of materials, value of shipments by class of product, inventories, and 
expenditures for new and used plant and equipment. The survey provides 
data for most of these items for each of the 5-digit and selected 6-
digit industries as defined in the North American Industry 
Classification System (NAICS). We also provide geographic data by state 
at a more aggregated industry level.
    This survey is an integral part of the federal government's 
statistical program. Its results provide a factual background for 
decision making by the executive and legislative branches of the 
federal government. Federal agencies use the annual survey's input and 
output data as benchmarks for their statistical programs, including the 
Federal Reserve Board's Index of Industrial Production and the Bureau 
of Economic Analysis' estimates of the gross domestic product (GDP). 
The data also provide the Department of Energy with primary information 
on the use of energy by the manufacturing sector to produce 
manufactured products. These data also are used as benchmark data for 
the Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey which is conducted for the 
Department of Energy by the Census Bureau. The Department of Commerce 
uses the exports of manufactured products data to measure the 
importance of exports to the manufacturing economy of each state. 
Within the Census Bureau, the ASM data are used to benchmark and 
reconcile monthly and quarterly data on manufacturing production and 
inventories. The survey also provides valuable information to private 
companies, research organizations, and trade associations. Industry 
makes extensive use of the annual figures on product class shipments at 
the U.S. level in its market analysis, product planning, and investment 
planning. State development/planning agencies rely on the survey as a 
major source of comprehensive economic data for policymaking, planning, 
and administration.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    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) 482-0266, 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 either by fax (202-395-7245) or e-
mail ([email protected]).

    Dated: August 8, 2003.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-20613 Filed 8-12-03; 8:45 am]
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