[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 46923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13351]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

August 9, 2006.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public 
information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of 
this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by 
contacting Darrin King on 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) 
or e-mail: [email protected].
    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
(BLS), Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, 202-395-7316 (this is not a toll-free number), within 30 days 
from the date of this publication in the Federal Register.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:
     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 submission of responses.
    Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Consumer Price Index (CPI) Housing Survey (CADC).
    OMB Number: 1220-0163.
    Type of Response: Reporting.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Frequency: On occasion and semi-annually.
    Number of Respondents: 88,234.
    Total Annual Responses: 114,351.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,916.
    Estimate Average Response Time: 5 to 7 minutes.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the timeliest 
instrument compiled by the U.S. Government that is designed to measure 
changes in the purchasing power of the urban consumer's dollar. The CPI 
is used most widely as a measure of inflation, and is used in the 
formulation of economic policy. It also is used as a deflator of other 
economic series, that is, to adjust other series for price changes and 
to translate these series into inflation-free dollars.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. E6-13351 Filed 8-14-06; 8:45 am]
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