[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 176 (Friday, September 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 54766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-22893]


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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, Annual Social and Economic 
Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0354.
    Form Number(s): There are no forms. We conduct all interviews on 
computers.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Number of Respondents: 78,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 0.41667.
    Burden Hours: 32,500.
    Needs and Uses: The income data from the ASEC are used by social 
planners, economists, government officials, and market researchers to 
gauge the economic well-being of the country as a whole, and selected 
population groups of interest. Government planners and researchers use 
these data to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of various 
assistance programs. Market researchers use these data to identify and 
isolate potential customers. Social planners use these data to forecast 
economic conditions and to identify special groups that seem to be 
especially sensitive to economic fluctuations. Economists use ASEC data 
to determine the effects of various economic forces, such as inflation, 
recession, recovery, and so on, and their differential effects on 
various population groups.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 8(b), 
141, 182; and Title 20, United States Code, Sections 3475, 9543, 
9544, and 9546.

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

    Dated: September 8, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-22893 Filed 9-10-15; 8:45 am]
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