[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 171 (Thursday, September 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 52573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22523]



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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: 2004 Census Test, Group Quarters Validation Test.
    Form Number(s): DB-351 (GQV).
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 207 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 825.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests authorization from 
the Office of Management and Budget to conduct the 2004 Census Test 
Group Quarters Validation (GQV) Operation. The Census Bureau must 
provide everyone in the United States the opportunity to be counted, 
including persons who do not live in conventional housing units. As 
part of its research and development work for the 2010 census, the 
Census Bureau has scheduled a census test in 2004, which includes a new 
operation, GQV. The goal of this research and development work is to 
develop methods to improve the enumeration of the group quarters 
population in the next decennial census. In order to accomplish this 
goal, we are developing new procedures to verify and update the 
existing Census 2000 GQ inventory. In addition, GQV will attempt to 
properly classify other places with housing units that may be difficult 
to classify or that require special procedures such as hotels/motels 
and assisted living facilities.
    GQV, in conjunction with the 2004 Census Test Address Canvassing 
operation, and the Group Quarters Validation Followup (GQVF), is 
planned to address the following research question:
    Can we operationalize appropriate census operations to ultimately 
distinguish housing units from GQs, assign the correct GQ 
classifications, collect information about the special place associated 
with each GQ, improve the assignment of GQs to the correct geography, 
and reduce duplication between GQs and housing units?
    Properly identifying and classifying GQs and other non-traditional 
living quarters by using improved definitions and methods for 
distinguishing between GQs and housing units in census operations 
should improve the data quality of Census 2010 by reducing duplication 
and improving coverage.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., sections 141 & 193.
    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 28, 2003.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-22523 Filed 9-3-03; 8:45 am]
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