[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 44557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15265]



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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: 2006 Census Test, Group Quarters Validation/Advance Visit 
Operation.
    Form Number(s): DD-351, DD-31, DD-352.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 198 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 720.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests authorization from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct the 2006 Census 
Test Group Quarters Validation/Advance Visit (GQV/AV) operation. The 
2006 GQV/AV is one of two iterative tests planned to improve the 
enumeration of the group quarters population in the 2010 Census.
    The Census Bureau must provide everyone in the United States--
including persons who do not live in housing units--the opportunity to 
be counted. In Census 2000, we implemented a set of procedures designed 
to enumerate persons who live or stay in GQs, such as nursing homes, 
college residence halls, jails, and shelters for persons experiencing 
homelessness. In order to count these persons, we first developed a 
list of GQs using the Special Place Facility Questionnaire operation. 
This operation was designed to identify, verify, classify, and obtain 
pertinent enumeration information about every GQ prior to the 
enumeration of persons living in group quarters.
    As a result of lessons learned from Census 2000, the Census Bureau 
implemented the Group Quarters Validation (GQV) operation in 2004 to 
develop methodologies that would improve the enumeration of the GQ 
population in the 2010 Census. In addition to developing a new 
questionnaire and revising definitions for some GQ types, the 2004 GQV 
operation evaluated new GQ address listing procedures. For the first 
time, the GQ address list was integrated with the housing unit address 
list, and the development of the GQ inventory was managed at the GQ 
level. This new operation replaced the Census 2000 Special Place 
Facility Questionnaire operation. The 2004 GQV operation was planned to 
develop new procedures that would verify and update the existing Census 
2000 GQ inventory, as well as properly classify places with housing 
units that were potentially difficult to classify or that required 
special procedures (e.g., hotels/motels and assisted living 
facilities).
    As part of ongoing planning for the 2010 Census, the Census Bureau 
now plans to conduct the 2006 Census Test GQV/AV operation. This 
operation is designed to incorporate lessons learned from the 2004 GQV 
operation and Census 2000 with the focus group research that we 
conducted on GQ definitions. The goal of the 2006 GQV/AV operation is 
to evaluate revised procedures and definitions designed to improve the 
classification and geocoding of GQs. The planned dates for the 2006 
GQV/AV operation are December 5, 2005 through January 13, 2005.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: One Time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 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 
email ([email protected]).

    Dated: July 28, 2005.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-15265 Filed 8-2-05; 8:45 am]
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