[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 189 (Monday, October 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45805-45806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20976]


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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: 2018 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) 
Panel.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-XXXX.
    Form Number(s):
    SIPP-105(L1)2018 (Advance Director's Letter--No Incentive)
    SIPP-105(L)(SP)2018 (Advance Director's Letter Spanish- No 
Incentive)
    SIPP-105(L3)2018 (Advance Director's Letter--$40 Incentive)
    SIPP-101 (Factsheet)
    SIPP-106(L1)2018 (Thank You Letter--No Incentive)
    SIPP-106(L2)2018 (Thank You Letter--$40 Incentive/PIN Information)
    Type of Request: OMB Approval.
    Number of Respondents: 66,800.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 hour.
    Burden Hours: 66,800.
    Needs and Uses: The SIPP is a household-based survey designed as a 
continuous series of national panels. The SIPP represents a source of 
information for a wide variety of topics and allows the integration of 
information for separate topics to form a single, unified database 
allowing for the examination of the interaction between tax, transfer, 
and other government and private policies. Government domestic policy 
formulators depend heavily upon SIPP information concerning the 
distribution of income received either directly as money or indirectly 
as in-kind benefits and the effect of tax and transfer

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programs on that distribution. They also need improved and expanded 
data on the income and general economic and financial situation of the 
U.S. population, which the SIPP has provided on a continuing basis 
since 1983. The SIPP has measured levels of economic well-being and 
permitted measurement of changes in these levels over time.
    The 2018 SIPP interview includes a portion conducted using an Event 
History Calendar (EHC) that facilitates the collection of dates of 
events and spells of coverage. The EHC assists the respondent's ability 
to recall events accurately over the one year reference period and 
provides increased data quality and inter-topic consistency for dates 
reported by respondents. The EHC is intended to help respondents recall 
information in a more natural ``autobiographical'' manner by using life 
events as triggers to recall other economic events. The EHC was 
previously used in the 2014 Panel. The 2018 Panel SIPP design does not 
contain freestanding topical modules; however, a portion of traditional 
SIPP topical module content is integrated into the 2018 SIPP Panel 
interview. Examples of this content include questions on medical 
expenses, child care, retirement and pension plan coverage, marital 
history, adult and child well-being, and others.
    Affected Public: Respondents, researchers, policymakers.
    Frequency: The 2018 SIPP Panel is an annual survey that runs for 
four years consecutively (Waves 1-4).
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 141 and 
182.
    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,
PRA Departmental Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-20976 Filed 9-29-17; 8:45 am]
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