[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 199 (Wednesday, October 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 59364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26016]


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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: Census Bureau.
    Title: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic 
Supplement--2004.
    Form Number(s): CPS-580, CPS-580(L)SP, CPS-676, CPS-676(SP).
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0354.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 32,500 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 78,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 25 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The purpose of this request for review is to obtain 
clearance for the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC), 
formerly known as the Annual Demographic Survey (ADS), which we will 
conduct in conjunction with the February, March, and April 2004 Current 
Population Survey (CPS). Congressional passage of the State Children's 
Health Insurance Program, or Title XXI, led to a mandate from Congress, 
in 1999, that the sample size for the CPS, and specifically the Annual 
Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC), be increased to a level whereby 
more reliable estimates can be derived for the number of individuals 
participating in this program at the state level. By administrating the 
ASEC in February, March, and April, rather than only in March as in the 
past, we have been able to achieve this goal. The Census Bureau, the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and the Department of Health and 
Human Services (HHS) sponsor this supplement.
    The ASEC can be divided into five logical series of questions as 
follows: Work Experience; Personal Income and Noncash Benefits; 
Household Noncash Benefits; Welfare Reform Items; and Migration.
    ASEC data are used by social planners, economists, Government 
officials, and market researchers to gauge the social and economic 
well-being of the Nation as a whole, and selected population groups of 
interest.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182 and Title 29 U.S.C., 
Sections 1-9.
    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 
email ([email protected]).

    Dated: October 8, 2003.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-26016 Filed 10-14-03; 8:45 am]
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