[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 157 (Monday, August 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 50360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18591]


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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 Data User Evaluation Surveys.
    Form Number(s): Various.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0760.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 4,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 8,000.
    Average Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau requests to extend for an 
additional three years its generic clearance to conduct customer/
product-based research. This extension will allow us to continue to use 
customer satisfaction surveys, personal interviews, or focus group 
research to effectively improve and make more customer-oriented 
programs, products, and services.
    Extended clearance for data collections would continue to cover 
customer/program based research for any Census Bureau program area that 
needs to measure customer needs, uses, and preferences for statistical 
information and services. The customer base includes, but is not 
limited to previous, existing, and potential businesses and 
organizations, alternate Census Bureau data disseminators like State 
Data Centers, Business and Industry Data Centers, Census Information 
Centers, Federal or Census Depository Libraries, educational 
institutions, and not-for-profit or other organizations.
    Prior to any data collection activity, the Census Bureau transmits 
individual plans, including any supporting documentation and draft 
research documents to OMB. The Census Bureau also prepares an annual 
report for OMB to fully describe work done under the generic clearance, 
including:

 Descriptions of individual research conducted
 Numbers of respondents and respondent burden hours used
 Dates of each survey
 Individual and aggregated costs of surveys
 Individual summaries of results and program/product decisions 
that were made based upon customer responses and feedback

    Information collected from customer research helps the Census 
Bureau to measure its customer base-their use, satisfaction, and 
preferences for existing and future programs, products, and services.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Federal Government; State, Local, 
or Tribal government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Executive Order 12862.
    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 10, 2004.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-18591 Filed 8-13-04; 8:45 am]
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