[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28580-28581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11979]


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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: Current Population Survey, Basic Demographic Items.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0049.
    Form Number(s): There are no forms. We conduct all interviews on 
computers.
    Type of Request: Regular.
    Number of Respondents: 708,000.
    Average Hours Per Response: 0.0273.
    Burden Hours: 19,347.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau plans to request clearance from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the collection of same 
sex marriage data as part of the basic demographic information on the 
Current Population Survey (CPS) beginning in June 2015. The current 
clearance expires July 31, 2017. The CPS has been the source of 
official government statistics on employment and unemployment for over 
50 years. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Census Bureau 
jointly sponsor the basic monthly survey. The Census Bureau also 
prepares and conducts all the field work. At the OMB's request, the 
Census Bureau and the BLS divide the clearance request in order to 
reflect the joint sponsorship and funding of the CPS program. The BLS 
submits a separate clearance request for the portion of the CPS that 
collects labor force information for the civilian noninstitutional 
population. Some of the information within that portion includes 
employment status, number of hours worked, job search activities, 
earnings, duration of unemployment, and the industry and occupation 
classification of the job held the previous week.
    The justification that follows is in support of the demographic 
data. The demographic information collected in the CPS provides a 
unique set of data on selected characteristics for the civilian 
noninstitutional population. Some of the demographic information we 
collect are age, marital status, gender, Armed Forces status, 
education, race, origin, and family income. We use these data in 
conjunction with other data, particularly the monthly labor force data, 
as well as periodic supplement data. We also use these data 
independently for internal analytic research and for evaluation of 
other surveys. In addition, we use these data as a control to produce 
accurate estimates of other personal characteristics.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Section 182; and 
Title 29, United States Code, Sections 1-9.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce 
collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent

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within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
[email protected] or fax to (202)395-5806.

    Dated: May 13, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-11979 Filed 5-18-15; 8:45 am]
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