[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 23680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11649]


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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: 2010 Coverage Followup Telephone Operation.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0946.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of an expired 
collection.
    Burden Hours: 1,335,000.
    Number of Respondents: 8,010,000.
    Average Hours per Response: Ten minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The 2010 Coverage Followup (CFU) telephone 
operation will serve to clarify initial enumeration responses in an 
effort to improve within-household counts. Historically, the decennial 
census has been affected by undercounts that affect certain demographic 
groups (e.g. babies and minorities), and people in certain living 
situations, such as renters who move often, and people whose residences 
are complicated or ambiguous. In Census 2000, we learned that the 
census was affected by a much higher rate of erroneous enumeration 
(overcount) than had been anticipated. Erroneous enumerations were more 
likely to occur for certain demographic groups and in certain living 
situations (e.g. college students and nursing home residents).
    Coverage interviews in the decennial censuses traditionally involve 
a second interview with the respondent to determine if changes should 
be made to their household roster as reported on their initial census 
return. The questions in the CFU interview attempt to determine if 
people were missed, and/or incorrectly counted. When a person is 
identified as potentially counted or omitted in error, the Census 
Bureau will then ask questions to establish the appropriate census 
residence of that person according to our residence rule in effect for 
the 2010 Census (the 2010 residence rule will be available pending 
approval).
    The 2010 CFU telephone operation will be conducted using computer-
assisted telephone interviews (CATI) in commercial call centers 
throughout the country from April 26, 2010 through August 13, 2010. 
Approximately 8,010,000 households will be selected for CFU, based on 
established criteria.
    The Census Bureau will contact respondents using telephone numbers 
provided by respondents on the initial census questionnaire. The CATI 
instrument will be in both English and Spanish (interviewers will have 
job aids for the additional four languages--Chinese, Vietnamese, 
Korean, and Russian). The Census Bureau will not conduct field 
interviews during this operation, so when telephone interviews are 
unsuccessful, the case will be classified as a non-interview.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Section 141.
    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: May 14, 2009.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-11649 Filed 5-19-09; 8:45 am]
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