[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 208 (Friday, October 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62993-62994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18003]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC will submit 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: Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current 
Population Survey.
    Form Number(s): CPS-580 (ASEC), CPS-580 (ASEC)SP, CPS-676, CPS-
676(SP).
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0354.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 32,500 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 78,000.

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    Avg Hours per Response: 25 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The purpose of this request for review is to obtain 
clearance for the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC), which 
we will conduct in conjunction with the February, March, and April 
Current Population Survey (CPS). Congressional passage of the State 
Children's Health Insurance Program, or Title XXI, led to a mandate 
from Congress, in 1999, that the sample size for the CPS, and 
specifically the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC), be 
increased to a level whereby more reliable estimates can be derived for 
the number of individuals participating in this program at the state 
level. By administering the ASEC in February, March, and April, we have 
been able to achieve this goal. The U.S. Census Bureau has conducted 
this supplement annually for over 50 years. The Census Bureau, the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and the Department of Health and 
Human Services (HHS) sponsor this supplement.
    The instrument questionnaire contains the same items that were in 
the 2006 ASEC instrument, with the inclusion of additional questions 
that collect information on payments from pensions and retirement 
plans.
    The ASEC can be divided into five logical series of questions as 
follows: Work Experience; Personal Income and Noncash Benefits; 
Household Noncash Benefits; Welfare Reform Items; and Migration.
    ASEC data are used by social planners, economists, Government 
officials, and market researchers to gauge the social and economic 
well-being of the Nation as a whole, and selected population groups of 
interest.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, U.S.C., Section 182; Title 29, U.S.C., 
Sections 1-9.
    OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
    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 Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202) 395-7245 
or e-mail ([email protected]).

    Dated: October 24, 2006.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E6-18003 Filed 10-26-06; 8:45 am]
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