[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 51 (Friday, March 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16463-16464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05991]


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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 Master Address File (MAF) and 
Topographically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) 
Updating Activities.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0809.
    Form Number(s): Various.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden Hours: 8,924.
    Number of Respondents: 163,529.
    Average Hours per Response: 3 minutes and 16 seconds.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau requests approval from the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of the generic 
clearance for a number of activities it plans to conduct to update its 
Master Address File (MAF) and maintain the linkage between the MAF and 
the Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing 
(TIGER) database of address ranges and associated geographic 
information. The Census Bureau plans to use the MAF-TIGER database 
(MTdb) for post-Census 2010 evaluations, and as a sampling frame for 
the American Community Survey and our other demographic current 
surveys. The TIGER component of the MTdb is a geographic system that 
maps the entire country in Census Blocks with applicable address ranges 
or living quarter location information.
    The generic clearance for the past three years has proved to be 
very beneficial to the Census Bureau. The generic clearance allowed us 
to utilize our limited resources on actual operational planning and 
development of procedures. The extension will be especially beneficial 
over the upcoming three years by enabling us to focus on the efforts to 
improve procedures for the future 2020 Census and to continue updating 
the MAF.
    We will follow the protocol of past generic clearances: 30 days 
before the scheduled start date of each census activity, we will 
provide OMB with a detailed background on the activity, estimates of 
respondent burden and samples of pertinent forms. After the close of 
each fiscal year, we will also file a year-end summary report with OMB, 
presenting the results of each activity conducted.
    The following sections describe the activities to be included under 
the clearance. The Census Bureau has conducted these activities (or 
similar ones) previously and the respondent burden remains relatively 
unchanged from one time to another.

Demographic Area Address Listing (DAAL)

    The Demographic Area Address Listing (DAAL) program encompasses the 
geographic area updates for the Community Address Updating System 
(CAUS) and the area and group quarters frame listings for many ongoing 
demographic surveys (the Current Population Survey, the Consumer 
Expenditures Survey, etc.), and any other operations which choose to 
use the Automated Listing and mapping System (ALMI) for evaluations, 
assessments, or to collect updates for the MTdb. The CAUS program is 
designed to address quality concerns relating to areas with high 
concentrations of non-city-style addresses the MAF receives from the 
U.S. Postal Service's Delivery Sequence File. The ongoing demographic 
surveys, as part of the 2000 Sample Redesign Program, used the MAF as 
one of several sources of addresses from which they selected their 
samples. In fiscal year 2010, the DAAL operation accessed a job aid 
used in the 2010 Address Canvassing operation to identify units in 
small multi-unit structures. The DAAL program is a cooperative effort 
among many divisions at the Census Bureau; it includes automated 
listing software, systems, and procedures that will allow us to conduct 
listing operations in a dependent manner based on information contained 
in the MAF.
    The DAAL operations will be conducted on an ongoing basis in 
potentially any county across the country. Field Representatives (FRs) 
will canvass selected Census 2010 tabulation blocks to improve the 
address list in areas where substantial address changes may have 
occurred that have not been added to the MAF through regular update 
operations, and/or in blocks in the area or group quarters frame sample 
for the demographic surveys. FRs will update existing address 
information, and, when necessary, contact individuals to collect 
accurate location and mailing address information. In general, contact 
will occur only when the FR is adding a unit to the address list, and/
or the individual's address is not posted or visible to the FR. There 
is no pre-determined or scripted list of questions asked as part of 
this listing operation. If an address is not posted or visible to the 
FR, the FR will ask about the address of the structure, the mailing 
address, and, in some instances, the year the structure was built. If 
the occupants of these households are not at home, the FR may attempt 
to contact a neighbor to determine the best time to find the occupants 
at home and/or to obtain the correct address information. At group 
quarters, a facility manager is usually contacted to collect 
information concerning the facility.
    DAAL is an ongoing operation. Listing assignments are distributed 
quarterly with the work conducted throughout the time period. We expect 
that DAAL listing operation will be conducted throughout the entire 
time period of the extension.

2020 Census Research and Testing Program

    The 2020 Census Research and Testing program will conduct tests 
from FY 13 through FY 15 to research methodologies to improve the 
efficiency and effectiveness of the 2020 Census. Among the research is 
Test 22, a test that will mainly involve the newly developed MAF error 
model. The goal of the MAF error project is to determine the components 
of MAF error and to develop an error model for use in measuring MAF 
quality. The MAF error project will use data from existing programs as 
well as data from Test 22

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to validate the recommended solution. Test 22 is currently scheduled to 
be conducted in fiscal year 2013.
    The MAF error project is a cooperative effort among many divisions 
at the Census Bureau; it includes automated software, systems, and 
procedures that will allow us to measure the quality of the MAF. Test 
22 is currently a one-time project scheduled for fiscal year 2013. 
Enumerators (Listers) will canvass blocks to provide complete list of 
residential addresses. Listers will update existing address information 
and, when necessary, contact individuals to collect accurate location 
and mailing address information. In general, contact will occur only 
when the Lister is adding a unit to the address list, and/or the 
individual's address is not posted or visible to the Lister. Subsequent 
analysis will determine the coverage of the address files, which will 
allow for the creation of coverage measures.
    The listed activities are not exhaustive of all activities that may 
be performed under this generic clearance. We will follow the approved 
procedure when submitting any additional activities not specially 
listed here.
    All activities described above directly support the Census Bureau's 
efforts to update the MAF and the TIGER database on a regular basis so 
that they will be available for use in conducting and evaluating 
statistical programs the Census Bureau undertakes on a monthly, annual 
or periodic basis.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 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 Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0336, 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 email ([email protected]).

    Dated: March 12, 2013.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-05991 Filed 3-14-13; 8:45 am]
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