[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 50 (Thursday, March 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12164-12165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4705]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce 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: 2008 Census Coverage Measurement, Independent Listing and 
Relisting Operations.
    Form Number(s): DX-1302.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 1,559 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 40,000.
    Average Hours Per Response: 2 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: In preparation for the 2010 Census, the U.S. Census 
Bureau requests authorization from OMB to conduct the Census Coverage 
Measurement (CCM) Independent Listing Interview and the CCM Relisting 
Interview as part of the 2008 Dress Rehearsal. The CCM program for the 
dress rehearsal is designed to test that all planned coverage 
measurement operations are working as expected, that they are 
integrated internally, and that they are coordinated with the 
appropriate census operations.
    The 2008 Census Dress Rehearsal will be conducted in two sites, one 
urban, and the other one, a mix of urban and suburban. San Joaquin 
County, California is the urban site. South Central North Carolina has 
been selected as the urban/suburban mix test site. This area consists 
of Fayetteville and nine counties surrounding Fayetteville (Chatham, 
Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, and 
Scotland).
    The 2008 CCM test will be comprised of two samples selected to 
measure census coverage of housing units and the household population: 
The population sample (P sample) and the enumeration sample (E sample). 
The P sample is a sample of housing units and persons obtained 
independently from the census for a sample of block clusters. The E 
sample is a sample of census housing units and enumerations in the same 
block cluster as the P sample. The independent roster of housing units 
is obtained during the CCM Independent Listing, the results of which 
will be matched to census housing units in the sample block clusters, 
surrounding blocks, and across the entire site. Separate OMB packages 
will be submitted for subsequent CCM field operations.
    The CCM operations planned for the dress rehearsal, to the extent 
possible, will mirror those that will be conducted for the 2010 Census 
to provide estimates of net coverage error and components of coverage 
error (omissions and erroneous enumerations) for housing units and 
persons in housing units (see Definition of Terms). The data collection 
and matching methodologies for previous coverage measurement programs 
were designed only to measure net coverage error, which reflects the 
difference between omissions and erroneous inclusions.
    The Independent Listing Operation is the first step in the CCM 
process. It will be conducted to obtain a complete inventory of all 
housing unit addresses within the CCM sample block clusters before the 
2008 Census Dress Rehearsal enumeration commences. In both dress 
rehearsal sites, Listers will canvass every street, road, or other 
place where people might live in their assigned block clusters and 
construct a list of housing units. Listers will contact a member of 
each housing unit (or proxy, as a last resort) to ensure all units at a 
given address are identified. They will also identify the location of 
each housing unit by assigning map spots on block cluster maps provided 
with their assignment materials. If an enumerator is uncertain whether 
particular living quarters is a housing unit, it will be listed and 
flagged for possible followup, if still unresolved after matching (this 
will be a part of the Initial Housing Unit Followup).
    Completed Independent Listing Books are subject to Dependent 
Quality Control (DQC) wherein DQC listers return to the field to check 
12 housing units per cluster to ensure that the work

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performed is of acceptable quality and to verify that the correct 
blocks were visited. If the cluster fails the DQC, then the DQC lister 
reworks the entire cluster. The completed listing books are keyed for 
matching against the census Decennial Master Address File for the same 
areas.
    The Independent Listing results will be computer and clerically 
matched to the Decennial Master Address File from the census in the 
same areas. As the result of the matching, an additional relisting 
operation can occur for block clusters having high levels of geocoding 
errors in the original Independent Listing. The methods and procedures 
for Relisting will be the same as those for the Independent Listing 
operation. There will be one Independent Listing Form, DX-1302, that 
will be used for Independent Listing, DQC, and Relisting.

Definition of Terms

    Components of Coverage Error--The two components of census coverage 
error are census omissions (missed persons or housing units) and 
erroneous inclusions (persons or housing units enumerated in the census 
that should not have been). Examples of erroneous inclusions are: 
housing units built after Census Day and persons or housing units 
enumerated more than once (duplicates).
    Net Coverage Error--Reflects the difference between census 
omissions and erroneous inclusions. A positive net error indicates an 
undercount, while a negative net error indicates an overcount.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 141 & 193.
    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: March 9, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-4705 Filed 3-14-07; 8:45 am]
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