[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 157 (Monday, August 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41369-41370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19580]


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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: Service Annual Survey.
    Form Number(s): SA-22T thru SA-813 (81 forms total).
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0422.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden Hours: 271,284.
    Number of Respondents: 78,730.
    Average Hours Per Response: 3 hours and 27 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests an extension with 
revision of the current OMB approval of the Service Annual Survey 
(SAS). Today, over 50 percent of all economic activity is accounted for 
by services that are narrowly defined to exclude retail and wholesale 
trade. The U.S. Census Bureau currently measures the total output of 
most of these service industries annually in its Service Annual Survey. 
This survey currently covers all or some of: Transportation and 
Warehousing; Information; Finance and Insurance; Real Estate and Rental 
and Leasing; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; 
Administration and Support and Waste Management and Remediation 
Services; Health Care and Social Assistance; Arts, Entertainment, and 
Recreation; and Other Services. The survey will expand to cover two new 
sectors, Utilities and Educational Services, and all industries within 
the sectors mentioned above.
    Data from the SAS are essential to a better understanding and 
higher quality estimates of economic growth, real output, prices, and 
productivity for our nation's economy. A broad spectrum of government 
and private stakeholders use these data in analyzing business and 
economic sectors; developing statistics on services; forecasting 
economic growth; and compiling data on productivity, prices and gross 
domestic product (GDP). In addition, trade and professional 
organizations use these data to analyze industry trends, benchmark 
their own statistical programs and develop forecasts. Private 
businesses use these data to measure market share, analyze business 
potential and plan investments. Comprehensive, comparative annual data 
on the services sector are not available from any other source.
    Annually, the SAS collects total revenue, total expenses, and 
general expense detail items. Some sectors also collect revenue detail 
items that are specific to a particular industry. The availability of 
these data greatly improve the quality of the intermediate-inputs and 
value-added estimates in BEA's annual input-output and GDP by industry 
accounts.
    The data produced in the SAS are critical to the accurate 
measurement of total economic activity. The Bureau of Economic Analysis 
(BEA), the primary Federal user, uses the information to develop the 
national income and product accounts, compile benchmark and annual 
input-output tables, and compute GDP by industry. The Bureau of Labor 
Statistics (BLS) uses these data as inputs to its Producer Price 
Indexes and in developing productivity measurements. The Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) use the data for program planning 
and development of the National Health Expenditure Accounts. The 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) uses these data to assess the 
impact of regulatory policies. International agencies use the data to 
compare total domestic output to changing international activity. 
Private industry also uses these data as a tool for marketing analysis.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, sections 182, 224 
and 225.
    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

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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: August 11, 2009.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-19580 Filed 8-14-09; 8:45 am]
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