[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 4249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01395]


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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 2020 Census Field Tests to Automate 
Field Data Collection Activities.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0971.
    Form Number(s): TBD.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired.
    Number of Respondents: 36,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 0.167.
    Burden Hours: 6000.
    Needs and Uses: All activities described directly support the 
Census Bureau's efforts to maintain or improve quality while 
controlling costs in the 2020 Census. The information collected from 
households during these tests is to research new technologies to plan 
the 2020 Census and motivating messages to encourage respondents to 
participate. The Census Bureau will not publish any tabulations or 
population estimates from the substantive results of tests conducted 
under this clearance. However, methodological papers may be written 
that include some tallies of response characteristics or problems, and 
responses may be used to inform future research studies building upon 
the results of these early tests.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Frequency: Once.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, Section 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 within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-01395 Filed 1-25-16; 8:45 am]
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