[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9167-9168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2473]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance 
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing 
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to 
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, 
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, 
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of 
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. 
Currently, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments 
concerning the proposed reinstatement of the ``Current Population 
Survey (CPS) Volunteer Supplement.'' A copy of the proposed information 
collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the individual 
listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or before April 24, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer, 
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Washington, DC 20212, telephone number 
202-691-7628. (This is not a toll free number.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer, 
telephone number 202-691-7628. (See ADDRESSES section.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The September 2006 CPS Volunteer Supplement will be conducted at 
the request of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and 
USA Freedom Corps. The Volunteer Supplement will provide information on 
the total number of individuals in the U.S. involved in unpaid 
volunteer activities, measures of the frequency or intensity with which 
individuals volunteer, types of organizations that facilitate 
volunteerism, and the activities in which volunteers participate. It 
will also provide information on civic engagement.
    Because the Volunteer Supplement is part of the CPS, the same 
detailed demographic information collected in

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the CPS will be available on respondents to the Supplement. Comparisons 
of volunteer activities will be possible across characteristics such as 
sex, race, age, and educational attainment of the respondent. It is 
intended that the Supplement will be conducted annually, if resources 
permit, in order to gauge changes in volunteerism.

II. Current Action

    Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the 
CPS Volunteer Supplement. The September 2006 instrument includes some 
revisions made since the September 2005 instrument. A follow-up 
question to the ones that determine volunteer status was added to probe 
for volunteering for religious organizations. A question was added to 
determine the main activity a volunteer performs for his main 
organization. Two questions were added to determine if individuals had 
attended public meetings or worked with neighbors to improve something, 
and how frequently these events occurred. The questions on volunteering 
abroad and those asked of people who no longer volunteer were dropped.
    Type of Review: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired.
    Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Title: CPS Volunteer Supplement.
    OMB Number: 1220-0176.
    Affected Public: Households.
    Total Respondents: 58,000.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Total Responses: 112,000
    Average Time Per Response: 4 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 7,467 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.

III. Desired Focus of Comments

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in 
comments that:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submissions of responses.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval of the information collection request; they also will become a 
matter of public record.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th day of February, 2006.
Kimberley Hill,
Acting Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor 
Statistics.
[FR Doc. E6-2473 Filed 2-21-06; 8:45 am]
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