[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 160 (Tuesday, August 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49759-49760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21142]


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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: 2003 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: 133,917 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 55,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 2 hours and 26 minutes.

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    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau is requesting a revision of the 
currently approved Company Organization Survey (COS) data collection 
for the 2003 survey year. We will include questions on research and 
development activities performed by the company. We are also requesting 
an extension of the current expiration date to November 2004 (the 
existing date is November 2003) in order to complete the data 
collection for the 2003 COS.
    The Census Bureau conducts the annual COS in order to update and 
maintain a central, multipurpose Business Register (BR). In particular, 
the COS supplies critical information on the composition, 
organizational structure, and operating characteristics of multi-
establishment enterprises. The BR provides sampling populations and 
enumeration lists for the Census Bureau's economic surveys and 
censuses, and it serves as an integral part of the statistical 
foundation underlying those programs. The BR also provides 
establishment data that serve as the basis for the annual County 
Business Patterns (CBP) statistical series. The CBP reports present 
data on number of establishments, first quarter payroll, annual 
payroll, and mid-March employment summarized by industry and employment 
size class for the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
Rico, counties, and county-equivalents.
    COS inquiries to each of the 55,000 multi-establishment 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 1.2 
million establishments operated by these 55,000 enterprises. 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.
    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. 182, 195, 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 either by fax (202-395-7245) or e-
mail ([email protected]).

    Dated: August 13, 2003.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-21142 Filed 8-18-03; 8:45 am]
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