[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 216 (Friday, November 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 63059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28117]


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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 Service Annual Survey (SAS).
    Form Number(s): SA-484, SA-492, SA-493, SA-511, SA-512, SA-513, SA-
514, SA-523, SA-532, SA-541, SA-560, SA-621, SA-622, SA-623, SA-624, 
SA-711, SA-712, SA-713, SA-811, SA-812, SA-813.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0422.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 89,930 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 44,996.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 2 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Today, about 50 percent of all economic activity is 
accounted for by services that are narrowly defined to exclude retail 
and wholesale trade. The Census Bureau currently measures the total 
output of most of these service industries annually in its Service 
Annual Survey (SAS). This survey now covers all or some of the 
following nine sectors: Transportation and Warehousing; Information; 
Finance and Insurance; Real Estate and Rental and Leasing; 
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; Administration and 
Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services; Health Care and 
Social Assistance; Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; and Other 
Services.
    The Census Bureau will expand the SAS to provide data on product 
composition of service industry output and to provide data that will 
improve the quality of value-added measures for these service 
industries.
    We will begin to implement, incrementally, the collection of 
detailed service products defined in the provisional North American 
Product Classification System (NAPCS) into the 2003 SAS. Provisional 
NAPCS products were added to the 2001 SAS for most of the Information 
Sector (NAICS 51, except 512) and Computer Systems Design and Related 
Services (NAICS 5415). For 2003, we plan to add provisional NAPCS 
products to the Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (NAICS 
512). In the 2004 Service Annual Survey, we will begin collecting NAPCS 
product detail for Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 
(NAICS 54); Administrative Support and Waste Management and Remediation 
Services (NAICS 56); and Hospitals and Nursing and Residential Care 
Facilities (NAICS 622 and 623). We will complete NAPCS product coverage 
of all remaining industries in the 2005 Service Annual Survey.
    We will also collect annual data on the cost of materials and 
supplies other than for resale, contract labor, and purchased services 
in the 2003 SAS for the following: Information (NAICS 51); selected 
Financial Services (NAICS 5231 and 5239); Professional, Scientific, and 
Technical Services (NAICS 54); Administrative and Support and Waste 
Management and Remediation Services (NAICS 56); and Hospitals and 
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (NAICS 622 and 623). For the 
2004 survey, we will begin collecting these data for all remaining 
industries covered in the SAS.
    Key data items include:
    [sbull] expensed materials and supplies;
    [sbull] contract labor;
    [sbull] computer services with detail breakouts between custom 
coded software and data processing services;
    [sbull] purchased communication services;
    [sbull] purchased electricity;
    [sbull] purchased fuels (except motor fuels);
    [sbull] management consulting, administrative services, and other 
professional services;
    [sbull] lease and rental costs,
    [sbull] and all other purchased services.
    The availability of these data will greatly improve the quality of 
the intermediate-inputs and value-added estimates in BEA's annual 
input-output and GDP by industry accounts. Annual data on purchased 
services and materials also will be used as indicators to update census 
year data collected on the Business Expenses Survey.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    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 
email; [email protected].

    Dated: November 4, 2003.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-28117 Filed 11-6-03; 8:45 am]
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