[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69422-69423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27600]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

[Docket Number 141016856-4856-01]


Annual Surveys in the Manufacturing Area

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Determination.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is conducting the 
2015 annual surveys in the manufacturing area. The 2015 annual surveys 
consist of the Annual Survey of Manufactures, the Business R&D and 
Innovation Survey, and the Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders Survey. These 
annual surveys will be sent to a sample of establishments and companies 
that participate in manufacturing activities. We have determined that 
annual data collected from these surveys are needed to aid the 
efficient performance of essential governmental functions, and have 
significant application to the needs of the public and industry. The 
data derived from these surveys, most of which have been conducted for 
many years, are not publicly available from nongovernmental or other 
governmental sources.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin E. Deardorff, Chief, Economy-
wide Statistics Division at (301) 763-6033 or via email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Census Bureau is authorized to conduct 
mandatory surveys necessary to furnish current data on the subjects 
covered by the major censuses authorized by Title 13, United States 
Code, sections 61, 81, 131, 182, 193, 224, and 225. These surveys will 
provide continuing and timely national statistical data on 
manufacturing for the period between economic censuses. The data 
collected in the surveys will be within the general scope and nature of 
those inquiries covered in the economic census. The next economic 
census will be conducted for the year 2017.

Annual Survey of Manufactures

    The Annual Survey of Manufactures collects industry statistics, 
such as total value of shipments, employment, payroll, workers' hours, 
capital expenditures, cost of materials consumed, supplemental labor 
costs, and so forth. This survey is conducted on a sample basis, and 
covers all manufacturing industries, including data on plants under 
construction but not yet in operation. All data items are collected on 
a mandatory basis under the authority of Title 13, United States Code.

Business R&D and Innovation Survey

    The Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDIS) measures spending on 
research and development activities by United States businesses. This 
survey replaced the Survey of Industrial Research and Development that 
had been collected since the 1950's. The BRDIS collects global as well 
as domestic spending information, more detailed information about the 
R&D workforce, and information regarding innovation and intellectual 
property from U.S. businesses. The Census Bureau collects and compiles 
this information in accordance with a joint project agreement between 
the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Census Bureau. The NSF 
publishes the results in its publication series. All data items are 
collected on a mandatory basis under the authority of Title 13, United 
States Code.

Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders Survey

    The Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders Survey collects data on sales 
and unfilled orders in order to provide annual benchmarks for unfilled 
orders for the monthly Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and 
Orders (M3) survey. The monthly M3 uses the shipment and inventory data 
from Annual Survey of Manufactures as the source of benchmark data, 
however unfilled orders are not collected on the Annual Survey of 
Manufactures. The annual Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders will be used to 
determine whether it is necessary to collect unfilled orders data for 
specific industries on a monthly basis (on the monthly M3 survey form). 
All data items are collected on a mandatory basis under the authority 
of Title 13, United States Code.

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    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 (PRA) unless that collection of 
information displays a current valid Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) control number. In accordance with the PRA, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 
45, OMB approved the annual surveys under the following OMB control 
numbers: Annual Survey of Manufactures; 0607-0449, Business R&D and 
Innovation Survey; 0607-0912, Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders Survey; 
0607-0561.
    Based upon the foregoing, I have directed that the annual surveys 
in the manufacturing area be conducted for the purpose of collecting 
these data.

    Dated: November 17, 2014.
John H. Thompson,
Director, Census Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2014-27600 Filed 11-20-14; 8:45 am]
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