[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64911-64912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-25604]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

[Docket Number 130926838-3838-01]


2013 Company Organization Survey

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Determination.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is conducting the 
2013 Company Organization Survey. The survey's data are needed, in 
part, to update the multilocation companies in the Business Register. 
The survey, which has been conducted annually since 1974, is designed 
to collect information on the number of employees, payroll, geographic 
location, current operational status, and kind of business for each 
establishment of companies with more than one location. We have 
determined that annual data collected from this survey are needed to 
aid the efficient performance of essential governmental functions, and 
that these data have significant application to the needs of the public 
and industry. The data derived from this survey are not available from 
any other source.

ADDRESSES: The Census Bureau will furnish report forms to organizations 
included in the survey, and additional copies are available upon 
written request to the Director, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 
20233-0101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joy P. Pierson, Economic Planning and 
Coordination Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 8K319, Washington, DC 
20233-6100 or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections 182, 224, and 225 of Title 13, 
United States Code (U.S.C.), authorize the Census Bureau to undertake 
surveys necessary to furnish current data on the subjects covered by 
the major censuses. Years that end in 2 and 7 are considered ``census 
years.'' In non-census years, companies report only on basic company 
affiliation and operations of establishments not within the scope of 
the economic censuses. In these non-census years, all multi-
establishment companies with 250 or more employees report survey 
information. Also, groups of smaller companies that are divided into 
panels may be selected to report information for one of the non-census 
years. Smaller companies may be selected if an organizational change 
within the company is indicated, or if they have been selected through 
the probability sampling procedure. The next economic census will be 
conducted for the year 2017. The data collected in the Company 
Organization Survey will be within the general scope, type, and 
character of those that are covered in the economic censuses. Forms NC-
99001 (for multi-establishment companies) and NC-99007 (for single-
location companies) will be used to collect the desired data.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required 
to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure 
to comply with a collection of information subject to the requirements 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act unless that collection of

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information displays a current valid Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) control number. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 
44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, the OMB approved Forms NC-99001 and NC-99007 
under OMB Control Number 0607-0444. We will furnish report forms to 
organizations included in the survey, and additional copies are 
available upon written request to the Director, U.S. Census Bureau, 
Washington, DC 20233-0101.
    I have, therefore, directed that the 2013 Company Organization 
Survey be conducted for the purpose of collecting these data.

    Dated: October 23, 2013.
John H. Thompson,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 2013-25604 Filed 10-29-13; 8:45 am]
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