[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 198 (Thursday, October 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 52944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24747]


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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: 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).
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0354.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden Hours: 32,500.
    Number of Respondents: 78,000.
    Average 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). The U.S. Census Bureau has conducted 
this supplement annually for over 60 years. The Census Bureau, the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and the Department of Health and 
Human Services (HHS) sponsor this supplement.
    The proposed supplement contains the same items that were in the 
2009 ASEC instrument, with the exceptions described here:
    (1) Additional questions are added concerning presence of mortgage, 
medical expenditures, child support paid, and child care paid.
    (2) Questions on welfare reform (SWR1--SWR18) are no longer 
included.
    On June 17, 2009, Congressman McDermott introduced the Measuring 
American Poverty Act of 2009. Under this legislation, the Census Bureau 
will be asked to produce estimates under a modernized poverty measure 
that includes several threshold and resource components that are not 
included in the ASEC. The new items in the ASEC for 2010 help to 
implement this modernized poverty measure.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, section 182, and 
Title 29, United States Code, 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 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: October 9, 2009.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-24747 Filed 10-14-09; 8:45 am]
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