[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 179 (Monday, September 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48582-48583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19923]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Generic 
Clearance for Collection of State Administrative Records Data

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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.

DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be submitted on 
or before November 15, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Michael Berning, Assistant 
Division Chief for Data Acquisition and Curation, U.S. Census Bureau, 
4600 Silver Hill Road, Room 5H151, Washington, DC 20233 (or via the 
internet at [email protected]). You may also submit comments, 
identified by Docket Number USBC-2019-0008, to the Federal e-Rulemaking 
Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. All comments received are part of 
the public record. No comments will be posted to http://www.regulations.gov for public viewing until after the comment period 
has closed. Comments will generally be posted without change. All 
Personally Identifiable Information (for example, name and address) 
voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do 
not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or 
protected information. You may submit attachments to electronic 
comments in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF file formats.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions 
should be directed to Michael Berning, U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver 
Hill Road, Room 5H151, Washington, DC 20233-8400 at (301) 763-2028.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

I. Abstract

    The U.S. Census Bureau plans to request a general clearance for 
acquiring State administrative records in order to improve efficiency 
and accuracy in our data collections, and to improve measures of the 
population and economy. The records to be acquired are person-level 
program participating records that will be used to support the 
decennial census program as well as for research topics that includes 
eligibility analyses. The Census Bureau has undertaken research 
projects to integrate and link State administrative records with Census 
Bureau data from current surveys and censuses.
    The Census Bureau uses the State administrative records linked with 
other survey and census records to conduct further research and improve 
operations with surveys and censuses, including 2020 Census Operations. 
The Census Bureau benefits from these projects by improving data 
quality and estimates, as well as studies of program participation over 
time. State data providers have benefited through access to tabulated 
data and reports to better understand the demographic characteristics 
of program participants and to administer their programs.

II. Method of Collection

    The Census Bureau will contact the State agencies to discuss how 
the Census Bureau might use of State administrative records. After 
entering into a data sharing agreement with the Census Bureau, a State 
agency would transfer the agreed-upon administrative records to the 
Census Bureau via secure File Transfer Protocol or encrypted CD-ROM or 
DVD-ROM.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0607-0995.
    Form Number(s): Information will be collected in the form of a data 
transfer to the Census Bureau. No form will be used.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Affected Public: State governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 50 states and the District of 
Columbia.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 75 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,825 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $80,325 (This is not the 
cost of respondents' time, but the indirect costs respondents may incur 
for such things as purchases of specialized software or hardware needed 
to report, or expenditures for accounting or records maintenance 
services required specifically by the collection.)
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Section 6.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection;

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they also will become a matter of public record.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2019-19923 Filed 9-13-19; 8:45 am]
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