[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 88 (Monday, May 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 24373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9158]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance of the following proposal for 
collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Commerce.
    Title: Generic Clearance for Pretesting Research.
    Form Number(s): Various.
    Agency Approval Number: Will be assigned by OMB.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 5,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 5,000.
    Average Hours Per Response: 1 hour.
    Needs and Uses: This research program will be used by BEA to 
improve questionnaires and procedures, reduce respondent burden, 
improve sample frames, and ultimately increase the quality of data 
collected in the bureau's surveys. The clearance will be used to 
conduct pretesting of surveys conducted by BEA prior to mailing the 
final survey packages to potential respondents. Pretesting activities 
will involve methods for identifying problems with the questionnaire or 
survey procedure such as the following: Cognitive interviews, focus 
groups, respondent debriefings, behavior coding of respondent/
interviewer interaction, split panel tests, voluntary sample surveys 
(including automated surveys). OMB will be informed in writing of the 
purpose and scope of each of these activities, as well as the time 
frame and the number of burden hours used. The number of hours used 
will not exceed the number set aside for this purpose.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, not-
for-profit institutions, and State, Local or Tribal Governments.
    Frequency: As requested.
    Respondents Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: International Investment and Trade in Services 
Survey Act (Pub. L. 94-472, 22 U.S.C. 3101-3108).
    OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395-3093.
    You may obtain copies of the above information collection proposal 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6025, 14th and Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, or via the Internet at 
[email protected].
    Send comments on the proposed information collection within 30 days 
of publication of the notice to Office of Management and Budget, 
O.I.R.A., Attention PRA Desk Officer for BEA, via the Internet at 
[email protected], or by FAX at 202-395-7245.

    Dated: May 3, 2005.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-9158 Filed 5-6-05; 8:45 am]
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