[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 189 (Monday, October 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45804-45805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21082]


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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.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD).

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    OMB Control Number: 0607-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): Not applicable as survey forms are not required to 
collect this data.
    Type of Request: Regular Submission.
    Number of Respondents: 52 state agency respondents per quarter 
(i.e., 49 state, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the District of 
Columbia).
    Average Hours Per Response: 8 hours to identify and submit data.
    Burden Hours: Approximately 1,664 total hours annually.
    Needs and Uses: The data products developed by the LEHD program 
provide statistics on employment, earnings, and job flows at detailed 
levels of geography and industry and for different demographic groups. 
The potential and realized uses of these data products and their 
supporting dissemination tools are far-reaching, both for unraveling 
many important questions in economic research and for the provision of 
new statistical products. Over the first five months of 2017, the 
Census Bureau received more than 105,000 visits to its LEHD 
dissemination tools. Just some examples of novel use of LEHD data 
include:
     The New Jersey State Data Center used OnTheMap for 
Emergency Management to quickly learn the impact of hurricane Sandy 
with regards to identification of Federal Disaster Declaration Areas 
and its effects on communities (i.e., population and workforce).
     The state of Nevada has used the Job-to-Job Flows data 
product to understand the migration of its workforce that supports the 
hotel industry.
     The Philadelphia Center City District used LEHD data to 
understand the details of the area's workforce and economy in order to 
monitor the effectiveness of economic programs and policy initiatives.

Additional examples of how the LEHD data products and supporting 
dissemination tools have been used can be found at the LEHD Web site: 
https://lehd.ces.census.gov/led_in_action/.
    Affected Public: There is no burden on the public to provide the 
required data because the LEHD program relies on administrative data 
provided by state agencies. The number of responses and burden hours 
have been updated from the pre-submission notice that was published on 
December 8, 2016, document citation: 81 FR 88662. The previous number 
of responses was noted at 52 per quarter, however, that number did not 
account for the annual responses which will be 208. The burden hours 
were clarified to only include state agency burden hours--resulting in 
a total of 1,664 annual burden hours.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary via a Memorandum of 
Understanding (MOU).
    Legal Authority: The authority to conduct the LEHD program is 13 
U.S.C. Section 6. Confidentiality of all collected data is assured by 
13 U.S.C. 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. 2017-21082 Filed 9-29-17; 8:45 am]
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