[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 8621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4144]



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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: Generic Clearance for MAF & TIGER Update Activities.
    Form Number(s): Will vary by activity.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0809.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 360 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 10,800.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Will vary by activity.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau requests approval from the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of the generic 
clearance for a number of activities it plans to conduct to update its 
Master Address File (MAF) and maintain the linkage between the MAF and 
the Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing 
(TIGER) database of address ranges and associated geographic 
information. The Census Bureau plans to use the MAF for post-Census 
2000 evaluations, various pre-2010 census tests, and as a sampling 
frame for the American Community Survey and our other demographic 
current surveys. In the past, the Census Bureau has built a new address 
list for each decennial census. The MAF built during Census 2000 is 
meant to be kept current thereafter, eliminating the need to build a 
completely new address list for future censuses and surveys. The TIGER 
is a geographic system that maps the entire country in Census Blocks 
with applicable address range of living quarter location information. 
Linking MAF and TIGER allows us to assign each address to the 
appropriate Census Block, produce maps as needed and publish results at 
the appropriate level of geographic detail.
    The generic clearance for the past three years has proved to be 
very beneficial to the Census Bureau. The generic clearance allowed us 
to focus our limited resources on actual operational planning and 
development of procedures. This extension will be especially beneficial 
over the upcoming three years by allowing us to focus on the other work 
involved in evaluating Census 2000, testing new procedures for 2010, 
and keeping the MAF current.
    We will follow the protocol of past generic clearances: We will 
send a letter to OMB at least two weeks before the planned start of 
each activity that gives more exact details, examples of forms, and 
final estimates of respondent burden. We also will file a year-end 
summary with OMB after the close of each fiscal year giving results of 
each activity conducted.
    All activities described above directly support the Census Bureau's 
efforts to update the MAF and the TIGER database on a regular basis so 
that they will be available for use in conducting and evaluating 
statistical programs the Census Bureau undertakes on a monthly, annual 
or periodic basis.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; State, local, or Tribal 
governments.
    Frequency: Onetime.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., sections 141 and 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: February 20, 2004.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-4144 Filed 2-24-04; 8:45 am]
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