[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00524]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

U.S. Census Bureau

[OMB Control Number: 0607-1007]


Proposed Change to Existing Approved Collection; Comment Request; 
2020 Census New Construction Program; Expiration Date: 12-31-2021

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau.

ACTION: Notice of schedule change.

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SUMMARY: This document constitutes a notice of intent to provide a 30-
day comment period on schedule changes to the approved information 
collection for the 2020 Census New Construction Program. The Department 
of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal 
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Census Bureau is issuing this 
notice to inform the public of two schedule changes associated with the 
notice for public comment, titled ``2020 Census New Construction 
Program,'' published in the Federal Register on October 5, 2018 (Vol. 
83, No. 194, pp. 50332-50334).
    The following highlights the proposed revisions and the reasons:
    1. Publication of the list of governments eligible for 
participation in the New Construction Program by fall 2018 (p. 50333): 
The Census Bureau will publish the list of governments eligible for 
participation in the New Construction Program in early 2019, instead of 
fall 2018. The Census Bureau made the change to conduct additional 
quality control prior to publishing the list. This change does not 
affect the respondents who are eligible to participate in the New 
Construction Program.
    2. Registration Deadline--Invitation Phase (p. 50334): The Census 
Bureau is rescheduling the registration deadline from what was 
previously stated in the Federal Register on October 5, 2018 (Vol. 83, 
No. 194, pp. 50332-50334). The registration deadline was moved from 
July 19, 2019 to June 14, 2019 to provide the Census Bureau adequate 
time to conduct quality control of the registered universe and to 
prepare materials prior to the participation phase in September 2019. 
During the first week of April 2019, the Census Bureau will invite 
respondents to register online or by mail, with registration responses 
due by June 14, 2019. Given the average response time per respondent of 
one hour for the invitation phase, the proposed change is not 
anticipated to have an impact on a respondent's ability to reply during 
the proposed time frame.
    There are no other proposed changes to the 2020 Census New 
Construction Program.
    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 Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 2019-00524 Filed 1-30-19; 8:45 am]
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