[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49434-49436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20277]


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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

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Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: 2012 Economic Census Covering Information; Professional, 
Scientific, and Technical Services; Management of Companies and 
Enterprises; Administrative and Support and Waste Management and 
Remediation Services; Educational Services; Health Care and Social 
Assistance; Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; and Other Services 
(Except Public Administration) Sectors.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0934.
    Form Number(s): Too numerous to list here.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of an expired 
collection.
    Burden Hours: 1,389,465 in fiscal year 2013.
    Number of Respondents: 1,530,400.
    Average Hours per Response: 0.9 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The 2012 Economic Census covering the information; 
professional, scientific, and technical services; management of 
companies and enterprises; administrative and support and waste 
management and remediation services; educational services; health care 
and social assistance; arts, entertainment, and recreation; and other 
services (except public administration) sectors will use a mail 
canvass, supplemented by data from Federal administrative records, to 
measure the economic activity of more than 2.8 million establishments 
with payroll classified in the North American Industry Classification 
System (NAICS).
    The information sector comprises establishments engaged in the 
following processes: (a) Producing and distributing information and 
cultural products, (b) providing the means to transmit or distribute 
these products as well as data or communications, and (c) processing 
data.
    The professional, scientific, and technical services sector 
comprises establishments engaged in processes where human capital is 
the major input. These establishments make available the knowledge and 
skills of their employees, often on an assignment basis, where an 
individual or team is responsible for the delivery of service to a 
client.
    The management of companies and enterprises sector comprises two 
main types of establishments: (a) Those that hold the securities of (or 
other equity interest in) companies and enterprises; and (b) those 
(except government establishments) that administer, oversee, and manage 
other establishments of the company or enterprise.
    The administrative and support and waste management and remediation 
services sector comprises establishments performing routine support 
activities for the day-to-day operations of other organizations. These 
essential activities are of the type often undertaken in-house by 
establishments in many sectors of the economy.
    The educational services sector comprises establishments providing 
academic or technical instruction or educational support services such 
as student exchange programs and curriculum development.
    The health care and social assistance sector comprises 
establishments that provide health care and social assistance to 
individuals.
    The arts, entertainment, and recreation sector comprises 
establishments that operate facilities or provide services to meet 
varied cultural, entertainment, and recreational interests of their 
patrons. This sector includes (a) Establishments that are involved in 
producing, promoting, or participating in live performances, events, or 
exhibits intended for public viewing; (b) establishments that preserve 
and exhibit objects and sites of historical, cultural, or educational 
interest; and (c) establishments that operate facilities or provide 
services that enable patrons to participate in recreational activities 
or pursue amusement, hobby, or leisure time interests.
    The other services, except public administration sector comprises 
establishments in one of the following subsectors: Repair and 
maintenance; personal and laundry services; and religious, grantmaking, 
civic, and professional and other similar organizations. The public 
administration sector is out of scope to the economic census. The U.S. 
Census Bureau conducts the quinquennial census of governments and other 
current programs that measure the activities of government 
establishments.
    The information collected will produce basic statistics by kind of 
business for number of establishments, receipts/revenue, payroll, and 
employment. It will also yield a variety of subject statistics, 
including receipts or revenue by product line, receipts by class of 
customer, and other industry-specific measures, such as exported 
services or personnel by occupation. Basic statistics will be 
summarized for the United States, states, metropolitan areas, counties 
and places. Tabulations of subject statistics also will present data 
for the United States and, in some cases, for states.
    The economic census is the primary source of facts about the 
structure and functioning of the Nation's economy and features unique 
industry and geographic detail. Economic census statistics serve as 
part of the framework for the national accounts and provide essential 
information for government, business, and the general public. The 
Federal Government uses information from the economic census as an 
important part of the framework for the national income and product 
accounts, input-output tables, economic indexes, and other composite 
measures that serve as the factual basis for economic policy-making, 
planning, and program administration. Further, the census provides 
sampling frames and benchmarks for current surveys of business which 
track short-term economic trends, serve as economic indicators, and 
contribute critical source data for current estimates of the gross 
domestic product. State and local governments rely on the economic 
census as a unique source of comprehensive economic statistics for 
small geographic areas for use in policy-making, planning, and program 
administration. Finally, industry, business, academe, and the general 
public use information from the economic census for evaluating markets, 
preparing business plans, making business decisions, developing 
economic models and forecasts, conducting economic research, and 
establishing benchmarks for their own sample surveys.
    If the economic census was not conducted, the Federal government 
would lose vital source data and benchmarks for the national accounts, 
input-output tables, and other composite measures of economic activity, 
causing a substantial degradation in the quality of these important 
statistics. Further, the government would lose critical benchmarks for 
current sample-based economic surveys and an essential source of 
detailed, comprehensive economic information for use in policy-making, 
planning, and program administration.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions; State, local or Tribal Governments.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: This information collection is part of the 2012 
Economic Census, which is required by law under Title 13, United States 
Code (U.S.C.). Section 131 of this statute directs the taking of a 
census at 5-year intervals. Section 224 makes reporting mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.

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    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 6616, 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: August 5, 2011.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-20277 Filed 8-9-11; 8:45 am]
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