[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9213-9214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4376]


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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: Generic Clearance for 2010 Census Program for Evaluations 
and Experiments.
    Form Number(s): Various.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden Hours: 26,854.
    Number of Respondents: 1,815,000.
    Average Hours per Response: Between 7 and 10 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: As with previous decennial censuses dating back to 
1950, the U.S. Census Bureau has undertaken the 2010 Census Program for 
Evaluations and Experiments (CPEX) to examine methodologies, 
techniques, and strategies that will potentially improve the way it 
conducts the next decennial census. The 2010 CPEX will guide future 
census design, as well as benefit other ongoing programs conducted by 
the Census Bureau, such as the American Community Survey.
    The 2010 CPEX includes four experiments and over 20 evaluations. 
This request for OMB approval covers all four experiments and four of 
the 20 evaluations. For the remaining 16 evaluations in the 2010 CPEX, 
some do not involve data collections and do not require OMB approval; 
others are still in development, and will be submitted for OMB 
clearance at a later time. The four experimental studies are as 
follows: 2010 Alternative Questionnaire Experiment (AQE); 2010 
Nonresponse Followup (NRFU) Contact Strategy Experiment; 2010 Deadline 
Messaging (DM)/Compressed Schedule (CS) Experiment; and 2010 Privacy 
Notification (PN) Experiment. The four evaluations are as follows: 2010 
AQE Reinterview Evaluation; 2010 Content Reinterview Evaluation; 2010 
Alternative Group Quarters (GQ) Questionnaire Evaluation; and the 2010 
Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Customer Satisfaction Survey 
Evaluation. The Census Bureau identified the need to include the IVR 
Customer Satisfaction Survey Evaluation in this generic clearance 
package after the publication of the pre-submission notice in the 
Federal Register on September 24, 2008. The Census Bureau and the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) have discussed and agree on the 
inclusion of the IVR Customer Satisfaction Survey Evaluation in this 
package.
    All of the experiments and evaluations are primarily designed for 
use by the Census Bureau and will inform early 2020 testing and 
planning. These experiments and evaluations are designed to identify 
improvements for the next decennial census. Census Bureau managers and 
planners will use results from these studies to focus 2020 decennial 
census planning and research.
    This request is for a generic clearance, which seeks to gain pre-
approval for the evaluations and experiments listed above. General 
descriptions of each activity, and as much detail as can be provided 
presently are provided to OMB in this clearance request. However, some 
details and the forms to be utilized are not finalized as of the date 
of this submission and are not provided to OMB in the clearance 
request. These

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details and final forms will be submitted to OMB in advance of each 
activity as non-substantive change requests.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: With the exception of the voluntary IVR 
Customer Satisfaction Survey, these activities are mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Section 141 and 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 7845, 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: February 25, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-4376 Filed 3-2-09; 8:45 am]
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