[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 210 (Monday, November 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63354-63355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24293]


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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: 2004-2006 Company Organization Survey.
    Form Number(s): NC-99001, NC-99007.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0444.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 135,917 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 65,000.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: NC-99001--2 hours and 26 minutes; NC-
99007--12 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau is requesting a revision of the 
currently approved Company Organization Survey (COS) data collection 
for the survey years 2004-2006. In addition to mailing form NC-99001 to

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approximately 55,000 multi-establishment companies, we will mail form 
NC-99007 to approximately 10,000 single-location companies asking for 
their establishment breakouts.
    COS inquiries to each of the 55,000 multi-establishment enterprises 
will include questions on ownership or control by a domestic parent, 
ownership or control by a foreign parent, and ownership of foreign 
affiliates. Additional COS inquiries will apply to approximately 1.2 
million establishments operated by these 55,000 enterprises. These 
additional inquiries will list an inventory of establishments and 
request updates to the inventory, including additions, deletions, and 
changes to Federal Employer Identification number, name and address, 
and industrial classification. Further, the additional inquiries will 
collect the following basic operating data for each listed 
establishment: End-of-year operating status, mid-March employment, 
first quarter payroll, and annual payroll.
    In addition to the 55,000 multi-establishment enterprises, the COS 
will include up to 10,000 single-location business entities that may 
have added some locations.
    The information collected by the COS is used to maintain and update 
the BR. The BR serves two fundamental purposes:
    First and most important, it provides sampling populations and 
enumeration lists for the Census Bureau's economic surveys and 
censuses, and it serves as an integral part of the statistical 
foundation underlying those programs. Essential for this purpose is the 
BR's ability to identify all known United States business 
establishments and their parent companies. Further, the BR must 
accurately record basic business attributes needed to control sampling 
and enumeration. These attributes include industrial and geographic 
classifications, measures of size and economic activity, ownership 
characteristics, and contact information (for example, name and 
address).
    Second, it provides establishment data that serve as the basis for 
the annual County Business Patterns (CBP) statistical series. The CBP 
reports present data on number of establishments, first quarter 
payroll, annual payroll, and mid-March employment summarized by 
industry and employment size class for the United States, the District 
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, counties, and county-equivalents. No other 
annual or more frequent series of industry statistics provides 
comparable detail, particularly for small geographic areas.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Farms; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 182, 195, 224, and 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 e-
mail ([email protected]).

    Dated: October 26, 2004.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-24293 Filed 10-29-04; 8:45 am]
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