[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 76752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7971]


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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 Coverage Followup.
    Form Number(s): DD-1301 (CFU) & DD-1301 (HU-V).
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 9,266 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 55,600.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests authorization from 
the Office of Management and Budget to conduct the 2006 Census Test 
Coverage Followup (CFU) operation. Improving coverage, or how well the 
Census Bureau counts people and housing units in the census, is one of 
the major goals for the 2010 Census. To achieve this goal, the Census 
Bureau is conducting an iterative series of tests that will provide an 
opportunity to evaluate new or improved question wording, methodology, 
technology, and questionnaire design.
    The 2006 Census Test is part of the testing cycle, which was 
planned to allow us to finalize methodologies and operational 
procedures in time to conduct a Dress Rehearsal in 2008 and a 
successful census in 2010. The 2006 CFU operation is designed to 
improve coverage by collecting additional information from households 
that we identify as having potential coverage problems. This includes 
households where we have reason to believe that persons may have been 
counted more than once (e.g., students who are counted at their 
parents' home but also counted where they reside while they are 
attending school) or persons who might not have been included in the 
household count (e.g., newborn babies or roommates). During this 
operation, we also will contact large households containing more than 
six persons in order to ensure that everyone is included. Similarly, 
households where the count of persons does not equal the number of 
persons for which census data are provided will be contacted. We will 
also attempt to contact households that contain persons identified on 
administrative records who were not included on the appropriate census 
questionnaire. Finally, the entire census universe will be matched 
against itself in an effort to resolve person duplication at the 
housing level.
    The 2006 CFU operation will be conducted in selected locations in 
Travis County, Texas and the Cheyenne River Reservation and Off 
Reservation Trust Land, South Dakota. Both telephone interviews and 
personal visits to gather information are planned.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One-time.
    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: December 22, 2005.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E5-7971 Filed 12-27-05; 8:45 am]
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